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NASA is gearing up for its next mission to Mars with a more tricked-out, updated version of the Curiosity Mars rover, the agency announced recently. New hardware for the Mars 2020 mission includes seven new instruments, ...

HP installed a telemetry client that essentially functions as spyware to its computers without requesting permission from users. Fortunately, the software, which also affects performance, can be easily found and removed.

Google is facing legal action launched on behalf of 5.4 million people in England and Wales over allegations it unlawfully collected their personal data.

Researchers from Google and the University of California Santa Barbara have taken an important step towards the goal of building a large-scale quantum computer.

How do intercontinental ballistic missiles -- including the one North Korea launched Tuesday (Nov. 28) that flew more than 10 times higher than the International Space Station -- work?

My photographic journey was a long one, with many twists and turns that eventually landed me in the world of Fujifilm. The first time someone suggested I try out a Fujifilm camera, I laughed at them. I had shot with a cl...

Many parts of Earth's oceans are still largely unexplored, and the deeper you go the more mysteries are waiting to be unlocked. The deepest stretch of the ocean, the Mariana Trench, is populated by strange species that l...

Bitcoin exchange must surrender records on transactions of $20,000 or more, a federal judge rules.

Are you a visionary VR filmmaker without the much-needed training and hardware to make your ideas a reality? Google's Daydream Impact scheme may be able to help, with access to all the tools you need. The post Google Day...

A selfie sent from Antarctica to the International Space Station demonstrated an extra-robust communication network that promises to make an interplanetary internet more reliable.

Various members of the Trump administration, including the president himself, are famous for buying into crazy conspiracy theories. Now, the Los Angeles office of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (...

When software developer Lemi Orhan Ergin alerted Apple to the fact that he and his team had discovered a massive security flaw that allowed anyone to gain root access to a Mac running macOS High Sierra earlier this week,...

Think you know exactly how much Bitcoin will be worth next year? It might be worth taking advantage of NASDAQ's futures contracts in early 2018, where you'll be able to bet on the cryptocurrency's future worth. The post ...

KardiaBand uses a neural network and the Apple Watch to detect abnormal heart rate.

Physicists in the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics (run jointly by LMU Munich and the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics) have developed an attosecond electron microscope that allows them to visualize the dispersio...

A consumer activist launched Thursday a lawsuit accusing Google of illegally collecting data on more than five million British iPhone users, who could possibly see a payout reaching into the hundreds of millions.

Apple is designing its own power management chips for use in iPhones within the next two years, according to Nikkei Asian Review. Apple's new in-house power management chip would be the most advanced in the industry, acc...

Rapid collapse of Antarctic glaciers could flood coastal cities by the end of this century.

The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE, also known as Wukong) mission published its first scientific results on Nov. 30 in Nature, presenting the precise measurement of cosmic ray electron flux, especially a spectral b...

I've been a Capture One convert for a while now as all our testing involves running RAW files and more through the program. It's simply a better piece of software than Lightroom is; and at this point both versions of Ado...

Furby is already a tad creepy by itself, but a new DIY mod just stepped up the spookiness: Howchoo has converted a Furby toy into a makeshift Amazon Echo. The project works its dark magic by shoehorning a Raspberry Pi Ze...

A new app allows shoppers to see exactly what a piece of clothing would look like on them - without trying it on. The post Virtual fitting room lets customers try any piece of clothing appeared first on Springwise.