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Your data may be safe from a quantum attack... for now. When quantum computers develop the ability to crack present-day encryption mechanisms, will you be ready?

Working in a similar fashion to 3D-printing pens, but without the futile exasperation of actually trying to make 3D objects, Crayola's new Crayon Melter turns colorful sticks of wax into a thick, goopy, ink that lets kid...

Back in mid-2016, fans of old school PC gaming were excited to learn that a complete remake of the hit System Shock was being made by developer Nightdive Studios. The project went on to successfully raise $1.35 million f...

Microsoft keeps striving to find Cortana a place in the crowded smart assistant market, and despite losing a minor feature, it's still adding functionality. Today, Cortana added IFTTT, and launched with interactions to l...

Two-factor authentication, a security measure that requires a verification code as well as a password upon login, can help prevent phishing and account takeover.

Google app is extremely close to rolling out a built-in screenshot-editing tool -- so close that you can now try it out as a beta tester on Android. If you join the app's beta program and download version 7.21, you'll fi...

Humanity has spent many years imaging scenarios in which extraterrestrial life is announced or spontaneously shows up on Earth for a visit. Many stories, comic books, and movies present narratives wrapped around this ide...

So you just bought a $1,000 iPhone X. It's fast, gorgeous, and everything you could ask for in an absurdly priced consumer device. There's just one problem. As good as it looks, it's way too precious for life without som...

In the 25 years since Power Rangers first began, it's only skipped adapting the current Super Sentai series three times. Now, for its 2019 season, Power Rangers is going back and bringing one of them to western audiences...

After reports hit the news that over 130 of the more-or-less-randomly-promoted angry teens in the White House were working without full security clearances as of November, including top aides with access to highly classi...

Earlier this week, we endured another school shooting. This time, in Parkland, Florida, where at least 17 students were killed. During the shooting's aftermath, hoaxes and disinformation sp

James Damore may claim Google was wrong to fire him over his memo criticizing the company's diversity culture, but a federal government overseer begs to differ. The National Labor Relations Board has published a January ...

While Microsoft’s Cortana struggles to keep up with Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant in the growing smart assistant market, it’s still making effort to stay relevant. Its latest feature is integration with IFTTT...

Roswell, everyone's favorite '90s show about hiding aliens and sexy angst, is returning to television via the CW. Now, it has a star.

This week Hot Wheels unveiled Augmoto, an AR-enhanced course that makes the brand's track races a lot more video game-like. However, in the other direction it's also introducing Rocket League Rivals, a remote control veh...

AUSTIN--Looking at a Pablo Picasso painting could be confusing itself. But scientists using x-rays have revealed secrets behind both paintings and sculptures of the famed artist.

Within days of picking up a Tesla Model 3, a Reddit user was involved in a wreck that promoted the unfortunate user name Model_3_Crash_Dummy. Fortunately, the driver and the passenger weren't seriously injured, but the M...

2018 is now in full-swing, and for those who follow Apple it means it’s time to start looking forward to this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference. It’s a huge event for Apple, where it introduces some of the big...

Kids today want more from social technology than seeing something new--they want a new way of seeing themselves. Snap and Instagram's augmented reality lenses transform users into puppies, fairies, monsters, Wonder Woman...

There isn't a lot of writing in the Star Wars universe. Stories seem to mostly be passed along via oral culture--one person telling a story to another, with all the foibles and forgetfulness personal retellings entail. T...

You’d be hard pressed to find anyone, critic or fan, who would say the live-action Transformers movies are anything close to “good,” but there’s no denying that the franchise has made Paramount several billions i...

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