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 With yet another push from President Obama to revive initiatives to develop “smart gun” technology, it’s time to once again revisit the issue. The most common question I got in response to my previous piece on sm...

After developer Nick Lee realized that the Apple Watch's 520 MHz processor, 512 MB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage made it more powerful than many desktops running Windows 95 in the 1990s, he felt confident he could ...

Drone Fishing. It’s exactly as ridiculous-but-kind-of-fascinating-but-really!? as it sounds. Jaiden Maclean and his friends at Sea Ulcer Aerial Media went fishing for longtail tuna with a Phantom Drone, and captured th...

In 50 Ruby on Rails web apps it quickly busted 23 previously undiagnosed vulnerabilities.

Finding and sampling the Moon's ancient interior mantle --- one of the science drivers for sending robotic spacecraft and future NASA astronauts to the Moon's South Pole Aitken basin --- is just as likely achievable at s...

For some people, the RunKeeper coach's voice is enough to keep them motivated during a jog. Others need something physical to keep pace with. That's where Puma's BeatBot comes in. Developed by a NASA robotics engineer, a...

Yahoo Inc. chief Marissa Mayer will walk away with a $55-million severance package if the company's auction of its Internet operations culminates in a sale that ousts her from her job. The payout disclosed in a regulator...

Researchers detailed a security vulnerability affecting navigation app Waze this week, and it ignited concerns about potential privacy violations and mass surveillance. Waze has been quick to respond, saying in a lengthy...

Your Facebook profile picture is a lure for impostors, found hair stylist Eduardo Roman.          

FDA approves the first Parkinson's-related psychosis drug. Nuplazid (pimavanserin) tablets are designed to treat psychosis-related delusions and hallucinations among some patients with Parkinson's disease.

Apple's iPhone SE lead-times back up Tim Cook's comments about its strong demand.

It's one of the physics world's most complex machines, and it has been immobilized -- temporarily -- by a weasel.

Throughout European history, volcanoes changed the weather in a number of ways.

Twelve years ago, Robert McEliece, a mathematician and engineer at Caltech, won the Claude E. Shannon Award, the highest honor in the field of information theory. During his acceptance lecture, at an international sympos...

Look, Xiaomi's smartwatch for kids isn't anything revolutionary. It has features typically found in children's wearables, including the ability to make and receive calls and to track users' whereabouts. The best thing ab...

Motorola has been getting the flak on online public forums for being both unwilling and unable to honor its warranty claims. Finally, the company has been sued for $5 million over the same issue.

Oral cancer drugs have become significantly more expensive compared with those from 15 years ago, according to a new study. The research provides insight into rising drug prices in the U.S., particularly among specialty ...

Virtual reality is responsible for some of the most fascinating experiences in recent memory, from a tour of Chernobyl to some of the most immersive games in the history of the medium. These are all worthwhile applicatio...

An influential British medical group endorsed e-cigarette use as an effective smoking cessation method. How did they arrive at such a conclusion despite the presence of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and some widely ...

What if tiny radio waves from your luggage could communicate its location to baggage handlers?

Rules proposed in Michigan perfect example of tech-illiterate politicians writing tech rules Two state senators in Michigan, US, have proposed a set of laws that promise life imprisonment for anyone fiddling with a car's...

Deal with Royal Free London to slurp info surprises and shocks Google has been given access to huge swatches of confidential patient information in the UK, raising fears yet again over how NHS managers view and handle da...