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Literature professor Simon John James and physicist Richard Bower discuss the many, wildly various meanings of "time travel."

If you have an web-connected camera, you should change your password ASAP. For just 188 yuan ($28), you can buy software that would allow you to hack into connected cameras, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV warns.  SEE AL...

Google is under a lot of pressure to stamp out extremists' online presences, and it's responding to that heat today. The internet giant has outlined four steps it's taking to flag and remove pro-terrorism content on its ...

Crouton and Gallium OS turn Chromebooks into Linux laptops.

Don't look now, but American spaceflight just dodged a bullet. Senators have passed an amendment to an Iran-Russia sanctions bill that, if gone unchecked, would have barred both NASA and private outfits from using Russia...

The White House has nominated the president and chief executive of suborbital spaceplane and engine developer XCOR Aerospace to a top position in the Defense Department. SpaceNews.com

Elon Musk might just have the first customer for his traffic-skipping tunnels. The tech entrepreneur says he's having "promising conversations" with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti about using The Boring Company's techno...

There was a day a few years ago where I received 1000 emails.

Not only is the new WeMo Mini Smart Plug smaller than the top-selling original so as to only cover one outlet, it's also cheaper. You'll almost always see it available for $35, but today on Amazon, it's knocked down to $...

When it comes to smartphone models, many of us would prefer to settle for a marquee device, like an iPhone 7, LG G6, or the Samsung Galaxy S8. After all, it showcases just how savvy we are in the world of technology, not...

The entire point of DC's Injustice is to imagine a universe in which traditional canon is basically thrown out of the window in favor of a riveting series of what ifs. What if Superman became tyrannical despot? What if e...

This summer, New Mexico-based aerospace company will be testing the aerospike engine, a concept which almost became part of the Space Shuttle The post The Aerospike Engine Was Considered for the Shuttle, But Never Flew. ...

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Scientists have built an algae that spits out more than twice as much fat as wild algae.

Researchers have loaded a robot with an artificial intelligence so it can figure out how to best grip objects it's never seen before, no hand-holding required.

DoD, other websites found with back-end server flaws and misconfigurations that could give attackers an entryway to internal networks, researcher will demonstrate at Black Hat USA next month.

Some of Mexico's most prominent journalists and activists were targeted by a massive spyware campaign, according to a new report from Citizen Lab. Conducted mostly between August 2015 and July 2016, the campaign included...

Data from the largely conservative Deep Root Analytics, a company that strategizes how to target audiences for political advertisements, was exposed this month. Information on nearly 200 million US citizens, over 60 perc...

Officials did not provide additional details about the satellite's orbit, but did state that the satellite had deployed its solar panels and was functioning normally. SpaceNews.com

The latest Firefox has been released with multi-process support for a faster, more reliable experience, but Facebook still runs slowly on the new version. Here's why that's a problem.

A European Parliament committee has published a draft report proposing that the ability for citizens to protect their data with encryption should be protected, including banning any possibility of government sanctioned b...

According to the latest report from GSMA Intelligence, 5 billion people across the globe now have a mobile phone connection. That represents about two-thirds of the world's population. The post 5 billion people worldwide...