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Suspected Chinese hackers have systematically targeted diplomats working within foreign ministries in European countries, reports Nicole Perlroth of The New York Times. The hackers were hoping to find out how those minis...

Attention Macgyver wannabes: You can now turn your smartphone into a home cinema projector using common household items. Most people have experienced a time or two when they've wanted to share a photo, movie, website, or...

The interior of the space, inspired by the Ace Hotel lobby, has a seventies vibe. Brice Jones, Brad Gallagher, and Juan Carlos Vasquez believe in the overlap between work and downtime. Den, their immense new project at S...

A couple of exciting announcements have been made today. As if one Google Play Edition device wasn’t enough, we have been treated to two in one single day! After LG officially announced the very first Google Play Editi...

Nokia's rivals fear that the company will begin unfairly milking its patent portfolio, according to the European Commission, but the organisation will be closely observing the former handset maker.

By Betsy Bozdech, Common Sense Media movie editor It's impossible to avoid every potentially upsetting/awkward scene in every movie your kids will ever see. But before you push play or buy a ticket, check out detailed mo...

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The Victoria's Secret Fashion show airs tomorrow, December 10th.   The spectacle features dozens of the world's most beautiful models, including Karlie Kloss, Lily Aldridge, and Adriana Lima.  Here are five things you'...

Sometimes more is less. Google Glass can now be a music player but various reports echo my initial concerns: Listening to tunes on the wearable display quickly chews up the diminutive battery.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A 27-year-old Southern California man who admitted hacking into hundreds of social media and email accounts to get women to pose naked for him has been sentenced to five years in federal prison.   �...

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) lost $18 million in an investment fraud scheme that cheated him and other investors out of approximately $35 million, the Associated Press reports. William Dean Chapman, the Virginia man who wa...

Motorola has introduced a new pair of earbuds - and they look, um, interesting. The earbuds, called simply Buds, feature some sort of neck collar that support the actual earbuds, which are described as ear stems, making ...

As our students prepare to graduate into an exponentially changing economy, there's one skill that often goes unchecked in the development of Common Core curriculum: the ability to think, act and communicate globally. Th...

The Apple MacBook Pro 13 with Retina and the Lenovo ThinkPad T440s are popular picks among business professionals, frequent fliers and anyone who needs both power and portability. We take a look at how the two notebooks ...

Doing nothing is socially unacceptable. That's why we're so afraid of it.

The Sony Alpha A7R is a specialist camera if we ever saw one. Visually it looks nigh-on identical to the Alpha A7 - the other full-frame compact system camera released alongside this one - but it's that capital "R", whic...

Whether you’re a chaotic good wild mage or a neutral evil Drow, there’s good news coming out of the Underdark this morning. Following its launch on Mac last month, Beamdog Entertainment’s updated version of Baldur�...

The world wants to prevent Iran from developing a single nuclear weapon. But the existing global stockpile of warheads poses an even greater risk, writes Ira Helfand.

BEIJING (AP) -- Five years after his detention, the U.S. is calling for the release of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo and an end to his wife's undeclared house arrest.     

Whether it's commercial airplanes, coffee or computers, Seattle has long been a city known for being ahead of the curve. But now, a range of issues - including a jump in serious downtown crime and open pot smoking - are ...

China has expressed "regret" over South Korea's decision to expand its air defense zone to include an area claimed by both countries, the country's official Xinhua news agency has reported.