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New model measures characteristics of carbon nanotube structures for energy storage and water desalination applications.

The phenomenal appreciation in Bitcoin's value against the dollar, up roughly 18x in 2017 and 4x since September, gives us pause to consider - from a security perspective - what this might mean for ransomware in the near...

When news of major vulnerabilities impacting processors manufactured by Intel, AMD, and ARM broke this week, the Register warned that patches for the problems could slow processors down by up to 30 percent.

A new artificial intelligence system developed by researchers from an Oxford University hospital can help diagnose heart disease and lung cancer. Know how it can be helpful for NHS hospitals.

The 539-page Restoring Internet Freedom Order officially rolls back Obama-era rules.

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday released the final text of the order spelling the death of net neutrality in the United States.

The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, more commonly referred to as GIMPS (not to be mistaken with the image editing software), has announced the discovery of the largest known prime number. That number is a huge 2^77...

A recent Inc article reporting that MailChimp would integrate the newsletter platform TinyLetter into its primary email marketing service sent the online writing community into a small tizzy, with headlines reading "What...

Iconic CES devices like the Apple Newton, CD player, VHS VCR, Sony PlayStation and Oculus Rift "Crystal Cove" didn't necessarily seem groundbreaking at the time. Experts and the public often gave prizes to gadgets like t...

Next to humans themselves, passwords are the bane of digital security. Decades after they have been invented, humans still haven't learned their lesson, no matter how devastating some cases have been. Many still resort t...

Samsung gets the Dolby treatment. Last November, Samsung started accepting beta testers for an early run of Android Oreo for the Galaxy S8. Samsung's been informing users that the beta will end on Monday, January 15, and...

Following authentication processes like thumbprint scanning, facial recognition, and QR code entry, a company in Japan this week has shown off a smartphone-based payment system that uses your unique palm print to confirm...

Ahead of CES 2018, Samsung announced that its newest 2-in-1 PC, the Notebook 7 Spin, is getting a processor update to Intel's 8th-gen CPU, as well as an upgrade from plastic to metal. The post A metal chassis and new pro...

A recent survey from LendEDU shows just how out of touch with reality bitcoin investors are.        

Back in the spring of 2016, the BBC announced it would be axing various periphery websites and apps in an effort to save £15 million in upkeep costs. One of the items on the chopping block was recipe site BBC Food, the ...

The Flashpoint XPLOR 600 PRO TTL is a new wireless strobe system with TTL connectivity to Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic and Olympus cameras. With a guide number of 285 feet at ISO 100, the lights are designed f...

If you manage to get out of bed before sunrise in early January, a conjunction of Mars and Jupiter will greet you in the predawn sky.

A new NASA mission, the first to hitch a ride on a commercial communications satellite, will examine Earth's upper atmosphere to see how the boundary between Earth and space changes over time.

The Uber founder's bank account will grow by $1.4 billion thanks to the SoftBank deal. Travis Kalanick is selling almost a third of his shares in Uber as part of the tender offer planned by SoftBank. Kalanick, the founde...

Karma Black is a mobile router created by Karma Mobility, a leading company in internet access technology. The device is meant to help protect the privacy of users as they navigate the internet.

The recently disclosed bugs that affect so many modern CPUs are an issue on Apple platforms as well, and tonight the company explained how it's dealing with them. In a new support page, Apple confirmed it has included "m...

Laptops sold between December 2015 and December 2017 may be powered by a battery that's prone to overheating or even melting.