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An innovative vending machine for HIV tests being piloted in Britain aims to help in the fight to end the epidemic by encouraging more people to find out whether they have contracted the virus as a first step to seek treatment, a doctor said.

Moroccan researchers design a 'scorpion-milking' device that safely and quickly extracts venom from the glands of the arachnid, with the aim of aiding cancer research.

Amazon has looked into a new way of preparing food that would make home delivery easier and cheaper for the company.

Microsoft's Surface laptops and tablets getting low marks on reliability. Consumer Reports Thursday removing its 'recommended' designation for Surface products in light of the survey of thousands of device owners.

Facebook Inc on Wednesday made its biggest move to date to compete in the television market by expanding its video offerings with programming ranging from professional women's basketball to a safari show and a parenting program.

Tesla is developing a long-haul, electric semi-truck that can drive itself and move in "platoons" that automatically follow a lead vehicle, and is getting closer to testing a prototype, according to an email discussion of potential road tests between the car company and the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), seen by Reuters.

The male Google engineer fired for circulating a memo decrying the company's diversity hiring program became the center of a heated debate on sexism, drawing scorn, cheers and even a job offer on Tuesday from WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.

Google has fired the engineer behind an anti-diversity missive that reignited heated debate over treatment of women in Silicon Valley, including a string of sexual harassment scandals.

The bloom is off seed funding, the business of providing money to brand-new startups, as investors take a more measured approach to financing emerging U.S. technology companies.

Election security is the talk of this weekend's DEF CON event in Las Vegas, where organizers have invited hackers to break into voting machines and databases to find security breaches that could be exploited to sway future election results.

Google aims to train 10 million people in Africa in online skills over the next five years in an effort to make them more employable. The U.S. technology giant also hopes to train 100,000 software developers in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa.

London unveils the world's first 'smart street' which includes tiles that produce kinetic energy when walked on and a clean air bench that removes pollutants from the atmosphere.