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The surge of fame, or infamy, that cryptocurrency, specifically Bitcoin, is now enjoying has made some a tad too desperate to cash in on the hype. Desperate but enough to risk investing in such a fickle business. And so ...

It didn't take long for someone to topple 2017's microSD storage record. The UK's Integral Memory has unveiled what it says it the first shipping 512GB microSD card. So long as your device can handle microSDXC (most Andr...

If you were inspired by my PC building adventures and decided to take your own stab at piecing together a computer, I hope you don't mind waiting. Good graphics cards have been nearly impossible to find at decent prices ...

Elon Musk's Boring Company hasn't finished digging its first LA-area tunnel, but it's already talking about a second... and it's facing some resistance. The startup has pitched Culver City's council on a 6.5-mile "proof ...

Sony has a fairly long list of big games lined up for the PlayStation 4 in 2018, but one of the biggest is unquestionably the new God of War. Though this is something of a soft reboot for the series, it still features th...

SpaceX has announced a new (tentative) static fire date for its Falcon Heavy rocket. The test is currently scheduled for no earlier than no earlier than Wednesday, according to Spaceflight Now.

There are many people out there looking forward to the advent of the autonomous auto. These folks look forward to being driven, but those with motion sickness might worry about giving up the wheel. Researchers from the U...

Earlier this month, the state of Hawaii descended into a brief if existentially terrifying panic as its Emergency Management Agency dispatched a mass text message warning of an imminent "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT" after a...

Fans of diesel-powered BMW cars will be excited to hear that after a year hiatus, the BMW 540d xDrive sedan will return to the US next month. The year-long absence of the model was to allow the 5-series to undergo an ext...

Rupert Murdoch has been blocked by the UK's competition watchdog from completing a full buyout of Sky. The media tycoon, which already owns 21st Century Fox and a range of newspapers including The Times, The Sunday Times...

Dust off those robes and start exercising your flinging arm. The newest mobile game out of the magical world of Harry Potter is now out. At least on Android and at least in some markets. Or if you know where to get a cop...

We still don't know what happened to Zuma, a secretive spy satellite that failed to reach orbit after launching from Cape Canaveral earlier this month. SpaceX has consistently claimed that its Falcon 9 rocket worked perf...

Pioneer's DJ mix recording app is now available for your iPhone and iPad. Cleverly named DJM-REC, the free-to-download app connects to any mixer with a USB send/return channel to record, archive and even livestream your ...

The AI-based selection feature Adobe introduced back in November is now available to users. The feature arrived in Photoshop version 19.1 and it is called “Select Subject.” With this — and thanks to Adobe Sensei �...

Also: tvOS 11.2.5, watchOS 4.2.2, and a Mac Meltdown/Spectre security update.

In her book The Imagineers of War, author Sharon Weinberger recounts one of the first deployments of simulation training: to improve America's performance in a NATO mock tank battle that the US consistently performed poo...

The venerable 13-inch MacBook Air could be replaced with a 13-inch MacBook later this year, reports suggest, as Apple retires the aging but affordable notebook. Currently the cheapest model in Apple’s laptop line-up, t...

It’s been a few months since it was first revealed, but now eager Overwatch players will finally get their chance to take a trip to Blizzard World. For those who missed BlizzCon 2017, Blizzard World is a new map for Ov...

You probably know that atoms contain neutrons. But there's a strange, long-standing discrepancy plaguing one of the neutron's most basic measurements--something that a pair of scientists think might have to do with dark ...

If you treat YouTube like a jukebox, you know how confusing it can be when your favorite artists have multiple channels. You may have to go to one channel to get the pure album cuts, and another to watch the music videos...

Apple just announced that its HomePod smart speaker is set to ship February 9th of this year. What didn't make the large print is that it won't support multi-room audio or stereo pairing on that date. These are pretty bi...