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Campi Flegrei, a volcano that has long been dormant, could be heating up once again. Located near Naples, this super volcano made quite an impression back in the early 1500s -- it erupted, and then continued to erupt for...

The Q5 is hands-down Audi's numero uno: its top-seller and, in my humble opinion, one of the best premium crossovers on the market today. First introduced back in 2008, the Q5 sold over 1.5-million in its first generatio...

Amazon's Alexa is one of those unexpected, but for some, pleasant, surprises in the tech industry. At first, barely anyone knew what to make of the shopping assistant that came in a nondescript but attention-grabbing bla...

It seems that all the ducks are lining up for an iPhone 8 next year (or in 2018) that will definitely sport an OLED screen rather than an LCD one. At least that seems to be the atmosphere among component suppliers that a...

Signal, the encrypted messaging app endorsed by whistleblower Edward Snowden, just received rather significant update. No, we're not referring to the new stickers and doodling functionality. Those are just a front for th...

Photo: AP This week, one Virgin America flight was delayed and another was reportedly canceled after crew members discovered a wi-fi hotspot named "Samsung Galaxy Note 7" mid-flight. Ultimately, however, no Note 7 was fo...

Yeah, sure, replacing the noises that animals make with human screams is totally silly but, man, some of the edits of these scenes are really freaking good. Matt Amys took footage from Planet Earth II and then swapped ou...

Warning: This story may contain links to and descriptions of explicit sexual acts as well as material some readers may find triggering. Isaac Asimov famously created rules that would prevent robots from harming humans. B...

Atari has launched RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic, a new mobile game for iOS and Android that brings together the best of Rollercoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2. The game is available for the most popular mobile d...

Open your bottles with convenience with the G-Clamp Bottle Opener from SUCK UK. Made from traditional cast iron, this tried and trusted workshop essential can now function in your home. This device is perfect whether you...

In the Gobi desert a new sort of dinosaur has been discovered which changed drastically from birth to age six. Using a total of 19 sets of bones, paleontologists show how Limusaurus inextricabilis (“mire lizard who cou...

In just over a million years, Earth inhabitants will get a closer look at a star than they might want. Gliese 710 is currently a safe 64 light years away, but scientists discovered in 1999 that the sun-like star was barr...

Take on the world with the Rokoko SmartSuit Pro. Fully wireless, this outfit is able to utilize your physical movements as well as the physical world around you and transform it into usable data. Designed to be intuitive...

Virtual reality is the best (and safest) way to get up close and personal with dinosaurs. And next month folks with Oculus Rift headsets can do just that thanks to Robinson: The Journey's PlayStation VR exclusivity going...

A tiny French village called Tourouvre-au-Perche has become the first in the world to open a road that is covered in solar panels. The route spans 1km, or about 0.6 miles and the surface of the road is covered in solar p...

Introducing the iO 360 Live-Streaming Camera by Giroptic. A modern take on their original device, this powerful camera can connect you to your fans and audience instantly so you can deliver the most up to date content in...

Facebook is making some significant changes to its Nearby Friends feature that lets you see where pals are, Techcrunch has noticed. Most significantly, it has eliminated the precise tracking feature that tells you exactl...

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It's business as usual for the Cassini spacecraft until it's time to say goodbye in September 2017, and some of the latest images it captured tell us more about Saturn's moons. The spacecraft's cameras, for one, produced...

Apple’s late-2016 MacBook Pro has come in for some unexpected criticism, with Consumer Reports opting not to recommend the new macOS flagship notebooks. In a report released today, the testing organization praised both...

The problem with smartphone-powered virtual reality experiences is the dearth of significant content for the platform. At least compared to the likes of the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. While there are, of course, a few mobi...

Well, why the hell not. The Slow Mo Guys put an old iMac in front of a combustion tube that fires out blasts at 1,800 meters a second (that's, uh, over 4,000 miles per hour)--and holy smokes, that thing gets smashed to b...