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A man in Ireland believed to be behind Freedom Hosting, the biggest service provider for sites on the encrypted Tor network, is awaiting extradition on child pornography charges, reports The Independent. Denied bail unti...

If you're like me, you like staring at the rain (or being in it). And time lapses can capture it quite beautifully. This recent time lapse that we found on Vimeo though is still quite beautiful, but there is one moment t...

A Canadian tinkerer who previously claimed to have created the world's first 3D-printed rifle, only to see the barrel crack upon its first videotaped test firing, has now created an updated version of the gun that was ab...

Apple's stock headphones aren't exactly the most-loved product in the company's oeuvre, even after Jony Ive's team revamped them last year. Yet they're free (with purchase) and produced by the millions. So Sprng, an inex...

Amid accusations Apple suppliers' plants in Kunshan release toxic waste into rivers, Foxconn said all its emissions meet relevant regulations, while the Cupertino-based firm maintain its suppliers are regularly audited.

Turns out our lovable robot overlords, which in theory are better at almost everything, are pretty useful when it comes to sniffing out escaping methane at landfills or around gas pipes. The "Gasbot" was created at the A...

A couple of months ago BlackBerry announced that its popular BlackBerry Messenger would be making its way over to iOS and Android this summer. As of now it is not known when the Canadian manufacturer is going to release ...

Asian giant is second on the list of countries that are recipients of Facebook's Bug Bounty Program, where the social network paid more than US$1 million to researchers who report security bugs.

Some of the fast risers on Technorati's Baseball blog list

American actor Will Smith captured the attention of Defcon attendees when he showed up unexpectedly at the hacker conference on Sunday apparently to do research for an upcoming movie. The actor attended a talk that featu...

In some ways, granular material -- such as a pile of sand -- can behave much like a crystal, with its close-packed grains mimicking the precise, orderly arrangement of crystalline atoms. Now researchers at MIT have pushe...

Seeing the sunlight stream through the windows in the early mornings can be quite a tranquil setting, but come mid-day when the sun is at its hottest, maybe then you might be wishing for some curtains. However in Harvard...

Beginning in March 2014, the two government-owned zoos in Costa Rica will be closed. The country is known for prioritizing environmental conservation, and zoo closures are a major step that animal rights and environmenta...

Although it's unclear whether Facebook CMO Gary Briggs will have an IT budget rest assured vendors are probably calling him as we speak.

Nokia decides to mock the iPhone 5 ad in which Apple claims more people take pictures with iPhone than any other camera. Nokia is about quality, it says.

Samsung files an application for a U.S. trademark on the name "Samsung Galaxy Gear" for what sounds like a smartwatch.

The Amazon CEO now owns not only The Washington Post, but also El Tiempo Latino. And The Express. And The Gazette.

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is buying The Washington Post and other newspapers for $250 million. Bezos is buying the newspaper as an individual. Besides Amazon, Bezos also has a company devoted to space travel. Here ar...

(Reuters) - Time Warner Cable Inc Chief Executive Glenn Britt sent a letter to CBS Corp CEO Les Moonves on Monday offering a controversial new proposal to end the blackout of CBS shows that started Friday in markets such...

As summer starts to wind down, so does the Broadway cume -- but last week average ticket price actually climbed, in what's been a strong season so far in terms of the average price paid per ticket. Overall ticket sales f...

Mobile weather applications may be becoming the new playground for user interface designers, but few can also make claims as to advancing the technology behind the display of the weather on users' smartphones, as well. B...

Your future is pretty unpredictable. Even if you had a fairy friend to tell you what the future held, you can't necessarily be sure of the outcome In the comic below, John Kovalic of Dork Tower reminds us to not get too ...