A team of researchers from Dartmouth say they’ve created a mobile sensing system — consisting of fitness bracelets, sensors and a custom app — that can measure employee performance with about 80 percent accuracy.

A newly opened Delaware seafood restaurant has a unique item on its menu: robot servers. The machines are the latest example of intelligent machines working in the restaurant industry.

A Chicago cyclist was injured by an electric scooter rider who fled the scene. Now he's gone to court to get the city's scooter companies to turn over personal information about their riders and their history.

For the past few months, the nation’s largest employer has begun evaluating workers using an experimental tool: virtual reality.

The University of California announced that an artificial intelligent system has solved the puzzle in just over a second, besting the human world record by more than two seconds.

Amazon, the global e-commerce giant, will ask electronic scooter manufacturers to make clear in their online listings that their devices cannot be used on public roads.

A team of researchers at the University of California at San Diego have created a soft robotic lens that responds to eye movements.

Japanese researchers at Keio University have unveiled a robotic tail that has been designed to be worn by elderly people who struggle to maintain their balance.

The “digital divide” is back in the news, with both Democratic presidential candidates and incumbent government officials promising billions to provide high-speed Internet to millions of Americans in rural areas who don’t currently have access to it at home. The digital divide, however, is not a rural problem.

To help law enforcement officers resolve emergency situations, one company has created empathy training based in virtual reality.

The SeaBubble is a new form of urban transportation that could offer Parisians a watery alternative to hailing a taxi, driving a car or hopping on an electric scooter.

Three years ago it was barely walking. Now, Atlas, the humanoid robot from Boston Dynamics is performing gymnastic routines that mimic professional athletes.

RS Automotive will become the first service station in the nation to completely convert their equipment from offering gasoline to 100 percent electric power.

Researchers at Caltech have unveiled a complex new robot with the ability move between flight and walking on two legs. The machine unique design was inspired by birds.

A new robot from a Boston start-up is designed to make walking easier by carrying your belongings for you.

The goal, researchers say, was to create a robot that learns the way humans do — through trial and error. Eventually, those robots could be used to complete tasks — in a warehouse or perhaps on the surface of a new planet — with more autonomy.

NBC has rolled out a new feature that allows people to shop while they watch television, but a question remains: will anybody use it?

Fordham University business students are using virtual reality to prepare them for boardrooms.

Boston Dynamics began began leasing their robotic dogs to the public this year. One of their first customers: The Massachusetts State Police.

Walmart, the nation's largest employer, announced a partnership with Nuro, a Silicon Valley startup called this week. The two companies will begin delivering groceries to customers in Houston this year using autonomous vehicles.

With their win over the Cardinal, the Irish have elevated themselves into the top tier.

The Boston Red Sox won 108 games in 2018, the most in franchise history.

Khalil Mack has helped turn the Bears into a solid commodity in the betting market.

During the first five weeks of the season, NFL coaches, as a group, have made the choice to go for two points 47 times this year, 19 more than they did at this point of the season in 2017.

Quarterbacks have won 10 of the past 11 MVP awards, and the six rushers who have won over the past 30 years have been historically good, either establishing a record for touchdowns or rushing for more than 2,000 yards in a season.

A sputtering offense and a bad defense is causing the Raiders to be outscored by nearly eight points per game after adjusting for strength of schedule.

Michel will face a Chicago Bears defense that stops opposing rushers a league-low 13 percent of the time.

Boston's pitchers aren't performing as well as they did during the regular season, making them vulnerable to an upset by Los Angeles.

Washington is a good bet to win at least two of their next three games (42 percent chance), with 3-to-1 odds to win all three.

Since 1969, only 12 teams have recorded baseball’s best record and gone on to win a championship that same year. Just seven of those 12 won 108 or more games during the regular season. The Red Sox are two wins away from joining that elite company.

The Seahawks are barely over .500, but they measure up in a critical statistic that has helped narrow the field of likely Super Bowl teams.

Milwaukee has embraced the modern NBA.

The key could be Dedric Lawson, a 6-foot-9 forward who sat out last season after transferring from Memphis and is the best transfer Coach Bill Self has landed in his time in Lawrence.

The Braves' Acuna appears to be a runaway winner right now, but a closer look shows Soto had a tremendous impact on the Nationals.

The Bills, Browns, Patriots, Jets and 49ers all have byes. That leaves a number of holes to plug in your fantasy lineup.

Lamar Jackson, the 2016 Heisman Trophy winner and first round pick in the 2018 NFL draft, produced 117 rushing yards against the Bengals. Fantasy owners should take notice.

Butler hasn't had much practice time with the 76ers, but he's already acclimating to their preferred way of playing and closing out wins.

The Colts' QB is playing at an MVP level, completing 83 of 112 attempts (74 percent) for 977 yards, 13 touchdowns and one interception during the Colts' four-game winning streak.

Since 2002, the year the league expanded to 32 teams, favorites playing on Thanksgiving are 28-12 against the spread.

Here’s what we know for sure about the NFC playoff picture: the Saints, Rams and Bears can make postseason plans. The rest is up for grabs.

Last year, defense was the calling card of the Jazz. That's not the case this season.

The Ravens' Ty Montgomery figures to take on a larger share of the workload in Baltimore over the remainder of the season.

If the Great Eight tops the 50-goal mark in 2018-19 he becomes only the fourth player in NHL history to have at least two such campaigns after the age of 30. While Gretzky's goal scoring started to slow in his 30s, Ovechkin is still going strong.

From 2003 to 2017, underdogs getting seven points or more at home were 94-72-1 overall against the spread and that includes a 43-26-1 ATS record in December and January.

The two teams in control of the NFC's wild-card slots battle head-to-head, while the rest of the NFL playoff picture got much clearer despite four of the AFC’s top teams losing.

It's never easy benching star players who are in less-than-ideal situations but it is often the right thing to do.

Almost everyone who played for the Thunder in 2017-18 and is also getting major minutes this season has improved their individual defensive rating.

Sleep easy knowing that no matter what next week’s injury report reveals, you will have the players you need to secure a year’s worth of bragging rights.

The Chargers have clinched a playoff spot yet they could start the postseason in two very different ways.

It hasn't been a great year for road favorites. Those who enjoyed a three-point advantage or more on the road have gone 21-30-2 against the spread.