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NASA has a lot of satellites, and these satellites have collected months, if not years, of data that can take pretty much forever to sift through. But one clever idea is to turn the measurements of space into sound and s...

Samsung's EVO line was basically built to be the best Solid State bang for your buck, so it's no surprise that's 250GB mid-size model took down the win with 30% of your votes . For those looking for more storage, the 1TB...

We mentioned this later in the day yesterday, but it's so good that it deserves to lead off today's post. You can get an actual Apple-manufactured Lightning cable for $8 $12 today (assuming it lasts). Not an Apple-certif...

Graphics company claims smartphone processors infringe fundamental GPU patents.

Stories surrounding the Vikings are numerous, but may shift in time due to new discoveries and the implications they bring. As it turns out, a substantially high number of Viking women participated in early invasions of ...

Twitter just launched a bug bounty program. That's a smart move, and it's a move Apple should watch. Any big tech company that offers software should also offer a bug bounty program to protect it. Now is the perfect time...

Let's say you've been fiddling with Unreal Engine 4 for months and want the world to see the lovingly detailed recreation of your first college apartment -- right down to the hemp wall tapestries and the weird stains on ...

See Samsung's new conspicuously-screened wearable? Gear S made its debut this week and will be coming to a wrist near you (maybe) in October. That's a long time to wait, but you'll be able to speed read Engadget should y...

When Kobo launched the Aura, the idea of selling a premium e-reader with a top-line price and a big screen was something of a risk compared to the Kindle juggernaut. When the device went on to become responsible for a fu...

Marc Newson is well known for putting his design touch on everything from bikes to cars to cameras to -- of course -- watches, and now he's joining Apple to work with his good friend Jony Ive. Vanity Fair reported he wil...

Built in to Chrome in the newest experimental build you'll find a password generator that may make the creators of 1Password and LastPass sit on the edges of their seats. While we must assume that those services will be ...

Graphene is one of those material science breakthroughs that's so frequently described as a harbinger of technological revolution , it almost feels hackneyed. Almost, until an update like this rolls around: Scientists at...

It's no secret that Apple is branching out into the home--and into all manner of peripherals. But it's still a surprise to hear that Marc Newson, the legendary industrial designer responsible for some of the most well-kn...

The problem with the current iterations of combat laser prototypes is they can easily be foiled by suspended condensation, smoke, fog, and other obscurants that deflect and defract the beam as its en route to its target....

The surreal strength of IBM's famous supercomputer, Watson, is now available to the public (for a fee). And to mark the occasion, the company threw a little party last week and served a very blue cocktail. Naturally, I w...

If you're on the lookout for the strangest of all the iPhone cases, look no further. Here be the Selfie Brush, ready to provide you with the unnecessary protection for your iPhone that you so desperately crave. It's a ha...

We're already well aware that no matter how great a gadget might seem, none of that means anything if it dies almost as quickly as it turns on . And according to a new report from The Information, the long-awaited iWatch...

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For the DIY-challenged among us, Ikea catalogues are already terrifying enough in their own right. For everybody else, there's Horrorstör--a traditional haunted house story dressed up in trendy, Scandinavian flat-pack f...

If Hollywood has taught us anything about death on Earth--and goodness knows it has--it's that we'll be welcomed to the afterlife by an eye-squintingly bright white void. For his latest site-specific exhibition, artist D...

Look, going off the sheer number of leaks we've seen the past few months, there's no way you didn't know Apple was planning to unveil a horde of new gadgets next week. Hell, the folks in Cupertino are even counting down ...

The Blue Screen of Death. Nearly every Windows user knows what it is, but few know who was responsible for it. According to a blog post on MSDN, it was Steve Ballmer who wrote the screen's message, doing so after he saw ...