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Like Apple, Samsung has been working on a smart speaker that will compete with the Amazon Echo and the Google Home, and the South Korean company is aiming to release it in the first half of 2018, reports Bloomberg. Samsu...

A study led by physicists at Swansea University in Wales, carried out by an international team of researchers and published in the journal Physical Review X shows that ion-trap technologies available today are suitable f...

Researchers at the University at Buffalo in New York have developed a security system that analyzes the unique flaws that exist in every single phone camera sensor. It could lead to a new way to enhance security and figh...

The messenging service launched 20 years ago for desktop computers has been discontinued.        

As part of its partnership Apple, Cisco on Thursday released a new security app for iOS, called Cisco Security Connector, designed to give enterprise customers deep insight into, and control over, network activity in lar...

Internet providers could charge more to some sites for faster access. They risk a backlash.        

Lamborghini is returning to the SUV segment after a long absence, but the Urus is completely different from the LM 002 introduced in 1986. It looks, goes, and sounds like a Lamborghini. Here's an inside look at its devel...

This year saw unprecedented growth for bitcoin, but what does 2018 hold? In a survey of a few hundred existing investors, many claimed that they expected returns next year to exceed those seen in 2017. The post Can bitco...

Hunting for exoplanets is a very data-intensive and time-consuming task. Sifting through piles of data to find subtle signs of distant planets takes quite a lot of work, but researchers at Google have been developing a w...

These titanium, brass, and Damascus steel objets d'art will long outlast the plastic doo-dad craze.

"A +4℃ world is not insurable."

Google machine learning and Kepler telescope data helped spot an exoplanet known as Kepler-90i.

After several delays (and let's face it, a horrible yesterday), it's probably about time that NASA/SpaceX get a move-on and show us that incredible reused rocket launch. You can watch it below, starting at 10AM Eastern t...

Machine learning expert Andrew Ng is helping bring image recognition and more to boost quality control.

Scientists are just starting to find out the heartbreaking effects of the Zika virus on babies that were born infected with it. The babies, followed in a study by the CDC, are facing significant developmental difficultie...

The Galaxy S9 will look almost exactly the same as the Galaxy S8, save for design changes on the back. But the Galaxy S8 already happens to be one of the best-looking phones of the year, so there's no point in making any...

A combined physical and digital games chart is finally coming to the UK. At the moment, the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) supplies GfK with exclusive data on boxed game sales. GfK's charts are considered the ...

It's a risky, glamorous and potentially lucrative act.        

Germany's top security official is extending tests of automatic facial recognition technology after an initial six-month trial showed the system had a good success rate.

As originally announced back in October, AIM is officially shutting down tomorrow, December 15th. Largely the pioneer of online messaging, AIM has been around for 20 years, having originally launched all the way back in ...

Apple recently developed a new software feature that may ultimately make Siri less annoying. Originally spotted by Gizmodo, a new Apple patent details a feature that would enable Siri to discern when a user is whispering...

“Social media” is a clumsy term that entangles enriching social interaction with mindless media consumption. It’s a double-edged sword whose sides aren’t properly distinguished. Taken as a whole, we can’t decid...