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The SARS-CoV-2 virus has mutated over the past couple of years, with some mutations fading away fairly quickly and others leading to the rise of new “variants of concern.” The CDC monitors these variants through geno...

The gargantuan crisis spurred by log4j isn't over yet--not even close. Over the past week, new vulnerabilities have been discovered in the unfortunate Apache logging library (whose ubiquitous vulnerability is dubbed "Log...

The headquarters of SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, is currently experiencing an outbreak of covid-19 far worse than any other private business in the county, according to the L.A. Times and a t...

Swiss authorities in Zurich put Vladislav Klyushin, a Russian businessman widely noted for his Kremlin ties, on a flight bound for the U.S. on Saturday, ending a months-long extradition fight that cast a pall over this s...

Toyota surprised the industry in mid-December when it announced not one, but 12 upcoming electric vehicles (EVs). The news (via Toyota) was a welcome revelation to many, including SlashGear, and marks a bit of a departur...

OnePlus may have lost its steam this year compared to other Android phone makers--namely Google with its impressive Pixel 6--but the company has a new smartphone up its sleeve.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new form of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for preventing cases of HIV. The treatment is called Apretude, and it's the first PrEP medication to be taken via injection inst...

A video game has finally won a Hugo award. Hades, a roguelike developed by Supergiant Games, managed to win the award in a one-off category over other titles like The Last of Us 2, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Animal Crossing...

Tackle heavy-duty projects with the Dremel 8260 Brushless Smart Rotary Tool in your toolbox. This handy person’s gadget offers incredible performance. In fact, it delivers 20% more power than the brand’s most powerfu...

The European Commission has approved Microsoft's $19.7 billion bid to buy Nuance Communications. The regulator said on Tuesday the proposed acquisition "would raise no competition concerns" within the European Union. In ...

The phone of Hanan Elatr, the wife of slain dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi, was infected with sophisticated commercial malware in the months before he was murdered, according to a new report by the Washington P...

You'd be forgiven for feeling blue today, what with Omicron ruining Christmas and Joe Manchin ruining everything else. But I say, rejoice! For today is the first day in six months when we can say, geophysically at least,...

I don't think it's presumptuous of me to have assumed that Dragons of Spring Dawning, the third novel in Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's beloved first Dragonlance trilogy, would heavily feature... well, dragonlances. T...

Following the popularity of its mobile app, DuckDuckGo has announced that it wants to bring its privacy-focused browser to desktop users. The company announced the desktop browser in a post looking back on the things it ...

Attempts at recreating the hoverboards seen in Back to the Future II have so far been either disappointing self-balancing, two-wheeled vehicles that frequently catch fire, or jet-powered floating platforms that require a...

Before the pandemic in early 2020, as we basked in the enjoyment after the release of The Witcher's first season, one thing above all stood out: everybody just could not stop thinking about the bardic release of the year...

Antarctica is often portrayed as a barren wasteland of ice and snow, about as inhospitable as any place on Earth. But a team of researchers just pulled up a huge amount of life from underneath the frozen continent, a tes...

Since October , Microsoft and Adidas have been releasing commemorative Xbox-themed sneakers to mark the brand's 20th anniversary. It all started with a pair of Forum Tech shoes the two companies gave away to a group of l...

OnlyFans CEO Tim Stokely is calling it quits and will step down five years after starting the online creator platform that's now synonymous with sex work. That's according to a recent Bloomberg report, which revealed for...

Spider-Man is just right in threes. Tobey Maguire got all the way to Spider-Man 3. The recent Spider-Man: No Way Home is part three in Tom Holland's trilogy. Two more planned Spider-Verse films will make three for Miles ...

DuckDuckGo has offered an early peek at its upcoming desktop app. In a blog post that recaps the company's year, CEO Gabriel Weinberg looked toward the future as well. He said DuckDuckGo will bring the privacy protection...

Earlier this month, Xiaomi revealed that its next flagship device, the Xiaomi Mi 12, would sport Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 when it released. Now, the company has revealed plans to debut the Xiaomi 12 series run...