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Senate Democrats are resisting the Federal Communications Commission and its Donald Trump-appointed chief Ajit Pai's proposals to radically change national standards governing access to and the quality of home broadband,...

Meteorologists were at a loss for words yesterday as Hurricane Irma intensified into a enormous, record-smashing Category 5. Packing "catastrophic" and "life-threatening" winds of 185 miles per hour (300 km/h), the storm...

Bike helmets should be about safety first and foremost, but that doesn't mean you can't rock one that's also stylish. Livell's BH51, introduced at IFA 2017, is exactly that. This cycling helmet is designed to protect you...

It’s been a long time coming, but we may finally be moving toward a future where Lenovo’s retro ThinkPad is available at retail. Such a notebook has been tossed around for years at this point, but back in June, thing...

Today Microsoft announced the availability of different colors of its Surface Laptop in 20 more countries, but that's not the biggest news. Tucked in at the end is a note that buyers will be able to upgrade its Chrome OS...

As unprecedented flooding from Hurricane Harvey sets off a series of environmental disasters in Houston, the Environmental Protection Agency is shedding hundreds of jobs. E&E News reports that roughly 450 employees are p...

Like hundreds of thousands of other people around the world, Tananarive Due saw Get Out earlier this year. Blown away by the hit horror movie, the author and educator decided to design a semester-long special course abou...

George Orwell pretty much invented the dystopian future genre, with novels like 1984 and Animal Farm still finding relevance and new readers today. The latter novel, however, is set to become an indie video game. The tea...

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Researchers at the University of Washington are developing a simple way to assess potential concussions and other brain injuries with just a smartphone. The team has developed an app called PupilScreen that uses video an...

Twitter's night mode is all well and good if you're checking your feed from your phone while in bed, but what if you prefer to burn the midnight oil at your PC? You're set after today... or rather, tonight. Twitter has e...

Facebook announced today that it sold $100,000 worth of ads to a sketchy network of fake Russian accounts between June 2015 to May 2017, a period spanning the 2016 election cycle. The ads often mentioned particular polit...

Following a test of the feature that had it appearing for only some users, Twitter has officially launched its Night Mode for everyone on its desktop website. The feature, which turns the screen dark for more comfortable...

One of the greatest challenges in quantum computing is... well, making the computers. You may need exotic manufacturing techniques just to handle the very exacting requirements, such as positioning the atoms in quantum b...

Citing census data, an equity research analyst claims Facebook is once again inflating one of its key metrics, this time grossly over-reporting its ability to sell ads and effectively inventing millions more young Americ...

Everyone from David Bowie to astrobiologists to tinfoil hat believers has pondered the question: is there life on Mars? While we've found direct evidence of liquid water on the Red Planet, we have yet to find any microbe...

It's been interesting to watch Bobby Drake unsteadily make his way through life as a newly-out gay man in Sina Grace's Iceman series. He's very much the same Iceman who's been cracking wise with the X-Men since the '60s,...

A bill on autonomous car legislation originally scheduled for a vote on September 6th just passed the US House of representatives and has been sent to the Senate for consideration. The bill does not include legislation r...

In under a week, Apple will finally make the next iPhone – a device we’ve all been talking about for months – official. Along with that iPhone reveal will come the launch of iOS 11, but before that can happen, Appl...

Roku has announced the launch of its own channel, one that is, appropriately, called ‘The Roku Channel.’ This channel provides free movies for all Roku users located in the US, though it is supported by advertisement...

Tech and auto companies developing self-driving cars will have their eyes on Washington this month, as the White House and Congress are working on action that could steer the industry for years.

Let's talk about a few facts. Billionaire party enthusiast Richard Branson owns a private isle in the Virgin Islands. Branson's island sits squarely in the path of Hurricane Irma, one the strongest storms the Atlantic ha...