Internet

Americans looked to Google for information on Ebola, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and the actor Robin Williams’s suicide this year—all of which ranked among the hottest search terms of 2014.

Distribution companies’ digital locks are like roach motels: Copyrighted works check in but they don’t check out

A recent report from Europol's European Cybercrime Center includes a forecast that the world's first "online murder" will likely occur before the end of 2014.

Four novel energy-gathering methods will keep gadgets abuzz

In the near future access to information and new technology may make profits and privacy obsolete, and force us to redefine the boundaries between humanity and machines

President Obama announced his support Monday for net neutrality. And Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz let loose one of his biggest howls, tweeting: “Net Neutrality” is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government.

As Google Scholar approaches its 10th anniversary, Nature spoke to its co-creator Anurag Acharya

Even as 3-D printing's impact on science, healthcare and consumer electronics grows, these devices aren't likely to find their way into your home anytime soon.

Landlines are dying—and taking phone-based opinion polling with them

Most software today arrives full of small bugs. But big glitches have lost whole spacecraft or could send tourists driving into the ocean

Cyberbullies take advantage of the unique psychology of online communities to attack, intimidate and hurt others. Here is what makes trolls tick— and how to stop them

People are increasingly broadcasting symptoms of mental illness on social media. We should listen