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schwit1 writes U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said the bureau's Next Generation Identification program represents a "significant public interest" due to concerns regarding its potential impact on privacy rights and sh...

A new campaign hammers home the brutal reality of sex trafficking in Ireland — with Tinder profiles telling victims' stories and inviting users to swipe left on sex trafficking Irish ad agency eightytwenty used models ...

The 'Shake It Up' star loves her Instagram. It's more than selfie-love.          

Immigrants from African countries hit by Ebola outbreak caused fear when their boat landed on a Canary Islands beach. Although some had fevers, authorities said none were suffering from the deadly virus disease.

Forget the latest all-electric sports car, and don't bother with jet skis anymore, the coolest new ride is one that combines the two. Like the Quadrofoil, a Slovenian-made two-person electric watercraft that runs on leg-...

The Roosevelts: Using 80GB worth of photos captured by astronauts aboard the International Space Station between 2011 and 2014, timelapse filmmaker Guillaume Juin created this awe-inspiring video of the Earth entitled "A...

The aircraft industry is expecting an increase in air traffic by 2050, and an increase in greenhouse gas emissions unless fundamental changes are made. But how "fundamental" will those changes be and what will be their e...

You don't need an interchangeable lens camera to have versatile shooting options. A new breed of long-zoom lens cameras can now have you photographing a wide scene one minute, and zooming in on a distant subject the next...

A pretty slick iPad mounting system, but at the loss of protection. The post Review: MagBak magnetic mounts for iPad Air appeared first on AppleTell.

Two iPhone 6 wallet cases strip to the waste and fight to the death. The post iPhone 6 wallet case showdown: Speck vs. Silk appeared first on AppleTell.

Tripda links folks planning longer solo drives with those who might defray trip costs          

An anonymous reader writes Physicists Peter Higgs and Francois Englert won the Nobel Prize for discovering Higgs Boson, but some scientists believe that the particle may not have been discovered yet at all. A new study b...

(Queensland University of Technology) A QUT researcher is mapping the G20 Leaders' Summit as it plays out on Twitter and Instagram to find out how the event is affecting those inside the 'barricades'. In a first for any ...

If you're ever made a gadget purchase at Best Buy, you've likely heard of the Geek Squad: the retailer's in-house fleet of tech support and repair specialists. Well, helping with your hard drive issues isn't all they do....

Partners BMW and Toyota have announced they are moving forward with the development of a new sports car. BMW's version will replace the Z4, while Toyota's model is expected to revive the Supra nameplate. The post BMW and...

When you think of fast rides, bicycles usually don't spring to mind, at least not before souped-up race cars and sleek motorcycles. Watching Francois Gissy speed over 207 miles per hour on a bicycle with a rocket strappe...

In this video, we go hands on with Bowers & Wilkins first portable Bluetooth speaker, the T7. At $350, it is a pricey portable, but its unique design and signature sound are hard to match. The post Me want honeycomb! B&W...

Google commemorated the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Sunday with a Google Doodle video that shows where pieces of the landmark are now displayed around the world. It includes footage from Nov. 9, 19...

(Phys.org) --NASA's green aviation project is one step closer to developing technology that could make future airliners quieter and more fuel-efficient with the successful flight test of a wing surface that can change sh...

The new Paramount film "Interstellar" imagines a future where astronauts must find a new planet suitable for human life after climate change destroys the Earth's ability to sustain us....

DARPA is funding a new project by Rice University called PLINY, and it's neither a killer robot nor a high-tech weapon. PLINY, named after Pliny the Elder who wrote one of the earliest encyclopedias ever, will actually b...

Can we prevent a repeat of the disastrous floods that hit south-west England last winter - and keep both farmers and conservationists sweet at the same time? (full text available to subscribers)