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Despite massive blood-letting in the cryptocurrency markets over the past few weeks, the pace of brands just announcing some kind of ambiguous "blockchain" venture in hopes they can send their stock prices skyrocketing h...

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn a world where semiconductor consolidation is the norm, it's not often that a new player enters the field. Even fabless semiconductor companies have been the target of mergers and acquisitions (Q...

Previous microcode update was reported to cause unwanted system reboots.

The fight against online hate speech and harassment continues to gain momentum. Twitter's new policies against such behavior went live last November, while Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg began the new year with a new pledge ...

Normally when people talk about Zeiss, it's regarding the company's optics business -- which has been around for more than a century. However, Zeiss is making inroads into the VR space as well. Last year, the company int...

Last Sunday at the BodyHacking Con in Austin, Aaron Traywick joined the rarefied ranks of those who have experimented on themselves in the name of science. Only Traywick is not a scientist--he is the CEO of Ascendance Bi...

You probably have this image of the circle of life in your head where a zebra eats a plant, a lion eats the zebra, the lion dies and fertilizes the soil, and then new plants grow. I mean, that sort of happens, but have y...

Reading Time: 4 minutesGoogle is about to make a hard push with Chromebooks. Chromebooks have had back-to-back holiday quarters in the US where Chromebooks were one of the bright spots regarding growth. Google seems to b...

You don't need a yard, or even any gardening skills to grow your own food at home; you just need a Click and Grow countertop garden. This garden contains NASA-inspired smart soil and can grow herbs, vegetables, and salad...

The Department of Homeland Security has revealed that Russian forces have successfully accessed voter registration rolls of several US states in the months prior to the 2016 presidential election. Jeanette Manfra, the he...

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Morning there! Snapchat sorts itself out, Overwatch gets a new map made especially for Capture The Flag games and police in China are using wearables with face recognition to root ou...

The Wi-Fi and cellular icons on Android aren't just there to simply show whether you're connected or not. It might be subtle, but they also give users a hint of the quality of their network connections. Users might take ...

Earlier this week, a Reuters report suggested that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) had halted its investigation into last year's massive Equifax data breach. Reuters sources said that even basic steps exp...

Instagram users have long had to jump through hoops to share other users’ content on their own accounts. Whereas the current workaround to the lack of a share button is taking a screenshot, a new Instagram test availab...

As we once again find ourselves on a Thursday, it’s time to talk about the new games that are headed to the Nintendo eShop over the course of the next week. The Nintendo Switch in particular has a big week ahead of it ...

Broadcom will have to try again in its bid to take over Qualcomm. The Snapdragon chip-maker has rejected a revised proposal to buy all of its outstanding shares, stating that it "materially undervalues Qualcomm and falls...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is ramping up an investigation of the ways and means with which citizens of the USA hide their cash for tax season. Their primary target right this minute: Bitcoin and other cryptocurre...

Those of us who experience the cold of winter here in North America have definitely had our fill of snow and frigid temperatures. There is beauty to be found when the thermometer drops below freezing, like the sights and...

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If Apple gets anything pitch-perfect with HomePod, its new smart speaker, it’s the setup process. We’ve got our hands on the Apple Music streaming speaker ahead of its public launch, and have been wasting no time run...

For the second year, Blizzard has launched a seasonal event to celebrate the Lunar New Year. As promised in a Developer Update video earlier this week, players get a new Thailand-inspired map and competitive mode for Cap...

Whole Foods customers in a Prime Now service area can now get their groceries delivered in two hours for free. Amazon has announced the new expansion of its Prime Now service, which is available in certain markets where ...