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Raspberry Pi isn't planning a hardware upgrade of its popular $25 computer anytime soon, but faster options are emerging for users attracted to such board-like devices. The alternatives include Solid Run's HummingBoard, ...

Skywatcher Victor Rogus of Jadwin, Missouri captured this wonderful image of 4 percent illuminated moon in conjunction with planet Mercury on Feb. 27, 2014. See how he did it.

A new study finds that deep-space travel could warp reaction time.

The road uniting quantum field theory and general relativity - the two great theories of modern physics - has been impassable for 80 years. Could a tool from condensed matter physics finally help map the way?

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has given Facebook the go-ahead to acquire Oculus VR, the agency said on Wednesday Facebook announced on March 25 that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Oculus, a virtual reali...

Space station astronauts are taking a spacewalk to replace a dead computer and get their orbiting home back up to full strength.

Samsung's Gear Fit smart band is more popular than expected, with Samsung having already sold its initial Gear Fit batch. Korean publication MK News says that Samsung produced between 200,000 and 250,000 Gear Fit units, ...

India appears to be one of the fastest growing market for the messaging app with over 4 million active users joining every month.

Some companies lose their following after an acquisition, but not Whatsapp -- apparently, its userbase just continued to grow after Facebook bought it for $19 billion. The FB-owned entity has revealed that it now has 500...

Russia is using gun-toting robot sentries to defend its army bases and shoot intruders

Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto thanks members of the crypto-currency community for their financial support.

SpaceX's Falcon 9R rocket soared about 820 feet into the air last week at the company's rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas, then came back down to Earth for a soft landing on the launch pad as planned.

At this point Wall Street and the technology press expect so little from Apple's earnings, it will be difficult to disappoint them. If you read through Chuck Jones' post here on Forbes or the consensus forecast Philip E...

A lot can happen in 60 seconds. A decent typist can write approximately 80 words, the Wright brothers can make their historical first flight five times and YouTube users upload 72 hours of footage. While social media can...

Are they vampires or sippers? Here's what's worth worrying about and what's not.

Brazil's Congress on Tuesday passed comprehensive legislation on Internet privacy in what some have likened to a web-user's bill of rights, after stunning revelations its own president was targeted by US cyber-snooping.

OpenSLL is screwed , and as a result we've got Heartbleed . But now a team of developers working to overhaul the code have deemed it beyond repair--and are instead creating an alternative, forked version.

A summit on Internet governance kicks off in Brazil Wednesday, aiming for a new global partnership in the wake of revelations on US online surveillance.

AOL adds instructions for mailbox providers to reject any email allegedly associated with an AOL domain that didn't originate from an AOL server.

A dutch student has taken the bold decision to sell all his data at auction. It's a decision that should make us think about the future of our own information.

The tech giant looks to get an A+ with the roll out of a student-friendly version of its search engine, which has zero ads, privacy controls, and filters that block adult content and ad targeting.

More than two-thirds of new iPad users over the past few months, and more than half of iPhone buyers, are new to the Apple products, CEO Tim Cook has said …