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Unless you manually opt out of the program, Verizon will store personal information and create user interest profiles.

Remember the ultra-compact cameras with retractable lenses? They were all the rage two decades ago, before the advent of phones with good cameras which have all but killed the standalone, compact camera category. Now, re...

Max everything Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max $35 at Amazon $35 at Best Buy $40 at B&H Photo Pros Live View picture-in-picture Faster processor Alexa Voice Remote included HDR10 and HDR10+ certified Wi-Fi 6 support Cons Mor...

Now that the world has gone almost completely online, most people view content and listen to music through streaming services, such as Netflix, Disney+,

A year ago today, Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech covid-19 vaccine outside of a clinical trial. 12 months and billions of shots later, several countries are already on ...

While many people prefer to keep using the mobile OS with which they’re most familiar, there are plenty of users who aren’t afraid to make the jump to something different. If you’re thinking of moving from an Andro...

YouTube TV is finally back on Roku streaming devices following a dispute between the two parties that has dragged on since April of this year. Both parties agreed to a deal for YouTube TV and the main YouTube app, which ...

Here's how we've all been filling up our smartphones in the past year.

Compute graphs are the way forward Register Debate Welcome to the latest Register Debate in which writers discuss technology topics, and you the reader choose the winning argument. The format is simple: we propose a moti...

Conscientiousness can be improved, even if a person has little motivation to change, researchers report.

Assisted suicide services are controversial, but some countries approve of such life-ending services for certain patients. Switzerland is among the countries that allow terminally ill patients to choose to end their live...

Deficits in the dentate gyrus function that causes memory problems may be associated with epileptic seizures a new study reports. The abnormal activity leads to over-extinction, spurring on seizures.

Much like in 2020, we all spent a lot of 2021 taking the time to catch up on old favorites or check out classics we'd missed. Here's the io9 team's picks for the things they've loved revisiting most this year.

Facebook has launched a new professional mode for profiles that will let eligible creators earn money without the need to create a separate Page. The feature is part of Facebook parent Meta's $1 billion investment in cre...

On the surface, a galaxy 250 million light-years from Earth seems like any other, but a deeper look reveals a puzzling quirk: It seems to have no dark matter.

Google on Tuesday said it took steps to disrupt the operations of a sophisticated "multi-component" botnet called Glupteba that approximately infected more than one million Windows computers across the globe and stored i...

GHGSat, a Canadian company planning a constellation of satellites to monitor greenhouse gas emissions, announced Dec. 8 it will launch its next three satellites on a Falcon 9 in mid-2022. SpaceNews

Reddit on Wednesday announced its 2021 recap with the top moments and discussions in the community. The social network is also launching a personalized recap that lets each user see their own year in a review. more… Th...

A Soyuz spacecraft launched Dec. 8 carrying two Japanese private astronauts and a Roscosmos cosmonaut on the first flight in more than a decade for space tourism company Space Adventures. SpaceNews

An unknown number of macOS Monterey users are reporting that Apple's Time Machine is failing on its initial backup of a drive and it's not clear why. Time Machine According to posts on Reddit, it is specifically related ...

NASA's Hubble telescope has been in a month-long nap since going into system failure in late October. However, early yesterday, the agency announced it is waking Hubble up. NASA says the telescope is now functioning as n...

Boost your power with the INVZI 100W GaN USB-C Multiport Charger. This impressive gadget offers 15-watt MagSafe fast wireless charging. Not only that, but this GaN charger also boasts compatibility with the iPhone 12 and...