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Sometimes a YouTube video deserves more nuanced feedback than a simple comment, or a "thumbs up" or a "thumbs down". YouTube today is testing timed-specific emoji reactions for a small group of users. Viewers can throw o...

Don't expect to see new flags in your phone's emoji any time soon. The Unicode Consortium has warned it will "no longer accept proposals" for flag emoji, regardless of category. They're more trouble than they're worth, t...

A battle royale of rovers could help uncover new designs for mining ice and other resources on the moon, and that's the basis for a challenge from the ESA.

FinFisher is no more. Long accused of helping authoritarian governments to spy on political dissidents and activists, the creepy surveillance company has abruptly shut down amidst an ongoing investigation into its busine...

The electric revolution is no longer limited to daily drivers and eco-commuters. Luxury brands such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes and Porsche have already begun augmenting their lineups with EV variants, while hypercar makers l...

Sharon Stone is in talks to play Victoria Kord, the main villain in DC Comics' forthcoming film Blue Beetle, reports The Wrap. She joins a stacked cast that includes Cobra Kai's Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle...

A glance at François Brunelle's photography is often disorienting. For years, the Canadian photographer has dedicated himself to creating portraits of pairs of people that look so remarkably similar that you would think...

YouTube's copyright claim system has been repeatedly abused for bogus takedown requests, and Bungie has had enough. TorrentFreakreports the game studio has sued 10 anonymous people for allegedly leveling false Digital Mi...

A critical test of NASA's upcoming Space Launch System rocket starts this Friday, but the live broadcast of the wet dress rehearsal promises to be a dull and silent affair owing to security concerns. We live in uncertain...

Biosignatures can help scientists identify life on other planets -- but what are the best biosignatures to look for, and how do we find them?

Good news for crypto buffs: You can now buy NFTs that are linked to specific tracts of land in the Brazilian rainforest. While the company claims that it's a bold new vision for conservation, it's in reality a harbinger ...

Verizon customers report being sent spam messages seemingly from their own phone numbers, each with "gift" links leading to Russian media sources.

If a startup from New Jersey has its way, the next Ray Kroc will be a robot. In the last week, a company called RoboBurger installed an autonomous burger chef in Jersey City's Newport Centre Mall. Over on its website, Ro...

Lotus unveiled its all-electric SUV, which naturally sports some serious power.

A judge has ordered Activision Blizzard to pay $18 million to settle a federal lawsuit accusing the company of fostering a sexist, discriminatory workplace. The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the suit i...

The peaceful, zen-like puzzle gameplay of Unpacking (the real game, that is) will soon be available to the PlayStation crowd. As Polygonsays, Witch Beam and Humble Games have announced that Unpacking will be available on...

No home theater is complete without music and effects booming at you from every direction, which is why it's relieving to hear that YouTube TV is finally testing its long-awaited 5.1 surround sound ability on more device...

Place the Calm Strips reusable sensory adhesives on virtually anything to have a fidgeting gadget wherever you go. Put them on your phone, keychain, laptop, tablet, and more--wherever you might want a place to fidget whi...

Elon Musk's SpaceX will discontinue production of Crew Dragon capsules in favor of other instruments to carry crew and cargo into space.

An experimental treatment for a condition that can cause widespread hair loss is close to the finish line. Recently published data from two Phase III trials has shown that baricitinib can help substantially regrow the ha...

"Wait," Everything Everywhere All at Once's Jobu Tupaki (an interdimensional being of unrivaled cosmic power and chaos, covered in blood and glitter, having just killed three men) says to her mother. "In this universe, y...

"Breath of the Wild" fans have been waiting years for the sequel, which makes Nintendo's latest update on the game particularly disappointing.