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In a story that keeps on getting weirder, a scientist familiar with the Mexican region where a Canadian teen claims to have discovered a lost Maya settlement says at least one of these features is either an abandoned cor...

So you are scratching your head, wondering just which particular gift to get for your little one as his or her birthday approaches. In a time when there are simply so many choices that abound, one does wonder whether get...

Amongst other oddities at Google I/O 2016, it's time for a Google-made Android VR headset. Not just cardboard, but hardware, running Android. Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality included. This week it's...

Meet the Drosera Capensis, also known as the Cape sundew. It's a deadly little thing that looks like some sort of alien finger trap but it's actually a carnivorous plant with sticky tentacles that basically entomb bugs t...

The company formally known as Hyperloop Technologies has announced a name change that brings it more in line with the company's 'singular leadership and incredible progress,' it announced this evening. Henceforth, the co...

Insider sources have let loose information about Google's next big hardware project and the center of their IoT smart home project Google On. This device, they say to ReCode, and will look similar to Google's On Hub - to...

For her "unparalleled success online," Kim Kardashian will receive the first-ever Break the Internet Award at the 2016 Webbys. With nearly 70 million Instagram followers and 45 million Twitter followers, the Webby Awards...

Google is updating Photos with a couple of new features, the most notable of which is the ability to leave comments on shared albums. Shared albums, of course, are photo albums that more than one person have access to; a...

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Netflix's upcoming Voltron: Legendary Defender is looking a whole lot more palatable than previously imagined. DreamWorks Animation's upcoming Netflix reboot of the classic series is taking a lot of cues from familiar fa...

When going to the movies involves strapping a virtual reality headset to your face, you have to be delivering more than the local IMAX, but Oculus is confident a new golden age is almost upon us. Released today, Felix & ...

The French Open is one of the famous four in the tennis world, where winning all of these four tournaments in a single calendar year would mean that one would pick up the elusive Grand Slam. This is truly a unique ground...

Back in March, I filed a Freedom of Information request with the FBI asking if the agency had ever wiretapped an Amazon Echo. This week I got a response: "We can neither confirm nor deny..."

Civilization VI is being developed for PC, 2K and Firaxis Games have announced. The news marks the series' 25th anniversary, and gives fans something to look forward to. 2K says the sixth installment will give players ne...

The FDA just announced plans to rethink its definition of "healthy" food. So, what does that "healthy" label you're seeing right now mean? Not as much as you might think.

Google is rolling out two new features for its Photos service: the ability to comment on shared images and albums, and a tool that suggests photos to add to specific albums. The commenting ability allows users to leave m...

Open data policies in government don't just exist for the sake of convenience -- sometimes, they can reveal serious structural problems. I Quant NY's Ben Wellington took advantage of both New York City's open data and Go...

Prepaid carriers add new phones fairly regularly, but they're rarely anything to write home about. Given that many people choosing prepaid carriers are concerned about cost, it isn't surprising the roster of available ph...

When you are a fan of drinking spirits, you more often than not have an arsenal of bottles residing in cabinets, on shelves, and hidden in the nooks and crannies of your home. Most of the time you want to keep said bottl...

Peachy Printer launched on Kickstarter back in September of 2013. It claimed to be the world's first $100 3D printer and scanner, and raised $651,091 CAD in backer money. Now Rylan Grayston, the company's CEO, claims tha...

A new entrant to the electric vehicle industry called Nikola Motor Company is unabashedly riding the wave of the future in Tesla's wake. Although the company may have copped their name from Elon Musk's inspiration, Nikol...

Whoa. This aerial view, courtesy of a drone, captures something not often seen: a pod of false killer whales (which are a species of dolphins, of course) chasing and hunting down a shark in the waters near Sydney, Austra...