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Facebook announced today a new plan of action for combatting misinformation surrounding vaccinations. The social networking giant will start by reducing the ranking of groups and Pages that spread false information about...

It will soon be a war of words between Samsung and Huawei as the two rivals butt heads over foldable phones. Despite having tested both methods, each naturally claims theirs is better than the other. Huawei already went ...

The dream of a smartphone also acting as your PC has mostly been hampered by the unavailability of the desktop software we’ve come to expect from our computers. There have been a couple of attempts to address this limi...

The area immediately above our planet where most of our satellites live might seem like an inexhaustible place, but it's not. Low Earth orbit is quickly filling up with all sorts of junk, and the potential for a disaster...

Samsung's Galaxy Watch Active is cute. That's obviously not the only thing going for the company's latest workout-friendly wearable, but its relative cuteness is surprisingly important here. After all, it directly affect...

A newly published study has found a link between consuming certain heart-healthy diets during young adulthood and better cognitive performance in middle age. Though healthy eating is already linked to a myriad of health ...

Years before virtual reality even became the thing it is now, Nintendo was already toying around with bringing VR to its portfolio. That ended up as a massive failure and the Virtual Boy became an example of how not to d...

Duplex is one of those demonstrations of Google’s AI chops that was both awe-inspiring and almost frightening at the same time. It showed how truly smart Google Assistant could be in talking with someone like a real hu...

Do you know where you'll be on April 6, 2019? If you heavily rely on GPS, you may not be able to determine where you are when that date rolls around. That's because GPS navigation technology was originally built with a s...

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Late last year, Sony surprised everyone by announcing that it wouldn’t be hosting a press conference at E3 2019. Usually, the three major platform holders – Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony – hold some kind of present...

On Thursday, I clicked on a link that promised to show me a snail "playing" with a baby carrot. The video was nice, but I wanted to know more. After speaking with multiple snail specialists, I have inched toward the trut...

A team of scientists are using their training in physics to solve some real-world problems--like the optimal strategy for detangling long hair.

Facebook, the very open platform that would like to be the opposite of that in the near future, announced a big change this week: It will no longer be a dumping grounds for the anti-vaccination conspiracies of a few misi...

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Last September, Italian physicist Alessandro Strumia gave a bizarre lecture at CERN in which he argued--to an audience of young women scientists--that women are less qualified to conduct physics than men. On Thursday, CE...

A new study out of Saint Louis University has found an association between eating a Mediterranean diet and increased performance during endurance exercise. The positive effects were observed after consuming the diet for ...

As of this week there’s a sort-of new way in which mobile apps are making users do work. It’s a rewards program, given to developers to make the most out of users who wouldn’t otherwise be coughing up cash for the ...

Nintendo has detailed the week of eShop releases ahead, and this week, the 3DS is actually the headliner. It’s a relatively quiet week for the Switch, but on 3DS, we’ve got the arrival of Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn to...

When E3 kicks off later this year, Electronic Arts will be seen but not heard. The company announced today that it will be forgoing its standard press conference at the event. Instead, EA will be focused on EA Play, its ...

Today users of several sorts of Galaxy S10 and S9 and Note smartphones will be able to download the newest version of Good Lock. This is a Samsung-made app available through the Galaxy Store app, right now, for free. Thi...

Gail Gygax and I were sitting in the living room of a lace-trimmed, flower-filled bed and breakfast in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin when she told me about the time she discovered what she believed was a plot to kill her.