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A quick search on Google will show that robot cleaners and dog poo don't go well together, yet none of the big players out there have offered a solution (Sony's Aibo doesn't count). Another pain point that has put me off...

There are many criticisms you can level at China's growing reliance on facial recognition, including its absolute faith in technology: what happens if there's a false positive? Unfortunately, we just saw an example of th...

Every new iPhone, including the somewhat controversial iPhone X, is almost always welcomed with great enthusiasm and equally great sales numbers. But if the reports that are just coming in are accurate, this year could b...

In so many ways, Black Friday is an inescapable evil of cosmic proportions. It is a creeping cloud of want, pulling us resentfully toward deals that we know tempt us at our peril. The advertising boogeymen who have stalk...

On Monday, Apple will get its chance to stand before the highest court in the land and argue a case that's been grinding forward for seven years. The case involves Apple's right to insist that all apps on its iOS mobile ...

Almost everyone has a smartphone these days，perhaps more than a PC. That means almost everyone uses Android or iOS. Linux runs the tech world behind the scenes and macOS still enjoys the prestige of being the creatives...

After years of cost overruns and criticism, the US military has started to deploy its stealth-enabled F-35 fighter jet. To communicate that message in no uncertain terms, the Air Force's 388th and 419th Fighter Wings car...

The Clearstream Flex is a thin, flexible indoor antenna intended for installation on a window or wall. Compared to other antennas of this type, it proved to be one of the best performers. It should be capable of pulling ...

There is always a price to pay when using thinner materials and devices, in addition to the higher cost of making them as such. Glass breaks more easily and metal bends more willingly. With the new 11-inch iPad Pro havin...

Lenovo is back with another X-series laptop, the ThinkPad X1 Extreme. This model joins the X1 Carbon and X1 Yoga, bringing the same general design aesthetic alongside the promise of handling demanding computing tasks “...

Now that US federal agencies have determined that humans are driving climate change, they're turning their attention to the potential effects of that change... and it's not looking good. They've released the second half ...

One of my favorite new anime this season isn't full of explosive action or high drama. It's not even the one about high school archery. It's about a skeleton named Honda who sells books. As well as being hilarious, he of...

Mars is lacking in the vast supply of natural resources we've come to rely on here on Earth, and astronauts attempting to colonize, or even just visit, the red planet can only bring a limited supply of materials with the...

As humans, we like to think we're the only species capable of using others to get what we want. New research shows that chimpanzees, in the right circumstances, are also capable of social manipulation, highlighting a pre...

If you look at Star Wars as a whole, most of the movies, books, TV shows, comics, etc. are about the Skywalker family and their allies battling different iterations of the Empire. Can you imagine what the future of the f...

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While we adults have plenty of smartwatch models to choose from, our little ones can be said to be less fortunate. After all, smartwatches are not known to be the most durable and robust devices in the world, and have ye...

Amazon employees across parts of Europe are striking and protesting what they describe as dangerous work conditions and anti-union tactics. The protests coincide with Black Friday, one of the busiest and most stressful d...

Need something to do today that isn't participate in Black Friday or regret the vast quantities of food you're still digesting from yesterday? Good news: Warner Bros. has you sorted for... well, a good hour and 45 minute...

Amazon workers across Europe took part in walkouts on Black Friday to protest what they say are unfair work conditions. Following similar demonstrations on Prime Day in July, employees in Spain, Italy, Germany and the UK...

It has not been a friendly console cycle for Microsoft and the Xbox One. Microsoft's troubles began from the second it revealed the Xbox One back in 2013 – not only did the company reveal a console that seemed to put g...

As with a lot of tech purchasing decisions, when it comes to buying a memory card you can't just click on the first result that appears on your online retailer of choice and that's that--today's memory cards, with their ...