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Two years ago Dyson used its expertise in pushing air to create a premium hair dryer that was absurdly expensive, but, in our testing at the time, surprisingly worth the investment. Today the company is announcing its fi...

There are a cool pair of sunglasses that can block screens. If you're tired of the constant glare of shiny screens around you, get a pair of these. Right now, their lenses can block light emitted from LCD and LED screens...

A new study reports physicality and political attitudes may be linked, for men at least. Researchers found more muscular men tend to prefer political attitudes that favor inequality, and the tendency to have positive att...

News Renewable energy sources hold great promise for a future free of fossil fuels, but some forms of renewable energy remain out of reach. Researchers have developed a new kind of wind turbine that can produce... Contri...

If you've got tons of free storage on your iPhone or iPad and you're not sure what to do with it, don't worry because we've got you covered. Wednesday's roundup of the day's best paid iOS apps on sale for free includes s...

Apple may have tried to reassure Congress that there's no evidence of China tampering with servers to spy on data traffic, but it didn't do much to quell doubts. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Marco Rubio have sent a le...

At the Shiru Café close to Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, students can get a cup of coffee without spending a dime. The currency here is information. Students can get free coffee if they fill in an online...

Last weekend, the upper echelons of Apple's "Top Podcasts" charts in the Podcasts app and iTunes were overrun with obscure titles that seemingly didn't belong, prompting some industry watchers to assume the vital distrib...

The announcement comes days after a journalist was reportedly killed in a Saudi consulate in Turkey.

The infamous Russian-linked hacking group, best known for carrying out a series of high-profile cyber attacks against the Democratic National Committee, is now operating in the shadows. Veuer's Chandra Lanier has the sto...

A carbon tax might be one way forward but Exxon's donation won't move the needle.

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The legendary toy camera brand Holga has announced a new product called the Holga Printer. It’s an Instax printer that’s 100% mechanical — there’s no electronics or battery inside the device. Holga launched the H...

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Rob Joyce, Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity Strategy at the NSA, is the latest official to question the accuracy of Bloomberg Businessweek's bombshell "The Big Hack" report about Chinese spies compromising the U.S. tech ...

British billionaire Richard Branson says Virgin Galactic--after years of promises and delays--is just weeks away from conducting its first suborbital test flight.

Waze is trying to prevent humanity from being eaten by a traffic beast of its own creation.

That's a lot of cameras. We're expecting Samsung to announce its Galaxy A9 mid-ranger in the next few days, and when it's unveiled, it'll be the first mainstream smartphone to ship with a total of four rear cameras. On W...

I've never been able to quite figure out why I hate snakes, but my disdain of slithering serpents extends to the robot variety as well. I'm sure part of it comes from the way they wriggle and writhe to get around; it jus...

Between the late 1990s and 2012, around 10 small satellites were launched annually; the next six-year forecast is for over 3 000. The European space sector has a chance to gain a prime global position, helped by the righ...

Inquisitive kids ask some questions that parents just can't answer. Astronomer Juna Kollmeier's son gave her a real stumper one night back in 2014:

A new report says the Department of Defense "likely has an entire generation of systems that were designed and built without adequately considering cybersecurity."