The skies are about to get crowded with drones. Sales of unmanned aircraft systems are expected to reach 2.5 million this year and jump to 7 million in 2020, the …

Google is protecting Gmail users against hackers by using more encryption. The tech giant has launched new tools to alert users when email is not encrypted, when a link could …

Music publishers will get royalties for songs streamed on Spotify under an agreement reached with the National Music Publisher’s Association (NMPA). The deal calls for Spotify to pay about $21 …

“Back to the Future” footwear is finally today’s reality. Nike recently unveiled its first pair of self-lacing shoes comparable to Marty McFly’s futuristic high tops in the 1989 movie “Back …

Months after E. coli outbreaks and a norovirus incident forced Chipotle Mexican Grill to revamp its food safety measures and retrain its employees, the chain continues to struggle. A Boston-area …

Toyota is developing a new product designed to increase people’s mobility, but that has nothing to do with cars. The automaker’s robotic division recently announced details of Project BLAID, a …

Poor sales last year and high executive turnover has led to a credit downgrading for prominent guitar maker Gibson Brands. Moody’s Investors Services, in a recent negative report, lowered the …

Google has hired Chris Poole, founder of the controversial online community 4chan and known to many by his online screen name, “moot.’’ Poole announced the move on his Tumblr page, …

Snapchat is gaining on Facebook. The five-year-old video messaging application has reached about 8 billion daily video views, according to a report by Re/Code. That puts Snapchat neck and neck …

Google’s efforts to revolutionize transportation hit a bump in the road when one of its autonomous vehicles recently was blamed for causing an accident. Google’s self-driving Lexus RX450h SUV collided …