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Game developers were researching AI well before it became a tech industry trend, but they haven't had much incentive to share their work with the academic world. It's a competitive advantage, after all. Ubisoft, however,...

Hundreds of volunteers at an Air Force base in Colorado were answering questions on Sunday from eager children who wanted to know where Santa was on his Christmas Eve travels. President Donald Trump and first lady Melani...

Charging your iPhone is a necessary daily chore that can be sped up using Apple's new fast charging feature. Here's a breakdown of how long it takes to fast charge a dead iPhone using three different methods. The post Fa...

"Something is going to happen in the next forty years that will change things, probably more than anything else since we left the caves." -James Burke James Burke has a vision for the future. He believes that by the midd...

Earth might be looking a little worse for wear, after the last four-hundred years of reckless wide-scale resource extraction, but to its credit it hasn't collapsed entirely. Despite our best efforts, it continues to game...

Late on Christmas Eve Julian Assange's official Twitter account appears to have been deleted. It's initially unclear if the disappearance was a ban or if Assange simply deleted his own account. But it does not appear to ...

It’s that time of year again. Sleigh bells overhead and our jolly, bearded benefactor wafting gifts down the chimney to eagerly awaiting hands. We’ve heard every version of this tale. Except, perhaps, the variant tha...

A number of iPhone X users have discovered that Face ID isn't a viable authentication method for Apple's Ask to Buy feature, which lets parents give their kids and other family members the green light for iOS and downloa...

The NSA whistle-blower is involved in the design of Haven, which turns Android phones into surveillance systems.

Activity monitors are getting more addictive--and more motivational.

The Neptune-mass planet GJ 436b has a comet-like tail and a bizarre orbit that takes it over the poles of its star --

With all the ups and downs, it can be difficult to keep track of the value of bitcoin, but a report from a Morgan Stanley analyst suggests that it might be as low as zero. The post What’s the true value of bitcoin? A M...

While American private corporations are working to offer paying customers a short trip to space (or the edge of it), Russia is cooking up something grander. According to Popular Mechanics, it saw a proposal detailing Rus...

After a month of beta testing, the Oreo stable update is now available for the OnePlus 5. OnePlus said it'll deliver Android 8.0 Oreo to the OnePlus 5 in early 2018, and the company is now rolling out the update ahead of...

Upcoming regulations mean that whisper-quiet EVs must make artificial noises to warn pedestrians, and automakers like Nissan are turning that into a weird marketing opportunity. AMG is taking it to another level, though,...

Tesla's latest Easter egg is a Christmas-themed surprise that turns your vehicle into St. Nick's sleigh in your dash display. Other cars, on the other hand (as detected by your car's Autopilot sensors), are turned into r...

A Maine robotics company is one of four companies competing to build the Army's next generation of battlefield support vehicles.

California has given a few more autonomous driving hopefuls permission to test vehicles on its roads, and one of them is a familiar name: Qualcomm. The chipmaker has received permission to test one vehicle and three driv...

Santa is busy this time of year, but luckily Razer is here to help pick up the slack. After a boy's Christmas present, consisting of a Razer keyboard, was stolen, the company stepped in to replace it along with several o...

Many iPhone X users have found themselves unable to use Apple's Face ID to approve family purchases, resulting in them having to enter their passwords manually whenever another user on their account tries to buy somethin...

A former automotive assembly robot has a flashy new gig at a popular Czech hotspot. The robot DJ keeps the party going by selecting the songs and dancing to the music, but it's not ready to replace human spinners just ye...

Buying an iPhone case used to mean choosing between two different priorities. You could either get a thin case that offers minimal protection but didn’t ruin the look of your iPhone, or you could get a big bulky case t...