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DNA is a hugely promising medium for storing data. Consider that a cell nucleus can hold the instructions for an organism as complex as a human. So far efforts to store non-genetic data in DNA have been carried out in te...

Verily's technologically advanced Debug Project is already underway in Fresno County. How will releasing 20 million bacteria-infected male mosquitoes help reduce the population of disease-carrying mosquitoes?

If you've been following the exciting developments in virtual reality and the 360-degree video industry, you've probably noticed VR’s fragmented distribution experience. Today, more than 6 million major VR headset bran...

The sleek, low-slung driverless Roborace car was on display in New York City for the Formula E races this weekend, but it was the workhorse DevBot that took to the track. You can recognize DevBot by its bubble-like cockp...

Now more than ever it's important to be able to tell when you're reading #FakeNews. However, determining whether something is fake or real isn't always easy. Think you know your stuff? Give Factitious a try.

GM is expanding the presence of its Zipcar-style service Maven in Australia. The company has begun testing Maven Gig in Sydney through a pilot program with Uber a few months after it started trialing the main Maven servi...

The messaging app field is as hot as ever with Apple, Facebook and Google (among others) slugging it out... and Amazon appears to want in on the action. AFTVnews claims to have customer survey info revealing that Amazon ...

There are a few good reasons that the Google Wifi mesh wireless system is so popular right now. The first is that, well, it’s Google! The company has become well-known for its high-quality hardware products that comple...

In Theodora Goss' debut novel, the daughter of Doctor Jekyll discovers that her father was part of a secret society of mad scientists. This being a gothic fantasy novel, she naturally befriends their dangerous and beauti...

Should Silicon Valley exercise its moral authority to stop developing this job-killing technology? Andrew McAfee, author of “The Second Machine Age” and the just published “Machine, Platform, Crowd” says absolute...

With tons of new features and changes, iOS 11 has far more custom options to make the experience more tailored to your needs. We're here to make the adjustment far easier with some useful iOS 11 tips and tricks. The post...

While many people take the existence of dark matter for granted, it's still a theory that has yet to be proven. But new evidence could bolster support for dark matter theories.

A Soyuz rocket successfully launched 73 satellites, including spacecraft for four companies' cubesat constellations, July 14.

World Emoji Day is Monday, July 17 -- so how often do we really use emojis anyway? New data from Facebook offers a glimpse. And if those emojis aren't enough, Messenger now has sticker versions, too. The post Facebook ce...

Stick pens are not elegant, effortless writing utensils. But like so many of life's best things, it's their very badness that makes them great.

The RAM inside our smartphones has rocketed to 6GB or 8GB in some of the latest flagships. Do we actually need that much RAM? What does it do? We asked some experts for their opinions on how much RAM a smartphone really ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned a bipartisan gathering of U.S. governors on Saturday that government regulation of artificial intelligence is needed because it's a "fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization."

Cyber-savvy Estonia has taken yet another step forward in global technology, as the small Baltic state is set to open the world's first data embassy in Luxembourg early next year.

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The federal government has concluded its largest takedown operation on health-related scams with hundreds of fraud charges. Doctors were accused of prescribing unnecessary opioids to patients and addicts.

Early surgery may not be necessary, and may even pose side effect risks to some men diagnosed with prostate cancer. A smaller group of patients though may still benefit from early treatment.

This week Amazon had its biggest shopping day ever, with the Dot, the pint-sized version of the company's Echo, being the best seller of the day. While the device is most commonly used in homes (I have mine sitting in my...