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By Chris Heinonen and Dennis Burger This post was done in partnership with The Wirecutter, a buyer's guide to the best technology. When readers choose to buy The Wirecutter's independently chosen editorial picks, it may ...

Federal Communication Commission ban certain radio frequencies on airplanes, meaning traditional voice calls are prohibited, but Thursday, the Department of Transportation proposed the consumer should decide whether it's...

Samsung’s decision to not just ask nicely for Galaxy Note 7 recall hold-outs to return the phone but brick it altogether has left some wondering “when will my Note 7 die?” Tired of waiting for remaining owners to c...

Nintendo has confirmed that Super Mario Run will require an always-on internet connection to play. This means, of course, that you won’t be able to play the game in places where you can’t maintain a connection to Nin...

Give your kids the opportunity to extend their STEM/STEAM learning classes at home with the Gizmos & Gadgets Kit, 2nd Edition by littleBits. Having over 16 inventions (+ thousands in the app), 13 bits, 56 accessories and...

Targus and DisplayLink have teamed up for a new USB 3.0 docking station for laptop and desktop users that will support dual 4k monitors. The docking station is the Targus Universal USB 3.0 DV4K Docking Station (DOCK160US...

In an effort to be more transparent, Uber publicly revealed what a customer would have to do to get banned from the service, posting a list of bannable offenses on its website.

If you use the official Twitter iOS app, you may have noticed something missing today: @username handles in replies. I wasn't a fan of the reworked style when it popped up on my Android device recently, and neither were ...

Apple was clear from the jump that it had bigger plans for its streaming service than just audio. Today, the Apple Music subscribers get an exclusive look a music-focused documentary: 808: The Movie. We first learned abo...

Artificial intelligence is growing by leaps and bounds, but it won't be replacing humans any time soon, at least if a newly penned-by-AI Christmas jingle is anything to go by. The song starts out like any Christmas jingl...

Say hello to your old posts, idiots! Image: AP Photo/Eric Risberg Facebook users are reporting a bizarre bug that--like the video Year In Review or the persistent On This Day feature--dredges up digital memories. The onl...

In addition to a looming hostile takeover, Ubisoft corporate has to deal with over a million Euros in fines for alleged insider trading. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has levied a combined €1.27 million (...

Not too many of us are explorers of nature anymore. Most of the world has been discovered, and what we haven’t seen personally, there is likely already someone live streaming it with a 360 degree camera every hour of e...

Life would be grand if we had a personal chef to cook us healthy meals and a massage therapist on call to rub out the stresses of the day that follow us home. Of course, that would require making a lot of money to keep u...

Vinyls are popular right now, and we've seen more than a few special edition soundtracks appear because of this popularity. The latest among them is a vinyl version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time soundtrack with...

Michigan isn't just America's high five, historically it's the heart of the auto industry as well. And now the state looks to be preparing for the future. Today, Governor Rick Snyder has signed four bills into law regard...

Magic Leap’s CEO has come out fighting after reports suggested the company’s augmented reality was more movie-style FX trickery than anything else. Rony Abovitz, chief executive at the clandestine startup, took to Tw...

Okay so it's not blowing up a planet yet, but it is very, very pretty.

Since the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar was released, we've seen a handful of fun apps that take advantage of the new hardware feature. Now we have the most logical toy app for the Touch Bar: A piano.

Twinkling lights aren't just pretty -- if they're flickering at a specific frequency, they could also treat Alzheimer's disease. A group of researchers have tested the effectiveness of LED lights flashing at 40 hertz as ...

We’ve got some good news and some bad news for those of you still hunting for an NES Classic Edition. The good news is that Best Buy will have the console in stock starting on December 20, just in time to pick one up a...

Spider-Man: Homecoming's Vulture comes armed with a rather beastly version of his wings from the comics. His action figure version has some to match--and they're so big, you actually need to buy several other figures jus...