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When you hear “Android TV”, you might think smart TVs first and foremost or at least smart set-top boxes. The platform’s real hero device, however, is actually a years old gaming console. Despite its age, the NVIDI...

The way we interact with our devices is to an increasing extent an extension of our innermost selves. It's no wonder startups view the data gleaned from these behaviors as a window into our mental health--and the foundat...

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The popular livestream website Twitch is suing anonymous users to find out the identities of 100 people who recently violated its terms of service by uploading content including the deadly Christchurch terrorist shooting...

New York lawmakers look set to legalize electric scooter and bike sharing services throughout the state. A vote on a Senate bill is likely to take place Wednesday, just before the end of the legislative session. Since Go...

Though it was obvious that Huawei’s blacklisting in the US would have a negative impact on it, thus far, the company hasn’t given us a clear idea of just how much of a setback it is. Today that all changed, with Huaw...

Windows 10 updates have become a game of chance. You almost never know when an update will break something and make your PC unusable. While Microsoft does try to fix things after the fact, often the damage is already don...

The foldable phone saga continues with no end in sight just yet. Just when things seemed going well towards a new release for the Galaxy Fold, AT&T cancelled pre-orders and telling customers that they can order again onc...

To thank President Trump for recognizing the annexed Golan Heights as a part of Israel, embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today inaugurated an empty patch of dirt as a new town called "Trump Heights," according...

Google's rollout of RCS chat to Android devices has been slow, and you can blame that partly on the carriers. As the next-gen texting format usually depends on networks adding support one at a time, compatibility has bee...

It’s nearly time that the Pokemon Let’s GO Pikachu and Eevee systems lose contact with their little-known Pokemon GO bonus. With each purchase of the Eevee version of the game, users can attain a free Shiny Pikachu. ...

The United States Air Force’s first flight test of the AGM-183A Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) was a success, officials have announced. The flight test was conducted with a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft at th...

Not all number fours are created equal. Not even all of them are fantastic. But a certain digit sent Marvel fans into a tizzy this weekend, only for it to be all for naught. Or maybe that should be four naught?

Laptops made by Huawei were removed from the online Microsoft Store on May 21st, 2019, and they’re back. Now the lot has returned to the online store as if they’d never left, without explanation on the part of Micros...

Microsoft Windows users who haven't patched their OS (or are using an unsupported version) are at risk of attackers exploiting a vulnerability known as BlueKeep. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA...

In recent years, Domino’s has seemed focused on changing the pizza delivery experience. Whether that was through creating apps that could handle placing orders through services like Slack or deploying AI that’s capab...

Rich communication services (RCS), the replacement for SMS and MMS, has been slow to arrive on Android phones, but that’s about to change. In light of the slow carrier response to the technology, Google is taking over ...

Waymo has begun real-world testing of its newest autonomous fleet, with the first Jaguar I-PACE electric self-driving cars hitting the road in Mountain View, California. The Alphabet-owned Google spin-off inked a deal wi...

Last year, nearly 210 million Venmo transactions were downloaded by a Berlin-based researcher, leading many privacy experts to question the PayPal-owned company's claim that its users prefer to be social about their spen...

This week music track lyrics-centric company Genius showed the press how their data was published to Google without their consent over the past several years. To prove that their site was being scraped for data, Genius u...

ARM CPUs? In my supercomputer? It's more likely than you think.

Harvard and Japanese scientists say they've made a "landmark" discovery in cancer drug development. In a new study published Monday, they say they have finally found a way to synthesize in bulk a complex class of promisi...