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Your next heart monitor could be graphene-coated Silly Putty

For a child's toy, Silly Putty has some downright crazy physical properties. The mixture of boric acid and silicon oil,

Google’s iMessage competitor isn’t Allo, it’s texting

Android may get its iMessage competitor, but it's not going to be sexy or blue.One of the main reasons the

Facebook adds a ‘fake news’ reporting option (Updated)

Facebook has been getting dragged hard since November 8th -- and rightfully so -- given the unprecedented amount of shitposts

The Canadian AI that writes holiday chiptunes

Is there no industry safe from economic encroachment by automation and machine learning? A team from the University of Toronto

Review: Modern Strike Online blows the competition away

Modern Strike Online does mobile FPS gaming right.Released in 1999, Counter-Strike is responsible for sparking the iconic counter-terrorist VS. terrorist

After Math: Game over

This was a week of tremendous loss. America said goodbye to John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth,

Ben Heck’s Virtual Boy, part 2

Now that the Nintendo Virtual Boy has been torn down and we know how it operates, Ben and Karen get

Lexus’ insane LED-covered car, and more in the week that was

Transportation startup Lucid Motors is working on an electric car to rival the Tesla Model S, and it just announced

What will we see from the iPhone 8?

Rumours have already started sweeping across the internet about what will be the key features of the Apple iPhone 8. With just months since...

Japanese spacecraft lifts off with ISS supplies on board

The ISS crew won't have to worry about running out of supplies this holiday season. Japan's space agency loaded its

Facebook fixes faulty Live reactions count and other metrics

Facebook has kept its promise to be more transparent after it discovered that its system has been embellishing video views

A new, compromise-friendly Airbnb makes nice with New Orleans

We knew Airbnb was working with more accommodating policies as it tries to improve relationships with the cities that don't

NVIDIA is testing its driverless car tech in California

You might see a car with a familiar logo driving around if you're in California. The state's DMV has added

Twitter says no to law enforcement protest policing tool

Twitter has cut off access for a tool that law enforcement was using to monitor the social network for protest-specific

Bose Hearphones make it easy to talk in noisy places

Bose's new earbuds don't block the outside world while you rock out to your favorite tunes. Instead, they give you

Microsoft thinks people want ultra-portable headaches

Microsoft wants to hold on to the only thing they have left — desktop apps — in a mobile market