Running a nuclear power plant isn’t an easy task, even with the level of automation available to a 1980s Soviet RBMK reactor.

UK supermajor Shell has announced it is pulling out of the initial phase of the multibillion-dollar Argentina LNG project, a year after announcing its participation in the project. Shell and Argentina ...

Microsoft is working on a "shared audio" feature that will let you connect to two devices to play audio from, a feature that other platforms have had for years. When you purchase through links on our ...

Multiple myeloma is considered incurable, but a third of patients in a Johnson & Johnson clinical trial have lived without detectable cancer for years after facing certain death. By Gina Kolata A ...

At age 89, Cal Crow plays water volleyball three days a week, then chases that with a 1,000-foot swim; on his off days, he logs at least a mile around his neighborhood — and that’s with a cancer ...

It's tough to imagine a time before USB, when connecting devices to your computer meant juggling between a myriad of proprietary ports. As a solution, Intel, alongside other companies like Microsoft ...

When you think about multiple personalities, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? For many, it is a disturbing picture from a Hollywood film about a deranged and sociopathic murderer.

A screenplay is the written version of a film or an episode of television. Simple, right? Wrong. Unlike a completed work, such as a novel or a short story, a screenplay is the first in a long series ...

Over the past 40-some years I've had the pleasure of towing trailers loaded with cattle, horses, furniture, cars, and, lately, nearly all of my worldly possessions as I traipse around the country ...

The object-oriented paradigm popularized by languages including Java and C++ has slowly given way to a functional programming approach that is advocated by popular Python libraries and JavaScript ...

Over the past few weeks, we've been discussing programming language popularity here on ZDNET. Most recently, I aggregated data from nine different rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming ...

Locate USB Controllers: In the Device Manager, scroll down and expand the "Universal Serial Bus controllers" category. Access USB Port Properties: Right-click on an entry named "USB Root Hub," ...