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If you had to guess when the best time to score a deal on a laptop is, you'd probably be right.

Snapchat is using the number to attract more advertisers

Researchers from University of Kent have revealed that small changes in the viral genomic sequence can make Reston virus pathogenic to humans. Ebola virus survivors are identified to acquired neurological problems six mo...

Researchers believe that, through sending magnetic impulses in the brain, the symptoms of anorexia nervosa can be reduced, and with multiple treatments, the disorder can possibly be treated.

ADAC, the German Automobile Club, is sort of the AAA of Germany. Recently, the group revealed the findings of some auto security tests they'd run to bring attention to how easy it is for thieves to exploit keyless entry ...

It took us almost 50 years to get a close look at Pluto, so we think it's safe to say humanity has to wait a while before we can catch a glimpse of Planet Nine. In fact, we still have to prove that it really does exist. ...

 DARPA has a new Grand Challenge underway, but it’s not an automation moonshot like the self-driving car challenges of the early 2000s or the recent Robotics Challenge. The Defense Department’s R&D wing wants to rev...

It looks like patience is definitely a virtue, as Microsoft has started to ship its Surface Hub meeting room machines – at long last, after experiencing a delay after its pre-order as well. These are videoconferencing ...

Since the discovery of dinosaur eggs, paleontologists have been able to use new technologies to crack the mysteries of dinosaur eggs and find out a wealth of information about dinosaur biology, behavior, and ecology.

Police in Canada caught a masked armed robber after he unfriended his victim on Facebook. Ryley Smith, 20, stole about US$750 when he held up a Subway sandwich store in Moncton, New Brunswick, on Nov. 12, 2014, Canadia...

If black holes shoot out jets, then why do they ionize matter in bubble-shapes?

His photo is part of the company's push for gender equality

Zika virus is known for causing microcephaly and other birth defects infants born from infected mothers. Here's what every woman, pregnant or not, should know.

Flirtey, the startup that did the first FAA-sanctioned drone delivery in a rural area, has replicated the feat in an urban setting. It sent out an autonomous hexacopter on a half-a-mile flight to an empty house in Hawtho...

What is the best movie about space? This question was originally answered on Quora by Robert Frost.

The government's mad science wing has an eye on lowering the cost and extending the lifespan of the geosynchronous Earth orbit satellites that follow our planet during its rotation. DARPA has proposed a system dubbed Rob...

There's an entire industry devoted to cracking the iPhone and other smartphones. These companies operate mostly in the dark, offering their services to clients when other methods of retrieving data from a gadget fail. Ce...

On Thursday, barely a day after it launched its AI chatbot Taylor, Microsoft has shut it down after she passed inappropriate comments on Twitter.

Last year, Microsoft said that it would help combat so-called revenge porn by allowing people to request that it take down naked photos of them that were posted without their permission. On Friday, it released the first ...

Theoretically, the System Integrity Protection introduced in OS X El Capitan makes it very hard to completely compromise a Mac. The feature prevents software from modifying protected files even if you have root access, p...

Amazon's voice command system Alexa can now be used to take control of a Nest thermostat in order to make adjustments to a room's temperature. Owners simply have to ask Alexa to either increase or lower the temperature t...

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