Like the biblical Samson, Drake’s power comes from his beard. At least you’d think that was the case, based on the Internet’s reaction to the rapper’s clean-shaven face, which reportedly made its debut on Instagram this morning. The same performer who got away with doofy, meme-inspiring dance moves in the music video for his song …

Should the government be allowed to look up Americans in spy databases without an individual warrant? The Senate heard arguments on both sides on Tuesday. The hearing considered the reauthorization of two major NSA surveillance programs that collect online communications. They first burst into the public arena in 2013, when NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden prompted news reports about …

This drone is cute. Two red wings sprout from its short, lightweight body. It’s little and sort of tubby, seeming to exclaim, “I’m an airplane too!” But its mission will be vital. The drones, manufactured by Zipline, will deliver blood and, later, rabies vaccines to remote Rwandan health clinics. A small paperboard box filled with the life-saving medical supplies fits …

We still don’t know who “John Doe,” the pseudonym for the person who leaked 11.5 million documents detailing corporate tax shelters around the world, really is. But on Friday we got a little closer to understanding why he or she leaked the information, known as the Panama Papers because they came from Panama tax law firm Mossack Fonseca. The short …

Facebook is working on an app that would launch as a camera, encouraging users to share photos and live videos to the social network, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Based on accounts from anonymous sources, the Journal said the app could be part of Facebook’s plan to counter a troubling trend for the social media juggernaut: Users are still …

A previously unknown work by the late author Harper Lee seems to have emerged, but it’s not fiction. Lee’s feature story about a quadruple murder in Kansas was found in an FBI publication called Grapevine, the Guardian reported Monday. The murders also inspired Truman Capote’s nonfiction book, “In Cold Blood,” which Lee helped Capote research. Lee biographer Charles J. Shields …

HBO is playing “Game of Thrones” to win. The fortunes of the house of HBO seemed to take a tumble over the weekend when users took to Twitter and Reddit to complain they couldn’t access the HBO Now app. But the app still reached glory, according to Sensor Tower, an app marketing firm. The app, which lets users view the …

It was one of the viral images of 2011: a group of college students sitting passively on the ground while a UC Davis police officer slowly and deliberately hit them point-blank in the face with pepper spray. The event drew widespread criticism of the school, dragging it into the Occupy Wall Street debate that was making waves around the country. …

Hailing a ride in the US just got easier for visitors from China. Riders can now use China’s biggest ride-hailing app, Didi, to hail a Lyft car in the US. The rollout this week makes good on a partnership Lyft announced in September, which also includes Ola and Grab, ride-hailing apps that together cover countries from India to Indonesia. It’s …

Hacktivist group Anonymous declared “total war” on Donald Trump, urging hackers to knock the billionaire’s websites offline as it put the Republican front-runner in its sights for the second time. In a video posted Tuesday, a representative of the group called on hackers to attack Trump’s websites and reveal any personal information about the candidate they unearth. It also addressed …