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Pre-installed apps can sleep with the fishes if you know where to look to do it Recent versions of the Android platform have enabled a pretty powerful little trick — the ability to put just about any app to sleep. It'...

The moon and sun will team up to create a rare event Sunday (Nov. 3): a hybrid solar eclipse that could amaze eclipse chasers across eastern North America, the Atlantic Ocean and Africa. But you don't have to hop on a pl...

Upgrading to a new operating system often brings a few surprise compatibility glitches.

Dear clever person who stole my camera from the Barcelona train station — yes, you are oh so clever. I must say, I read about your ilk in all the guidebooks and could not even imagine how you might be able to get my be...

Today I found out Ben Franklin's proposal of something like daylight saving time was written as a joke.

Cats are a tricky subject to photograph. Here's a how-to. The post On Photographing Cats appeared first on The Phoblographer.     

The latest revelation to come out of the famous Snowden papers is that England and mainland Europe all spy on citizens in the same way the NSA does. According to yet another new analysis of the papers–this time by Engl...

If you bought a 4K TV, you probably spend your evenings waiting for the moment when all content is available at such eye-watering resolution. Fortunately for you, Netflix has quietly added test clips that promise to push...

Remember that night when you and your friends discovered how to "draw" with your camera's long exposure function? You started out simple, piercing the dark with a cheap handheld flashlight as you traced a terrible rendit...

This machine by Arthur Ganson just blew my mind: its engine runs at 200 revolutions per minute but the last gear of its 12-gear mechanism is locked to a block of concrete. It looks still but, in reality, it is moving. Yo...

When Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, sat down with President Obama at the White House in April to discuss Syrian chemical weapons, Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and climate change, it was a cordial, ...

The Swatch Group has long been the primary movement supplier to the majority of Swiss (and non-Swiss) watch manufacturers. These movements - essentially the guts of the watch - have powered 60% of the world's watches in ...

The Interim Police Chief of Columbia, S.C., appears not to appreciate those who suggest his department should catch shooters rather than pot users. He replies that he suspects the poster "might be a criminal."

The YouTube Music Awards — a new ceremony for the Internet, influenced by the Internet and aired on the Internet — begins at 6 p.m. ET. on Sunday, Nov. 3. Lady Gaga, Eminem, Arcade Fire, Avicii, CDZA, Lindsey Stirlin...

A Quora thread has popped up in which Google employees past and present have been airing their grievances about working for the AdWords distribution company, er, search giant. The grievances are various and plenty. Taken...

Can anyone powerful have a private meeting anymore? The British government, itself this week implicated in spying accusations, is taking extra precautions.

Using a robotic mechanism that works sort of like a giant 3D printer, artist Jonathan Schipper has created a device which fills a room with tiny sculptures made from grains…

Once they've finished hunting us down, it looks like the machines will be able to put on a good show to celebrate. The all-robot band, Z-Machines, have been making erratic appearances across Japan since early Summer, and...

There's no better way to take a rainy day selfie than with a puddle portrait. Beyond self reflection, puddle portraiture can also serve as one of the simplest ways to create abstract pieces of Instagram artwork that will...

codeusirae writes "RAF pilots were left 'blinded' by a barrage of images while flying at speeds of over 1,000 mph when a number of technical glitches hit their high-tech helmets. The visors were supposed to provide the f...

commentary The FCC, with a new chairman and a full complement of commissioners now on board, needs to act with dispatch to adapt its regulations to the new marketplace realities of the digital age.

George Whitesides, the CEO of Virgin Galactic, will give a special presentation at the 2013 meeting for the Association of Science Writers in Gainsville Florida. The presentation will begin at 1:30 pm Pacific Standard Ti...