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As Donald Trump's administration, backed by France and the UK, launched a series of missile attacks on Syrian installations allegedly used in the production or deployment of chemical weapons this weekend--and the preside...

The name Billy Mitchell is likely familiar to the subset of gamers interested in classic arcade games or those who high score world records. For a number of years now, Mitchell has held the record for the highest scores ...

Take your gaming experience anywhere you go with the Gigabyte Aero 15X Lightweight Gaming Laptop. Just 1.9 centimeters thick, you can level up everywhere you go. It’s also complete with a 5mm ultra-thin bezel, which of...

Google Research is giving us a (fun) glimpse of how far natural language processing in artificial intelligence has come. Mountain View's research division has rolled out a couple of what it calls Semantic Experiences, wh...

Despite the multiple embarrassingly failed attempts to get Honda's Singing Road right, a village in the Netherlands tried to find a cultural solution to distracted driving by installing musical rumble strips along a road...

Police in Wales managed to arrest and convict a drug dealer by identifying his fingerprint from a photo posted on WhatsApp, a technique that the local law enforcement is calling "groundbreaking," according to the BBC.

Nintendo may be riding high on Switch success right now, but if its new multi-screen game system patent is anything to go by, it could have even more outlandish designs in the pipeline. The console-maker has always been ...

Apple will repair Apple Watch Series 2 devices that suffer from defects including swollen batteries or an inability to activate, per an updated version of its service policy obtained by MacRumors.

With its minimalistic bezels and sleek design, the Essential Phone still looks futuristic, but that doesn’t mean you have to spend a fortune on it. The Android smartphone launched – with no small fanfare – in Augus...

Comedy is hard, and the past was no better. Just look at, say, what 19th-century jerks considered acceptable territory for an April Fools' Day prank.

Ford hasn't been shy about its plans for a self-driving car network in 2021, including its hopes of fielding a purpose-built vehicle that year. However, there have been questions about the size -- will this be like the s...

The new Star Wars trilogy takes a long time to get its heroic trio together. Finn, Rey, and Poe don't all end up in the same room together until the very last moments of The Last Jedi, and while that meeting is poignant,...

If you use AOL or Yahoo for email, you should be aware that a recent change in the privacy policy of Oath--the umbrella company that controls both services--now allows your emails to be scanned and the information used f...

It’s Alexa’s cutest device, but Amazon’s Echo Spot needn’t break the bank courtesy of a deal the retailer is running on the spherical smart speaker. Launched in December, the touchscreen-fronted gadget is more th...

The finale of Star Trek: Discovery gave us a short glimpse at the most legendary ship in the entire Starfleet: the Enterprise, ten years before the original Star Trek television show. Befitting the different visual style...

There's little doubt that mobile apps sometimes overstep their bounds by collecting more data from kids than the law allows. But how often does that happen? It might be more than you think. Researchers using an automated...

Someone--Bird founder Travis VanderZanden, formerly of Uber--decided it was a great idea to litter the streets of San Francisco with tiny electric-driven scooters. He raised $300 million to put these tiny EVs on street c...

Chewbacca is an underrated Star Wars character. Despite the fundamental crime of never giving him subtitles, it's clear that he's a wry, thoughtful companion to our heroes who is wise even beyond his many, many years.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a personal security and private flight budget that likely eclipses that of anyone but the highest-profile celebrities and government officials, CNN reported on Saturday.

Bitcoin may have piqued in terms of value and public interest in 2017, but the cryptocurrency has been far less popular this tax season. According to a recent report, fewer than 100 people have reported bitcoin holdings ...

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Since the Apple Watch’s original release in 2015, almost all of the device’s personalization has been tied to the swappable wrist bands. While custom watch faces seems like a no-brainer feature, users have been limit...