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A libel claim on the part of Shiva Ayyadurai, the self-identified "inventor of email," was tossed out by a Massachusetts judge today, concluding a baseless suit filed against Techdirt back in January. According to the si...

From US presidents to the history of fashion over the course of three millennia, Google Arts & Culture has been using the latest tech to showcase and preserve vital aspects of history and culture for everyone to enjoy, r...

Old sailor's tales about the seas being so full of fish you could walk on them, or oysters the size of frisbees, tend to inspire skepticism today, and for good reason--most of us have very little direct experience with t...

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The Wall Street Journal has the latest rumor on the iPhone 8--likely the last big rumor floated before the phone is announced on September 12. According to the WSJ, the anniversary iPhone will have no Touch ID, which mea...

Credit company Equifax has been hit with a data breach that could possibly affect 143 million people throughout the US. The company recently disclosed the data breach, which itself is said to have been discovered on July...

The past couple years have seen a growing amount of foreign interference in elections, both in the US and in Europe. The European Union's defense ministers held a cyber wargame to test their response to coordinated physi...

It's unfortunate that Die Hard, the best Christmas movie of all time, isn't really a film you can watch with your kids. But this year, instead of suffering through Elf once again, you can spend some quality time with you...

Activist trolls have taken ownership of Reddit's r/race_realism, finally establishing a safe space on the "frontpage of the internet" to discuss politically incorrect opinions about NASCAR and cycling.

With all the fascinating planets in our solar system, it sometimes feels like the Sun gets overlooked. The Sun is amazing! People still worship the Sun, and that actually makes a certain amount of sense. So, what would h...

Equifax, one of the largest credit reporting agencies in the US, revealed today that it has suffered a massive data breach at the hand of hackers. The stolen data includes names, Social Security numbers, birthdates, and ...

By Jordan Golson A few years ago, I tried adaptive cruise control for the first time — a week in Boston's horrific commuting traffic, in a Volvo XC60. It was a revelation. Without the need to constantly brake and accel...

Crowdfunding website Indiegogo has instituted new campaign rules that make backers feel more comfortable. As with other similar platforms, backing crowdfunding projects on Indiegogo is risky and the possibility exists th...

The founders of Silicon Valley startup UploadVR were sued for a number of damning sexual harassment allegations in May, and according to TechCrunch, have settled the case with former employee Elizabeth Scott.

When surgeons are removing a tumor from a patient, determining whether they have taken out all of the cancerous cells or if they should extract more tissue is a problem they all face. Typically, the margins of a tumor ar...

We're all familiar with Nikola Tesla and his brilliant work helping to invent the electric technologies that we live with today. But did you know that there's a guy named Thomas Edison who also helped invent some of that...

As we head deeper into the 21st century, the prospect of getting robots to do the dirty business of killing gets closer with each passing day. In Max Tegmark's new book, Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Int...

Now that Mewtwo has been released into the wild in Pokemon GO, users around the world aim to collect their bounty. This is the first time in the game such a powerful Pokemon has been available, and the hype is certainly ...

One of my biggest gripes about HTC's U11 is that its Edge Sense gimmick -- which lets you squeeze the phone to activate shortcuts -- didn't actually let you do very much. Well, that's about to change. The company is goin...

Normally, we think of evolution as a good thing for a species. Humans, we evolved to walk on two legs and talk and stuff. Bacteria evolve to overcome whatever new antibiotic we try to throw at them. But it appears that, ...

Samsung has announced the upcoming launch of its new Mobile Security Rewards Program, a bug bounty program that offers cash in exchange for finding security issues with Samsung mobile products. The Korean company describ...

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