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FujiFilms's X-Trans III sensor has been out since the X-Pro2 hit the scene in March 2016. It was joined recently by the X-T2, and presently the X-T20 and X100F are about to be unleashed upon the world in February 2017. I...

It's not often that you see a new pair of headphones that upsets the basic taxonomy of personal audio gear, but Audeze's new iSine series is precisely that. The iSine 20 that I'm reviewing today are ostensibly in-ear hea...

Climate scientists have volunteered by the dozens to review the accuracy of stories about climate change. Now they're collaborating with computer experts to scan the internet for fake news and misleading stories about cl...

All electric trains in the Netherlands are now powered entirely by wind energy. It's the first railway network in the world to rely completely on renewable energy, providing carbon-free travel to over 600,000 daily passe...

Scientists from Harvard University say they've ended an 80-year quest by compressing hydrogen into a potentially superconducting metal. Using a diamond-tipped anvil, the team squeezed a hydrogen gas sample to 71 million ...

Millions of patients depend on a rare radioactive form of one element to scan them for disease. But the old nuclear reactors that make it are shutting down --

Ransomware protection service opened Lockheed Martin, Adobe data to attackers Russian penetration tester Vladimir Ivanov has reported a bug in anti-ransomware backup service Code42 that could have seen attackers pilfer d...

Kill your antivirus, maybe keep Windows Defender Antivirus is harmful and everyone should uninstall it, so says recently liberated ex-Mozilla developer Robert O'Callahan....

Can an algorithm detect skin cancer as well as a dermatologist? Scientists say yes, at least, according to a new study out this week. A group of researchers at Stanford say they have trained AI to be as reliable as human...

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has donated half a million dollars towards Wikipedia’s “Community health initiative,” aimed at reducing harassment and vandalism on the site and improve the tools moderators use eve...

While campaigning last year, Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, begin building a border wall and deport immigrant criminals on "day one" as president. On his actual first full day in office, however, President Tr...

Build a Victorian house replica one brick at a time with this new project up for a vote on the Lego Ideas site.

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is donating $500,000 to help curb harassment on Wikipedia.

Apple has issued a reminder of the earnings call for its fiscal Q1 2017 (calendar Q4 2016) financial report. As usual, there will be a live audio webcast of the call. Apple will provide live audio streaming of its FY 17 ...

Using a "space-proof" camera mounted on the chest of his spacesuit, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured video of a January 13, 2017 spacewalk. Pesquet and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough completed a power upgrade for th...

As expected, Apple has been formally inducted into the Partnership on AI as a founding member, naming Siri-founder and Apple exec Tom Gruber to the board of trustees for the group.

Half a century after a fire claimed the lives of three of its astronauts, NASA has placed on display the hatches from the flame-damaged Apollo 1 command module, marking the first time any artifact from the capsule has be...

Update your software and OS regularly instead, practice skeptical computing.

Following Bloomberg’s report, the Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society (what a name) officially announced that Apple is joining other tech companies as a founding member of the AI initiative. Companies will ...

Using disappearing messages in government could be a "recipe for corruption," says one expert.

For several years, Microsoft truly believed that a fleet of hardware devices could carry its software into homes and businesses. Based on news around the company's fourth-quarter earnings report, though, it feels a littl...

The gig: Apoorva Mehta, 30, is the founder and chief executive of San Francisco grocery delivery start-up Instacart. Over the last four years, he has grown the company to more than 300 full-time employees and tens of tho...