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North Korea has long been developing its own operating system called Red Star OS, a Linux distro with a design blatantly 'inspired by' Mac OS X. Thanks to German researchers Niklaus Schiess and Florian Grunow, the operat...

Five years and $42 million later, the robodog project is shelved.

The Pokemon Trading Card Game is still alive and kicking, even after almost two decades in the collectible card game scene. For Pokemon fans and non-fans alike, here is a basic guide on how to play Pokemon TCG.

To become a true Jedi you have to construct your own lightsaber... and that's exactly what 23-year-old YouTuber Drake Anthony (a.k.a. styropyro) did. Inspired by Allen Pan's flamethrower lightsaber, Anthony decided to pu...

Extreme weather in the southern and Midwestern US has killed at least 43 people. El Niño and a strong polar vortex are being blamed

A hoax on Facebook is currently circulating. The post promises that members who share it will be eligible to receive part of the billions of dollars being given away by CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Over this past year tech lovers were treated to tons of gadgets and technological moments, including incredible new Star Wars toys (with two amazing versions of the BB-8 droid), a new computer form factor in the Microsof...

President Barack Obama signed into law today the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, banning the manufacture and sale of tiny pieces of plastic found in soaps, toothpastes, and body washes in the United States. The powers...

According to a report from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), there are now over 50,000 wind turbines in operation across 40 states and Puerto Rico. These turbines combine to produce 70 gigawatts of energy. The...

Hollywood's anti-piracy group FACT led the UK police to several of the country's most-prolific movie pirates, responsible for illegally sharing 2,500 films online, via the culprits' Facebook profiles. The post Hollywood ...

Outer space is getting very very messy. A new video hammers home just how dramatically our space litter is accumulating.

Two wheels, one God.

New Zealand-based photographer Chris Cameron has a nice little kit he put together to mount his off-camera flash to any tree or pole. The setup centers around a plastic “dog bone” that you can make for yourself with ...

Fabiola Gianotti, who this week takes the helm at CERN--home to world's largest particle accelerator, is seen as a new breed of scientist. Initially trained in arts and literature, she came to physics relatively late. Sh...

University of Iowa scientists have explained why we can blame our livers for not stopping us from eating all those holiday cookies.

It's cheaper than a couple of subway rides, more powerful than almost any hacker (except maybe the NSA). And, if you think about it, not so hard to remember.

If you haven't updated Flash lately, you should do so immediately as Adobe has issued an emergency patch that addresses several vulnerabilities, including one exploit that is known to be in use in what Adobe calls "limit...

In recent months, much of the hype around virtual reality experiences has nearly drowned out some of the developments in augmented reality (AR), but a new demonstration video shows just how exciting AR still is See also:...

In little less than two weeks, it will be exactly 4 years since Fujfilm announced the X-Pro. On January 15, at least based on an earlier leaked product page, it will be revealing its successor. Before that happens, howev...

One of the strongest storms on record to form in the North Atlantic is set to rock Iceland with winds above hurricane force by Wednesday. It's also expected to drive a new batch of rain and wind to flood-weary areas of t...

Recently in Europe, it has been proposed that all handset manufacturers need to comply by creating a universal phone charger. While proprietary chargers for mobile devices are pretty much dead, there is still a divide be...

Samsung thinks it's about time that fitness trackers did more than monitor your pulse. It announced today that it's put into mass production a new chip that builds in support for measuring five attributes: body fat, skel...