A new book, "When Genius Failed," reveals how arrogant math geeks at Long-Term Capital gambled away billions and caused panic on the Street.

Police rescued 230 children and arrested nearly 200 suspects at conclusion of three-year investigation

Is the Web the perfect place for short films? Cheaper and easier than a trip to the cinema, it may spawn a rebirth of the 10-minute talkie.

The DVD-rental company moves hard onto the Net, and raises prices for early customers despite slimmer inventory

Shiny, ad-stuffed smoking and gambling rags exhort their readers to follow the seven deadly sins path to fulfillment.

Two new young adult novels are smarter, better-written and more emotionally complex than most adult fiction

Nancy Balbirer, the actress who kicked off the latest Jennifer Aniston scandal, shares her ex-best friend's secrets -- from pert nipples and plastic surgery to chicken cutlets in the bra.

Anger over "woke" culture or "critical race theory" is not new — just a new way to recast racists as the victims

After years of fighting, the Internet giant learns to live with the online sales tax

The 2.5 million tweets after Steve Jobs' death prove just how profoundly social media have transformed mourning

What *exactly* makes it, as a recent press release states, "chunky, yet spreadable and dippable"?

The stockpicker thinks he sees alpha

The adventure continues: By Greg Costikyan. Why Myst was no dead end -- and online gaming isn't ready for the big time. A rebuttal to Greg Lindsay's 'The Games People Play.'

Facebook's responsibility to monitor its two billion users is unclear

The musicians would “humanize something free of error,” or "accept advice" – whatever the cards proclaimed