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History is my favorite part of Assassin's Creed. Years ago I used to read through all the historical database entries, getting context about historical figures and landmarks in Florence, Rome, colonial Boston, and more. ...

Burst Mode refers to when the camera on your iOS device captures a series of photos in rapid succession, at a rate of ten frames per second. It's a great way to shoot an action scene or an unexpected event, since you're ...

A new system improves the speed and accuracy of fingerprint scanning and matching by using 3-D technology. No pressing required.

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Nature hides patterns everywhere. The key is knowing where to look.

The Pixel 3 XL has a big notch, no denying that anymore. It is big and, for some, ugly. It wouldn't be so bad if you could hide it like some of the other Android phones with notches. Initially, Google was thought to love...

Searches for autonomous vehicle jobs have increased 668% since 2015 on job search site Indeed.

Hackers in China have used stolen Apple IDs to make off with cash from customers’ Alipay and Tencent accounts, two popular Chinese mobile payments service. In a post on Weibo, Alipay said that it has contacted Apple to...

(George Washington University) The study published in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests the thalamus controls the development of state dependency and continuity.

Microsoft has announced that it is joining the Open Invention Network, a collective that aims to protect open source software and Linux from patent issues. The company acknowledges that joining the OIN is “surprising t...

Scientists are answering the question: Could a moon have a moon of its very own?        

Whenever the cheerful female voice of Google Assistant responds to a query you have or to some other prompt, the interaction might seem pretty transactional to you. You take the info, you move on. But maybe you register ...

Elon Musk denied he'll be replaced by James Murdoch as Tesla's chairman, an alleged shakeup that was the subject of rumors on Wednesday. Murdoch, who's due to end his stint as 21st Century Fox's CEO, was named in a Finan...

Microsoft announced that it's joining the Open Invention Network, an open-source patent group that's dedicated to protecting linux from lawsuits. And in the process, Microsoft has made 60,000 of its patents open source. ...

Nation-states, corporations and hacktivist groups meddle with elections in the US and around the world.

Robot vacuums can definitely make chores suck a lot less, but they aren't capable of cleaning places that are off the floor. Shark has an answer for your couch cushions and your carpets with its new S87 cleaning system, ...

A fault in a Soyuz rocket booster has resulted in an aborted crew mission to the International Space Station, but fortunately no loss of life. The astronauts in the capsule, Nick Hague (US) and Alexey Ovchinin (Russia) s...

Researchers report becoming overweight at an early age can trigger the early onset of puberty in females.

A few minutes before writing the first word of this post, I got the second of what's usually around 3-4 spam calls a day to my iPhone. No, I don't want to change my health care provider or hear about your credit card off...

Bokeh images look sort of three dimensional, with their subjects in focus and their backgrounds blurry. Facebook took this idea and ran with it. The social networking service created tech to turn bokeh pictures into 3D i...

It took a while, but the Fortnite Android Beta is finally available to everyone, regardless of device. The beta launched on Android alongside Samsung's Galaxy Note 9 in August. For the first few months, only owners of re...

Auto-updates come with a sting Microsoft on Tuesday posted KB4464330 (Windows 10 1809 Build 17763.55) in an effort to halt the damage done by last week's Windows 10 version 1809 update, but it hasn't quite worked....