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A flame shower not a grower You've got to hand it to Elon Musk - the guy could sell pork pies at a rabbinical convention....

If you've followed all of my Thunderbolt 3 dock reviews over the past year, you know that in general these docks carry a lot of the same features in slightly different combinations. But usually, there's at least one fair...

A whole bunch of lunar stuff is happening this Wednesday. Don't miss it.

When Apple unveils iOS 12 five months from now, you shouldn't expect too many major new features. Instead, Apple has shifted focus to improving the overall stability and user experience of the mobile operating system, po...

A significant amount of ash has fallen near the Philippines' most active volcano after energetic eruptions of lava from the crater

Instagram copied the ‘Snap’ and now it might be going after the ‘chat’. A video calling feature was spotted in a non-public version of Instagram by WhatsApp industry blog WABetaInfo. It would let users who’ve b...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the move is part of an effort to help people engage with their local communities

A new radio wave map of the Milky Way Galaxy is our most detailed yet and will be the basis for further study of the Milky Way for years to come. The post The Most Detailed Map Ever Made of the Milky Way in Radio Waves a...

New research shows how simple, proven geo-engineering measures can reduce the hottest days by 2-3 degrees C. Lightening buildings, roads and infrastructure in densely populated areas and changing crop types and using no ...

A report suggesting that Apple is cutting iPhone X production in half for the March quarter is off the mark, according to an executive at one of the company's Japanese suppliers.

If you hadn't noticed, iOS 11 has had more than its fair share of bugs. And that's apparently been worrisome enough to prompt a rethink of how the company approaches iOS 12. Axios sources have said that Apple is pushing ...

Two days before Apple announces its earnings for fiscal Q1 2018 (calendar Q4 2017), analysts are already turning their attention to the company’s guidance for the following quarter. We’ll find out two things on Thurs...

A new animation released by NASA's Earth Observatory illustrates how ongoing drought is diminishing Cape Town's water supply. The post Watch this Chilling Animation of Capetown’s Water Disappearing appeared first on Un...

It's been more than a half-century since we first glimpsed the future of the smart home in a quaint cartoon series called "The Jetsons." The Roomba is no Rosie the Robot Maid, but today's home is edging ever closer to th...

The Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 FE is a fast and affordable ultra-wide-angle prime lens for Canon full-frame DSLR cameras. Priced at £649 / €749, much cheaper than the Canon equivalent, is the auto-focusing Samyang 14mm for...

By combining the power of four telescopes, an international team of astronomers has captured the most detailed image yet of a distant star--an observation that's meshing well with pre-existing theories about the physical...

Any room with a disco ball hanging from the ceiling is a non-stop party, and now any space can easily get a dance floor upgrade with this fun DIY project that shows you how to build a disco ball--using some brilliantly c...

Today we're all being tracked by more gadgets than ever before, and in ways that might not be immediately obvious; but it is possible to put restrictions on the data that your laptop, your smartphone, and even your fitne...

Everyone loves free stuff, apparently including VC investors. Toronto-based Drop, whose app allows consumers to collect points for transactions they make and then receive reward offers, has secured a $21 million Series A...

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A startup called Cake has an ambitious plan to take on incumbents like Chrome and Safari to build a better browser for mobile devices. The company announced this morning it has raised $5 million for those efforts from Pe...