Google Inc. and Apple Inc. also collect location data from computers, according to new reports in the US media Tuesday amid privacy concerns over the technology giants tracking mobile phone users.
The astronaut husband of wounded Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords arrived at NASA's launch site Tuesday for this week's flight of space shuttle Endeavour, and said his wife would be following him "pretty soon" - in plenty of time for liftoff.
Archaeologists unearthed one of the largest statues found to date of a powerful ancient Egyptian pharaoh at his mortuary temple in the southern city of Luxor.
Sony suffered a massive breach in its video game online network that led to the theft of names, addresses and possibly credit card data belonging to 77 million user accounts.
Russia's Northern Fleet on Tuesday successfully test-launched a Sineva intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from the strategic nuclear submarine Yekaterinburg in the Barents Sea.
That long soak in a hot tub to warm up during the winter could hold some unexpected dangers, a Japanese study has found.
The US government said on Monday it plans to regulate electronic cigarettes as tobacco products.
In what has become a too-familiar experience in Tokyo, a crowded subway train screeches to a sudden halt. From around the car, mobile phones start to ring.
Experts say whether you're planting lilacs, squash or roses when it comes to the fitness benefits of all that pulling, digging, mulching and mowing, you'll reap what you sow.
Indonesia plans to produce radar as it still imports the equipment from abroad, Seputar Indonesia quoted a minister as saying on Monday.
Former British Royal Air Force pilot Douglas Cairns succeeded in flying his light plane to the North Pole and landing it there this week, overcoming strong headwinds.
The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a regional immunization campaign to protect Asian women and children from preventable diseases such as polio and hepatitis B.
Polar icebreaker Snow Dragon arrives in Antarctic
Xi's vision on shared future for humanity
UN's top environmental honors go to three in China
German trains collide near Duesseldorf, several people injured
China beats Germany 7-4 in men's curling Olympic qualification
Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in UEFA Champions League
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