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Quantum entanglement, where two particles are inextricably linked, is a real thing. However, creating that odd behavior has been extremely difficult so far -- you have to cool things down to near absolute zero to pull it...

There are sports cars and then there are track cars. Sometimes the two meet and you end up with a sports car that is designed specifically to get things done at the race track and then cruise back home smug in your track...

Shazam is doubling down on what it does best with its latest update: Recognizing songs when your memory (or pop cultural knowhow) fails you. And, for the first time, the app now highlights a search feature on its main pa...

During the ongoing anti-terror lockdown in Brussels, police have been asking for 'radio silence' from the press and social media, to help their operations. Twitter users in the city haven't stopped tweeting: they're just...

Rampant spying by governments, spates of large scale hackings, and a general atmosphere of vulnerability over the Internet and mobile networks has made many look at heavily encrypted services and devices just to feel saf...

The ocean is full of so-called dead zones -- that is, areas where low oxygen levels resulted in a lack of marine life. A new study from the National Science Foundation points toward "abrupt ocean warming" and the formati...

Over the past couple of years, we've asked every major maker of virtual reality headsets and content what their stance is on children in the VR realm. The answer is (almost) always the same: no comment. Off the record, w...

The idea of customizable add-on buttons for smartphones isn't exactly new. First we had Pressy (which was quickly cloned by Xiaomi and others), then the Dimple NFC button pad came along. So what's next? Well, a Hong Kong...

Welcome to Jordan - Google's opened up the floodgates for virtual reality using "Street View" cameras and Google Cardboard. Without having to travel thousands of miles in a plane, you'll now be able to open up your web b...

The attorney for Ahmed Mohamed revealed new details about the September events in Texas in a letter sent to both school and city officials in Irving, Texas. If you'll recall, Ahmed is the 14-year-old boy who was arrested...

Did you ever watch Picard's Star Trek and hope that someday, we too might communicate with just the touch of a lapel-worn gadget? No, we didn't really, either -- Bluetooth headsets quickly poured water on that fire. But,...

Following Tim Cook's lead, the advocacy group behind Apple, Google, Microsoft and plenty of other big tech firms has come out against calls to weaken encryption, which authorities argue would make it easier to track crim...

Private companies including Google, GoPro, DJI, Amazon and others have submitted their recommendations to the FAA concerning drone registration. The group determined that all drones over 250 grams should be registered wi...

The Zapruder film may be the most famous footage taken of the Kennedy assassination, but it's not the only one. The "Nix Film" may be lesser known, but it's no less important. It has been missing for decades, so the gran...

Onerous requirements could limit adoption of unmanned aircraft.

Google has introduced Star Wars promotional content on several its services, not the least of which is Waze, the cartoony navigation app. Those who use Waze have the option to add Star Wars content, including a C-3PO voi...

You'll spend a lot of Fallout 4 fighting irradiated super mutants, giant killer cockroaches, and deadly cyborgs. You'll spend just as much time fighting the game's awful user interface.

Billions of years from now, the universe as we know it will cease to exist. The good news is, that gives us a lot of time to prepare, and maybe even figure out a way to cheat cosmic death. Here are some possible ways our...

Porsche first announced the Cayman GT4 Clubsport about this time last month. The car is a pure racing version of the new Cayman GT4. At the time Porsche announced the Clubsport it showed the car off in an attractive, but...

It just kept going until it was barely a speck in the sky. I was sure I had lost the Bebop 2 review unit Parrot had sent Engadget. The fact that the company's latest mid-level drone flies longer and faster than its prede...

In a letter from its president, Starwood Hotels in North America has announced that it suffered a data breach at many of its properties across the United States. The breaches started and stopped at different times, with ...

We asked Gizmodo readers about exiting an awful IT job . Whether you quit in a blaze of glory or were laid off in ridiculous circumstances, these are your getting-the-hell-out stories.