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In Windows 10, you can download a regional map, view it offline, and not have to worry about unreliable internet connections in out-of-range locations.

FaceTime, acoustic cyber 'noise,' and building system worms were among the targets of resourceful white-hat hackers this year.

In 2017, I reviewed a new smart lock called Friday, a design-forward product with great ambition but a couple of particularly unfortunate shortcomings; namely, a rocky Wi-Fi implementation and no ability to restrict acce...

Cannabidiol was everywhere this year -- but is there evidence to back the hype?

A study finds that spikes in cases of life-threatening diarrhea in young children are associated with La Niña climate conditions. The findings could provide the basis for an early-warning system that would allow public ...

He Jiankui, the scientist who used CRISPR to create two gene-edited girls born in 2018, has been handed a three-year jail term by a court in Shenzen, China

These swirling patterns, likely caused by heat rising from the water below, look like frozen Jackson Pollock paintings.

(Science China Press) Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous crystalline materials assembled from organic ligands and metal nodes. Construction of hierarchically porous MOFs is vital to achieve the augmentation of po...

Given the unofficial nature of leaks, it’s not unusual that we’d see conflicting information every now and then. Such discrepancies, however, take an interesting turn when high-profile leak sources are the ones that ...

Given that the average time to weaponizing a new bug is seven days, you effectively have 72 hours to harden your systems before you will see new exploits.

Polar has confirmed that there's an update to the Polar Vantage V and Vantage M coming down the pipeline.The company's smarter sports watches will get

The US and China may be butting heads over 5G dominance among other things but that isn’t the only technology that two giants are fighting over. Far older and years in the making, China has been working to create its o...

Wonder why Mazda's MX-30 only has a modest 35.5kWh battery when its competition frequently has more? According to the brand's European research director Christian Schultze, it's to help the planet. He told Automotive New...

As we prepare to embark on a new decade, any fans of Fox programming still holding onto their cable subscription could soon be SOL. Hundreds of mid-range and local cable providers with millions of customers between them ...

The simultaneous use of antibodies based on two differing mechanisms of action leads to a more effective destruction of tumors. This has been demonstrated by a study in animal models by medical oncologists and scientists...

There's a new gene editing technique in town, called "prime editing."

Here’s an unusual sunrise that was captured a few days ago in Qatar. A solar eclipse was underway as the Sun began rising above the horizon, making the Sun look like it was split into two pieces (and like red horns ris...

What's the counterpoint to toxic fandom? Rude fandom.

Researchers analyzed 28 studies from seven countries that explored the relationship between children drinking cow's milk and the risk of being overweight or obese.

Many people under 60 who develop stomach cancer have a 'genetically and clinically distinct' disease, new research has discovered. Compared to stomach cancer in older adults, this new, early onset form often grows and sp...

Grizzly bears spend many months in hibernation, but their muscles do not suffer from the lack of movement. Researchers report on how they manage to do this. The grizzly bears' strategy could help prevent muscle atrophy i...

Nio has been a darling of China's fledgling EV market for a few years, but it appears to be facing an uncertain future. The company has reported third quarter results that saw it sell 4,799 cars, 4,196 of them being the ...