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When you’re out in the rain, you want to make sure you’re covered well enough to protect yourself and all the things you’re carrying. Hopefully you’ve been able to remember to bring your umbrella in the first pla...

India's space agency is celebrating today after successfully launching and recovering RLV-TD, a prototype reusable space vehicle. The craft was launched at 9:00am local time and rose 43 miles into the air before gliding ...

Take your tunes and your skills on the go wherever you go with the Monster GoDJ Portable DJ Mixer. Taking up less space than a couple of smartphones, this all-in-one system is a great way to maximize your creativity whil...

Terahertz spectrum scanning is potentially ideal for finding bombs due to the sheer range of materials it can detect, but it's not exactly practical for luggage checks when you need both a suitcase-sized machine and up t...

In 2009, malware called "Skimer" surfaced and security firms took notice. Skimer is essentially malware that gives hackers full access to an ATM without needing to install any physical hardware, like a card skimmer . Acc...

The Facebook message came from the other Megan Kirby. I'd started calling her that in my head after she'd friend-requested me three months prior, whenever she floated across my feed posting Bible verses or pictures of th...

Say goodbye to the days when Amazon would cut you a break if the price of a product dropped right after you ordered it. Customers are reporting that Amazon has stopped offering partial refunds on orders if a price drop h...

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Today we've come across a patent for a new version of a device that you may have heard of before. It's the Apple Pencil. What's that got to do with the Samsung Galaxy Note 6? One very key element - the S Pen. What it can...

When Google unveiled a wider range of TVs with Google Cast support, you might have done a double-take when you saw Polaroid's name -- what, the reborn camera maker? Yes, it's true... and you may have a good reason to tak...

China was home to 'advanced beer-brewing' techniques 5,000 years ago, a new study suggests, and it may have been the reason barley was imported and established in the region. Researchers have reached their conclusion bas...

New York City's Second Avenue Subway is scheduled to open on December 30, 2016--an astounding 96 years after it was first proposed. A lot has happened since 1920. In a charming infographic, DNAinfo looks at all the major...

Although they're sitting out Comic-Con, 20th Century Fox is going big with their Snapchat-based promotions for Friday's release of X-Men: Apocalypse. While users will notice Snapchat's filter lenses are all mutant-themed...

Bracketron is a name that many of us with portable electronics are more than familiar with. After all, they are the ones that roll out accessories which ensure that our tablets and smartphones remain in place when we tra...

Star Trek Voyager went off the air 15 years ago today. To commemorate this very depressing occasion, here are what I truly believe are the five best nonsequiturs (but not from the episode "Non-Sequitur") from that occasi...

Google DeepDream didn't just create a bunch of trippy, fascinating, slightly schizophrenic images -- it also inspired an entirely new research project within Google, and it's called Google Magenta. Starting the first of ...

I poked my head inside NASA's latest Mars rover. During a mixed reality demonstration at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, as soon as I strapped on a HoloLens, a vibrant holographic vehicle popped up in fr...

Any Star Wars fan can probably tell you about all the times where they pretended to fly around their X-Wings and TIE fighters, pretending to have epic battles between them. This usually meant grabbing one or more and hol...

League of Legends is one of the most popular esports titles in the world, but it's not heading to ESPN any time soon. Spokespeople for Riot Games and ESPN tell Engadget that the companies are not working on a broadcastin...

Forget toiling away with kindling, fire starters, mini cooking dishes, and hot coals -- a microwave is more convenient, and soon it will be possible to carry one with you wherever you go. Called the Wayv Adventurer, this...

A couple of comedians left this Nissan Leaf on a Los Angeles street during the weekly two-hour period reserved for street sweeping. And then they narrated a 40 minute live stake-out waiting to see how long it'd take to g...

Most people know potato guns are sweet as hell. Unfortunately, if you want to use one to turn any large pieces of produce into a smoothie (a squash or watermelon, for instance), you'll need something stronger than a pota...