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A new startup is trying to create a safe space online for working mothers. Chairman Mom is a subscription-based website that charges users $5/month. Its goal is to cut down abuse, trolling and mom-bullying. Sarah Lacy, a...

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A look at DNA testing that ID'd a suspected serial killer

In an update on its G Suite blog, Google announced the other day a new security feature for Google account holders who also happen to rely on Chrome for their web browsing activities. Google wants to improve the security...

Since Russia banned the Telegram messaging app, the government has embarked on a campaign of hitting itself in the face. The functionality of the Russian internet has been hobbled for two weeks as regulators wildly block...

The blurry, confusing image you see above might not seem all that interesting at first glance, but it's actually an incredible glimpse into the early days of the universe. What you're looking at is 14 individual galaxies...

Farmers and insurance companies may soon get more accurate estimates of weather-related crop damage thanks to a University of Alberta researcher working with existing drone technology.

Back in January, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed three potential new iPhone models Apple might release this year. One of them was a 6.1-inch iteration that would borrow elements from both the iPhone X and iP...

Cross-platform consistency, and gun sense, has taken hold in the emoji universe. Microsoft announced on Friday that it will be switching its gun emoji to a water pistol. The change came two days after Google rolled out a...

Some scientists paint a brighter future for coral atolls.

We've all seen it in the plot of cheesy sci-fi: Scientists find something in space that seems harmless so they decide to bring it back to a space station, or even Earth, to study. Things go wrong, and eventually everyone...

Today only, as a part of its Deals of the Day, Best Buy is heavily discounting a wide range of Apple Watch models in certified condition. That includes the latest Series 3 models with either GPS or cellular configuration...

A new transparent material can tell smartphone users whether or not dangerous pathogens are present. The post Clear food packaging patch provides contamination alert appeared first on Springwise.

MIT economist's historical study details how railroads helped India trade and grow.

How stripped-envelope supernovas lose that outer envelope is not entirely clear....

Apple over the past few years has made tremendous strides in beefing up security on the iPhone. In turn, unearthing iPhone-based exploits has become an incredibly lucrative business. Speaking to the steep price some firm...

The nascent VR market has more or less settled into two camps, Oculus and Vive. Four and a half if you count Oculus-powered Gear VR, Google Daydream, and Windows Mixed Reality. Needless to say, there’s a bit of fragmen...

Comparing decades-old crime scene DNA to profiles on genealogy websites led investigators to a relative of the suspected Golden State Killer -- and from them, to the suspect himself, the Sacramento Bee reported today. Al...

Has hell frozen over? We’ve lost count of how many times. We are, after all, in an age of frenemies, so it shouldn’t be surprising to see bitter rivals on the same bed from time to time. And Microsoft did promise tha...

Red Magic, the gaming arm of ZTE sub-brand nubia, has finally and fully taken the covers off the Red Magic gaming phone. Rather than jumping into retail immediately, however, it is stopping by Indiegogo first both to tes...

Zeisser disagreed with Executive Vice Chairman Joe Tsai over investment strategy, sources familiar with the situation said. Michael Zeisser, Alibaba's top dealmaker in Silicon Valley, quietly left the Chinese giant recen...

Shuntaro Furukawa will take over at the end of June.