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Another one bites the dust. Crowdfunding project TorFi, a Wi-Fi router that is built to run all internet traffic through Tor, or "the onion router," in an effort to ensure privacy, has been removed from Kickstarter only ...

The first scientist to examine the platypus believed it was a hoax, but the creepy animal was not a hybrid of a duck, beaver and otter — it turned out to be real. In addition to the living, breathing platypus, there ar...

You can´t beat it. When somebody touches DON'T MOVE you'll be notified. It's a small, low-priced device that you can attach to your things and keep them safe from others. Place it on your food and get alerted when your ...

Nico's version of "These Days" is the perfect fall song. It's the kind of music best listened to in solitude, sipping tea and contemplating failure and the nagging sense of unspecific loss that accompanies the passage of...

Manage your Apple Watch charger with the docking station designed specifically for Apple Watch. The Composure docking station holds the Apple Watch MagSafe charger firmly in place between a stunning walnut top and a heav...

Is there nothing that the humble USB port cannot do these days? Well, for those who tend to travel a whole lot, if you do happen to stay at swanky hotels as part of your job’s perks, then good for you. Other folks who ...

America's got pretty good at using drones to hunt and kill big tangible things, but Hellfire missiles and Reapers aren't all that good at tracking little insects. But that hasn't stopped researchers from using (smaller, ...

Google Chief Executive Larry Page is handing off day-to-day responsibilities for the bulk of Google's product portfolio to fast-rising executive Sundar Pichai, according to a person familiar with the change.

Elon Musk is all about keeping the human race alive, even if that means abandoning Earth at some point. He went into details about this not long ago when discussing Mars colonies and things of an existential nature. Any ...

seAs the Guardian newspaper continues its investigation into Whisper’s use of user data, CEO Michael Heyward has suspended members of his editorial team, pending completion of a full inquiry into the allegations. The s...

Trying to keep a journal has always been difficult for me. Before the age of smartphones, I tried to rely on text files or a physical notepad. If I wasn't forgetting to write down my thoughts, I was losing the file or my...

No invention was born outside the mind of man. So, every once in awhile, it's worth mining a few sci-fi visions for the dark, twisted, unexpected, hopeful, or inspiring. Astrophysicist Kip Thorne--whose book on black hol...

If you haven't yet found a connected device that suits your tastes, there's another contender on the market -- one that is available now, not at some point in the future after a funding project ends. It's called the Leeo...

A private SpaceX Dragon capsule dropped into the Pacific Ocean today (Oct. 25), returning almost 2 tons of cargo and science experiments to Earth from the International Space Station.

The saga of Twitpic vs Twitter, probably the most ridiculously petty argument in the entire social media industry, is finally coming to a semi-satisfactory end: Twitpic is definitely shutting down, but its archives will ...

Volkswagen has released a new ad for its electric lineup called "Kirk and Spock reunited." The film stars William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, and showcases the futuristic capabilities of the e-Golf, e-up, and XL1. The pos...

Twitpic may not have avoided an untimely demise, but you won't have to worry about some of your older Twitter photos disappearing into the void. The defunct hosting company has reached a last-minute deal that will have T...

When the leaves start changing, most of us put away our lawn mowers for the winter. Make sure you empty the gas tank before storing it over the winter.

A recent New York Times article points to a glaring inconsistency between the amount of "screen time" toddlers have using tablets, phones and computers - and the advice of many early years specialists.

At first glance, New York City seems like the worst place for the Ebola virus to surface. The city is the most densely populated metropolitan area in the United States, around 5.5 million people ride the New York City su...

A better survival outcome is associated with low blood levels of squamous cell carcinoma antigen, or absence of tumor invasion either into the space between the lungs and chest wall or into blood vessels of individuals w...

The largest genetic study of congenital heart defects in individuals with Down syndrome found a connection to rare, large genetic deletions affecting cilia, scientists report. The high risk for congenital heart defects i...