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Nintendo Switch launch day is here at last, but if you don’t have a pre-order, that means you’re out of luck, right? Not exactly - a number of retailers have the Switch in stock for walk-in customers today, but it’...

There are two types of people in this world: people who admit they've peed in a pool and liars. Okay, so maybe not everyone has actually urinated while swimming, but every pool has at least a little bit of pee in it, and...

Cut the cord in style with the Francois et Mimi ANC Bluetooth Headset. Featuring a classic combination of materials, this headset is comfortable for any activity. The Francois et Mimi Headset features plush ear cups to h...

Maven is General Motors' Zipcar-style vehicle rental service, letting you pay an hourly rate to temporarily borrow a ride. But the company is now targeting folks who want to get around for longer periods at a time with M...

Ten tips to get you started on your journey in 'The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild.'

Straight out of the Red Hat playbook: Take your VM images and pay for support Docker has extended its product line by adding two E's, for Enterprise Edition, a version of its container software tuned to the demands of bu...

Ever since the election, we've been wondering what the new presidential administration has in store for environmental programs, and the proposed new EPA budget may provide answers. First, the Washington Post reported the...

Countries hit hardest by automaker's emissions scandal include Germany, Poland, France, and Czech Republic.

NASA had a bit of excitement earlier this week, with its Jet Propulsion Laboratory's flight controllers having to send commends to the MAVEN spacecraft, making it perform an evasive maneuver to avoid smashing into one of...

The original mold from penicillin, discovered by Alexander Fleming almost 90 years ago, was sold on March 1 at the auction house Bonhams in London. Here are facts and trivia about the prized capsule that was auctioned of...

Near real-time images from a NASA observatory show a newly discovered comet on a collision course with our star.

There's a certain predictability to smartphone releases and we never really doubted that the Google Pixel would get a 2017 update, but now we have more concrete clarification, thanks to brief interview with Rick Osterloh...

Follow the Sentinel-2B launch live from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on 7 March. Streaming begins at 01:30 GMT (02:30 CET), with liftoff scheduled at 01:49 GMT (02:49 CET)

In 2016, Vice President Mike Pence criticized Hillary Clinton's error in using a private server for confidential information. But then he is also guilty of the same oversight.

Fear of losing our jobs to those who can perform tasks faster, cheaper and perhaps with more creativity, has been longstanding. Equally, the introduction of a new leisure class with more free-time to spend once liberated...

The first episode of Motherboard's new pluspluspodcast takes you deep into a twisted tale.

Not one to be left out, Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos is also making plans to go to the Moon, just like fellow space magnate Elon Musk. Bezos’ plan, uncovered by The Washington Post via a draft proposal pre...

With the dust settling over a busy MWC 2017, it's time to look back and reflect a little on that move from Nokia. The company relaunched itself into smartphones, adopting the Android platform and announcing the Nokia 6, ...

We won't be seeing the Samsung Galaxy S8 later this month but it's already trying to wow the geek crowd. At least based on the supposed Galaxy S8 that just landed on Geekbench. With model number SM-G955U, which is for th...

Since the world first saw Ghost Robotics' Minitaur robot last September, our best scientists have been racking their brains, asking themselves one question: how do you escape from a robot that can climb stairs, scale fen...

For decades, scientists have attempted to develop a drug that could flip off appetites. A woman who suffers from a one-in-a-billion genetic disorder may hold some of the answers for a treatment for the millions of people...

The only data you want on your wrist describes your pulse Sales of wearables did okay in the Christmas quarter, but sales of apps for wearables are in the doldrums....