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The world of Urbex (short for “Urban Exploration”) photography is a secretive one. In general, Urbex photographers keep purposely silent on the specific locations where they’ve shot, and for the most part, it’s n...

With money flowing from the tech industry, business is booming for sex workers in Silicon Valley.          

The electronics company hopes to release a paper-thin TV panel by 2017.

Editor's note: In this first installment of a special, two-part audio edition of Mashable's "Let's Talk About," we explore the movie Boyhood, which opens in select theaters Friday and expands nationwide next week. While ...

The Northrop Grumman X-47B carrier-launched drone really feels like the future of aviation in this image taken on board the USS Harry Truman. And, while it looks like some alien spaceship from a sci-fi show, the final ve...

Figuring out how to get back to OS X from Windows may be unclear, especially if you're unfamiliar with Boot Camp. That's why we put this guide together for you. The post How to get back into OS X from Windows when using ...

The folks over at Constant Contact recently put together a handy little infographic that will help you better manage and properly ‘dress up’ your the growing collection of social media accounts. The graphic lists the...

Business has bought into the mythology of big data and pervasive "surveillance-based marketing and advertising", but its time is coming to an end, says 'Doc' Searls.

We knew Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Active was a ruggedized and waterproof version of last year’s flagship Galaxy S4 model, but we had no idea just how rugged the smartphone was until now. Redditor “yapinjapin1″ posted T...

Facebook cover photos aren't just a banner at the top of your profile page; they're an art form. We were impressed when we saw these masterworks from Libby Cooper . And apparently so was Nikki, who took them as inspirati...

And therefore, they argue, entitled to a compulsory license under Section 111 of the Copyright Act

Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre just made billions off Apple’s acquisition of Beats Electronics, but the company is ready to squeeze out a few billion more from a ring of Chinese knockoffs. Legal filings from Beats claim that...

Nearly two months after the U.S. federal government issued new guidelines urging doctors to adopt Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, commonly referred to as PrEP -- a highly effective method involving a single pill that can reduc...

The tech company amps up its app store with a new name, interface, and hundreds of apps.

Reducing the amount of alcoholic beverages consumed, even for light-to-moderate drinkers, may improve cardiovascular health, including a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, lower body mass index (BMI) and blood press...

The child known as the "Mississippi baby" -- an infant seemingly cured of HIV that was reported as a case study of a prolonged remission of HIV infection in The New England Journal of Medicine last fall -- now has detect...

Scientists at Stanford University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have found a way to estimate uncertainties in computer calculations that are widely used to speed the search for new m...

Companies like Google and Facebook know quite a bit about you. Their services, which we use for free, have to monetize somehow. Advertisements are typically how those companies make their money, but how much do they know...

Among connoisseurs, scotch whisky is heralded as a complex delicacy. Listen in on a tasting: You'll swear they're describing an entire dinner entree, not a sip of booze. But scotch distillers need only three ingredients-...

I want to move to any of these Villae Minimae--small villas--a collection of five isolated single-family houses perched in beautiful, hard to access places created by the Italian studio LAD. Then I want to become a Bond ...

Google Maps for iOS is seeing an update, taking it to version 3.2. The update brings in some useful functionality, like the ability to see search results on the map or in list form. The new Maps will also work better wit...

BMW and Mercedes-Benz are teaming up on wireless car charging, pushing a super-efficient way of refueling EVs like the BMW i8 and the Mercedes S500 Plug-In Hybrid simply by parking over a certain spot on your driveway. T...