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DDoS attacks from yesterday may have subsided, but cybersecurity experts warn that such events will reappear in the future. The reason is that hackers can now wreak havoc over the internet by tapping into IoT devices.

 Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, hosted a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” this afternoon. He noted that the AMA should focus on SpaceX’s plans for Mars, which Musk revealed during the International Astronautical Co...

The Cygnus cargo spacecraft, developed by Orbital ATK Inc., was captured by the ISS' robotic arm at 7:28 a.m. EDT (1128 GMT) today. The ship carried materials for science experiments and other supplies for the crew. The ...

It's that time of year again: As Halloween approaches, it's time to unleash our dark side. Welcome to Lifehacker's seventh annual Evil Week.

If you need another reason to be paranoid about network security, a serious exploit that attacks a nine-year-old Linux kernel flaw is now in the wild. The researcher who found it, Phil Oester, told V3 that the attack is ...

Google will team up with uBreakiFix for the latter to offer walk-in repairs for the Pixel and Pixel XL. Repairs include screen replacements, as well as charging port and battery repairs. The post Google teams up with uBr...

A Chinese electronics maker confirmed that its DVRs and internet-connected cameras were used as pawns in Friday's massive DDoS attack. Mirai malware-powered botnets were behind at least some of the disruption that took d...

If you've never made a vaccine from scratch before, this is how it's done.

After continued reports of the phones catching on fire when charged, Samsung finally put the Galaxy Note 7 out of its misery two weeks ago. But 2.5 million recalled devices and $2.3 billion in projected losses later, the...

A man died after contracting a flesh eating bacteria. Vibrio lurking in the waters of Assawoman Bay infected the man through a wound in his body.

When 11-year-old Belle Pan saw other kids her age working on a presentation at Startup Weekend event, she quickly pitched her own idea for iRummage. Now, two years later, Pan's goal is to help raise $100 million for Wash...

iPad: Moleskine's Timepage calendar is surprisingly one of the best calendar apps on the iPhone because it takes a very design-centric approach to a normally boring type of app. Now, that app's available for the iPad.

A long time ago I was a young art student, being told about the "Rule Of Thirds." I was told it's one of the most important fundamentals of art and photography, as it helps you get the right composition in your images. O...

As Facebook admits its algorithmic downfalls, hate speech still grows.

 As Facebook, the social network with 1.7 billion users, has come under fire for how it has handled its editorial role as a “media” company, it is also trying to launch more ways for people to control their experien...

Lensta is a professional smartphone lens that combines all the elements needed to capture perfect photos with high-resolution, lively colors and great angle. Lensta allows you to have a broader width, bigger perspective,...

 A coordinated botnet attack effectively choked internet access to a large number of popular sites last week, and the attack itself was made possible in large part due to the spread of connected Internet of Things (IoT)...

"Work smarter, not harder" should be everyone's mantra. Marek Baczynski certainly abides by it. Why else would he spend hours of trial and error figuring out how to get a drone to change a lightbulb? We can finally add l...

Led by assistant professor Lei Li, a research team from Washington State University developed a smartphone spectrometer that can measure up to eight samples at once. This looks to drastically improve cancer detection. Th...

 Driverless technology moved closer to becoming an everyday reality last week in the U.S. thanks to Tesla, but in Singapore it’s already expanding from testing with taxis to testing with full-size city buses in real-w...

A prolonged Internet outage prevented access to major sites like Twitter, Netflix, Spotify and The New York Times on Friday. The attack has commentators concerned that this is was a practice run for future, promising mor...

I never quite understood the Canon 16-35mm f2.8 series of lenses--they overlap with the company's 24-70 offerings and the Nikon 14-24mm f2.8 lenses seemed to be more reasonable in terms of building a kit. But nonetheless...