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If there's one thing we know you probably hate to do, it's getting up in the middle of the night to handle some emergency business in the bathroom. Sometimes your body just doesn't want to wait until you wake up, and nee...

We might have more success in explaining how the universe works if we abandoned the idea that some things go on for ever, says Amanda Gefter (full text available to subscribers)

Taking notes with a computer or a tablet is fast and easy, but it's not always the best way to get your thoughts down and organized. Sometimes a plain old pen and paper notebook is the way to go, and we know that many of...

While the clock ticks on the arrival of the next iPhone version, old Apple devices will soon be able to offer eye and face-tracking capabilities via uMoove.

Small carved stones unearthed in a nearly 5,000-year-old burial could represent the earliest gaming tokens ever found, according to Turkish archaeologists who are excavating early Bronze Age graves. Found in a burial at ...

Earlier today, the Microsoft-built YouTube app for Windows Phone was unceremoniously disabled by Google. These kind of little inter-corporate kerfuffles happen from time to time, and usually resolve themselves without sc...

Developer guidelines for getting into Apple's good graces have never been static, but today's update to the App Review Guidelines revealed a few more notable changes than usual. Specifically, the folks in Cupertino have ...

As much as the original Star Wars was a revolution in filmmaking that gave birth to the summer blockbuster, it was also responsible for the idea of marketing and merchandising the crap out of a film property. It all star...

Not too long ago, a couple of MIT scientists asked themselves a lofty question: "Can you 3-D print an airplane?" It didn't take long for them to realize that 3D printing anything on that scale was impractical. But 3D-pri...

While BlackBerry's future is still to be decided, the value of its patents is looking more certain.

Cars, backpacks, trolleys, snowmobiles and trikes are slowly mapping the world from a first person point of view. We know Google has been hard at work mapping the entire world with a combination of different satellite fo...

In the western U.S., trees are facing a triple threat of heat, drought and wildfire. Despite efforts to find more resilient tree species, some forests may not survive past mid-century.

Oh, how we've missed you. It's been just about seven days since the last time we did one of these things, so it's time to dust off the old mics and put the fake beard on the Angry Bird. Come play along in just about half...

Reuven Cohen, who founded Enomaly an early IaaS player, is now aboard at Citrix, where he will push that company's cloud agenda.

Yesterday we reported how Twitter was testing out a new Trending box for TV programs to run at the top of your timeline; today we've spotted a test for yet another new feature: alerts for live events that are happening r...

If you can't get by with just 104 keys and a few mouse buttons, don't despair--Razer has you covered with the Tartarus, the latest in a line of gaming keypads designed explicitly for macro nerds and control freaks. Annou...

Meet the adorable olinguito, a newly discovered species found living in the cloud forests of the Andes

Moonfrye, the startup for parents and kids founded by Soleil Moon Frye (best known as the star of hit Eighties sitcom "Punky Brewster") and former IAC executive Kara Nortman, just launched its first product, a free iOS p...

If you've been through a couple of smartphones by now, or have owned more than one digital camera in your lifetime, you probably have a few SD cards lying around that you don't know what to do with. Even if they're tiny ...

A zoo in China is facing an uproar of criticism this week, after it was revealed that its African lion is in fact a dog. The zoo, located in the People's Park of Luohe in the province of Henan, reportedly tried to disgui...

Mid-level smartphone with built-in ISDB-T TV receiver and antenna Smartphones with built-in TV receivers are commonly found in parts of Asia, but now Samsung is bringing this technology to Brazil in a new device, the Gal...

According to earlier rumors, word on the street has it that Sprint would be making the Samsung ATIV S Neo available this Friday, making it Sprint's second Windows Phone handset after the HTC 8XT. Well the good news is th...