Right now, neurologists don't have one test that can identify multiple causes of inflammatory neurological diseases such as encephalitis and meningitis. But UC San Francisco researchers say their new DNA test hunted down more of these pathogens than any conventional test did in a newly released study.

Inflammatory neurological diseases are rare...Read more

Chuck Carey is an experienced engineer and self-described technophile, but he's also wary of the proliferation of data-hoovering, Internet-connected devices such as the microphone-and-speaker combos used with digital assistants such as Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.

"While I have three Echo Dots, I have always been suspicious of what gets ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--A research ship that located the black box of a crashed Air France jet has embarked on a scientific expedition to the Florida Keys, where a mysterious disease is burning through coral reefs.

The disease kills coral tissue, leaving lifeless skeletons on centuries-old reef structures. First noticed in the Miami area nearly ...Read more

High in the Pamir Mountains of western China, scientists exploring an ancient cemetery have uncovered 2,500-year old vessels containing the chemical remains of burned cannabis plants.

The discovery, described Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, marks the earliest solid chemical evidence that ancient people sought out cannabis for its ...Read more

SEATTLE -- A lawsuit filed in Seattle Tuesday alleges Amazon is recording children who use its Alexa devices without their consent, in violation of laws governing recordings in at least eight states, including Washington.

"Alexa routinely records and voiceprints millions of children without their consent or the consent of their parents," ...Read more

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opposed Qualcomm's request to put on hold enforcement of a federal judge's sanctions for violating monopoly laws – arguing that a delay would allow the San Diego company to continue to levy an artificial surcharge on rival chip makers.

In a legal brief filed with the U.S. District Court in San Jose on ...Read more

SEATTLE -- Amazon has joined the ranks of other technology companies, including Microsoft and Google, in acknowledging the risks of facial-recognition software and calling on the federal government to impose national regulations on the technology.

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy told an interviewer Monday that he welcomed federal legislation...Read more

Q: We have an HP Officejet 4500 printer, and are able to print wirelessly to it from my HP PC and my wife's Mac. But we can't print wirelessly from our two new iPhone XS models because neither of them recognizes the HP printer. Is the printer installed incorrectly, or is it just too old to work with the iPhones?

--Rudi Gutmann, Minneapolis

A: ...Read more

Uber and other companies have a new place to test their driverless -- and pilotless -- technology in Fort Worth.

The well-known ride-sharing company -- which aims to develop an Uber Elevate air taxi system at DFW Airport and Frisco by 2023 -- is among the key players in a new mobility innovation zone at Fort Worth's Alliance Airport.

Hillwood,...Read more

Is your dog stressed out? Maybe you're the one who needs a belly rub.

New research finds that throughout a dog's life, the stress levels of a canine and his or her human tend to rise and fall together. In fact, stress in a dog appears to be more closely linked to the stress of its owner than it is to the dog's own temperament.

In the 15,000 ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO -- It's finally happened: Americans now spend more time on their phones and tablets than they do watching TV.

In the United States, adults will spend an average of 3 hours and 43 minutes each day on their smartphones, feature phones and tablets this year, eight more minutes than they'll spend watching TV, according to a forecast ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Stanley Satz heard it all.

Speaker after speaker at the Comcast Technology Center extolled Philadelphia's world-class hospitals, its 63 universities, and the fact that billions of dollars in research funding have been bet on the city as the "epicenter of cell and gene therapy."

Their comments -- all a bid to attract new biotech...Read more

Q: I'm getting sluggish response time from my PC's wireless keyboard. I wonder if that's because my PC has 204 computing processes running at once. What should I do?

-- Mike Bania, Bloomington, Minn.

A: It's possible that your PC is slowing as a result of too much software running.

But having 204 processes running simultaneously is not ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The News Media Alliance is scoring some legislative points against the much bigger K Street players Google and Facebook with a bipartisan Senate bill unveiled Monday evening that would temporarily exempt publishers from antitrust laws.

The measure -- sponsored by Louisiana Republican John Kennedy and Minnesota Democrat Amy ...Read more

Ever since revelations of Russian interference in U.S. elections and a host of privacy scandals, tech's titans have faced increasing pressure from Congress, the public and Democratic presidential candidates.

But now that lawmakers this week turned up the heat by announcing a broad inquiry into digital competition, some experts questioned ...Read more

When the iTunes Music store debuted 16 years ago, digital music meant buying a CD and uploading it to a computer or illegally downloading a song from a file-sharing service. Apple changed all that by charging customers 99 cents for a song they could take with them wherever they went.

Over time, iTunes expanded into movies and podcasts, storing ...Read more

California retains the crown as the nation's top recipient of federal life science funding, signifying the industry's dynamism, according to a new report from Biocom, a California life science trade group.

The state received $4.2 billion in life science research grants from the National Institutes of Health in the 2018 fiscal year, according to...Read more

Apple used its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday to go heavy on showing off features of its upcoming update to its iPhone operating system, and a revamping of how its longtime iTunes features will work with future versions of its Mac computers.

Apple CEO Tim Cook and other company officials used a keynote presentation to show off...Read more