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Old timers might remember Mac vs. PC flame wars, but in my experience they paled in ferocity to discussions between Amiga fans and Mac fans. But lo! There will be peace in our time, or at least a little hardware-based em...

A natural protein fragment produced in the brain can act as an inhibitor of a key enzyme implicated in the onset of Alzheimer's disease, researchers have discovered for the first time. This is a finding that could lead t...

Probiotics may improve the behavioral symptoms of chronic inflammatory diseases by altering communication between the immune system and the brain, according to an animal study.

CDs and DVDs are quite durable, but they also get used quite often, especially, if it is a console game disc. With time, scratches may occur all over the disc making it harder for the player to read data on it. This may ...

Minecraft PC players who've made the upgrade to Windows 10 can now get the Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition beta for free. What's different in Windows 10? If you've been itching to play Minecraft on PC with a game controlle...

The traditional Japanese art of origami may have originated using paper, but now, the intricate folds have inspired what scientists claim to be "the world's fastest, largest, strongest, and lightest expanding temporary b...

What does Doom become when it's not about beating the brimstone out of cybernetically enhanced demons from Hell? The classic shooter is set for a 2016 rebirth. And while a promising E3 2015 reveal delivered familiar, fa...

Razer just confirmed that it has agreed to purchase Ouya's assets. The Android gaming platform will be even more open once Razer gets to work on it, according to Razer's CEO.

Uber now spends more on lobbyists in California than Wal-Mart, Bank of America or Wells Fargo.

Private funding for the Arecibo Observatory—the largest single-dish radio telescope in the world—may be a poison pill --

A team of researchers from Osaka University recently fired the most powerful laser on the planet: a 2 petawatt pulse, that's 2 quadrillion watts, albeit for just one trillionth of a second. It's called the LFEX (Laser fo...

(University of Toronto) People who have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, have twice the odds of having a generalized anxiety disorder at some point in their lives when comp...

Technically Incorrect: Walter Palmer, a dentist in Minnesota, has his Yelp entry attacked by those not fond of his allegedly illegal killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe.

The stunning imagery created for the band's tour by artist Jeff Frost is actually time-lapse footage from CERN's Large Hadron Collider. The message behind the dizzying array of colors is meant to be the "neural net of hu...

The White House is not quite ready to give Edward Snowden a free pass. The former NSA contractor turned whistleblower made some of the most important revelations in modern history about the covert operations conducted by...

Apple is planning to build a visitor's center on its new "spaceship" campus, which will include a rooftop observation deck that overlooks the main building, a cafe, and a 10,114 square-foot store where visitors will be a...

Volkswagen is embracing CarPlay and Android Auto, revamping its whole infotainment line-up while injecting some smart semi-autonomous tech to its 2016 cars. I spent some time with VW's new Driver Assist semi-autonomous f...

Hi! It's time for me to speak up and introduce myself. I'm the CEO of Wearable World, the company that bought ReadWrite back in February. To the many who have loved this site for more than 12 years, I'd like to say "Than...

Nokia has unveiled OZO, a next-generation camera that can be used to capture 360-degree video with audio. The camera will be released in the fall season and will target professional virtual reality content creators.

Google has added the Razer Serval Gaming Controller to its lineup in the Google Store for $79. While there are already a few gaming controllers available, like the Gamepad for Nexus Player, the Razer Serval has a dedicat...

Top tech stories for July 29, 2015. Windows 10 is rolling out to users today, but don't expect to install it right away. Also, major record labels are threatening to pull their music from youtube, claiming that the video...

Wondering how Samsung manages to cram a 16-megapixel camera into seemingly wafer-thin phones like the Galaxy A8? By developing a brand-spanking new sensor that fits, that's how. The Korean company has built an ISOCELL-ba...