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Telltale Games has launched the first two episodes of its adventure game The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, which is the third "season" of this series.

The new Ebola vaccine rVSV-EBOV shows promise in preventing the next outbreak of the disease but it comes with side effects. It also only works against one subtype of the hemorrhagic virus.

No matter how well you take care of an Android phone, the time will come for it to count its last electric sheep. Selling a smartphone, even a functioning one, can be a hassle — and less than rewarding when dealing wit...

For those lucky enough to find a new iPhone, iPad, or AirPods under the tree today, now is the perfect time to outfit your home, car, work desk, bedside table, or elsewhere with extra Lightning charging cables. Apple cha...

It’s Christmas, and Ridley Scott has a present for you: the first Alien: Covenant official trailer. Hotly-anticipated sequel to 2012’s Prometheus, the movie promises a return not only to the themes of that Alien prec...

One of most common holiday gifts every year is an iTunes gift card. It seems that when people don’t know what to buy for a tech enthusiastic or a teenager, the go-to fallback is an iTunes gift card. If you’re one of ...

Holidays can be a rough time for those who are truly married to their jobs but also have a human that they love in their spare time. Enter the Kissenger, a new smartphone peripheral that allows anyone to send a smooch li...

Whether you're after a classic three-string cigar box guitar, a wooden snare drum, or a Blue Man Group-inspired PVC pipe organ, Cigar Box Nation has a massive repository of kits, plans, and free DIY instrument instructio...

If you find yourself at a loose end today, perhaps after overindulging on the eggnog and looking to sit down for a few minutes, why not check out our picks for the top apps of the last week? Whether you own an iPhone, iP...

China will launch a mission to land on the dark side of the moon in two years' time, state media reported, in what will be a first for humanity. The moon's far hemisphere is never directly visible from Earth and...   �...

Volkswagen has plans to produce cars in both Kenya and Rwanda, and even kick off a ridesharing service in the Rwandan capital of Kigali. Uber has yet to penetrate much of the African market, making this a strategic move ...

The customization that makes Android so adaptable and powerful is the same thing that can make it a little intimidating at the beginning. With that in mind, we walk new Android owners through some of the first steps they...

To capture the world's biggest Santa Claus networking and educational event, photographer Dina Litovsky made the unlikely trek to Branson, Missouri in July on assignment for National Geographic. The convention, Discover ...

Forget instant rice. A good rice cooker is an economical way to make healthy rice at home, without having to turn to your stovetop. Here are a few of our favorite models, from the likes of Hamilton Beach and Aroma. The p...

Okay, so here's the thing about Santa Claus. Every year, this elderly, overweight man somehow manages to lug giant bags of toys down millions of chimneys. He does this in the span of a couple hours, without being spotted...

Your everyday carry will never be as stylish than with the Helmsman Weatherproof Duffle Bag by Mission Workshop. Weatherproof, expandable, and even unbreakable, this bag is expertly designed and the latest from the Trans...

It's evening on Christmas Eve, and it's cold. The early sunset was hours ago, and the insulating clouds have vanished, leaving every surface frozen and glittering like the inside of a geode wherever the light from the st...

You got a new iPhone, huh? Good luck with the headphone situation. It's really not so bad once you get used to it. Thankfully, no matter how Apple changes the hardware, the iPhone still has beautiful, useful apps, many o...

With the holiday season here, you might find yourself with a little more free time than you're allotted during the rest of the year. AppleInsider has collected a list of some of the independent developer's games that we ...

Who better to read you A Christmas Carol than old Scrooge himself? If your answer (as it ought to be) is indeed Scrooge, you just so happen to be in luck. This holiday season, Amazon Alexa is getting into the Christmas s...

I’ve been testing two new Thunderbolt 3-enabled storage enclosures from the fine folks at Akitio. The Thunder3 Duo Pro is a hardware RAID-enabled enclosure that can accommodate two 2.5- or 3.5-inch drives. The Thunder3...