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Last March, Pebble revealed its smartstrap idea and platform that would allow developers and accessory makers to add functionality to the Pebble smartwatches indirectly through smartstraps. While the idea definitely has ...

It's no secret that Facebook has been "inspired" by some of Snapchat's features, and keeping up with the trend, it has begun testing a self-destructing messages feature in Messenger. The test is limited to some users in ...

In the history of space, travel only the US has placed man on the moon, but other countries have sent unmanned spacecraft to the surface of the moon. Japan has announced that it hoped to become the fourth country to plac...

Do not adjust your monitors. While this view of Pluto looks like it's all screwed up, in fact it's an image from New Horizons that brings out the subtle variations in color on its surface.

While System Shock might have only just received a facelift when it launched on GOG.com earlier this year, an entire remake of the legendary PC game is now in the works — and perhaps even System Shock 3. And if you've ...

The Steam Controller, as well as the new Xbox One Elite controller from Microsoft, are truly revolutionary for disabled gamers in that they allow complete button re-mapping and customization, letting those who don't have...

A video hit the web this week showing Apple store employees in Melbourne, Australia, kicking out a group of black teenagers because security was worried "they might steal something." In the video, the teens (from Sudan a...

You already know it's big, and that it's powerful, but does the iPad Pro have what it takes to survive on the road as a true notebook replacement? Apple's 12.9-inch tablet is the biggest outing for iOS to-date, and just ...

You aren't alone in your desire to play Rockstar Games' old West epic Read Dead Redemption on your Xbox One -- Microsoft's director of program management Mike Ybarra wants to play it again, too. "I would love to see Red ...

The new YouTube Music app is a failure. YouTube is quietly one of the most powerful forces in digital music, and this--THIS!--is the app that's supposed to change everything. It changes nothing.

When OnePlus founder and CEO Carl Pei first showed off the new X in our Manhattan office, I was impressed. Nice glass design, kind of a hybrid iPhone/Xperia look. The textbook definition of "premium." But it's really wha...

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If you've had surgery under anesthesia in the last couple of decades, your doctor was probably listening to her favorite music while operating. There's growing debate in the medical field about whether music in the opera...

Think you're a good liar? Well, soon, the jig might be up: Researchers have developed new technology that reads subtle facial expressions to sniff out bullshit better than humans can.

Scientist have created what they say is a 'porous liquid' able to, among other things, capture carbon, making it one possible way to tackle the world's pollution problem. The development was made by researchers at Queen'...

I was in a quandary the other day when serving drinks on a cold November evening. Every cocktail I considered was fruity and frivolous--not appropriate for dinner guests huddling in depressing post-time-change darkness. ...

Following New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's request for daily fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel to stop operating in his state, the two sites filed a lawsuit against the AG. Filing a petition with t...

If you wanted to spend two weeks cycling through Denmark, you've just missed a good chance. A research team at the University of Copenhagen arranged just a 2700 kilometer cycling trip, to study how older people respond t...

Twitter has introduced, and in a relatively quiet manner, 'ScratchReel' GIFs, which are animated GIFs with an unusual feature: you can scrub back and forth through them by swiping your finger (or mouse, for those on desk...

300 miles north of Vancouver lies the Great Bear Rainforest. It's a huge, rugged, chunk of land with ample diversity of scenery, and the best part is that it is very, very sparsely populated. Think Yellowstone minus the ...

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If you really enjoy taking photos, then you’ve likely noticed an annoying problem that comes about when you’re trying to print the pictures you’ve worked hard to take and edit. More often than not they come out ver...