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Far away in the Ursa Major constellation is a swirling galaxy that would not look out of place on a coffee made by a starry-eyed barista....

The only thing more surprising than how many ways there are to set an alarm on an Apple Watch is the fact that it doesn't always work. Here's how to do it and how to be sure it's done.

Amazon Alexa users can now use the "Drop In" feature to talk with all of their Echo devices at once, Amazon announced on its blog. Previously, Drop In messages could only be sent to one other Alexa-enabled device at a ti...

You've set your sights on a Dell XPS 13. The only problem: Which one do you buy? The XPS 13 7390 clamshell or its 2-in-1 version, or the "new" XPS 13 9300? All three are great laptops--ignore the model numbers, which are...

Dr. Anthony Fauci says a coronavirus second wave is possible, but not inevitable. Speaking in an interview with CNN, the doctor said that we don't have to accept the second wave of infections as a sure thing, and we shou...

Chemists regularly use high temperatures to make things happen, but sometimes keeping cool can work better. Researchers at KAUST are discovering that a low-temperature approach can make better single crystals for use in ...

Laser light traveling through ornately microfabricated glass has been shown to interact with itself to form self-sustaining wave patterns called solitons. The intricate design fabricated in the glass is a type of "photon...

In the periodic table of elements there is one golden rule for carbon, oxygen and other light elements: Under high pressures, they have similar structures to heavier elements in the same group of elements. But nitrogen a...

Apple includes special software on its Apple Store iPhones that renders it useless to thieves when removed from a store in an effort to crack down on theft. Until now, however, we haven’t had a clear glimpse at what th...

Great to use your own spirits The Bartesian $350 at Bartesian $350 at Best Buy Pros Use your favorite spirits Customizable drink strength Good variety of cocktails Cons You need your own spirits Expensive capsules No mob...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have long been touted as a potential material to take us beyond the limits of faltering silicon chips, but they’ve proven tricky to manufacture. Now scientists have demonstrated a way to build C...

A stowaway aboard SpaceX's first mission to launch astronauts to the International Space Station may have set a new record -- the most sequins to enter Earth orbit.

It could have compromised the third-party accounts of Apple users

Bad Scooter / Twitter An apparent Twitter joke got out of control this weekend, falsely convincing some users -- and possibly even the leader of the QAnon conspiracy theory -- that MSNBC ran a broadcast with World War Z ...

A new report from supply chain blog Macotakara today offers a look at dummy units of all four iPhone 12 variants. The report also says that the SIM card slot will be relocated this year to accommodate the new antenna in ...

Facebook employees have staged a virtual walkout in protest of its CEO's refusal to remove misleading and inflammatory posts made by President Trump. It's the first walkout protest in the company's history, reports the N...

Apple today appears to have seeded the first beta of an upcoming macOS Catalina 10.15.6 update to developers for testing purposes, one week after releasing macOS Catalina 10.15.5 with battery health management features f...

What do business leaders need to know about microservices? Find out by downloading the free PDF ebook version of a special report from ZDNet and TechRepublic.

It’s been a little while since we last heard from Lenovo’s VR arm, but today the company is back with a new headset. Today Lenovo unveiled the Mirage VR S3, an all-in-one headset it created with the help of the folks...

StopCovid launches tomorrow, and it will not use the API put forward by Apple and Google.

There are many people who really, really don't want to make online purchases. Here's the story of a woman who wishes she'd never tried.

According to Business Korea, Samsung is planning to convert one of its current DRAM manufacturing lines into a camera sensor production line to the tune of roughly $815M. The report says Samsung will be converting its DR...