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As telescope technology and other observational tools has improved over the decades we've learned more and more about the planets and moons in our Solar System. We've begun to check off the places that could have possibl...

Can your Apple Watch or other fitness tracker get a heart rate reading off a roll of toilet paper or a banana? Yes, it can. Here’s why.

Now that the October Pixel event has wrapped up, we've seen all the new flagship phones coming out from Google, Apple, and Samsung this year. The much-leaked Google Pixel 3 still had some surprises, like Google spam call...

An Indonesian scientist had warned of a quake and tsunami occurring in the area hard-hit by last month's disasters; the government had even mapped areas at risk of liquefaction in which soft ground turns to mud

If you're looking for the perfect Halloween costume for 2018, look no further because Amazon is running a one-day sale that just made your decision for you. On Monday only, you can save 20% on each of 15 different glow-i...

After a years-long intellectual journey, three mathematicians have discovered that a problem of central importance in physics is impossible to solve—and that means other big questions may be... --

Security researcher Joe Fitzpatrick, one of the few sources named in Bloomberg Businessweek's bombshell Chinese hack investigation, in a podcast this week said he felt uneasy after reading the article in part because its...

Eric Lach speaks with Susan B. Glasser about Nikki Haley's resignation as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, two days after Donald Trump swore in Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Justice.

Yes, those leaks of Google making its own smart display were true. The company has unveiled the Home Hub, which melds an Assistant-equipped smart speaker with a touchscreen display. Developing...

Three-quarters of executives said big data and analytics will be critical to their business strategy over the next three years, according to an NTT Data report.

The Panasonic LX100 II offers a higher-resolution sensor over its predecessor, but it's the addition of a touchscreen that makes the Mark II so gosh-darn enjoyable to shoot with. We're working through a full review of th...

Also: Internet Australia blasts crypto-busting bill Australia's communications minister Mitch Fifield has hinted at further regulation of the internet, in a speech delivered last night to the Sydney Institute....

Decision follows an outcry over another military project that could weaponize AI research.

Google is finally changing the rules that previously allowed developers to scan Gmail users' inboxes. The company announced a series of new guidelines for developers whose apps plug into Gmail, which will severely limit ...

Unless humans transform the economy in such a way that has "no documented historic precedent," the earth will experience "worsening food shortages and wildfires, and a mass die-off of coral reefs as soon as 2040," accord...

With the aid of CRISPR gene editing techniques, researchers have identified a new biomarker for Alzheimer's disease. The study reports a deficiency of the protein STIM1 could be implicated in the sporadic version of the ...

Check out our first Google Pixel 3 camera samples!

Core i7, the boss wants to talk to you. The good news: you got a promotion and a bump from six cores up to eight cores in Intel's 9th generation CPU lineup. Woo-hoo! The bad news: Turn in your Hyper-Threading, because th...

Google was caught not disclosing a potential data breach -- leaving questions as to whether a lack of transparency is the new normal.

As a kid, Michael Sealy was tall. A little clumsy, he says. And he has lasting proof: two metal screws in his left elbow.

Russia's most famous "troll factory," a building where Kremlin-financed shitposters wage a battle of words in the New Cold War, was hit with a molotov cocktail overnight. No one was injured in the attack.

For a remarkably social species, we're not particularly effective communicators. Finding the right words to clearly, efficient transmit our thoughts to another consciousness--even something as simple as driving direction...