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While many of us use an online moniker that is a version of our real name, there are plenty of sites, services, and video games that require another name: The Screen Name. We tend to use the same one across multiple plat...

One of Nintendo's most beloved handheld consoles, the 3DS, has been discontinued. Nintendo confirmed in a statement today to Polygon that "manufacturing of the Nintendo 3DS family of systems has ended." The announcement ...

Image: A new view of Enceladus

Are you having trouble deciding between the Apple Watch SE and Apple Watch Series 3? We compare each smartwatch's features so you can make a smart decision.

The U.S. Commerce Department is moving to ban downloads of TikTok and WeChat within the United States from this Sunday (via Reuters). The U.S. Commerce Department plans to issue an order today that will "deplatform" WeCh...

Boston Dynamics is just months away from announcing their approach to logistics, the first real vertical it aims to enter, after proving their ability to build robots at scale with the quadrupedal Spot. The company’s n...

(Tokyo Medical and Dental University) Researh teams of Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) have uncovered how to increase the efficacy of anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy. Using a combinat...

There are many, many good features in iOS 14, particularly for the organizational nerds among us. But one of the most significant changes arriving on iPhones is widgets, a feature that allows you to sort and embiggen som...

Glyphosate is the most commonly used herbicide chemical in the world, sprayed everywhere from farms to backyards.

Over the past month, dozens of wildfires have burned vast swathes of land in California, Oregon and Washington State, killing more than 30 people and smothering the majority of the western United States in smoke. While p...

NASA is going to be testing out a new precision landing system designed for use on the tough terrain of the Moon and Mars for the first time during an upcoming mission of Blue Origin’s New Shepard reusable suborbital r...

This latest image of Jupiter, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 25 August 2020, was captured when the planet was 653 million kilometres from Earth....

The virtual home fitness start-up Tonal, which folks have already started calling the Peloton of strength training, announced on Thursday that it raised an additional $110 million in its latest round of funding, making i...

Scientists found the 'secret molecule' that allows Geobacter microbes to exhale electrons over vast distances underground

A deadly combination of two mosquito-borne viruses may be a trigger for stroke, new research has found.

iOS 14 finally brought a long-awaited feature that allowed users to change their default browser and email apps but it seems to be a bit confused about that itself. Users are reporting that settings for these apps don’...

With the presidential election fast approaching, Twitter is tightening account security for prominent, election-related Twitter accounts in the U.S.

SDA's contracting process has impressed industry executives.

Earth's sister planet, Venus, has not been regarded as a high priority in the search for life. Its surface temperature of around 450°C is thought to be hostile to even the hardiest of micro-organisms, and its thick, sul...

Apple today announced that it plans to open its online store in India on Wednesday, September 23, providing customers located in India with a way to purchase iPhones, Macs, iPads, and more directly from Apple. "We're pro...

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The Sony a7C packs a full-frame sensor and an impressive list of features into a very compact body. But what's it like to use, and how does it stack up against Sony's own a7 III? Watch our full review to find out. Intro ...