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JBL, the audio company that recently had 16 speakers and two subwoofers squeezed into a Smart car, has taken the wraps off two new speakers: the JBL Clip+ and the JBL Charge 2+. Both are wireless speakers offering connec...

If you thought the Singaporean logic puzzle was though , brace yourself for this math problem that was originally set for eight-year-old students in the Vietnamese town of Bao Loc. It's apparently even stumped someone wi...

LG Display just unveiled a new, ultra-thin television screen that is less than one millimeter thick, at an industry event in its home country, Korea. LG's current thinnest TV screen is a 55-inch OLED panel that is 4.3 mm...

If you're fond of the new San Francisco font Apple introduced with its Apple Watch smartwatch (and you're either an OS X or iOS user), then good news, maybe: rumor has it that Apple will be replacing the font Helvetica N...

When it’s raining, we use an umbrella to shield us from the onslaught of raindrops falling from the sky. Of course, we dread not having one with us, but even when we do, they’re a nuisance. Strong winds blow them ins...

The U.S. Air Force's unmanned X-37B shot off into space for the fourth time today. The extreme secrecy shrouding all three previous missions have fueled plenty of conspiracy theories. But for once, we actually have some ...

The robotic arm looks like it came from the future, a sleek cyborg limb. But for Les Baugh, it's a way to feel "back to human."

Who of us hasn't lamented the fact that a late night trip to the beach for an evening swim can never include a beach ball for fear of it going missing in the dark? The folks at Swim Ways obviously have, because they stuc...

The sun puts out all the clean and free electricity that we could ever need and the big problem in harnessing it is the low efficiency of solar panels today. Much of the solar energy that hits solar panels in use today i...

Personal drones are all the rage now, even hitting mainstream media because of rather questionable antics. But not everyone might be interested in hulking quadrocopters the likes of which Amazon plans to use for deliveri...

No matter how you look at it, no matter how Google wants to spin it, things aren't looking good for Google+. The tech giant's attempt to take a bite out of Facebook is slowly but surely getting dismantled, with the Photo...

According to Bloomberg Business, Google could soon be separating its web based photo sharing and storage service from the existing Google+ platform and offering it as a standalone. Bloomberg cites Googlers close to the p...

The wall of wind-driven ocean that accompanies a hurricane is called a "surge" for a reason: This isn't a gentle rising of the water level, it's violent and destructive--sometimes more so than the hurricane's winds. This...

Archeologists working in Kenya have discovered the world's oldest stone tools. At 3.3 million years, they're 700,000 years older than what were previously the most ancient stone tools ever discovered. In fact, they're ev...

As much as Twitter is doing to fight harassment lately, it's clear that ill-willed users are still slipping past the social network's defenses -- and sometimes, in very conspicuous ways. Users have spotted trolls using T...

Google introduces a number of Live Cases, accessories that attach to a set of Android devices and provide NFC-based content and abilities. This first case includes a button that allows you to launch apps. It also allows ...

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Gaming has well known dark sides, but it can also improve spatial skills, reduce stress and even bring families together. Two new studies may further confuse you about the benefits, with one concluding that gaming makes ...

In welcome news for those of us who couldn't take another year squinting at that spindly, bad-for-screens typeface , 9 to 5 Mac is reporting that Apple will replace Helvetica Neue with its new San Francisco typeface for ...

Teenagers regularly make poor decisions when it comes to technology, and too many of them in recent times involve swatting pranks. This latest episode of poor teenage judgement comes in the form of an alleged cyberattack...

The most fundamental outdoor skill is also often one of the most misunderstood. Learn these five campfires and you'll be able to cook food, scare off wild animals, stay warm or just have a bonfire on the beach. They're s...

Robotic news editors promise to save the trouble of picking and writing news stories (and might put people like me out of work), but are they really ready to replace human writers? Yes and no, if you ask NPR. The outlet ...