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In Germany, a team of researchers are preparing to switch on the largest nuclear fusion plant in the world. Hosted at the Max Planck Institute, the stellarator, also known as Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X), is awaiting regulator...

Local Motors, the world's most prominent maker of 3D-printed cars, announced this week that it plans to offer pre-sales of its series of 3D printed models starting in spring 2016. It estimates the sticker price for the L...

Adding pictures and photos to your iPhone contacts is a nice way to improve the iOS experience for phone calls and messaging, as it helps to quickly identify people in conversations and when reaching out. Assigning pictu...

On a regular Android phone, swiping up from the home button gives you access to Google Now. On the BlackBerry Priv it can do much more than that. Swiping up will give you three options instead of one, and two of them can...

As many StarCraft 2 gamers know by now, Legacy of the Void will be the game's last expansion as far as the ongoing story is concerned. We know that some gamers are understandably bummed given how the story of the StarCra...

Over time, the storage on your LG V10 slowly shrinks. We add apps and take pictures and video, maybe add a few HD music files or pin things with YouTube Red. On top of all that, there are temporary files getting download...

ProtonMail, the encrypted mail service used by whistleblowers, journalists and activists, became victim of multiple distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks this week. The company even paid ransom, but the IP slammin...

The BlackBerry Priv has a pretty awesome hardware keyboard and its probably something you're going to use a lot. One neat trick is that you can just start typing and immediately search Google. We're using Google as an ex...

The FCC has dismissed a petition filed by California nonprofit Consumer Watchdog, asking the commission to require "edge providers" to honor Do Not Track requests. The group named Google, Facebook, YouTube, Pandora, Netf...

It’s hard to feel too sorry for anyone who can afford a $1.4 million Ferrari… but it is certainly possible to feel sorry for the car itself. A video posted by YouTube user Gábor Grubits shows a man in Budapest cra...

Swiss-based startup BestMile is collaborating with PostBus (or CarPostal) to introduce the world's first autonomous public transport system. The initial fleet of electric vehicles will debut in spring 2016 in the city of...

Lab tests showed a chemical compound was able to clear cataracts in both rats and human eye lens tissue. The soluble chemical can be administered like common eye drops.

Fly Labs, a video and photo editing startup, has announced that it has been acquired by Google. Says the startup team, they will be joining Google -- in particular, Google Photos -- in the company's Mountain View, Califo...

According to recent reports, Bank of America is planning on implementing advice-giving robots based on algorithms. These algorithms will be implemented on a prototype level next year.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that the company will release an update to autopilot mode on its Model S, bringing a number of constraints to the new mode so that people can use autopilot mode at dangerous times.

The hacking group Crackas With Attitude, which previously infiltrated the personal email of CIA Director John Brennan, says it has breached a law enforcement portal through which one can access tools for law enforcement ...

Japanese electronics maker NEC has unveiled a unique input mechanism that allows you to type on your arm using augmented reality The system is called the ARmKeypad and it combines a set of glasses to visualize the virtua...

Parents: They just don't get technology, right? It's probably one of the most common grievances among sons and daughters worldwide. From Mom asking you who this Reddit person is to Dad watching Netflix in silence because...

Kids these days. While staying in a hotel with her family this girl named Layla encountered an ancient piece of technology she has never come into physical contact with before: a landline telephone with a cord. Bewildere...

The Fibaro Flood Sensor is light on features, but its killer design and potential versatility make it one of the best on the market.

After a year and a half since the first case was reported in the West African country, Sierra Leone has been declared Ebola free, 42 days after the last case was cleared. The announcement is one further step forward in t...

A recent study revealed that adolescent exposure to pesticides found in food can lead to the development of defective sperm cells. Researchers said that banned pesticides such as DDTs are still present in the environment...