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The configurator doesn't officially go live until Nov. 23, but we got a sneak peak.

Apple's iMacs are pretty, but they can be pretty expensive too. Fortunately there are plenty of great iMac alternatives out there. These are our favorites.

Natural language processing (NLP) has taken great strides recently--but how much does AI understand of what it reads? Less than we thought, according to researchers at USC's Department of Computer Science. In a recent pa...

A suspect wanted by the FBI attempted to escape capture by riding a submersible 'sea scooter' in a California lake. Matthew Piercey was wanted in connection with a pyramid scheme that collected tens of millions of dollar...

Oil droplets can be made to act like predators, chasing down other droplets that flee like prey. The behavior, which is controlled by chemical signaling produced by the droplets, mimics behavior seen among living organis...

Google has taken the wraps off Chimera Painter, a web-based tool that lets anyone generate terrifying cryptozoological entities in an interface that looks like MS Paint by way of Diablo. Why, you ask? Well, isn’t it ob...

The recent surge of COVID-19 infections has impelled Virgin Galactic to reschedule the third crewed test flight of its VSS Unity space plane, which had been targeted for Nov. 19-23.

Seldon is a UK startup that specializes in the rarified world of development tools to optimize Machine Learning. What does this mean? Well, dear reader, it means that the "AI" that companies are so fond of trumpeting, do...

Apple's lower App Store commission, the future of Swift by Sundell, shipping AirBuddy 2, M1 Mac benchmarks, SwiftUI's potential as a cross-platform technology, and a review of the Xbox Series X. Yes, all of that in one e...

Scientists have identified an old piece of the Pacific Ocean - the ancient remains of its long-ago seabed - extending hundreds of miles underneath China, as it is pulled downward into Earth's mantle transition zone.

If you're after a smart speaker for a desk or bedside table, the Dot with Clock is a no-brainer - but get the standard Dot if you don't need the

Autoclaves, which are used to sterilize medical tools, require a steady supply of hot, pressurized steam. Researchers have come up with a way to generate that steam passively, using just the power of sunlight, to help ma...

Almost 30 years ago, the computer puzzle game Myst, well, mystified players around the world, leading to a slew of follow-ups. If you fell in love with Myst back in 1993 and want to feel like you're really part of that s...

A team of researchers demonstrated that popular robotic household vacuum cleaners can be remotely hacked to act as microphones.

Chuck Grassley, the GOP Senator from Iowa who's third in line to the presidency, has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. Grassley confirmed his diagnosis on Tuesday, explaining via a press statement that he fee...

Please let this inspire someone to make a sci-fi movie about giant clawed creatures on Mars.

Democrats and Republicans both say that there needs to be another stimulus package before the end of the year, but they are as far apart as ever on a deal. Democrats say that Republicans won't work with them, while Senat...

Andrei Frumusanu, AnandTech: During the launch event, one thing that was in Apple fashion typically missing from the presentation were actual details on the clock frequencies of the design, as well as its TDP which it ca...

It’s been a while since we’ve heard of any announcement concerning Flash and most have probably presumed it was already dead anyway. After all, it was years ago when Adobe, who bought Flash creator Macromedia a long,...

Christopher Krebs will have the last laugh. Donald Trump fired the (now former) director of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency late Tuesday, after the latter countered ...

Attackers can conduct identity reconnaissance against an organization at leisure without being detected, Palo Alto Networks says.

With two effective coronavirus vaccines in the pipeline, a top UBS economist believes that coronavirus infections in the U.S. could approach near-zero by June. Effectively combatting the coronavirus will require all Amer...