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California startup Astra aborted its first orbital launch attempt with a payload due to a rocket glitch Friday (Aug. 27).

Don't expect to run YouTube Music on older Wear OS smartwatches through unofficial means. What you need to know A new report suggests you can't sideload YouTube Music onto older Wear OS smartwatches. The music streaming ...

On Friday (Aug. 27) Maxar Technologies' WorldView-2 satellite spotted SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo spacecraft from orbit.

Google is seemingly adamant in its decision to maintain the coveted role of default search engine on iOS, a strategy that could generate nearly $15 billion for Apple in 2021, according to one industry analyst. The intern...

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest and greatest in shiny bits of plastic. This week, No Way Home's trailer means we're not quite done with Spider-Man yet, Playmobil gets in on one of the all ...

A new STING treatment induces immunological responses that allow the immune system to fight otherwise immunological resistant glioblastoma cancer cells, researchers report.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE What Would It Be Like to Be a Conscious AI? We May Never Know Will Douglas Heaven | MIT Technology Review “It's possible that one day there could be as many forms of consciousness as there are t...

Tropical storm Ida is gaining strength as it barrels through the Caribbean Sea and is expected to be a "dangerous major hurricane" when it slams into the northern Gulf Coast on Sunday (Aug. 29).

A new simulation predicts that the lost giants were dislodged by gigantic collisions and have wandered the outskirts of galaxies ever since.

Most of us will never be able to visit space, much less experience what it's like to do a spacewalk. Even billionaires who can afford to pay for a trip beyond the atmosphere of our planet -- or at least somewhere in that...

Huawei's Watch 3 serves as a test of the company's in-house software meant to rival Google's Wear OS and Apple's WatchOS.

Scientists have attached dosimeters to the reptiles so they can serve as living "bioindicators" to gauge contamination levels near the shuttered nuclear power plant.

Enhance your console with a new look using the Xbox Wireless Controller Aqua Shift Special Edition. Designed with totally surreal, opalescent blue swirl grips, it truly stands out from the rest. Not only that, but this c...

Whether you want to snap aerial selfies or just explore the world around you, the following drones are on sale as of Aug. 28 and are great for beginner and pro pilots alike. There are even some options for kid looking to...

The Islamic State's propaganda arm used Amazon Web Services to host content promoting extremism, according to The Washington Post. Nida-e-Haqq, the group's media arm, posted messages on the website in the Urdu language, ...

Twitter on Friday rolled out an experimental initiative that allows some iOS app users to sell tickets to Spaces audio chats, the company's first efforts to monetize its audio meet-up feature. Announced in June, Ticketed...

SAVE 81%: A two-year subscription to Surfshark is on sale for £1.83 per month as of Aug. 28, saving you 81% on list price. We're going to let you in on a little secret: There is plenty of extra content locked away on th...

Microsoft on Friday announced a change to Windows 11 minimum operating requirements, though the loosened restrictions are not likely to impact compatibility -- or lack thereof -- with Mac. The software giant detailed Win...

The public might soon learn much more about Apple's internal work environment despite the company's best efforts to keep details of its operation under wraps. An employee effort to organize under the AppleToo banner on F...

Led by Apple Watch Series 6, Apple continued to dominate the world's smartphone market in the second quarter of 2021 as sector shipments climbed back to pre-pandemic levels, according to new estimates. Apple led the smar...

Amazon wants you to buy, buy, buy, so it's making it easier for you to do that. The company has rolled out a buy-now-pay-later option at checkout for select customers in the U.S. and plans to expand access to this paymen...

Epic has introduced the second Wild Week for Fortnite Chapter 2 – Season 7. This time around, the company has brought multiple popular items back from the vault, all of them revolving around jumps, bounces, and getting...