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The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a critical case over data privacy, the outcome of which will likely determine how easily law enforcement can gain access to information stored in tech companies' overs...

Let's talk about Captain Lorca, Ash Tyler, Harcourt Fenton Mudd, and the moral center of Star Trek. I can't believe I'm about to defend Harry Mudd. Goddammit, Discovery.

Russia has been talking openly about the prospect of creating its own cryptocurrency, and it looks like the country might turn those words into action. Local news outlets report that Communications Minister Nikolay Nikif...

Just when you thought this year's smartphone lineup was nearly done, save for the Huawei Mate 10 in just a few hours, along comes Razer to keep you on the edge of your seat until next month. Especially if you're a gamer ...

You might expect a pirate website to use something as shady as a secret cryptocurrency miner, but that's now becoming a problem with above-board sites -- and it's not on purpose. Politifact visitors have discovered that ...

When Apple debuted its new facial recognition unlock system, Face ID, in September, the company faced questions about how it would sidestep the security and bias problems that have undermined similar facial recognition s...

This week the team at “Blobs Forever” have created a bit of software to plug in to Android to bring the blobs back. The blob-shaped emoji, that is – the emoji that until recently were unique to Android. Google rece...

In the tech world, Honeywell is a long-established (century-old!) brand known for its appliances and devices, which are just now getting hooked up to Google Home. But its next venture is usually a move made by less-resou...

The National Chicken Council and some Republican lawmakers want to kill rules that limit how many chicken carcasses poultry plants can process per minute, and they're hoping President Donald Trump's disdain for Obama-era...

The third expansion for Battlefield 1, Turning Tides, has been detailed ahead of its upcoming release. The DLC will be released in two waves, according to EA, which says the first will be arriving in December and the oth...

Google Photos has long been adept at recognizing animals in a generic sense. But let's be honest: the real reason you're digging through photos is to find shots of your specific pets when they were little balls of fur. A...

Technology experts have been insisting for over a century that when the robot revolution finally succeeds, everyone will have a life of abundant wealth and leisure. That hasn't been the case. But it hasn't stopped plenty...

Just a day before the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is scheduled to drop, Microsoft is pushing a similarly large update to Xbox One. With this new update, the name of the game is personalization. Among other new featur...

It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, or in the case of the southeastern United States, it's an alligator-eat-shark kind of a world, according to an unsettling new study from Kansas State University scientists.

Business Insider reports that Facebook appears to be testing a LinkedIn-like résumé/CV feature. The new addition was spotted by web developer Jane Manchun Wong and screenshots of the feature were posted on Twitter by T...

Google first added the moon and Mars to Google Maps back in 2014 to commemorate the Curiosity rover's second year exploring the red planet. Sure, you couldn't zoom down to Street View level, but it's the closest many of ...

Google Photos is making it easier for users to find pictures specifically featuring their pets, eliminating the need to search for things like ‘dog.’ The change is arriving for ‘most countries’ as of today, and i...

Outlook on computers can be overwhelming, to put it gently. The interface is loaded with buttons you probably aren't using, and it generally isn't as intuitive or fluid as the mobile and web versions. Thankfully, Microso...

When it comes to bicycles to get around for the urban commuter, there are many different kinds of models to choose from. Many of us would settle for a regular two-wheeler with a fair number of gears in order to help us t...

There are a lot of hurdles to clear before autonomous cars can fully take over the roadways. Chief among them is training the police on how to react and handle a self-driving car error, as spotted by Recode. Currently, W...

Things haven’t been looking all that great for the launch of the iPhone X. Rumors have claimed that problems with the front-facing TrueDepth camera have bottlenecked production of the iPhone X, and today we’re gettin...

VirnetX's seemingly endless FaceTime patent lawsuit against Apple is winding down... sort of. An Eastern District of Texas court has denied all of Apple's motions to end the case in a non-infringement ruling or retrial, ...