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In a new study that's sure to make everyone's world just a little darker, scientists have discovered that sex in space could lead to severe health problems and life-threatening illnesses—brain disease and cancer i...

Microsoft's outlook.com webmail service suffered 16-hour long issues yesterday after a firmware upgrade at the company's datacenter went wrong. In a blog post detailing the outage, Microsoft reveals some customers couldn...

The Coca-Cola Company is in hot water with Chinese authorities over allegedly using handheld GPS devices to map parts of southwestern Yunnan province, reports The Wall Street Journal. The case is one of 21 related to ill...

If you (like many of us at Engadget) are in a state of shock facing the end of Google Reader this summer, there may be an easy replacement. RSS app/service Feedly posts on its blog that it has been anticipating the shutd...

Thanks to Twitter's API changes that cut off the number of users for third party efforts, official app support has become more important and now there's one built for Windows 8. Available in the Windows Store now in 22 l...

The idea of RSS was one that never quite gripped with normal Internet users. Sure, for us geeks who absolutely love consuming as much information as possible, RSS is a wonderland. When Google launched Reader in 2005, I c...

Google's killing off Google Reader which means hordes of abandoned RSS users will need a new home to get their news fix. So what's the best RSS reader not named Google Reader? Is it Reeder? Or NetNewsWire? Maybe Feedly? ...

Last spring, Page and Co. retired iGoogle, Google Mini and other services as part of a 'spring cleaning' initiative to help it better focus its efforts, and another clean-up round has just begun. This time around, Google...

Late last year, we saw the first trailer for Oblivion, a post-apocalyptic thriller set against a vast and desolate landscape. While we already knew the project — from Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski —...

We are in the midst of sea change — a tidal wave might be more accurate — within the medium of photography. While the lens is still firmly fixed to the camera body, the body itself appears to have imploded....

The Obama administration wants to open financial data to more spy agencies than ever before. Reuters has obtained a Treasury Department document that details giving intelligence agencies more access to financial informat...

The KitchenAid Pro Line Series Cordless Hand Blender offers the freedom to mix without an obtrusive power cord. A variety of accessories makes the tool a versatile addition in the kitchen. [Read more]

A Chinese coin about 600 years old was recently unearthed on an island just off the coast of Kenya. If it proves to be authentic, the coin could show that the Chinese explorer Zheng He — like a Christopher Columbu...

While Apple is the poster child for vertical integration because it integrates its hardware designs with its software and ecosystem, Samsung also has the same mojo with its supply chain.

ESPN has suspended superstar columnist Bill Simmons from Twitter after he criticized the network's controversial First Take show, according to a Deadspin report On First Take last week, NFL player Richard Sherman eviscer...

Google‘s decision to shut down Google Reader has left some in the tech world feeling battered and bruised. For many power users, Reader was once the go-to application for keeping up with the news. Like many othe...

A survey, conducted for Microsoft's advertising group, encourages advertisers to better tailor their marketing to the devices consumers are using. [Read more]

To make the most precise measurement yet of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) - the remnant radiation from the big bang - the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Planck satellite mission has been collecting trillions of ...

With Google Reader set to shut down this summer, many other apps have come into the spotlight as possible alternatives to the popular RSS service.

Here’s a startling side-by-side comparison of news photos that has begun floating around on the social web. Both photographs show a large crowd gathered to witness the unveiling of a new pope. The top one was what...

Google Translate just added a cool new feature that allows you to easily create a personalized phrasebook with the phrases and sentences you want to memorize and/or find yourself translating repeatedly. As the Google Tra...

Despite a loyal following, late Wednesday night Google tried to put down Google Reader, its longtime RSS reader, quietly. Judging by the scorn online that...