China's western Xinjiang region has written "vocational training centres" for Muslim Uighurs into law amid growing international concern over large-scale disappearances there.

Some of the most cutting-edge weapons in the US's military arsenal can be "easily hacked" using "basic tools", a government report has concluded.

The humanoid robot by Boston Dynamics is seen running through a field and jumping over a log.

A tiny Android smartphone designed to be a "companion phone" to a full-sized device has been launched in the US - using the brand name Palm.

Mitsubishi Electric has developed a new indoor lighting system that mimics blue skies, sunrises and sunsets.

Here's a word of warning to anybody applying for a US travel visa or Esta online.

French-based transport firm Transdev has been ordered to stop an "unlawful" test of a driverless school bus in Florida by US regulators.

Suspected explosive devices were sent to former US President Barack Obama, ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and other top Democrats, officials say.

Google has dropped plans to open a large campus in a trendy district of Berlin that were strongly opposed by local campaigners.

If forced to choose, who should a self-driving car kill in an unavoidable crash?