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Vulnerabilities in the Internet of Things can have odd results, as we witnessed last year when radio stations suddenly started playing archived clips from a furry podcast. More recently, unknown hackers have exploited th...

Swagbucks.com and Instagc.com are sites where users can, in exchange for a few cents, complete small tasks such as filling out forms or surveys and--as of yesterday--begging the Senate to confirm Betsy DeVos, Donald Trum...

Misophonia — if you don’t have the condition, it can be baffling when you run into someone who does. Individuals with misophonia have a severe intolerance for certain obnoxious sounds, such as gum being chewed loudly...

This week President Trump named Ronald Vietello as the new head of the US Border Patrol. But Trump clearly doesn't follow Vietello on Twitter. Because if he did, he probably wouldn't be too happy about this tweet compari...

Since December, Elon Musk has been discussing plans to build a tunnel to help avoid LA traffic problems. It's been hard to tell if he was serious about "The Boring Company," but a few days ago Wired reported a test trenc...

Almost immediately after President Trump signed an executive order banning immigrants from seven muslim majority countries from entering the US, tech companies have come out in force against it. The ban left hundreds of ...

Now that there's a new voice atop the FCC, priorities are changing. As part of a "Friday night news dump" -- as it's being called by fellow commissioner Mignon Clyburn -- the regulator announced it's done investigating c...

ESPN isn't slowing down its plans to make eSports mainstream. The network has now teamed up with EA to broadcast FIFA tournaments on most of its channels, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and the internet-based ESPN3...

Some of Facebook's users are using the Safety Check feature to mock outright falsehoods made by Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway. In a recent interview with MSNBC's Hardball, Conway fabricated a terrorist attack called the...

A potentially major blow for privacy advocates occurred on Friday when a U.S. magistrate ruled against Google and ordered it to cooperate with FBI search warrants demanding access to user emails that are stored on server...

We’ve come a very long way from the times when Nintendo refused to consider coming to smartphones. The third mobile game based on the game giant’s franchises, and the second from Nintendo itself, was released this we...

Elon Musk said he wasn't about to join Uber's CEO in quitting President Trump's economic advisory council, and he's sticking to his guns in the wake of a meeting on February 3rd. The Tesla founder claims that he managed ...

Earlier this week, Peter Capaldi confirmed that he would be departing Doctor Who at the end of 2017--and instantaneously, media outlets across the world began pondering just who will step in the TARDIS next. But if you'r...

Corvette enthusiasts may remember back to 2013 when Callaway, the Chevy customization specialist, debuted its concept for what many have referred to as a wagon-style modification for the two-door coupe. Dubbed the AeroWa...

Though robots are increasingly making their way into factories, offices and even airports, they're still not something you'd encounter walking down a city street -- and definitely not in a way that's personally useful to...

Sixty thousand visas cancelled under il Duce Trump last week have been restored by a Bush-appointed federal judge who temporarily blocked the executive order, the State Department announced today.

Although the Guardians are currently stuck on Earth, in a few months, at least some of them will be jetting out into space. Rocket Raccoon in particular is heading out on his own for the simpler pleasures in life--meetin...

Sony just revealed some of the new features to be included with the upcoming 4.50 software update for the PlayStation 4, and it looks like there will be something special just for the PS4 Pro, the more powerful version o...

10 Principles For Design In The Age Of AI Katharine Schwab, Fast Company In an age when artificial intelligence is becoming a bigger part of our lives, it's important to have some guidelines to keep innovation focused. D...

Ben Bajarin and Jan Dawson talk key takeaways from Apple, Amazon, and Facebook earnings. We throw a little Snap, Inc thoughts in as well.

Earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement for owners of about 80,000 Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche 3.0-liter V6 diesel engines that cheated on emissions tests. Here's everything you need to kn...

Animal rights advocates are angry over the United States Department of Agriculture's sudden decision to remove the publicly available results of inspection reports about animal treatment at research laboratories and priv...