Stories by Sharon Gaudin

Connecting with family and friends, and having them comment on Facebook posts, can be as uplifting as having kids.

By the year 2030, artificial intelligence will change the way we travel to work and to parties, how we take care of our health and how kids are educated.

Google+ got a makeover and new features in a rollout that started Wednesday

Facebook will launch a satellite later this week in an effort to bring Internet connectivity to parts of sub-Saharan Africa.

The Lowe's chain of home improvement stores said that, beginning next month, 11 stores in the San Francisco Bay area will begin using autonomous service robots to help customers.

After taking heat earlier this year over allegations of political bias, Facebook announced that it's replacing fallible humans with new algorithms to select items for its "Trending" topics feature.

Rackspace needed to evolve or it would be left behind, which is why the cloud services company agreed to be acquired by a private equity firm for $4.3 billion.

A private equity firm has signed an agreement to buy major cloud player Rackspace for US$4.3 billion.

If Apple is working on a social app, or even eyeing an outright foray into a social network, is it too little too late?

Four years ago, the New York Public Library began to move its web properties to the cloud. Today, the library system has all of its nearly 80 websites in the cloud, has shrunk the number of on-premise servers by 40% and is running those web properties 95% more cheaply.

The micro-robot is designed to move along flat surfaces, climb inclines, carry loads and squeeze through narrow openings.

Facebook has released a new stand-alone app, called Lifestage, that lets young users share videos with other people in their schools.

The social network today said it has suspended 235,000 accounts just since February for violating policies related to the promotion of terrorism.

NASA engineers want humanoid robots to help astronauts living and working on Mars to help build habitats, grow food and make potable water.

In the first head-to-head hacking competition of autonomous computers, a system developed by a team of Pittsburgh-based researchers is the presumptive winner.