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Another data breach? Won't someone please think of the children?

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A new analysis of Apple's A9X SoC has a few surprises -- and some major configuration changes compared to the A9 inside the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus.

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AMD's new Radeon Crimson driver has a fan setting issue that could damage video cards -- the company has pledged to release a hotfix today to address the problem.

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Today is Cyber Monday, so loads of online retailers are still selling their goods at a massive discount. In fact, Amazon is launching new deals every five minutes, and Prime members get 30 minutes of early access to the lightning deals. Even if you sign-up now for a free 30-day trial of Prime, you'll get all of those benefits for this year's shopping season.

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Quasars are one of astronomy's most important tools -- so why do so many of them seem to be winking out of the sky?

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Bethesda's Fallout 4 is an all-around great game -- but there's one scene in particular that drives home the reality of surviving in a post-atomic apocalypse. It's played for laughs, but it also resolves some long-standing questions about robots and AI in the Fallout universe.

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The US and China can now call each other directly to avoid emergencies in space -- and that's a very good thing for the world.

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How do you choose between two great pure Android phablets? It's not going to be easy. Let us help out with that.

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Sony quietly unlocked the PS4's formerly reserved seventh core for game developers recently -- but whether or not that will lead directly to higher performance is a very open question.

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Mars may one-day have a planetary ring made out of the rubble of its own pulverized moon, Phobos.

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Remember Turing Pharmaceuticals, the company that raised prices on its medication from $13.50 to $750, only to back down in the face of outrage? Well, they've decided not cut prices after all.

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It could store exabytes of information and last millions of years -- is biology's hard drive destined to be mankind's as well?

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Advances in the genetic engineering of animals are paving the way for a more sustainable and ecological era of food production.

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Microsoft's latest Windows 10 update is causing problems for at least some users, and uninstalling programs without the user's consent or evidence of a problem.

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Dell has already responded to its major security breach by offering manual removal instructions and a software update -- but while the company's speed is commendable, this really needs to stop happening.

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AMD has launched a complete overhaul of its driver stack today, with new performance boosting features, per-game overclocking, shader cache support, better FreeSync implementations, and improved Linux performance.

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Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket made it to the edge of space, then landed safely on the launchpad. Want to go for a ride?

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Tardigrades, already made of indestructible win, have shown up again in the scientific weirdness Hall of Fame this week, thanks to a new study that sequenced the first tardigrade genome and found that 17.5% of it came from other species.

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The holiday shopping season has begun, and now's the time to decide exactly what kind of gifts you're going to buy for your loved ones. Smartphones and game consoles are certainly crowd pleasers, but it's worth remembering that this is a great opportunity to foster a love of science -- especially in children.

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Astronomers have captured the first-ever photos of a forming planet, a gas giant some 450 light-years from Earth.

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Anonymous members claim to have reported 20,000 ISIS Twitter accounts, except most of them probably don't have anything to do with ISIS.

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New data suggests that Dell, like Lenovo, may have been shipping compromised systems for the past few months. Research on the size and scope of the flaws is still ongoing.

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This Black Friday is bound to be a barn burner, but you needn't wait until the end of the week to get in on some excellent deals. Numerous stores are offering up massive discounts all week long, and that goes double for Amazon.

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Google, unlike Apple, has the ability to unlock up to 74% of the Android devices on the market if ordered to do so -- but will the company comply with such requests?

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Scientists from the University of Georgia have devised an elegant method of testing the visual sampling rate of the human brain.

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Now that Windows 10 is out and millions of people are already running it, let's take a look at some of the best hidden features, tips, and tricks in the operating system.

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Star Wars: Battlefront is a great Star Wars simulator -- but it's not a great game. Once the initial thrill wears off, there's not much holding the game together.

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VW has finally come clean -- we think. As it stands now, every single VW and Audi diesel vehicle sold in the US from 2009 to 2015 cheated on its emission tests.

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A new report finds that a significant percentage of Android applications engage in covert communication -- but it's not always clear who they are communicating with, or why.

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Sony is hopping on the last-gen emulation bandwagon -- except, it's jumping back twice as far. PS2 emulation is going to roll out to the PS4.

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LG has halted the launch of the new Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE because an undisclosed serious hardware issue. That means Google's flagship Marshmallow Wear device is essentially dead.

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How do the PS4 and Xbox One compare with each other? If you're thinking about buying one of these two consoles -- or just want ammunition for bragging rights -- here's what you need to know.

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Thirty years ago today, Microsoft released version 1.0 of its new graphical shell called Windows. It was really bad.

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EA's CFO has declared that the company has no intent of nickel-and-diming gamers. So what, exactly, have they been doing for the past 6-7 years?

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If you're in need of PC components and accessories, there's no need to wait for Black Friday. Amazon is currently discounting select components and accessories by upwards of 60%. However, this deal ends today, so don't wait.

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Carnegie Mellon University says it was not paid by the FBI to hack Tor, but its research may still have fallen into the hands of law enforcement.

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AMD is upping the ante with the R9 380X -- a 4GB card based on Tonga's full implementation and a slightly higher clock speed.

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For a limited time, Dell is running a massive sale on desktops, laptops, tablets, monitors, and more. Don't miss out on this massive bargains.

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Laser cooling isn't a new idea, but this is the first time it's actually worked in real-world conditions.

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Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance has long hated encryption, but he's stepped up his attack. Vance wants a federal ban on end-to-end encryption like that offered by Google and Apple in their respective operating systems.

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Nvidia shared some more details on its upcoming Pascal architecture for 2016 -- the new GPU will offer 1TB/s of memory bandwidth and up to 16GB of VRAM.

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NASA's Valkyrie robot is heading to college to learn some new tricks for space missions.

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A new story on the US - USSR space race details how the Soviets built the only gun to ever fire in space -- and why they felt they had to build it in the first place.

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Tor has become a laughing stock in the hacker community -- can it shore up its vulnerabilities, and reassert the public's right to privacy?

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Looking for a powerful desktop that won't break the bank? Check out the Inspiron 3847 from Dell. With a quad-core CPU, plenty of RAM, and tons of potential for expansion, this PC is a great bargain -- especially when you use today's coupon code.

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This October was the latest month to set multiple temperature records -- including one record for temperature records.

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AltSpaceVR aims to make playing Dungeons & Dragons in virtual reality exactly the same as playing it in person.

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In the wake of the Paris attacks, Representative Jim Barton (R-TX) has proposed "Doing something" about terrorists' use of social media -- but the cure, in this case, is far worse than the disease.

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Nvidia's Shield Tablet is back on sale with a major price cut and a few trimmed features. If you want an eight-inch Android tablet, the Shield is one of the best available today.

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You get free lock/unlock, vehicle location, and vehicle status information with Sync Connect. Automatic crash notification remains a part of Sync using (for now) your cellphone.

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Intel's new Xeon Phi won't just power next-generation supercomputers -- it's going to make a debut in workstations as well.

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