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The United States Navy recently conducted a test with a ship-board laser used to down a drone aircraft. The ship used was an amphibious transport dock ship called the USS Portland, and it successfully disabled an unmanne...

NASA has been conducting experiments to learn how fire grows and spreads in space. The most recent experiment was Saffire IV, and it had longer and stronger flames inside a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft than i...

Jailbreaking iPhones and iPads have become less prominent these days, partly because of Apple’s sometimes overzealous security measures and practices. It has been quite a while since a vulnerability was discovered and ...

In a bit of a shock result, the May voting for June and July Pokemon GO Community Day featured monsters are… Weedle and Gastly! While the Gastly line – leading to Haunter and Gengar – has one of the biggest Glass C...

We’ve seen the Internet groan (metaphorically, of course) under the weight of a sudden increase in users and usage in the past months. The global situation proved how ill-prepared our technologies are to support such a...

Never mind controlling a modular synth by twiddling knobs. If one modder has his way, one of Nintendo's legendary controllers is the way of the future. Look Mum No Computer (aka Sam Battle) has hacked an NES Power Glove ...

Smartwatches may have finally found their place in the modern world. In addition to telling the time, distracting you with notifications, and allowing some control over your phone and your house, smartwatches are quickly...

Texas Instruments' graphing calculators have a reputation as hobbyist devices given their program support, but they just lost some of their appeal. Cemetech has learned (via Linus Tech Tips) that Texas Instruments is pul...

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A brood of periodic cicadas not seen since 2003 is expected to emerge this year in parts of the United States. Farmers are being told to plan accordingly, as the insects pose a threat to fruit and ornamental crops.

Virgin Orbit's first launch demonstration flight has ended in a very unceremonious fashion. The spaceflight firm reported a "clean release" of LauncherOne from the Cosmic Girl host aircraft, but the rocket's journey "ter...

It's like an introvert's dream: the ability to grab a cup of morning joe with zero human-ing involved.

I expected Minecraft Dungeons to be like a LEGO-esque iteration of the classic dungeon crawler game Diablo. I expected that we’d get a kid-friendly blast from the past. What we got instead was a surprisingly fresh take...

Another study has found that artificial intelligence is able to beat humans — this time it involves judging selfies to determine the subject’s personality traits. The machine was best able to identify one particular ...

This month, Buyer's Guide Editor Kris Naudus digs into 'Deep Space Nine' and how binge-watching changes the show's impact, while Cherlynn Low highlights 'Kingdom' as an example of the international content you need to gi...

Sometimes, you're just in the mood to dive into a fantastical world because you want swords and sorcery, magical creatures, or an excuse to escape from reality. There's so much of it though, we thought to offer you a muc...

It's a small thing that only people building and upgrading their own PCs will appreciate but to the delight of AMD enthusiasts, the company recently announced that it would make its future Zen 3 architecture compatible w...

If WiFi coverage in your home is spotty in some parts, you may want to look into a mesh router system. Luckily, a pretty good one is on sale at the moment. Bed Bath and Beyond and Best Buy have discounted the Google Nest...

The world is filled with disturbing creatures that slither, crawl, and scuttle. But few things are more dreadful to the imagination than the animals, fungi, and other assorted organisms whose sole purpose in life is to i...

On Wednesday, NASA and SpaceX will launch two astronauts into orbit on a Crew Dragon spacecraft in what's the most anticipated launch of the year.

Need an e-reader to get through pandemic lockdowns? Now's a good time to get one. Amazon is running a sale on the standard Kindle that drops the price of the Special Offers version to $60, or $30 below its usual price. T...

There's no way The Vast of Night is made by a first-time filmmaker. There's just no way. It's so beautifully constructed. So expertly shot. So tactfully acted. It's the work of a talent with years and years of experience...