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Sales of the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book led to a 29 percent increase in overall Surface family revenue ($1.35 billion compared to $1.1 billion), Microsoft announced in its Q2 2016 earnings report. Its overall phone r...

Now that Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari don't support plug-ins anymore, Oracle thought it best to accept the Java plug-in's fate and let it go. The company has announced that it will be deprecated in the next version o...

We're openly obsessed with the assembly of the segmented origami mirror for the James Webb Space Telescope . A gorgeous photo released today reveals the secret of an enormous robotic arm used to place the mirror segments...

In what was either a momentary hacking or a brilliant use of PR, Peter Molyneux seemed to have been retiring for about 20 minutes this afternoon. In the moments after Molyneux's Twitter confirmed that he'd be taking the ...

Typhoon Haiyan was one of the most devastating tropical cyclones in history. The Category 5 typhoon killed thousands and ravaged the Philippines with billions in damages that it's still recovering from. Here's a brief gl...

Peter Molyneux is not done making video games. Molyneux appeared to announce his retirement from the video game industry in a series of tweets today, but it turns out his account was hacked. The impersonator also claimed...

Outfitting your roof with solar panels can be a great way to save energy and money. Right? Well, you won't save as much money in California, where new rules will force rooftop panel owners to shell over some extra money ...

The bad news just keeps piling on for Theranos, following yesterday's announcement from the US government that its blood testing technology "jeopardizes" patients' health. Walgreens, the company's main retail partner, sa...

Amazon is working on a more robust music service that will take on Spotify and other big-name competitors, according to a new report. Sources claim Amazon has been holding meetings in recent weeks about licensing deals f...

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HTC is tipped to be bringing their next-generation smartphone to an event outside of Mobile World Congress 2016, instead opting for a stand-alone event not unlike that of the HTC One M8. It's almost as if HTC decides whe...

Yahoo's bringing a major overhaul to its homepage and apps for iOS and Android. Today, the internet giant announced it's making notable content and design changes to these platforms, in an effort to make the experience c...

Sexual harassment has been an endemic problem within the scientific community for years. Well, the National Science Foundation is mad as hell and it's not gonna take it anymore. The NSF announced on Monday "its strong co...

Sony has introduced a new line of USB Type-C flash drives, each with a sleek metal design and compact size. The line features drives in three different capacities: 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB, each featuring USB Type-C and Type...

Tesla's Model 3 is almost upon us, but according to the rumor mill it could be bringing an unexpected friend to its March 2016 reveal. A second new car, potentially the Model Y crossover that Tesla CEO Elon Musk teased b...

Tremors felt by residents of New Jersey Shore and Long Island today prompted speculation that an earthquake had occurred--but the US Geological Survey confirmed that the rumbling sensations were caused by a sonic boom.

The sounds bamboo chopsticks emit when they're snapped in half are remarkably similar to the laws that govern the magnitude and frequency of earthquakes. Such insights could one day help engineers determine more precisel...

GameStop is making its debut as a gaming publisher with Song of the Deep. Created alongside none other than Insomniac Games, the studio behind acclaimed titles such as Ratchet & Clank, this 2D platformer promises an acti...

There is nothing in the world that can keep me from watching this movie. This movie is where Kevin Spacey's punishment for working too hard and ignoring his family is being turned into a cat by Christopher Walken.

The $249 device is blingy to say the least.

Scientists discovered a trench at the bottom of Loch Ness where a prehistoric creature could hide, but when it comes to sightings of the famed monster, you can probably expect reports to skyrocket in the UK, right around...

BIOS firmware is the root of your electronic devices, dictating communication between a computer's hardware and operating system from the boot-up process. It's an insulated layer in most devices, and organizations includ...