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In a nutshell: more fun and more practical than you might expect, despite the high upfront cost. The right-hand drive model of the Tesla Model S has just arrived in the UK and it instantly transforms the story of electri...

Global warming has disturbed Japanese war graves, with rising Pacific ocean levels blamed for the gruesome resurfacing of 26 skeletons as attention again turns to the cost of rising temperatures. …

It was the summer of 1984, and it just so happened there WAS something strange in our neighborhood. The feelings of dread in our basements and/or attics, the strange noises in the night, the spooks and spectres and ghost...

Yesterday, in “Whither Apple Or Wither Apple?” I wrote about Apple’s efforts to steal market share from Android. Today I focus on Apple’s efforts to up-sell their iPhone and iPad customers to the Mac. Continuity ...

In April, NASA sent special equipment to the ISS that'll be able to test if laser beams can effectively transmit large amounts of data from space. Sounds like the project (called Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science) is...

Angelo Casimiro is only 15, but he just invented electricity-generating footwear--as you walk or run about, your shoes will generate power that can be used to charge your phone or any small battery-powered device.

The first wave of leaks has begun with Pokemon Omega Ruby and Pokemon Alpha Sapphire. This game was revealed just this past month and will be out in November of …

The world of mobile gaming has definitely improved by leaps and bounds over the years, where we have seen superior hardware deliver a far more engaging mobile gaming experience than ever before, making smartphones and ta...

The MPAA doesn't want you to resell the movies you buy on iTunes and other services. The U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee Intellectual Properly and the Internet hearing is now disc...

I would like to think that when it comes to music, many of us tend to carry our favorite tunes on a mobile device – smartphones for the majority of us, while others do have some relics from the previous century such as...

3D printing has segued from the niche lab to very nearly the mass market, and new startup CreoPop is hoping to tip it over the edge with its new 3D …

After 64 long years, it looks like a machine has finally passed the Turing test for artificial intelligence. A supercomputer in a chat-based challenge fooled 33 percent of judges into thinking that it was Eugene Goostman...

If you've got some extra time this summer, get creative with this little film project.

If you've ever taken the bus or subway home after drinking too much at a party, you know how tough it can be to get off at the right stop -- you may fall asleep well before then. That shouldn't be an issue if you're usin...

WWDC 2014 is over, and while it may not have brought us new hardware, it did give iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite their official reveal, key software launches in …

This week Pokemon Art Academy has been made real in the week before E3 2014. While this game could very well have been a large enough title to constitute its …

Head out of Beijing in a north-westerly direction, and you might pass Dongxiaokou village. Perched on the outskirts of town, the Dongxiaokou is where a lot of Beijing's electrical waste goes to be forgotten about. Not by...

CarPlay is coming, and Apple's push to put iOS and Siri in the dashboard could be one of the most significant plays from the Cupertino firm since the iPhone itself. …

Little robot helpers found a place in our hearts and homes in 2002 when iRobot introduced the Roomba. This house-cleaning 'bot definitely made for an odd addition to the company's existing lineup of space exploration, mi...

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green. Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast in the fall of 2012, causing wides...

It could be centuries (if ever) before humans can observe the behavior of a supernova first-hand, but scientists at the University of Oxford may have delivered the next best thing. They've recently simulated an exploding...

Reuters photo editor Chris Helgren got some 70-year-old D-Day images and went to France and England to photograph the same exact spots full of tourists. The Globe and Mail has an extensive before and after graphic report...