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Notifications can be handy, but they can also be annoying at times. Here's how to manage notifications in Chrome, or ban them entirely, so they never bother you again. The post How to enable and disable notifications in ...

Call it what you want to: The Blizzard of 2016, Winter Storm Jonas or Snowzilla. The fact is that for tens of millions of people from New York to the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky and West Virginia, this storm lived ...

That FBI hacking initiative that caught 1,500 pedophiles on the Dark Web? It was just the tip of the iceberg. Motherboard has discovered that the operation was just one part of Operation Pacifier, a global campaign to fi...

Keep your gear dry no matter how hard the rain pours with the Matador FreeRain24 Waterproof Backpack. Weighing just 5.5 ounces total, this durable portable bag can neatly collapse into a 5×3-inch pouch for effort free c...

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 VCs have avoided solar deals ever since Solyndra became a four-letter word. But while their attention has strayed, the industry has been on a tear. In 2010, U.S. solar installers hit a milestone of 1 GW per year. Five ...

Twitters own version of bloody Sunday leaves it short four senior executives at a time when the company's stock is under heavy pressure. CEO Jack Dorsey's return to the job has been turmoil filled as he tries to bring ne...

We've heard plenty about how robots are endangering our jobs, but now, it's more than our careers that may be at stake. At this year's World Economic Forum held in Davos, killer robots drew quite the debate. The post Kil...

Global spending on 3D printing hit nearly $11 billion in 2015, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). By 2019, that figure will surge to nearly $27 billion. The post Global spending on 3D printing to exceed $...

China revealed its plans to build a supercomputer 1,000 times more powerful than the Tianhe-1A, which was once hailed as the fastest computing machine in the world. China aims to release a prototype of the exascale compu...

Apple may announce new Apple Watch models in March and Apple Watch 2 in September 2016. Apple Watch has attracted many customers, but Apple is yet to release official sales figures of the smartwatch.

There's no AI that can learn as fast as the human brain -- at least not yet -- but Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) wants to change that. The government organization has granted three departments ...

 What is it with politicians and encryption? There are now two bills in different U.S. states, one in California and one in New York, proposing that smartphones sold in the state must be able to be decrypted on demand b...

Some changes are coming to Google Play Games this year, and they'll affect both users and developers. As announced on the Android Developer Blog, the changes are intended "to reduce sign-in friction and unnecessary permi...

When it comes to smartphones, there are so many different kinds of models out there in the market, so much so that it can be rather difficult to pick and choose if you would like to enjoy a new model from time to time. W...

 Hackathon prize money keeps rising each year as organizations learn to take advantage of their value. Runner-up cash prizes are now in the thousands, and grand-prize payouts are as high as $1 million. There is now a co...

Microsoft recently announced that the update to Windows 10 Mobile will be delayed until later this year. The company learnt from its past mistakes and now working on some tools to ensure that everything goes smoothly onc...

Scientists found that physical attraction is influenced partly by genes that determine one's height. So in the case of a tall guy hitting on a tall girl, genes could likely be held responsible as well.

Imagine having the power to tweak your windows' opacity depending on the weather. That's one application a group of MIT scientists believe they've made possible by conjuring up an equation that can predict how light goes...

Check out the massive East Coast snowstorm from an astronaut's viewpoint with these stunning photos shared from the International Space Station.

How's this for #NewYorkValues? New York City is currently enduring a massive winter storm that's expected to dump up to 30 inches of snow on the city. Some subways were shut down, a travel ban has been put in place and r...

 The Gillmor Gang — Kevin Marks, Frank Radice, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, January 24, 2016. Tech, media, and politics collide in the Global Streaming era and the birth of the VPN Party. Plus...