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After NSA whistleblower and millennial sex symbol Edward Snowden tweeted a mysterious string of characters on Friday afternoon, conspiracy theorists and concerned fans feared he might be dead when Sputnik, a Russian news...

One of the most anticipated PS4 and PC games of the year is still to be launched this Tuesday, but its developers are already announcing a "Day Zero" update. Yes, No Man's Sky, which was delayed no less than 2 months, wi...

Reminding us of our own fragile mortality, a large, bright comet just streaked across the sky and straight into our nearest neighboring star. You will absolutely believe what happened next because it has happened to you ...

Dutch Olympic cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten is recuperating in intensive care after an horrific crash on the cycling track during the women's road race event at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The rider suffered a heavy concussion...

Glico, that Japanese company that makes a bunch of popular snacks like Pocky, has created what's probably the most delicious way to learn basic coding. It has launched a new app called Glicode, which features a character...

Do you notice anything weird about this ad for the new season of Supergirl that's coming out in October on the CW network? Look closer...

According to a report by security blogger Brian Krebs, Oracle's popular MICROS point-of-sale terminals support website was commandeered by a Russian cybergang. This is bad since MICROS is in the top three most popular pa...

While livestreaming can be a boon for game developers, Twitch has made it clear the company has zero tolerance for players who flagrantly violate any game's terms of service. For players streaming their Pokémon Go sessi...

The Wilson X Connected Football introduced earlier this year is now available for pre-order with shipping being scheduled to start September 8. Those who preorder the smart football will also receive a copy of Madden 17 ...

Astronomers' favorite mysterious stellar object, which may or may not be surrounded by an "alien megastructure", remains unexplained. A reason for the flickering light emitted by the star known as KIC 8462852 continues t...

Optimus Prime passed away on August 8, 1986. It was 30 full years ago today, when Transformers: The Movie debuted, that the heroic robot sacrificed his own life to defeat the evil Megatron. But an event that was tragic f...

Not all scary movies are actually all that scary so what is it about the best scary movies that make them so much more terrifying than the rest? It's in the editing.

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Amazon has a pretty effective method for choosing which original shows it is going to proceed with -- it makes the pilot episodes for its most promising upcoming shows available to Prime subscribers, using their feedback...

There's some potentially bad news for a lot of Oracle customers surfacing today, as it seems the company has fallen victim to a data breach. According to KrebsOnSecurity, the breach affected Oracle's MICROS division, whi...

And get ready for something newer than "Android 7.0"--Some Google apps target "API 25."

The spotlights whirl in circles and transition from blue to purple to red and back to blue again. Basking in the glow is a stage constructed to resemble something out of a prime-time singing competition. But instead of s...

Archaeologists have discovered a treasure trove of ancient stone tools at a dig near Azraq, Jordan, some of which still contain traces of animal residue. A number of food items on this bona fide paleolithic menu will be ...

If you thought drone racers simply rolled up to an event, grabbed an RC toy out of their trunk, and lined up to race, you've got a lot to learn. We popped by the US National Drone Racing Championships, recently held in N...

The Getac S410 is a laptop classified as "semi-rugged" - not because it's not ready to take on an unhealthy bashing, but because it's also made for performance. This is the sort of laptop hikers bring with on an adventur...

Before he was the sleepy co-host of All Takes Matter , and after he was the failed editor-in-chief of The Undefeated, Jason Whitlock was just a dude with a blog. Despite our best efforts, though, Whitlock never published...

According to various reports, the water at multiple Olympic venues is pretty much full of shit. Unfortunately for three different rowers, they've now probably eaten that shit.