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First steps, then sleep, and now Jawbone is taking on food tracking in the wearables's company's latest bid to quantify life. UP 3.2, the latest version of the Jawbone iOS companion app for the UP and UP24 bands, aims to...

Step into the modern world of interactive designing with this smart and efficient True Illuminated Doorbell by Spore. The push button is surrounded by a thin halo of LED-illuminated color which reflects from the mounting...

angry tapir writes: The Australian Electoral Commission has been fighting a freedom of information request to reveal the source code of the software it uses to calculate votes in elections for Australia's upper house of ...

A businessman has taken it upon himself to set up Tesla chargers in 16 different Chinese cities between Beijing and his home in Guangzhou, due to a lack of charging stations.

Sling Media on Tuesday unveiled two brand new Slingbox products alongside news that its SlingPlayer software will soon receive a major update. Sling Media is a pioneer in TV “place shifting,” having developed hardwar...

Google is working with Swiss drug maker Novartis to create smart contact lenses. The eye worn devices will be able to detect a user's health or autofocus a person's vision. The first contact lens will be for diabetics. I...

There's a new feeding machine on Indiegogo that turns cat parents into helicopter parents. It's called Bistro Smart Feeder. If you've ever loved a cat, you've probably worried about whether they eat or drink enough. Afte...

I love the 3D concept art by Neil Maccormack because it doesn't look like 3D at all. His renders--which he finishes in Photoshop--feel like acrylics painted with real brushes. His palette--which sometimes reminds me of R...

Tesla Motors' BMW 3 Series-rivaling third-generation model will be called Model III, CEO Elon Musk said in an interview. The car is expected to debut in 2016 and go on sale by 2017. The post In a show of cleverness, Tesl...

Saving money with compound interest is not a new concept, but G.E. Miller at 20somethingfinance explains why putting away money early is so important in an easy-to-understand way.

Domestic robots have been attempted before, but a new company, Jibo, believes it has what it takes to deliver something more autonomous than a remote-control toy, but less complex and more affordable than something like ...

Photography is all about light, and photographers are all about light painting. There are many tricks to try, from isolating objects with incandescence outside the frame to shining light directly at the camera as in Jane...

Synology seems to have an endless train of NAS boxes, each designed to address different use cases and market segments. This latest model, the Disk Station DS415play, is no different. Building up on the DS214play unveile...

In a report to Congress, the Federal Reserve Board chairwoman cautions that equity valuations for companies like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are "substantially stretched."

 BlackBerry is trying to build up some steam for its upcoming BlackBerry OS 10.3 launch, and for its new BlackBerry Passport hardware, and today that means a new feature reveal: The company detailed BlackBerry Assistant...

An internal memo sent to employees has revealed that current Chief Finance Officer Chang Chialin and Chief Engineering Officer David Chen will jointly lead the smartphone business.

Tesla's next electric car officially has a name: The Model 3 . It seems like an all-around average sedan, no crazy up-swinging falcon doors or other outlandishness. Even the $35,000 price is pedestrian. It's also what co...

If you're looking for a new Galaxy S5 case and a way to mount your phone in your car, Logitech might just have you covered. The company today announced its protection+ case and +trip (italics ours, annoying lowercase and...

You may think this is some real life level of Mario Bros. or that it's an organ pipe made for a robot giant but it's actually one of the pump stations that keep beautiful New Orleans safe from flooding. It sucks in water...

"Dr. Rendezvous" talks with Space.com about moonwalking, seeing Earth from Tranquility Base (and how the spacesuit restrained him from doing so) and the inside story of landing on Moon. -- Excerpt from Space.com Google+ ...

The 2014 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition has announced its shortlist of finalists.

Mothers-to-be may have their babies to blame for a poorly understood medical condition.