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A new extortion attack has targeted hundreds of users affected by the Ashley Madison breach over the past week.

Unless you made the exact, correct amount of food for yesterday's large game, you probably have leftovers, and one (or more) of those leftovers may be some sort of dip. Getting rid of bonus dip is not a chore, and chips ...

Blizzard Entertainment is offering quick refunds on Warcraft III: Reforged after a less-than-stellar launch.

While Nintendo's Wii U was a commercial failure, it still had a bunch of great games that don't deserve to be locked away on the doomed platform forever. Thankfully, that list is getting ever shorter by the day with re-r...

Legendary author slams the "flood of false information" Facebook allows in its political advertising.

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China created a photonic computer that was able to solve the subset sum problem. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes...

There are patches for overexposed video capture, NFC wonkiness, and more. What you need to know As of February 3, 2020, the latest Android security patch is rolling out to Pixel phones. There are quite a few fixes/update...

Responding to a new California labor law, Uber making concessions drivers have long sought. But it may change the service in ways that displease drivers and riders alike.

Some technology firms in China have maintained operations to manufacture parts and products despite government calls in various cities and provinces for companies to halt work to help stop the spread of a new coronavirus...

Finally, Baby Yoda has competition!

It hasn’t even been half a year since IDC and other market analysts started reporting a slight reprieve for tablet manufacturers. Defying quarter after quarter of trends, the tablet market grew just a little bit in the...

To make up for all those times I used a console gamepad to play first-person shooters on PC, I've purchased a mechanical keyboard specifically designed for playing rhythm games on the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. I...

A UN aviation agency uses GIS software to track transmission lines while 20 US airports set up screening centers.

Uber has alerted some of its users to a possible coronavirus exposure, and in doing so, has given us an interesting glimpse into a future where technology might help fight epidemics and pandemics… more… The post Uber...

Microsoft's Slack rival is experiencing `issues," users and Downdetector report. Microsoft says it is working on Teams fix.       

There’s been a lot of talk about quantum computers being able to solve far more complex problems than conventional supercomputers. The authors of a new paper say they’re on the path to showing an optical computer can...

Even in towns where radiation levels are deemed safe enough to return, apprehension still fills the air.

I use my friend's Hulu login, another friend's Disney+ login, a third friend's Spotify family subscription, and my dad's Netflix login.  OK, the last one does not really count because he sprung for the "four screen" acc...

We're barely one month into 2020, and one social media trend has truly taken the definition of 'viral' and rammed it down our collective throat: Instagram's "What X are you?" story filters.

Sometimes, a system as sophisticated as Google Maps can be tricked in the simplest of ways.  This was recently proved by artist Simon Weckert, who hauled around 99 smartphones in a handcart, thus generating a traffic ja...

Console players have their shot to win some big money.

Scientists at Rice University have unveiled a new process that can turn bulk quantities of just about any carbon source into valuable graphene flakes. The team says that the process is quick and cheap and is known as “...