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The braniacs at MIT have created an algorithm to determine the "memorability" of a photograph. The deep learning-based technology "learned" what makes a photo memorable by evaluating the rankings from 5,000 human volunte...

Back in November, US ISP Cox Communications defended the BitTorrent protocol, claiming that while torrents might be associated with piracy, they can and are used for legal purposes. For example companies like Blizzard us...

A newly discovered connection between two common prostate cancer treatments may soon make prostate cancer cells easier to destroy. Drugs that could capitalize on the discovery are already in the pipeline, report scientis...

November 2015 was the warmest November on record, and the seventh month in a row to average global temperatures that broke records set during previous years.

The Intercept obtained the catalog of devices used by federal and local law enforcement to collect and monitor cell phone data. The tracking hardware -- including the infamous Stingray -- in the catalog is accompanied by...

Once the largest ship in the world, the first of a new generation of supercarriers, the USS Midway is now a museum ship in San Diego. Here's a full tour.

It's taken a year of repairs, but a commercial launchpad on Virginia's Eastern Shore is once again ready for private rocket launches bound for the International Space Station.

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The first pregnant woman in the United Kingdom to ever undergo a cochlear implant now has her device switched on, enabling her to hear her unborn child's heartbeat. Kimberley Ward, 27, lost her hearing when she was a tee...

Whenever a particular handset is about to roll out, you can be sure that there there will be plenty of rumors and buzz that surrounds it – and the upcoming Samsung Galaxy A9 would also fall under a similar category. We...

Apple Pay will launch in China in "early 2106," the tech giant said Thursday. The news comes after Apple struck a deal with payment processor UnionPay, allowing the Cupertino company to finally take its payment service t...

A hefty slice of America spent 2015 keeping up with erstwhile Kardashian in-law Lamar Odom and the daughter of the late Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown. Odom, who was "fighting for his life" after what's believed t...

A team of researchers from the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Arkansas, Little Rock announced on Thursday that they are developing a robotic wearable which will enable the visually impaired to "see" wha...

It's always fun to surprise your parents but we don't think anyone has ever surprised their parents quite like this before. HostelWorld.com recently recruited a guest staying at the Bounce Hostel in Sydney, Australia to ...

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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) recently captured a unique view of Earth from the spacecraft's vantage point in orbit around the moon.

The Freedom of Information Act is a funny thing. Because of this act, everyday average citizens are able to send requests to the government to attain documents that, by all legal means and rights, aught to be public. As ...

ROLI's Seaboard RISE looks like something you'd find Darth Vader playing in his downtime on the Death Star, but it uses the force in far more interesting ways. The company's first product was the much-lauded Seaboard GRA...

A steep rise in human cases of P. knowlesi malaria in Malaysia is likely to be linked to deforestation and associated environmental changes, according to new research. Plasmodium knowlesi is a zoonotic malaria parasite, ...

If you happen to be rich and need to find a decent way to drop $6 million, look at this. Koenigsegg developed one of the most hyper of the hypercars called the One:1. The name comes from the fact that it has 1 hp for eve...

While Huawei might not necessarily command the same attention in US markets unlike Apple or Samsung, they are certainly doing a very good job because according to a recent announcement by the Chinese smartphone maker, th...

Specs of the Xiaomi Mi 5 emerged on Oppomart, suggesting that it will rock a Snapdragon 820 processor, a 20MP camera, a 3,800mAh battery and a bunch more. The smartphone is expected to sweep up the market when it's relea...