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(University of Exeter) People with low or no visual imagery are more likely to work in scientific and mathematical industries than creative sectors, according to new research.

Now might be a prime opportunity to shop if you're looking for a connected alarm clock or a video viewer for the kitchen. Amazon is offering substantial discounts on its Echo Show smart displays, with the Echo Show 5 on ...

"I think we need to scale back, or maybe even stop..." Have you been on the receiving end of an email to that effect from a senior leader in your organization in response to an uncertain, challenging, and difficult situa...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, came together to issue a strange bipartisan message to the Trump administration: No, thank you.

Hey 2020, can you chill for, like, five minutes?

Two decades after the world's first major computer virus, an author finds the perpetrator in Manila.

Two of the bigger telecoms in the UK are reportedly close to uniting. The Guardian sources say the owners of Virgin Media and O2, Liberty Global and Telefonica, are in talks for a UK joint venture that would unite their ...

US, UK, and Canadian intelligence officials have warned there may be nation-states looking to spy on vaccine research for the novel coronavirus. It's unclear if any vaccine data was stolen or what vaccine candidates may ...

A recent infection, which managed to plunder a company's network within hours, demonstrates why the malware has become so prevalent.

Human beings do our best reasoning when we put our thoughts and ideas into forms that are easy to see and interact with. Notepads are great, but this is the computer age, so the mind-mapping tools available to us are bet...

Some big M&A is afoot in Israel in the world of smart transportation. According to multiple reports and sources that have contacted TechCrunch, chip giant Intel is in the final stages of a deal to acquire Moovit, a start...

Every year, plastic waste discarded by humans — everything from plastic straws and food packaging to fishing nets and industrial products — ends up in the oceans. This trash floats around, eventually bumping into eac...

An iPad stolen from a FedEx truck, a Sam's Club theft scheme, and more news from the brother of Pablo Escobar's iPhone competitor.

The Hubble constant predicts how rapidly space should grow--but astronomical observations don't line up. Here are the top ideas about what might be going on.

If you're craving more from your video chats, think outside the box. From Second Life to Online Town, there are plenty of places to gather while staying at home.

The OnePlus 8 series not cutting it for you? Here are 6 alternatives worth checking out.

Street photography doesn't exist unless you have streets full of people. Right now, those streets are empty, as all of us remain indoors during the current epidemic. If you practice street photography, there's a good cha...

Since the start of the outbreak, governments and companies have scrambled to develop apps and websites that can help users identify COVID-19 symptoms. India’s largest cell network Jio, a subsidiary of Reliance, launche...

Now that COVID-19 lockdowns are slowly starting to lift in the US, a group of senators want to set privacy expectations for the contact tracing apps that could help keep the virus in check. Senators Marsha Blackburn, Jer...

Recent observations by the now-retired Spitzer mission have led to accurate predictions OJ 287, a blazar that contains a supermassive black hole orbited by another black hole. The post Supermassive Black Hole Orbits an E...

I've spent all week waiting for this day, the day Spain said it would relax its strict coronavirus lockdown and would let people go outside to exercise or take a walk. The government had announced that this would only ha...

If Dracula has taught us anything, it's that evil vampires have a really hard time staying dead. It just doesn't stick. So, of course Charlie's back. Call it a Christmas miracle.