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The Muhstik botnet has targeted other IoT devices. Now it's attacking Tomato routers.

Under Armour is making a pile of pricey devices into so many useless bricks.

Plus deals on gaming headsets, Eero Wi-Fi routers, Roombas, and more.

HMD's cheapest US phone gets an upgrade.

Controlled burns could help in many places, but progress has been slow.

Decision means Apple can still decrypt iPhone/iPad backups for law enforcement.

Astronaut minifigs, posable Canadarm2, and 850+ pieces in total—can we have it now, Lego?

Judge says 1999 patent idea was too “abstract” to be protected in the first place.

“Many of the elements of the propulsion system were overstressed.”

Simply placing kids in a cooperative environment boosts the ability to resist temptation.

The components were designed by XponentialWorks in just four weeks.

Sometimes, less is more.

Welcome to the world’s largest flea market, where you can’t actually buy anything.

Systems-level engineering of a living thing is remarkably complicated.

Tons of great stuff, although there's bad news if you rely on YouTube.

Planes still grounded as another software problem was disclosed Friday.

The WHO will hold an emergency meeting to assess the threat to public health.

Both sides now want the case dismissed but for vastly different reasons.

Hundreds of US government agencies have vulnerable VPNs, data shows.

"Getting past the orbit of Venus must have been challenging."

Frontier subscribers suffer from poor customer service and failing networks.

New technique could provide an effective bridge to standard exposure therapy.

If this is to work, it will require economies of scale—and some breakthroughs.

Replacing plastic looks hard, but alternatives to fossil fuel materials are on the rise.

Sometimes, this game understands Pokemon and love. Sometimes, it fails spectacularly.

The film faltered at the box office but amassed a huge cult following over the years.

The capsule successfully separated and splashed down gently into the Atlantic.

Apple's salvo launched months ahead of other upstarts. Why does it already seem behind?

Clams were useful as both food and tools.

Is the new streaming service literally going to offer a TV show about Twitter?

Vulnerable server distributed election and voter files to counties throughout the state.

Beware both the chestburster and your fellow players.

It's not really self-healing and can't grow once it's structural.

Hyundai and Kia are backing Arrival, a British startup making electric delivery vans.

"We’ve got work to do, but honestly getting this test behind us is a huge milestone."

Charter's product shutdown highlights lack of interoperability in alarm systems.

Biden had harsh words about tech, seemingly spurred by anger with Facebook.

Taika Waititi also directed the final episode of The Mandalorian.

Amid CWA partnership, union drive is "further along than any previous efforts."

And get ready for more gaming-focused Chromebooks.

Site aggregated 12 billion usernames and passwords from over 10,000 breaches.

The designs were invited by the art and fashion magazine Document Journal.

The idol was revered at Pachacamac for 700 years before Spanish conquest.

Everything you want to know about the smartwatches you’ve been itching to buy.

"We aim to change the history of space launch."

Attention users of InfiniteWP, WP Time Capsule, and WP Database Reset: It's time to patch.

"Apps may run faster, but battery life may decrease, and fan noise may increase."

A judge recently ordered the site's owners to pay $13 million to 22 women.

The troubled series floundered in development hell for more than three years.

For now it's for developers only, and you'll need to flash your own OS.