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Can bug bounty programs be designed to protect consumer privacy and how do programs balance white hat disclosure versus companies sitting on vulnerabilities until they are fixed?

Are the notifications on Windows 10 annoying you? Here's our guide on how to turn off notifications in Windows and how to manage alerts so that the important stuff still gets through. The post How to turn off notificatio...

Microsoft preps new Windows 10 security features to ensure system integrity during start-up and after it's running.

If you're not using two-factor authentication on every single important online account, especially including your primary email account, you should probably rethink your security priorities. Unfortunately, the inconvenie...

Looking to make solar panels more efficient? Why not try putting a dent in them? That's the basis for an intriguing new project from researchers at the United Kingdom's University of Warwick. The post Tiny dents in solar...

The annual Lyrid meteor shower will put on a spectacular display -- with 10 to 20 meteors per hour -- as it peaks this weekend.

Faster walking patients with heart disease are hospitalized less, according to new research.

The revelation of a new $15-a-month Watch service comes during antitrust fight over the Time Warner merger.

Google’s communication services are a mess, and that’s describing it nicely. It has made multiple attempts, some of which continue to exist independently, to offer the best messaging platform ever. Almost all of thos...

According to two new papers submitted by a Harvard Professor and an independent scientists, extra-terrestrials might have a hard time getting out into space. The post The Challenges of an Alien Spaceflight Program: Escap...

The company has been accused of underreporting employee's on-the-job illnesses and injuries to the state's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Diagnosing cancer early enough to effectively treat it is difficult, but a new early warning system could change that. Researchers with ETH Zurich have developed a bio-implant that creates an artificial mole when it dete...

A supercomputer playing chess against your mind to get you to keep watching.

AT&T's 5G Evolution technology has theoretical peak speeds of up to 400 megabits per second on capable devices.

AT&T has tweaked its prepaid plans, making them slightly more attractive than before. Of note, users now have the option of an 8GB prepaid plan that costs $50/month, double or more the high-speed data you’ll get from s...

Researchers have identified a specific genetic variant that appears to help facilitate empathy driven by fear in rodents.

Adam Savage's Silicon Valley Comic Con 2018 Panel!

Henderson Island lies in the South Pacific, about halfway between New Zealand and Chile....

Can you ever really have enough Nintendo Joy-Con Controllers for your Nintendo Switch console? OK fine, four controllers is probably enough. But if you have fewer than four, right now is the perfect time to remedy that. ...

Your iPhone's cameras can take some pretty incredible photos. But just like a DSLR or mirrorless camera, you can take your photography to the next level simply by adding a lens. Browsing Amazon brings up an endless numbe...

Since the beginning of the Space Age, humans have relied on chemical rockets to get into space. While this method is certainly effective, it is also very expensive and requires a considerable amount of resources. As we l...

An audit of Facebook's privacy practices for the Federal Trade Commission found no problems even though the company knew at the time that a data-mining firm improperly obtained private data from millions of users. The au...