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After making its debut in Berlin at IFA 2014, the Marshall Acton Bluetooth speakers is about to start its US tour. Available November 3 for $300, the speaker follows in the footsteps of Marshall's larger offerings, inclu...

It's a common practice to blur or pixelate sensitive information like account numbers when you share an image online, but your info might not be as secure as you think. It takes some work, but there are ways to uncover t...

Now that iOS 8.1 has been released to the public, we're getting our first look at what Apple Pay looks like on the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus. Apple Pay isn't immediately obvious when iOS 8.1 is installed -- users wi...

On today's show we'll discuss Chicago's planned "smart corners" project, gasp at a Comic Sans typewriter, wonder why speedometers list illegal speeds and usher in the future of porn with Oculus Rift.

Apple's latest operating system OS X Yosemite pushes the limits of data collection tolerance: its desktop search tool Spotlight uploads your search terms in real time to Apple's remote servers, by default. Fortunately fo...

The new, Apple Pay-inclusive iOS update is finally here, and it's a big one--2.2GB big, specifically. Of course, most of that's just the install package, so if you go about this the right way, you should be able to avoid...

Spotify now offers family plans for music streaming at a much lower price than paying for individual subscriptions. Spotify aims to convince casual users to subscribe with the new plans. The post Spotify’s new family p...

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There really is no limit to the genius of the human imagination, and sometimes, the little ones are a whole lot more creative when it concerns thinking about solutions to existing problems. Well, where fish tanks are con...

Millions of people across North America could have a chance to observe a partial solar eclipse next week, weather permitting. Although the Oct. 23 partial solar eclipse may not be as spectacular as a total eclipse, it is...

Physicists have built a tractor beam out of lasers that can both repel and attract objects across distances 100 times farther than previously possible.

You can pre-order the super-cheap Asus EeeBook X205 right now, and it'll be in your hands in just a couple of weeks. Learn more here. The post The $200 Asus EeeBook X205 squeaks its way to the market on November 3, pre-o...

Photographer Mike Brown shows us how to use Macro Close Up Filters and how good they really are.

Every Monday we show you how to do something quick and cool using built-in OS X utilities such as Terminal, Apple's command line application. These easy hacks can make life better and simpler, and don't require any knowl...

I'm not going to lie: I'm pretty delighted that I (and my partner) won Audi's TDI Challenge, where nine Diesel A3s attempted to drive from Albuquerque to San Diego on a single tank of Diesel. Part of why I'm delighted is...

Editor's Note: This story contains graphic images. KIEV, Ukraine — The controversial Russian performance artist and political activist who nailed his scrotum to the cobblestones of Moscow’s Red Square last year slice...

This week the folks at Marshall - a team known for guitar amps, mostly - have let it be known that they've created a new speaker for the mobile universe. This is the Marshall Acton Speaker, the most compact speaker Marsh...

Stephen Colbert chided the search engine for getting his height wrong, a situation that highlighted challenges about the accuracy and sources of its information.

We’ve all been there, making our way to our car, late at night and alone. You can feel a bit of tension as you try to unobtrusively check out your surroundings, making sure you look tough, even confident… perhaps hol...

It’s a-comin': a “monster” sunspot is steadily rotating around the Sun’s southern hemisphere and will soon be in position to fire flares and CMEs in our direction — and this past weekend master solar photograph...

StorkStand is an affordable add-on for any office chair that enables users to quickly create a sturdy standing desk.

(National Academy of Sciences) The Institute of Medicine has selected four outstanding health professionals for the class of 2014 Institute of Medicine Anniversary Fellows.