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Facebook on Wednesday reported that its quarterly profit more than doubled as its ranks of users swelled during the past year.

Costa Rica will host the workshop on Human Space Technology of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), March 7-11.

The latest version of the app prompts users to enter the last two digits of their license plate number and sets the route “based on your city’s road rationing policy."

Periscope, the live-streaming video service, announced a big integration partner Tuesday: its owner, Twitter.

Streaming leader Spotify has been hit by a new copyright lawsuit seeking $200 million, in the second such case within weeks.

A new Toyota patent offers a solution to a classic flying car problem — awful blind spots and a vehicle that's too wide for roads, parking spaces and garages.

Not even the rains that have started (finally) this year seem to be enough to wash away the urine you see on the sidewalks of San José. Stained walls, that telltale smell, and sometimes the culprit unashamedly making eye contact after he finishes. San José has so far been unable to offer any response to this bane of pedestrians but a group in Germany has found a way to fight back.

Creators of an app that will let people assign ratings to those they know vowed to launch as planned next month despite online outrage at the idea.

Ad Astra Rocket, the company founded by Tico scientist and ex-astronaut Franklin Chang Díaz, will develop space propulsion systems for a new NASA project, the company reported this week.

The Solís administration has declared Uber’s service illegal and threatened to fine chauffeurs caught driving passengers, but it has so far ignored Airbnb, a service that allows private citizens to rent out their homes to guests.