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For decades scientists have believed that an asteroid impact event ended the era of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Now, analysis from the crater site itself seals the deal: the same elements that were deposited arou...

Both China and Russia were reportedly behind two cyberattacks last year at the European Medicines Agency that compromised documents related to covid-19 vaccines and treatments.

WhatsApp is working on a way to secure users' chat backups in iCloud using password-protected encryption, according to a new report from forthcoming-feature specialist WABetaInfo. The Facebook-owned chat platform began e...

Samsung’s premier premium smartphone for early 2021 is already out and it’s time to give its other models, particularly those for lower tiers, their time under the spotlight. It seems that that time will be coming so...

'Subtle and very nasty bug' meant 5.12 rc1 could trash entire filesystems Linux overlord Linus Torvalds has rushed out a new release candidate of Linux 5.12 after the first in the new series was found to include a 'subtl...

While the rankings were somewhat similar to February's, the company announced a number of new features to enhance the index moving forward.

Using the extended Röntgen Survey Imaging Telescope Array (eROSITA) instrument onboard the Spektr-RG spacecraft, astronomers have detected in X-rays a new large supernova remnant (SNR). The newfound object, dubbed "Hoin...

The Fujifilm GF 80mm F1.7 R WR short telephoto prime lens offers a focal length of 63mm in 35mm terms, 9 rounded aperture blades, and a very fast maximum aperture of f/1.7. Read our Fujifilm GF 80mm review to find out ho...

Intel announced more than 50 processors back at CES 2021. Part of that line-up was new mobile CPUs code-named Alder Lake. Now more info on these mobile

A new estimate suggests it'll cost somewhere between $30 million and $50 million to clean up the mess created by the collapse of the iconic Arecibo Observatory dish late last year, according to an NSF report detailing th...

If you live in Vermont and heard an explosion just before dinnertime Sunday (March 7), there's a good chance that was a shockwave from an incoming meteor exploding over the state.

Nisha Blackwell is CEO of Knotzland, a Pittsburgh-based company that makes bow ties from upcycled textile waste. Giving wasted material a new life

A report by the National Science Foundation estimates it will cost up to $50 million to clean up the damage from the collapsed Arecibo radio telescope, but that it is still too soon to determine whether or how to rebuild...

Companies pledged money and support for people of color. But some say they still face a hostile work environment for speaking out or simply doing their jobs.

What started as a few vulnerabilities in firewall equipment has snowballed into a global extortion spree.

Amazon's internet-connected scale automatically re-purchases whatever you stack on it when supplies get low. This is both neat and problematic.

If your old laptop needs a little more pep in its step, there's an easy fix most people overlook: the performance settings. These settings reside in most laptops, usually via a preinstalled utility. The vast majority of ...

A PC modder has built what must be the coolest PlayStation 5 around. As well as new body work, it has been adapted with a full water cooling system to

North Carolina State University engineers continue to improve the efficiency of a flexible device worn on the wrist that harvests heat energy from the human body to monitor health.

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 888 in December 2020 and that hardware is already appearing in new devices. But there was no mention of the 700 series

Microsoft's $7.5 billion acquisition of Bethesda parent ZeniMax Media has cleared its regulatory hurdles. On Friday, the European Commission (EC) quietly approved the deal without applying any conditions to the merger. I...

Back in February, Google announced that it's rolling out a new feature to Google Fit, allowing users to monitor their breathing and heart rate using the