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If you need further proof that we are living in a literal science fiction movie right now, look no further than the fact that the U.S. Defense Department is thinking about strapping jetpacks onto its special forces cadre...

Amazon is expanding its unusual social mini-games to more of its warehouses, according to a new report, giving more employees access to the ‘gamification’ system that has proven divisive among workers. Amazon first l...

Some 230 million light-years from Earth, there's a black hole going places. These extraordinarily dense objects are usually found sitting at the center of a galaxy violently gobbling up matter, so it was a surprise when ...

Astronomers have long theorized that supermassive black holes could travel through space but finding data to support that theory has been difficult. Researchers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian ha...

What would have been Microsoft’s redemption in the mobile market has, by now, almost gone completely silent. In addition to launching at an inopportune time in the middle of a pandemic and global economic crisis, it al...

Initially thought of as mini smartphones for wrists, smartwatches have become truly independent, transforming into health-centric accessories that happen to connect with smartphones. That’s partly thanks to Apple’s p...

India’s government has been vocal about its hostility toward cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, and it seems things may be once again heating up. According to a new report, the nation’s government may be planning to intr...

Amazon's streaming service is currently testing a shuffle tool that could help switch up your binge-watching routine.

Unlike Apple, cut applies to first $1 million regardless of total revenue.

In late February, the Army Corps of Engineers was working to deepen the Savannah River abutting the city of Savannah, Georgia. Hauling up huge gobs with their clamshell digger, the team came across two cannons, the origi...

Instagram has detailed a number of new changes intended to help protect young users on the platform, including teens and those who may be younger. Among the changes is a new limitation that will prevent random adults fro...

In Black Lightning's third season, the city of Freeland became a new kind of war zone as the American Security Agency and the nation of Markovia set out to turn our heroes' hometown into a profitable source for the world...

If you're scratching your head wondering what the hell a "Nuvia" is, why you should care that Qualcomm dropped $1.4 billion to own it, and what that has to do with Apple, buckle up.

The early-to-mid 2000s were an interesting time for the world of gaming. With systems like the GameCube, Xbox, and PlayStation 2 further closing the gap between consoles and PC in terms of 3D rendering capabilities, we s...

COVID-19 vaccine locations can now be found in both Apple Maps and Google Maps. Both systems are working with the same source of information: VaccineFinder. VaccineFinder is a dedicated online service originally develope...

Civil liberties advocates are working to raise awareness of Facebook's apparent disinterest in moderating Spanish-language posts--with at least the same meandering enforcement it applies towards English-speaking users.

Cricut's not the first to pull this--and won't be the last, unless regulators catch up.

Today we’re taking a peek at the Pokemon GO Charge Up event that started at 10AM this morning and lasts until 8PM tonight. The times for this event are local times, meaning they’ll start and end at those times no mat...

Tinder has announced that it teamed up with EverlyWell to give free COVID-19 home tests to users in the United States, offering a bit of reassurance for those who want to go on in-person dates. Despite the new offering, ...

Over the weekend, hackers stole millions of dollars in crypto from Roll, a social currency startup that allows so-called "creatives" to launch and manage their own Ethereum blockchain-based money systems.

The Star Wars Holiday Special is one of the most infamous aspects of Star Wars' peculiar brand of infamy: a sidestep so achingly terrible that, despite the fact no one wants to actually talk about it, fans can't stop tal...

It’s been a rollercoaster couple of months for games industry veteran Jade Raymond. At the beginning of February, Raymond announced her departure from Google after Stadia announced that it would be halting its first-pa...