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Today Google took a step to counter online porn. Google’s AdWords team sent an email to advertisers reminding them that it had previously decided to make changes to its policy pretty much barring porn ads, and that in ...

Teaching coding languages and skills is a critical need in today's technology-infused society, but we're falling behind in the talent wars. Even though programming jobs are some of the best paying in the world, the gap o...

It’s fair to say we don’t give roads much thought unless they’re doing something wrong. You certainly notice them when you run over a pothole, for example. But what about when they’re radiating heat on a hot summ...

You don't have to wait -- mods can bring the future to Civilization V.

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We compare four of the biggest massively multiplayer role-playing games currently on the market.

Apple sent waves through the developer community on Monday when it announced Swift, a new programming language for iOS and Mac OS X apps that's designed to be fast, modern, and easy to learn by limiting the amount of boi...

New rules put in place after Edward Snowden's revelations have unleashed tension among many employees in the NSA.

Virtual marriages are becoming an important part of our favorite MMORPGs.

FlightCar has a fascinating shared-economy pitch: Cut the costs of parking at an airport and renting a vehicle from one by letting your parked car double as a rental car. The service gives you free airport parking as lon...

In the wake of Apple’s bombshell announcement of its HealthKit health information platform, Maryland-based glucometer implant company Senseonics says it’s taken another $20 million in funding. The company makes a sma...

YouTube cofounders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen are splitting up after many years of working closely together, reports TechCrunch. The move comes after Hurley and Chen’s product incubator-focused company Avos Systems mad...

Oh man, we are still reeling from that massive Uber funding round and valuation — $17 billions for an app that tells cars where to go to pick people up. Anyways, here are today’s funding news: Uber raises $1.2B Uber�...