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Can machines come up with plausible sounds effects for video? Recently, MIT's artificial intelligence (CSAIL) lab created a sort of Turing test that fooled folks into thinking that machine-created letters were written by...

You probably didn't expect your week to start this way: Microsoft has acquired LinkedIn for $26.2 billion. The company plans to integrate the career-oriented social network into many of its apps and services, including O...

Gamers who have played Fallout 4 or any of the other games in the franchise will recognize what this is right away. It's the Pip-Boy Model 3000 Mk IV that the player wears in the game. It's a perfect replica and while it...

Apple's native apps already ship with its mobile platform, so the company didn't bother to make them available on iTunes. Now, those stock apps are up for download on the tech titan's software shop. MacRumors has spotted...

This morning it was announced that Sling TV will finally be coming to Apple TV devices. This announcement was made official at WWDC 2016, Apple's developer conference in San Francisco. This comes after Sling's "When will...

The wealthy using its money to suppress (or avenge) inconvenient truths is nothing new, even if nobody thought to use a washed-up pro wrestler for cover until now. But there are far worse things for a one-percenter to do...

The Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) project will soon have a new headset for developers. Unlike previous hardware, which offered a so-so experience, the new Hacker Development Kit 2 (HDK 2) is supposed to be a true co...

Apple just introduced a iPad app that teaches kids how to code in its Swift programming language. It's called Swift Playgrounds, and in it, you're tasked to guide a character called Byte to collect gems. To do so, you es...

Few tech disasters can send your stomach into free fall quite like realizing you've deleted something important from your laptop or phone, with no obvious way to bring it back. Luckily, if you find yourself scrambling to...

The Batman we've seen in movies, games, and comics in the last few years have has been portrayed as a dark, brooding, violent, unstable, and almost psychotic vigilante in stark contrast to the Caped Crusader of old. Afte...

British Gas' connected home brand Hive expanded beyond smart thermostats to plugs and motion sensors earlier this year. As was always the plan, the product range has grown a little bigger today with the launch of Hive Ac...

Last week, I turned on my computer and was greeted by an email message from Apple saying my account was locked and I needed to reset my password. While resetting was simple, I was greeted …

Love watching amazing stunts recorded by fearless people with skis, snowboards or even wingsuits? Don't have the guts to do all those things yourself? Ubisoft wants to give you the power to experience some of the very sa...

Assassin's Creed might have taken the year off (well, there's a movie if you want to get technical) but Ubisoft still has plenty to show at E3 this year. Hacker adventure Watch Dogs 2 will no doubt be the centerpiece, ex...

Today at its big WWDC event, Apple just announced a few updates for the Apple TV platform. New apps arriving include Sling TV (finally), Fox Sports, Molotov (France) and the Minecraft: Story Mode game. It's also upgradin...

In anticipation of the Apple Watch 2's launch later this year, Apple announced WatchOS 3 today at WWDC 2016.

The 2017 Nissan Titan XD is a puzzling truck. Let me explain. I've been driving trucks since I was a teenager, learning the joys of parking a battleship in an urban environment after my transition from country mouse to c...

A team at Stanford has pioneered a new use of satellite imagery that could help its home state avoid future water supply issues. Previous Stanford research had already proved satellite images (specifically Interferometri...

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Plus new set pictures from the film to boot. Mark Ruffalo teases conflict for the Hulk in Thor: Ragnarok. Plus, Hayden Christensen would be open to a return to Star Wars, a new behind the scenes look at Doctor Strange, a...

We already knew Lego's new Porsche 911 GT3 RS Technic set weighed in at a whopping 2,704 pieces, and measures almost two feet long when fully constructed. But the complex build takes so long that even an accelerated time...

Microsoft is buying LinkedIn in an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 billion (at $196 per share). LinkedIn will continue to operate independently and will retain its brand after the acquisition. LinkedIn CEO Jeff Wein...