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For years, Lockheed Martin has been working on hypersonic (Mach 5 and above) aircraft like the SR-72, which could reach virtually any part of the world within a couple of hours. These vehicles have long been seen as dist...

Photos taken through glass, say of the skyscrapers surrounding the one you're in, are often ruined by glare. That's why MIT Media Lab's Camera Culture Group is researching for ways to make a camera that can shoot clear p...

A few days ago it was revealed that the very first consumer edition Oculus Rift VR headsets had begun shipping to early buyers. Well, the first has arrived, and lucky buyer Ross Martin was treated to the surprise of a li...

So far, the solutions to wireless spectrum crunches have involved either offering relatively untapped airwaves or reusing frequencies that were previously assigned to something else. However, DARPA knows this can't go on...

Since 2014, Harvard University has been running the Football Players Health Study, a program that examines the well-being of former NFL athletes as they leave the game behind. Now, as part of its ongoing research, the Iv...

When it comes to winding down after a particularly difficult day at the office, there are many different avenues to relax yourself, and reading a good book is one of them. However, with the advancement of one’s age, th...

Not all smartphones are created equal, that is for sure, and here we are with Neoix and its Amorr smartphone that runs on the Android mobile operating system from Google. Sure, this particular device is far from being as...

Most of the time when it comes to digital cameras, many people would want to have a heavy and chunky DSLR in their possession for the simple fact that it offers far more controls and is better able to snap photos with gr...

There are just some weeks we'd love to Groundhog Day our way through and try again to get right. Ben Affleck knows what I'm talking about. There was Apple's snoozefest on Monday that debuted smaller versions of the same ...

The startup world is renowned for its unique workplace culture, buzzwords and weird pitches. Now, a new book details one journalist's time at one such company. Dan Lyons talks about his 'year in Startup Hell' over on For...

Self-driving cars seem to be just about all the auto industry can discuss lately, but at least one robotics expert thinks it's time to slow that roll a little bit. While a Duke University researcher and is all for autono...

When taking photos, whether it be of sights or people, sometimes shooting through a window is unavoidable, and that means there's probably going to be glare or reflections. Turns out, researchers at MIT's Media Lab are l...

Painting up Easter Eggs is always fun, but what happens when you use Matlab and equations that spit out spirographic art? Some really awesome eggs.

In the wake of a suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan , that killed at least 50 people, many of them women and children, Facebook pounced at the opportunity to flex its "Safety Check" tool. Unfortunately, something went w...

Seems like iOS 9.3 is turning out to be one of Apple's more buggy software updates in recent history. Only a few days after Apple had to re-issue a new build of iOS 9.3 after some owners of older iPad models were left wi...

There is a lot of political talk right now about the U.S. carrying the weight militarily for its allies, including NATO. One actual example of this is the recurring situation where, even in lower-intensity conflicts, our...

In late February the news broke that troubled Japanese tech giant Sharp had agreed to an acquisition deal with Taiwan's Foxconn. Both sides were happy with the arrangement, but just before ink was put to paper it was rev...

Photo: Gerald Gurian As we enter Star Trek's fiftieth year, it's a good time to look back on the early days of the show. Gerald Gurian has recently released a book that does just that: To Boldly Go: Rare Photos from the ...

House Representative Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) has put forward a bill that will require retailers to require identification when purchasing a prepaid cellphone.

The internet is, generally speaking, a garbage dump suffused with vitriol and poison. "But surely," some might ask, "the one, tiny corner of Twitter devoted to Cool Pope Francis would be a respite for our bitter, blacken...

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Grand Theft Auto 5 is far from being an aging title at this point, with a near endless number of activities available in the open-world crime game, but it is a solid two and half years old. This means that it's likely ti...