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Google's new tabbed inbox is designed to declutter your email, but actually it's a bit irritating . But if you are using it you may have noticed a new rash of irritating, targeted ads that look like email.

The real-life Tatooine may not have two suns--but it has unlocked the secrets of a geomorphic mystery.

The new Droid Maxx is part of Verizon's reboot of the Droid line.

A British man has received what might be the most disastrous package tracking email of all time. James De Vile was awaiting the arrival of...

The U.S. Air Force says a supercomputer up and running at an Ohio base is the most powerful in the entire Department of Defense.

In case you were already snoozin' when Samsung made its announcement late yesterday, the company is here at SIGGRAPH 2013 eager to show off the muscle behind its new chip. Before the exhibitions start officially, we had ...

Faster winds are affecting how much heat and carbon dioxide the oceans soak up, with immense consequences for us all, finds Anil Ananthaswamy (full text available to subscribers)

Prepare for your jaw to drop.

Here we have a mother having a meltdown at The Grove Apple Store in LA. It's unclear what exactly she's having a tantrum over but it's completely mesmerizing. I've had the Vine open on my second screen on loop for the la...

Verizon is stressing "the bigger picture" with its speedy FiOS addition: the Internet of Things.

The supposed new king of battery life, the Motorola Droid MAXX packs a whopping 3500mAh battery in a phone just .28-inches thick. Verizon is promising 48-hours of battery life, and we can't wait to put that to the test. ...

A new report by McAfee shows that hacking and cybercrime is costing the global economy billions; however, it's not as bad as was previously reported.

New submitter Ajay Anand writes with news that Eolas's web patents are really dead (the infamous browser plugin patent that forced Internet Explorer to change how it activated plugins). After suing a number of companies,...

As we are well into the summer, a new batch of smartphone is already on the horizon, and the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is among the top smartphones that we are going to keep our eyes on. The handset has

LinkedIn is taking another page from the playbooks of Facebook and Twitter with its latest ad product. LinkedIn introduced Sponsored Updates on Tuesday, which will let the more than 3 million companies on the social netw...

Fujifilm has updated its X-mount lens roadmap to include a 50-230mm F4.5-6.7 OIS lens as part of its more affordable 'XC' series. The 75-350mm equivalent tele-zoom joins the 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 XC and the ten existing or an...

Ruckus Wireless is the latest Wi-Fi equipment vendor seeking to use its own wireless technology as a GPS network in miniature. It has bought Singapore's YFind for an undisclosed sum.

Categories: Culture News Tags: avoididiotinternetmistakemurderNewssearchstupid You're looking for an image to illustrate your ad promoting child-care services and find a portrait of an adorable tot, obviously free for th...

Online activists hope to use Congress' power of the purse to remove funding from domestic surveillance; they are rallying behind an amendment set for a vote on Tuesday.

The police want to see how dangerous 3D-printed guns really are -- in terms of smuggling them through security checks, but also with a view to perhaps using them themselves.

Most people need to communicate at regular intervals -- which is the driving force behind the rise and rise of mobile messaging apps. Far fewer people feel a similar imperative to regularly broadcast their location. Or t...

LinkedIn just announced the launch of Sponsored Updates, where the companies and other organizations with Company Pages can pay to promote their content to LinkedIn users who don't follow their specific page. Asking adve...