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Our long national nightmare is over: Thanks to HBO and Silicon Valley there's finally an app that will tell you if the object you pointed your phone's camera at is a hot dog or not. For fans of the show, it's a cute joke...

Take your typing old school with the Penna Retro Bluetooth Keyboard. With your choice of Diamond or Chrome keycaps, this keyboard achieves a nostalgic aesthetic. But, even with this design, the abilities of the Penna Key...

Hardware and home improvement store Lowe’s is no stranger to innovative tech — the company began testing robotic workers at some of its stores late last year, for example. Now the company is back with another develop...

The proliferation of the WannaCry ransomware last week unequivocally justifies Apple's steadfast refusal to help the FBI break into an iPhone 5c used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists. As a quick refresher, the FBI...

For now, everyone is going to know when you are livestreaming to Facebook. The update which brought the ability to livestream your Gear VR adventures directly to Facebook. While this feature allows you to easily share ma...

In an effort to further differentiate itself from rival Facebook, Snapchat this morning expanded its ad offerings lineup with three new products that take advantage of its already popular lenses and geofilters. The compa...

Two NASA astronauts, both with one-of-a-kind career credits, will be honored Friday, May 19, when they are inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. The ceremony will air live on NASA Television and the agency's web...

A man was hospitalized after complaints of abdominal pain turned out to be a parasitic infection from sushi. Here's what you need to know about Anisakiasis and food safety.

Microsoft president: Ransomware attack underscores need for digital rules of engagement.        

So says Stripe CEO Patrick Collison on the latest episode of Recode Decode. The online payments company Stripe has a new head of security, Peiter Zatko -- and it's worth noting that Zatko and another recently hired secur...

Elon Musk posted a prototype of a super-fast electric sled to fast-track cars through underground tunnels in Los Angeles.

Microsoft Blog, on the WannaCrypt ransomeware attack: The WannaCrypt exploits used in the attack were drawn from the exploits stolen from the National Security Agency, or NSA, in the United States. That theft was publicl...

A Japanese nonprofit says has computers at 600 locations had been hit in the global "ransomware" cyberattack

Between therapy sessions, mental health patients can feel alone. Sunrise Health is a new startup aiming to improve mental healthcare by combining the constant support of group chat, the openness afforded by anonymity, th...

The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits has officially halted its licensing program for "certain MP3 related patents and software," effectively making the long-standing music format free to use for developers.

Technology's role in modern healthcare is growing. Artificial intelligence is being used for mental health, and smartphones can use add-ons to do things we never would have imagined ten years ago, like diagnose STDs and ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a miniature device that's sensitive enough to feel the forces generated by swimming bacteria and hear the beating of heart muscle cells.

Intensification of extreme rainfall varies from region to region, study shows.

Rocket Lab, the U.S.-New Zealand company developing the Electron small launch vehicle, plans to carry out its first flight in a window that opens May 21.

Security upgrades for the National Health Service’s information technology systems have lagged behind for years --

A researcher showed how it's possible to grind through phone numbers, see if the person is using WhatsApp, and then grab some user details.

Typically when you hear the word endoscopic camera it's being said by a doctor for the purpose of looking inside a patient. But these bendable snake cameras can be used for many everyday things beyond medical application...