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Nest announced a new, cheaper version of its learning thermostat at the end of August, designed to be more accessible thanks to its $169 price point.The big question is how does Nest Thermostat E compared to the more exp...

Google has been dealt a nasty verdict in one of its European antitrust cases. After many years of investigations and attempted settlements, the EU a few weeks ago found Google to have abused its position in internet sear...

The iPhone 8 only just started selling, but it's already selling out -- even though a hotter iPhone will launch in early November. However, a top Apple insider says the iPhone X is bad news for the iPhone 8. Noted analys...

Berlin-based colormass, one of the startups presenting today at TechCrunch Disrupt as part of the Battlefield, has developed a platform that lets you recreate an IKEA-style experience for your own merchandise: highly rea...

The lowly Xbox 360 controller: it is more than a decade old, no longer the primary Xbox gamepad, and it also happens to be the US Navy’s top choice for controlling its most advanced submarines. Not the entire submarine...

There’s a cost analysis case to be made that manual labor robots won’t replace their human counterparts. Think partnership.

iOS 11 released Tuesday, Sept. 19 and Apple users have been rushing to download and install the latest major update. With literally millions of users trying to install the same update at the same time, there's a good cha...

The opioid epidemic is pushing down the life expectancy in the US, new research says. Once a leader in longevity, the US has dropped behind most other high-income countries -- due in large part to accidental deaths from ...

Satellites operated by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are tracking Hurricane Maria from space you can see some of those observations below, shared by the agencies on social media.

The iPhone 8 and iPhone X add convenience to charging up thanks to their Qi support, but Pi wants to remove the charging plate so our smartphones only need to be nearby to juice up.

This year, the FBI appears to for the first time have overlooked a reporting obligation established by the US Attorney General's office, and in doing so, the bureau appears to have greatly lowballed the total number of t...

It's a hostile world out there and your personal data is constantly being targeted from a whole host of angles. While you can't control the shoddy security practices of major corporations, you can minimize the risk of yo...

The beautiful sound of birdsongs emerging from the trees is a wonderful example of how much nature can still teach us, even as much about their origins are still mysterious to us. About 40 percent of bird species learn t...

Diabetics could soon have an effective, non-invasive way to measure glucose levels during exercise, thanks to a patch designed by researchers at the State University of New York. The paper-based patch sticks directly ont...

To say that advertising as the main business model of the internet is in a crisis would be an understatement. For a start, there is the fact that Google and Facebook between them suck up most of the revenue from digital ...

At least not at launch.

The bright minds at NASA are helping scientists track "the types of human and environmental events that typically precede a [malaria] outbreak" by using data from satellites. This technology could also be used for other ...

Space Nation, the Finnish startup developing an astronaut training smartphone application, announced plans Sept. 19 to join forces with West, the San Francisco-based branding and marketing agency founded by Allison Johns...

Lensbaby has today released two new products: an 80mm lens known as the Composer Pro II with Sweet 80 as well as a Creative Bokeh Optic that provide selective focusing and creative effects. Composer Pro II with Sweet 80 ...

With the right set of components and Asus Aura, a fully-synced RGB system is within reach.

If you think that too many VCs these days are playing it safe and only looking to back sure bets rather than moonshots and more ambitious ventures, take a look over at what’s going on in Boston. The Engine, based out o...

Russia seeks extradition of Russian citizen arrested in Greece and wanted by US in major cybercrime fraud case