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Witness a man being born again as a huge stray rock--ejected from the explosive demolition of a clothing factory in Czech Republic--swooshes right by his head. A few inches closer and he would have been instantly killed....

Today we're having a look at a rather nicely produced demonstration of what it'd look like to see iOS 8 on an iPhone 6, and it got us wondering. What will Apple do with iOS 8 as far as stretching for a larger display? Be...

And you thought watching The Hobbit in 60fps was weird? At 15 billion fps, this camera from Heriot Watt University captures video so fast that you can actually watch individual photons move across a room and reconstruct ...

Welcome a perfect merger of old school stationery and new cool stuff with this Magnetic Chalkboard Weekly Planner. By featuring your weekly planner on a 5.5 x 20 inches chalkboard cum magnetic board, it is a piece of sta...

Mavericks goes into maintenance mode while Apple works on Yosemite.

With their flashing lights, roaring fans, and Blade Runner-esque designs, a lot of tabletop vapes these days place more emphasis on maintaining hyper-precise temperature gradients than in providing a relaxing and enjoyab...

This week the folks at Google responsible for sending binaries for Android to Nexus devices have done so for five devices, showing the Android L spread for the near future. When a binary is sent out across a range of dev...

Everyone's favorite is-it-on-again/is-it-off-again comedy is indeed coming back for another season. But not on another network--on Yahoo, who is following Netflix and Hulu's leads with a cannonball into the original cont...

If you've been anywhere near this great, big internet of ours over the past few days, you've probably heard about Facebook's outrageous breach of trust . Except, at least this time, Facebook might not be entirely in the ...

Did you buy Google Glass? If you did, and live in the UK, you'll have to shelve it should you want to visit the cinema. A newly placed ban on the heads-up wearable means that nearly 4,000 screens in 750 theatres across t...

As is standard with all T-Mobile USA releases of late, the LG G3 will be sent out to the public with an off-contract plan. You'll find the LG G3 readied for release as of today with pre-order. The official release date f...

Airbags certainly do save lives, but getting hit in the face at 200 mph--even by a bag of air--is not without its consequences. A teenage girl in Michigan got a real eyeful when an inflating airbag actually left its mesh...

We peek at some of the engineering and testing that goes into a modern PC.

Beats has Dr. Dre and a host of artists and popular athletes sporting its headphones. Soul and SMS Audio both have a stable of recognizable users as well. Now, high-end audio outfit Bang & Olufsen are joining the endorse...

When deadlines are a-looming and your creative well has momentarily run dry; when a conversation with colleagues would result in a down-the-rabbit-hole discussion that time won't allow; or when a client wants a design ch...

A few days ago we released our first "Android L features Google didn't mention" based on our Android L Developer Preview hands-on. Today we're having another look at a few more features we've discovered that we'd previou...

Robots are cool and all, but they're just mere toys until they start doing things like reporting the news, right? (Okay, we may be looking at the prospect somewhat selfishly.) Fortunately, that's already starting to take...

A new iPhone 6 leak is giving us the first look at what's said to be the front display panel, offering up some details that could put a solid nod in the way of other leaks being accurate. While just the display glass, we...

At-rest attachments could be accessed if attackers had access to your device.

Say you get arrested, your computer is seized and state wants to peek at the encrypted data hidden away on your machine's hard drive. Can it force you to decrypt your computer? Traditionally, the answer has been no: cour...

Every year, London's Design Museum chooses a single object, building, or piece of software and calls it the best-designed object of the year. It's always fun to see what they choose: Last year it was a simple but brillia...

Apps can be fun, but they can also serve another purpose. In going about our daily lives, we often turn to apps on our smartphones and tablets to assist us. What if those apps did more than just help us out? Here are fiv...