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Google Cardboard is a cardboard smartphone holder that is designed to use your smartphone to make a VR entertainment system on the cheap. Microsoft now has a competitor to Google Cardboard that has debuted called VR Kit....

The idea of peak oil has haunted us for decades . I say haunt because the concept that sooner or later we'd run out of the stuff has contributed to some terrible public policy in the United States.

Legend has it that back in the early 2000s, Oregon studio Buzz Monkey was working on an officially licensed South Park game for the original Xbox. The game never shipped, but an incredibly early version appears to have m...

Thanks to Apple, Google, and Samsung all pushing their own systems, mobile payment is getting a big boost and could see a substantial increase in adoption. However, there might be a subset of smartphone users, particular...

Try streaming your favorite audio from any smartphone or tablet to your audio system by using Relay Hi-Fi Bluetooth DAC From Mass Fidelity. The device allows listeners to make the most out of your audio experience with t...

Teslas might be 'practical' and 'fast' and other useful things, but they're also a little nouveau riche. If you want real electric-car class, you've got to hark back to 1905, and this very expensive vintage golf cart.

Sure, it's no secret that you can run Windows 10 on a tiny Raspberry Pi 2, but actually doing that could prove to be a challenge. What parts do you need? And what do you do with it when you're ready? That's where Microso...

Tonight Comedy Central's Daily Show brings its first episode with Trevor Noah as the new host. While we wait to find out if he'll be able to fill Jon Stewart's shoes (and compete with a tech-focused Stephen Colbert), thi...

Did you tweet a photo of the supermoon last night? Perhaps you used the #supermoon hashtag, only to discover that a round red welt had affixed itself to your tweet, as ugly and unwanted as a social media zit. These are c...

More than 50 items have been recovered at the site of the ancient Greek shipwreck that yielded the famous Antikythera mechanism. Working at a depth of 180 feet (55 meters), archaeologists managed to pull up the remains o...

Tomorrow we'll be at a Google event that's sure to flip the script on their Nexus program as well as Chromecast - just for starters. This event will be the launch site for Android Marshmallow. This is the next big softwa...

If you have data plan with a cap, it's probably a good idea to dive into iOS 9's Settings and turn off WiFI Assist. The feature switches an iPhone's data connection to the mobile carrier when it's experiencing shoddy WiF...

Following reports stating that Netflix had an announcement planned for today, the streaming company has officially announced that it acquired the global streaming rights to three television shows: USA's Colony, the CW's ...

The ASUS ZenWatch 2 presents a new wave of Android Wear watch. While it still runs the same software as the rest of the Android Wear smartwatches out today, it begins to differentiate itself. Not just with a slightly dif...

Google just introduced a low-key change that could make a big, big impact on the Android apps you use. The search giant has doubled the maximum initial download size for apps from 50MB to 100MB, giving developers more he...

Apply your brakes, and the red brake lights on the rear of your vehicle will illuminate to advise others on the road. This is the common arrangement, one also utilized on bicycles, motorcycles, golf carts, and just about...

And the Samsung version is smaller than the TSMC version.

After spending $7 billion drilling for oil and gas in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska, oil giant Shell announced today it will cease all drilling due to "a clearly disappointing exploration outcome." This means there might be...

Over on reddit, an awesome AMA between readers and NASA Mars scientists plumbs deeper into today's flowing water announcement. Here're the highlights.

Wireless charging is upon us, and if you've finally picked up a device that supports the technology, you're likely in want of an adequate charging base. No one wants an ugly wireless charger sitting on the end table -- s...

D-Wave, a Canadian quantum computing firm, announced on Monday that a consortium between Google, NASA and the USRA (Universities Space Research Association) has agreed to extend its existing contract with the company for...

You may be jonesing for a follow-up to the PlayStation Vita, but Sony isn't so sure that it's a wise idea. The company's Shuhei Yoshida told those at a recent developer session that the "climate is not healthy" for a Vit...