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North Korea has long been developing its own operating system called Red Star OS, a Linux distro with a design blatantly 'inspired by' Mac OS X. Thanks to German researchers Niklaus Schiess and Florian Grunow, the operat...

In little less than two weeks, it will be exactly 4 years since Fujfilm announced the X-Pro. On January 15, at least based on an earlier leaked product page, it will be revealing its successor. Before that happens, howev...

Despite all of the time that we've spent exploring our world, there are still many places that we humans have simply never seen. That's because so much of our world is covered in water. In those places we can still find ...

Phone-throwin' bloke Russell "Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the TRUE emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a mu...

As absurd as it seems, yes, you read that headline right. Louis Vuitton, the world-famous luxury fashion brand, has tapped Lightning, the heroine of Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII series, as their latest model in a new...

Long gone are the days when smartphone cameras were just passable compromises when better performing digital cameras were not available at a moment's notice. Long gone too are the days when Apple had monopoly of that cat...

I want my cake to be fluffy and delicious and always enough for seconds. Maybe it can be a little decorative and fun and hide a joke somewhere but what I'm not prepared for is a cake to wreck my brain before it pads my s...

Last year we told you about Derby , a dog born with underdeveloped legs and paws. Tech firm 3D Systems designed a pair of prosthetic limbs for the Husky mix, but they were too short, and they also prevented Derby from be...

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If you've been yearning for a way to cut through the clutter that is your Facebook News Feed, you may soon be in luck. The social network is testing multiple News Feeds inside its mobile app, as the feature is live for s...

This has been a tough year. Pop culture let us down in many ways, even as our political system and our social institutions revealed a deeper seam of ugliness. But speculative fiction still offers us hope: not just optimi...

There's a new four-legged robot on the block, and it doesn't care if you kick it over -- the quadruped can stand back up on its own in just a few seconds and continue on its merry way. This is in stark contrast to most o...

Twitter is continuing its (long overdue) fight against abusive users by updating its service terms with more specific language about harassment. This time around, there's a new section dedicated to "hateful conduct," whi...

As soon as powerful processors were tiny enough to pack into your pocket, companies big and small have been hunting for other ways they can strap tech onto our bodies. Fitness trackers and smartwatches were only the begi...

Researchers have discovered a new form of contagious cancer that is transmitted among Tasmanian devils, shaking long-held beliefs that transmittable cancers are a rarity. This is the second type of contagious cancer disc...

It's tough to be the third choice when someone is looking for a ride home. Sidecar CEO Sunil Paul announced that the ride-hailing and delivery business would shut down at 2pm PT on December 31.

Songwriter, musician, and dedicated music copyright activist David Lowery has retained a law firm and filed an ambitious class action lawsuit against Spotify. He's suing on behalf of all the artists--which could be liter...

The Elder Scrolls Online MMO has undergone a fair number of changes since it was first released. The biggest, of course, was the game's transition to a free-to-play title. However, next year the game is going somewhere t...

Spotify has been hit with a class-action lawsuit from David Lowery over alleged failure to make royalty payments. The lawsuit is seeking a minimum of $150 million in damages from the streaming service, and claims that Sp...

Years ago, after swilling an entire bottle of 20W-50 motor oil, I had a vision. The Great Junkyard Dog appeared to me, and asked me what I most wanted to drive. "A vehicle that transcends time and space," I whispered. "A...

Scientists can now use heat to check out the internal workings of a cell. All they need is lasers and titanium. This means that one day they might be able to figure out how a disease takes hold before it attacks more tha...

Four-month-old Teegan Lexcen was born in Minnesota with a small, malformed heart, no left lung, and the faintest chance of seeing her first Christmas. Now she's recovering after open-heart surgery at Nicklaus Children's ...