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If you need another reason to be paranoid about network security, a serious exploit that attacks a nine-year-old Linux kernel flaw is now in the wild. The researcher who found it, Phil Oester, told V3 that the attack is ...

After continued reports of the phones catching on fire when charged, Samsung finally put the Galaxy Note 7 out of its misery two weeks ago. But 2.5 million recalled devices and $2.3 billion in projected losses later, the...

It's no longer a secret that the UK's GCHQ was expanding its mass surveillance in the years before Edward Snowden's leaks. However, it hasn't really been clear as to who was helping it upgrade its spying campaign... unti...

"Work smarter, not harder" should be everyone's mantra. Marek Baczynski certainly abides by it. Why else would he spend hours of trial and error figuring out how to get a drone to change a lightbulb? We can finally add l...

Today is the iPod's 15th birthday, her Quiñceanera if you will. While some tech blogs celebrated--the International Business Times even coined it National iPod Day--the most important people appear to have forgotten: Ap...

If it wasn't already clear that Elon Musk has considered virtually every aspect of what it would take to colonize Mars, it is now. As part of his Reddit AMA session, the SpaceX founder has revealed that his vision of a p...

A match cut is a technique filmmakers use to link two different scenes together by cutting from one shot to another in a way that's almost visually seamless because the shots look so much alike. It can cut on character o...

For the first time in human history, atmospheric CO2 concentrations exceeded 400 parts per million (ppm) in 2015. They're expected to do so again this year, and every subsequent year for many generations to come, accordi...

Uranus may have two more (tiny) moons, researchers say, a potential discovery facilitated by the NASA Voyager 2 mission. According to the study, these two moons -- assuming they exist -- may be located close to Uranus's ...

When I reviewed the original Razer Blade Stealth earlier this year, I suggested it was the “true MacBook alternative”. I stand by that claim, and go one further: Razer has out-done Apple in one key area. At a time wh...

Over the past few years, Marvel's comic roster has steadily become more and more diverse, as their comics star a range of heroes of different genders and ethnicities. This is great. But these successes make the publisher...

Admit it. Deep down inside there's a part of you that will always love watching people fall down, and it's overjoyed that virtual reality is making a comeback. Even if the Oculus Rift and other VR devices don't change th...

San Mateo-based Movidius may still be in the process of getting bought up by Intel, but the company's latest deal will put its low-power AI and computer vision platform into more than just DJI drones and Google VR headse...

The smartwatch market isn't quite as red-hot as it looked in recent months. IDC estimates that smartwatch shipments fell by just shy of 52 percent year-over-year in the third quarter of 2016, with the biggest names often...

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NASA launched its two Voyager probes almost 40 years ago, sending the first on a more direct route out of the solar system. Voyager 2 took a longer route to survey Neptune and Uranus in 1986, becoming the first and only ...

Tell a small lie too many times and soon enough you’ll find yourself telling bigger lies, a new study suggests. Not only that, but you’ll find it easier to tell the bigger lies as your brain adapts to being dishonest...

With the Galaxy Note 7 still making headlines, Samsung is ready to divert some of America's attention to another big screen with a pen: the 10.1" Galaxy Tab A will be available stateside starting October 28th. Samsung's ...

Scientists may soon be able to conduct experiments on hearts without needing once-living tissue and muscle from animals. In a new study published today in Nature Materials, Harvard University researchers announced they'v...

Evidence points to a rushed development cycle for Google's first self-branded smartphone.

Which means we can probably look forward to George Lucas throwing shade at Indiana Jones 5 after it comes out.

iOS 10.1 has arrived and with it comes a number of new features, fixes, and tweaks. The changelog for big releases like this can get pretty long, especially when there are new features coming down the pipeline like there...