The most precise clocks in the world will lose only one second every 300 billion years—and someday they might fit in your ...

Studies have consistently shown that ballot tabulating machines — the machines that receive paper ballots and electronically count the votes — are more accurate than hand-counting in large numbers.

Donald Trump outperformed expectations for his third straight presidential election, which will surely raise more questions about pollsters’ ability to gauge where elections stand. Trump pulled ...

Despite the rise of TikTok and Instagram, YouTube remains the most popular social media platform, with over 2.49 billion monthly users. But what are the most popular YouTube channels in November 2024?

Light spoilers ahead! Twice in past years, I hopped a flight to Rome in order to cover one of the most arcane, storied and secretive events in human history: the election of a new pope.

The “world’s most accurate economist” is predicting Donald Trump will win the presidency and that Republicans are likely to take full control of Congress on Nov. 5. Christophe Barraud ...

Here's how. Related stories Barraud's election forecasts — and his most likely outcome In scenario one, where Vice President Kamala Harris wins with a divided Congress, not much on the economic ...

There is indeed a fair amount of history that suggests wagering on elections in the U.S. provided accurate forecasting and that attempts to manipulate betting markets were fleeting or disregarded ...

Among individual states, the most accurate polling since 1998 has been in Colorado, Virginia and Oregon. That's exciting for close watchers of those states' politics, but it doesn't have much ...

The New York Times and Siena College are rated as the most accurate pollsters by FiveThirtyEight. Newsweek has contacted the Trump and Harris campaigns for comment via email. The latest poll is ...

A tech entrepreneur who was reportedly twice made homeless as a teenager has been named the UK's most influential black person. Dean Forbes, the chief executive of software solutions firm Forterro ...