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The HomeKit-compatible air-purifier from Vocolinc will go on sale in the US from June 15. The Vocolinc PureFlow Air Purifier had previously been put up for pre-order in Europe. The company says it’s also compatible wit...

Yesterday I found myself in quite the umami conundrum. I'd set out to make homemade caesar dressing, and had all the ingredients--lemon juice, parmesan, egg yolk, garlic--but found that my pantry lacked canned anchovy fi...

How does general anesthesia cause loss of consciousness? Despite its 175-year-history of use by the U.S. medical system, science has been unable to definitively answer that question, until now. The lipid-based answer cou...

The Samsung Galaxy S3 is eight years old. How does it compare to the modern Samsung Galaxy S20 series?

The reports of film's death are greatly exaggerated. In fact, there's never been a more exciting time to start shooting analog. If you're new to the world of film photography, welcome! Plenty of film cameras can be had f...

A mass extinction 360 million years ago was likely caused by a rapidly-warming climate that triggered a breakdown in the ozone layer. Plant samples from the time period reveal DNA that had been damaged by UV radiation. S...

The headquarters of former Air Force Space Command in Colorado Springs will be phased out. The Space Force HQ is being stood up in the Pentagon. SpaceNews.com

Uber is launching a new trip category that will let users make multiple stops in a single ride. With the new Hourly option, users will request a trip like they would any other on-demand ride, but they'll be able to set m...

What would it mean to abandon Earth wholesale? The proposition to throw one's hands up and forfeit our planet is a seductive one -- things are looking pretty irredeemably grim. As the world continues to self isolate and ...

This week, Gilad Edelman joins us to discuss the White House's move against tech platforms, and how talk of the November election led us to this moment.

If everything goes according to plan, Android 11 will enter its beta testing stage next week. That signals the start of the grueling work for developers to ensure that their apps are in tip-top shape for the next Android...

The coronavirus crisis has put many things on hold, from businesses to software updates. Last month, Google put many of its plans for Chrome on hold to avoid the risk of breaking people’s browsers or websites. Now it t...

Cisco is one of many to get bitten by vulnerabilities in open source Salt manager.

Google released a new experimental tool this week called Sodar that lets users visualize social distancing guidelines by placing a 2-meter radius augmented reality ring around themselves. In order to use Sodar, you will ...

NASA has dedicated years to searching for potentially habitable Earth-like planets called exoplanets. The space agency has a huge list of these planets, some of which are more interesting than others. One such exoplanet ...

Leaked documentation shows that all PS4 games submitted to Sony for certification on or after July 13th need to have PS5 support. Developers that submit their games before July 13th won't be required to include PS5 suppo...

Andrew of the YouTube Channel Andrew & Denae is back with another helpful “blind taste test” for camera lovers. This time, he’s not comparing color science--he’s comparing the results from Fuji’s X-Trans sensor...

Mandates like those found in the federal government's Families First Coronavirus Response Act may be helping to slow the pandemic.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday tried to walk back a Twitter threat to respond with deadly force to three days of violent protests in Minneapolis over the police killing of an unarmed black man.

Researchers used existing technologies to show that exposing the coronavirus to riboflavin and ultraviolet light reduces blood-borne pathogens in human plasma and whole-blood products.

SaaS is no replacement for disaster recovery as we're about to find out next month Webcast While moving into cloud working environments often meets a fair degree of push-back, the other side of the coin is that businesse...

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon has suspended thousands of third-party sellers for price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic, but sellers have found a loophole to avoid detection when raising prices: labe...