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Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday as a powerful Category 4 storm, dumping flooding rain whipped by sustained winds of more than 150 mph (241 kph). Next comes the aftermath.

Despite the somewhat controversial UI changes, interest in Windows 11 has mostly been positive. Unfortunately, Microsoft botched that early on with its rather confusing set of minimum system requirements as well as an eq...

In just a few weeks, Google is expected to finally launch what could be its most exciting Pixel phone yet. Before that happens, however, it is pretty much pushing its 2020 5G phones off the stage, leaving the Pixel 5a (5...

Any apartment migrant with poor planning skills has likely confronted the realization that it's cheaper to toss a dented FJÄLLBO coffee table to the curb rather than transport it across town. This is followed by half-he...

When most people think of shrimp, they think of yummy seafood and very small creatures. You might not expect a small shrimp to pack a very powerful punch. However, the mantis shrimp has the strongest punch of any animal ...

Astra recently attempted its third rocket launch aimed to put a simulated military payload into orbit. The third launch attempt happened on August 28 from the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Kodiak Island in Alaska. Unfortu...

Every now and then, we see something interesting that happens involving an engineer working behind the scenes at some of the biggest technology companies in the world. This is a perfect example of that. A gamer named Gab...

"Do people really write these long, convoluted commands?" In a word: yes.

When the Xbox 360 arrived in 2005 with 1,280 x 720 resolution, 72x72 pixels probably seemed a perfectly reasonable gamerpic size. With the 4K Xbox Series X displaying eight times the number of pixels, however, anyone sti...

Singapore has decided to give up on the dream of covid-zero and will instead learn to "live with the virus," according to the country's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday. The decision comes despite the fact that ...

As if reversing the course of the Mississippi River, forcing hospitals to hunker down with patients that couldn't be moved, and nearly shutting off the power and internet in New Orleans wasn't enough, Hurricane Ida has a...

Smartphones today have become more than just phones, with fewer people using them for actual calls. But, of course, there will always be people that use these devices as communication endpoints, and those are more depend...

Foldable devices are fancy, novel, and futuristic, but their price and fragility will always make people think more than twice about investing in them. Samsung tried to address the former with the surprisingly low price ...

There are only a few days left until September, which is when Apple is expected to reveal its new iPhone 13 lineup. However, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has given us a sneak peek at what we can expect: texting and calling...

Samsung and Google's upgraded smartwatch platform, Wear OS 3, is an exciting release for Android users. It's the first time in years the wearables platform has felt like a cohesive ecosystem, helped in part by the launch...

In apparent recognition of the fact that the world is a blazing inferno of disease and suffering that needs urgent soothing, Apple officially closed on a deal to acquire beloved classical music streaming service Primepho...

Researchers with Northwestern University have published a new study evaluating the body’s response to the COVID-19 vaccine, particularly in comparison to natural immunity and emerging variants. Among other things, the ...

Twitch has lost one of its most popular and well-liked stars to rival YouTube. On Monday, Benjamin "DrLupo" Lupo announced he recently signed a deal to stream exclusively on YouTube Gaming. -- DrLupo (@DrLupo) August 30...

China has announced a new set of rules to restrict the amount of time minors spend playing video games each week. The new rules restrict children under 18 from playing video games for more than three hours a week. Those ...

Samsung has been experimenting with foldable displays on devices of all sorts over the past few years. As we’ve seen with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 released this past week, the company...

In slasher movies, it tends to be one killer versus one victim at a time. Rarely does the horror spill out into the streets in a significant enough manner that the victim can recruit other people to help them fight back....

Apple’s iMac 24-inch may be sleek and unexpectedly colorful, but it’s not exactly overflowing with ports, especially if you opt for the cheapest model. Cupertino’s minimalism is the hub-world’s opportunity, howev...