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No, you still can't buy a consumer version of the amazing Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, but it's getting really, really close! Oculus just announced a brand-new prototype at the company's Oculus Connect conference...

New spacesuit design would put the "squeeze" on astronauts to keep them safe in the vacuum of space. MIT researchers using memory alloys to create a "shrink wrap" suit.

India's Mars Orbiter Mission marks the country's first mission to the Red Planet and first entry into interplanetary spaceflight. The unmanned Mars Orbiter Mission, or MOM, will map the surface of the Red Planet.

It’s like the whole world has iPhone fever today, with folks everywhere standing in one line or another just to get their mitts on a shiny new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus. Were you not able to get a…

The science of soft robotics is making big leaps as teams from MIT and Harvard have recently shown off new prototypes, hoping to challenge the way people imagine the future of robotics. MIT's Computer Science and Artific...

Thick clouds and rain forced the private spaceflight company SpaceX to postpone the planned launch of an unmanned Dragon cargo ship for NASA on Saturday (Sept. 20). The mission will now launch to the International Space ...

NASA is sending a 3-D printer to the International Space Station in hopes that astronauts will be able to one day fix their spacecraft by cranking out spare parts on the spot.

storagedude writes Imagine in the not-too-distant future, your entire genome is on archival storage and accessed by your doctors for critical medical decisions. You'd want that data to be safe from hackers and data corru...

We’re at least a few months out from the release of the Apple Watch, but just about everyone has sounded off with their opinions of Apple’s first wearable. Whether its watchmakers or the general public, there seems t...

Nvidia uses its new Maxwell line of GPUs to debunk Apollo 11 conspiracy theories. The GPU-maker reconstructs the lunar landing, bit by bit, and brings the truth to light with voxel-based global illumination.

Thinking about picking up a used iPhone on eBay? Shop carefully, friends: it's apparently phishing season. The BBC is reporting some auction listings are redirecting to counterfeit eBay login pages -- fronts for phishing...

 What’s going to sell better — the big ol’ iPhone 6, or the friggin’ huge iPhone 6 Plus? The data is really, REALLY early (the phone has only been on the shelves for about 18 hours at this point, after all) — ...

Another wave of stolen explicit celebrity photos has reportedly surfaced on 4chan and Reddit. This time, the celebrities affected include Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Hudgens, Hayden Panettiere, Mary-Kate Olsen, Avril Lavigne...

We take a close look at the HU8550, which is the best flat-screen 4K/UHD TV Samsung makes this year. It also happens to be a better bargain. The post Not digging the curve? Samsung’s HU8550 4K/UHD TV is flatter, thinne...

The AMS particle detector aboard the International Space Station has found more evidence of dark matter in cosmic ray data.

After Home Depot's data breach, here are 5 ways to protect yourself

Remember when Apple introduced its EasyPay self-checkout feature in 2011, and everyone wondered "how can they really tell if a customer is buying something or just shoplifting?" According to the Scottsdale, AZ police, fo...

Former NBA player Rex Chapman was arrested today on nine counts of organized retail theft and five counts of trafficking stolen property after police discovered that he had stolen over $14,000 worth of merchandise from a...

We'd heard that the US IPO for Chinese company Alibaba could be among the biggest ever, and it did not disappoint. Closing at a stock price of $93.89, it raised $21.8 billion for the company and is the biggest IPO in US ...

Even Super Mario couldn't keep up with these moves. Red Bull teamed up with freerunners Jason Paul and Team Farang to create an elaborate running course designed to look like an 8-bit video game landscape. Paul runs, jum...

"If you are susceptible to motion sickness, please advise the attendant or developer before participating."

I've tried practically every version of the Oculus Rift VR headset, from some of the original duct-taped prototypes through to the latest DK2 developer kit and the Samsung Gear VR. Nothing I've seen prepared me for the n...