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Do people actually want smartwatches ? I'm starting to wonder. The Pebble smartwatch--a phenomenal Kickstarter success story and the darling of tech critics everywhere--has only sold 1 million copies.

The Nest thermostat is a hefty spend. At $250, it's not something you'd purchase without much though, like you probably did with the Chromecast. Nest claims to save you money, but varying reports go into how much it actu...

Here's an interesting question the folks at Google probably asked themselves not too long ago: how do you pair a human passenger with a driverless car? Aside form looping routes, much like public transportation, the auto...

The area in southern Spain known as mar del plástico is a landscape dominated by vast stretches of greenhouse farms. From the ground, it looks like nothing but roads winding through a maze of covered crops. But when see...

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The magic behind the Chill Maintaining Pilsner Glasses is that they can chill a room-temperature libation to 36° F in just 2 1/2 minutes. This is because of the viscous cooling liquid present between the two layers of t...

Apple has long had dreams of bringing more manufacturing to the US, but the reality has been harsh at times -- the Arizona sapphire plant it helped build went down the tubes last year after its key partner, GT Advanced, ...

The US's web-based health care portal didn't launch as planned, to put it mildly, but the digital task force created to salvage that mess (and prevent others) showed that it's possible to have modern, responsive governme...

Move over graphene, today is silicene's day to shine. Silicene is a single-atom thick layer of silicon, whose theoretical properties could have exciting applications in computer chips. Now, scientists have made the first...

Did you know that only five percent of Americans travel abroad each year? Beat the odds, get a passport and go see the world. It's easier than you might think. Here's our starter guide for the new traveler.

To better serve us well into the future of mobile, ARM is announcing new chipsets that will likely be found in handsets for years to come. The new ARM Cortex A72 is a "50X increase in CPU performance", while the CoreLink...

If you want your smartphone to last longer without carrying flammable gas in your pocket, there may possibly, conceivably be new battery tech coming soon (maybe). Yep, we're skeptical after many a disappointing "breakthr...

I don't need to tell you there's no great birth control option right now. Hormonal contraceptives are like a carnival ride for your mood, IUDs are physical sperm-gates that need to be surgically shoved up your vaginal ca...

Vaccines are not part of some evil plot to poison our children. But there are plenty of terribly misguided people who believe they are! And their beliefs didn't just materialize out of nowhere. A new video from the New Y...

As someone who is lucky enough to see several modern smartphone slide across his desk, I can say the HTC One (M8) is among the nicest I've ever been lucky enough to toy with. Sense is enough overlay to improve Android, a...

Helvetica and Times New Roman are legendary, instantly recognizable typefaces, and they're both owned by the biggest type conglomerate in the world. Now, that company is adding emoji and stickers to its holdings.

It's been a few years since I actually needed to use a pair of gaming headphones. After a ton of research (not to mention some scrimping and saving), I have a proper 5.1-channel surround sound setup for all of my enterta...

It's time go get retro-futuristic with The Simpsons as a gang of creators pixelate the Couch Gag. This is a "pixel tribute" to The Simpsons as directed and animated by Paul Robertson and Ivan Dixon. Music here is a midi-...

Chipmakers can get ARM's faster CPUs and GPUs now; consumers get them next year.

Children are exposed to the digital world earlier and earlier these days, and there does not seem to be any stopping them to boot. Well, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, right? Parents will nod in agreement, but then as ...

Among other predictions , Interstellar offered us some clues about the future of farming. Long story short: It's all about the robots. From field scouting drones to robotic harvesters, the industry that keeps you fed is ...

You've probably heard no end of hype for 4K video on TVs and computers, and now it's about to invade your phone... at least, so long as ARM has its way. The company just took the wraps off of Cortex-A72, a processor refe...