Google Doodle goesneo-impressionist to celebrate artist Georges Seurat's 162nd birthday

Georges Seurat was a French painter perhaps best known for creating the masterpiece A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, a pastoral scene featuring Parisians enjoying a park.

After his first major painting, the impressionist-influenced Bathers at Asnières, was rejected by the Paris Salon in 1884, Seurat went to work on A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

The Doodle showcases the pointillism technique, showing the Google logo gradually transformed into Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

For his masterpiece A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, the French painter created a new technique that used dots

Ballon d'Or 2021: Who will be crowned the best footballs players

"Incredibly disappointing that the highest award for the best female players in the world is not even accessible for them to attend -- these things need to keep being highlighted as not acceptable," Rehanne Skinner, head coach of Tottenham Hotspur Women, said on Twitter.

"I don't think it's an intentional snub ... I just think that the Ballon d'Or now by definition is both a men's and women's award, and in the third season, they really

Hanukkah Celebration, Light After Adversity

Rabbi-in-residence Avram Mlotek of Marlene Meyerson Jewish Community Center in New York City participated in virtual celebrations last year, with a latke cooking class and menorah lightings offered online.

He hopes to reach a larger audience of current and future generations of Jewish people to celebrate life and Hanukkah this year.

The Rock leg-drops Under Armour CEO for Trump comments

Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson and Steph Curry during a film shoot for Johnson's HBO Show "Ballers." Johnson and Curry have criticized Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank for comments Plank made about US President Donald Trump. Photo courtesy of Dwayne Johnson's Instagram

The backlash over supportive comments made recently by Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank on US President Donald Trump continued Thursday when two of the company's most recognizable endorsers voiced their discontent with their employer's stance.

We have a vaccine for six cancers, so why are less than half of kids getting it?

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This article was originally published on The Conversation.

Early in our careers, few of us imagined a vaccine could one day prevent cancer. Now there is a vaccine that keeps the risk of developing six Human Papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancers at bay, but adoption of it has been slow and surprising low.

Alibaba Fuels Massive Rise In Mobile Ad Blocking In Asia; Could The US Be Next?

A woman looks at her smartphone during the Global Mobile Internet Conference at the National Convention Centre in Beijing, April 28, 2016. China is one of the countries where mobile ad blocking is most widespread, according to a report from PageFair. PHOTO: NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Last year, the advertising technology company PageFair put the fear of God into publishers and advertisers across the world with some startling research: Ad bloc

Facebook Live Now Available On Windows 10: Here's The Deal

Facebook has decided to make Facebook Live available on Windows 10 tablets and computers. Here is how Windows 10 users can use this live streaming video service. (Photo : Microsoft)

Facebook wants more people to broadcast their actions on the go wherever they are in the globe as its live streaming service Facebook Live is now rolling out on Windows 10 computers and tablets.

Drug discovery offers hope for new breast cancer treatments

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, have identified a new drug that could offer an effective future therapy for breast cancer. While a potential treatment is still a long way off, this discovery could give rise to promising clinical trials.

Google Maps Will Feature Local Search Ads for Businesses

Local businesses could see a boost with Google search ads.

Expect to see more digital strangers along your physical routes: Local ads are coming to Google Maps.

Now that nearly one third of all mobile searches are related to location, Google is looking for more ways to connect marketers with users walking, biking, driving and otherwise commuting around any given city.

Patient can't always access complete medical records, doctors say

Technology makes it possible for patients to access medical records online, but a thicket of legal issues may still keep people from always seeing everything in their chart, some doctors say.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) gives U.S. patients the right to access their medical records and control who else has access to

NAS Insurance Enhances Cyber Liability Coverage, Lowers Rates

NAS Insurance Services has enhanced its NetGuard Plus cyber liability product. The new coverage features offer greater protection for emerging privacy and security threats for businesses of all sizes across a range of industries.

Google's new app lets users conduct scientific research on their phones

Google's new Android app revamps the clipboard for scientific field experiments. The app, called Science Journal, measures and records data in real time, and then converts that data into easily readable graphs and charts.

Users can store several projects in the app, and use tools like an accelerometer, plus light and sound meters, in order to gather information for their projects. For example, a user

Google And Levi's Introduce Smart Jacket Commuter With Project Jacquard Technology: Here's What It Can Do

Google and Levi's unveil Commuter, a smart jacket with Project Jacquard technology woven in. Not only is it fashionable, but it also comes with a lot of nifty features. (Photo : Levi's | YouTube)

Google and Levi's are taking the wraps off a smart jacket that lets wearers answer calls and do certain functions that a smartphone can via the apparel.

Microsoft bringing Minecraft to China

Minecraft is insanely popular, and for good reason. Not only is it fun, but light on resources. In other words, it can run on many desktop and laptop computers, not to mention smartphones and tablets. There is even a special Windows 10 edition in Microsoft’s app store.

Auto Insurance Customers Disappointed in Their Insurers’ Websites: J.D. Power

While overall customers are more satisfied with their experience shopping online for auto insurance, they are less thrilled with the websites of individual insurance companies, with only slightly more half saying they “definitely will” return to the site for their servicing needs, according to the latest J.D. Power study.

Scientists have determined how we can prevent half of all cancer deaths

Imagine a powerful new treatment that could cut all cancer deaths by more than half.

In the age of $10,000-a-month cancer drugs that often extend life by the thinnest margins — a few precious months before the cancer rages back — the idea of such a potent effect sounds like a fantasy.

FDA Approves New Drug to Treat Bladder Cancer

(HealthDay News) -- A new drug to treat bladder cancer was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday.

Tecentriq (atezolizumab) treats the most common type of bladder cancer, called urothelial carcinoma. It's the first in its class of drugs, called PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors, approved to treat this type of cancer.

Wall Street turns higher as bank stocks offset retail shares

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 16, 2016.

(Reuters) - Wall Street reversed course to trade slightly higher on Wednesday as the prospect of higher interest rates sent financial stocks up, offsetting a fall in retail shares.

Apple, Microsoft, Google Chinese Security Reviews

It's fair to say that relations between the U.S. and China are strained, especially in regards to technology. Security researchers have often traced cyberattacks big and small back to China, for which the Chinese government often denies,

First Penis Transplant Performed in U.S., Hospital Says

Surgeons said Monday they have done the first penis transplant in the U.S., helping a 64-year-old man who lost his organ to cancer.

Massachusetts General Hospital planned a news conference later Monday to give details about the transplant, which is only the third recorded penis transplant ever done globally.

Thomas Manning gives a thumbs up after being asked how he was feeling following the first penis transplant in the United States, in Boston.  Sam Riley / Mass General Hospital via AP