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Regular tape measures are so last year. Forward-thinking creators (and anyone who needs to measure anything) should turn to Bagel, the "smart" tape measure. It also looks vaguely like a bagel. Sort of.

Facebook is updating its News Feed algorithm yet again to show posts from family and friends more frequently than those from Pages. The update could mean bad news for publishers.

Smartphone manufacturer Wileyfox pushes lower down the market to reach a larger audience with the release of the Wileyfox Spark. But has it cut too close to the bone? Forbes' contributor Ewan Spence reviews the £90 dual...

As the number of companies providing core banking systems has shrunk, banks have seen their leverage decline. With just three big providers, more than 100 banks and credit unions have joined a consortium to develop a sta...

From now until 3PM PT (6PM ET), eBay is taking $15 off any $75 order (with a few exclusions) when you check out with Paypal and use code CRUISEN2SUMMER at checkout. That includes gift cards (other than eBay gift cards), ...

The much-anticipated arrival of NASA's Juno spacecraft at Jupiter is almost here. Juno will answer many questions about Jupiter, but at the cost of a mission profile full of challenges. One of those challenges is communi...

Google Keep's new feature will help you find notes old and new even if you never even bothered slapping a label on them. The free app now organizes your notes based on automatically created topics, such as food, places a...

You find yourself trekking to the great outdoors, where bugs, weather, and grass that is just tall enough to touch your ankle can affect you. Let’s just hypothesize, for fun, that you are in need of a small flame to de...

Yes, South Korea still has the fastest internet in the world. But, according to content delivery network Akamai, average global speeds are up overall from late last year, jumping to 6.3 Mbps. More than that, we're seeing...

Nearly thirty years after an international treaty banned the use of chlorofluorocarbons, the Antarctic ozone hole is finally starting to heal. By mid to late century, it should be fully recovered.

Apple Music is celebrating its first birthday, with 15 million subscribers under its belt and arch rival Spotify in its sights. The streaming music service - and its flagship Beats 1 radio station - was launched twelve m...

The galaxy we're zooming in on in the video above is LEDA 36252. It's a tadpole galaxy 82 million lightyears away that has been steadily turning out new stars at an incredible rate for billions of years.

Drones are becoming more commonplace in everyday life, but aside from private and military application of drones, commercial enterprises are also increasing their use of the technology. Recognizing that this is the perfe...

Google has officially named the newest version of Android as dessert "Android Nougat" - thus keeping the alphabetical naming structure sound. This is the latest in a line of dessert names as well, keeping with the tastie...

Bust our your black and gold wreaths and streamers because Prime Day is nearly upon us!

As counterfeiters get better and better at faking expensive Swiss watches, the watchmakers themselves now have a new tool to help distinguish their genuine creations from fakes: nanoscopic watermarks that are invisible t...

An analysis by Tufts University researchers has failed to find a link between butter consumption and cardiovascular disease. And hallelujah to that--the ongoing hysteria against butter can now finally come to an end.

Beginning this year, Saudi Arabia will provide electronic identification bracelets for all pilgrims traveling to Mecca. The bracelets, which are designed to promote safety, will include personal details and medical infor...

It looks increasingly likely that Apple will ditch the long-standing 3.5mm headphone jack in the next version of the iPhone. And headphone makers are going to have to learn to live with this future.

One of the hottest topics in regards to the upcoming iPhone 7 is the headphone jack. Some leaks have suggested that the iPhone 7 will ship without the headphone jack, but sources with Japanese Apple news blog Mac Otakara...

 Google started making investments in a number of undersea cables back in 2008, but one of its largest investments was the $300 million it invested in the FASTER cable between Japan and the U.S. West Coast. Back in 2014...

Apple and NASA have collaborated on a short musical film [Direct iTunes Link] called "Visions of Harmony," which is designed to celebrate NASA's Juno spacecraft reaching Jupiter's orbit. First launched in 2011, Juno is e...