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It’s a big month for quantum computing. Earlier today we reported that scientists had sustained a quantum computer for 39 minutes at room temperature instead of having to cool it to near-absolute-zero first, meaning we...

No notification light on your new Moto G? Here's a quick, simple solution Motorola launched its new entry-level phone, the Moto G, in multiple countries around the world last week. And after using ours for the past few d...

The Bluetooth-enabled Sony SmartWatch 2 SW2 is a must-have accessory if you're an Android junkie with a smartphone who spends a scandalous amount of time trying to find interesting apps on Google Play. It hooks up to you...

Markets rise and markets fall – that’s true for stocks, real estate, tulips, etc. That’s also true with vintage computers – though even in a down market there’s still some money to be made. At an auction in Ger...

Why does Google call it “Google Now”? Wouldn’t “Google Occasionally” or “Google Never” be more accurate? Google Now is clearly designed to be used “now,” or all the time, or at any time. The “now” s...

PS4 launch hasn’t gone off smoothly for a few launch customers. We have already heard about bricked consoles and Sony has assured customers that it is looking into these hardware issues. Another issue that seems to be ...

Check out this great photograph by Paul Davis of the awesome sculpture by David McCracken on the beach of Bondi, Australia. Called Diminish and Ascend, this aluminum staircase seems to go to infinity and beyond. McCracke...

According to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 35% of US adults are obese. One might assume that with statistics like these, physicians of patients who are overweight or obese would b...

Apple has reportedly acquired PrimeSense, the motion-tracking company responsible for the technology in the original Xbox 360 Kinect, in a deal said to be worth around $345m. Whispers of the possible purchase, today repo...

A new school for scrappy young programmers is opening in Paris next month, and it is every bit as freewheeling and disruptive as the Douglas Adams book its name references. 42*, as the school is dubbed, costs nothing to ...

On Friday, the New York State Department of Financial Services announced it will be holding a public hearing on virtual currency regulation, specifically considering whether a certification called "BitLicense" might help...

iOS 7's flashy launch earlier this year overshadowed a breakthrough new feature: iBeacons, a location-based technology with profound implications for industries such as retail. An iBeacon system could allow a store to in...

These five tips and tricks can preserve the charge on your smartphone.

Trailrunner7 writes "Buried underneath the ever-growing pile of information about the mass surveillance methods of the NSA is a small but significant undercurrent of change that's being driven by the anger and resentment...

You can never have enough tools in your designer toolbox, and Cult of Mac Deals has assembled another deal that will allow you to add even more high-quality design elements to yours. With The Professionally-Designed Web ...

If the printing press was about "anyone can read," the web about "anyone can write," the hardware ecosystem changed enough to say today "anyone can build." This idea - that anyone can build - is the cornerstone of the ne...

All of a sudden, it's the 23rd Century. The UK's government innovation board has just approved funding to begin implementing an all-in-one train/bus/subway/airline pass in 2014. And yes, they actually named it MultiPass ...

The Raspberry Pi has reached two million units sold since its launch in February 2012, the foundation detailed this weekend. The sales are going better than expected, too. Following hitting one million sales in January o...

When Google revealed its wearable computer, Google Glass, many wondered how Apple could compete In response, the Cupertino, Calif. company finally announced its version of Glass to its target market: pirates See also: 10...

Some say that modern driving is a lot like a video game, and that's literally the case here. The Mercedes-Benz AMG Vision Gran Turismo concept was created specifically for Gran Turismo 6. The post Built for gamers, the M...

Remember books? You know, the most distributed content delivery technology ever? Folios may be on their way out, and internet content may reach more people than ever, but it's pretty amazing to look at how widely our fav...

Asus reported its quarterly earnings late last week, and alongside the news that the company's net profit dropped 26 percent year-over-year, Asus CEO Jerry Shen gave some hints about what the company might do to help tur...