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Water on hot plate spins and tilts on a vapor cushion—then takes off for freedom.

"I think the industry is probably hiring as many artists as engineers."

Pre-orders go live tonight, so here are some quick tips and a deals rundown.

Warning: Wild speculation in this story.

$60 pack, plus other big Switch news: Animal Crossing, Luigi's Mansion 3 in 2019.

The 2018 awards honor research on cursing while driving and cannibalistic calories.

Utilities are trying to add tons of solar before a key tax credit phases out.

DNA testing, online registries highlight complexity of lax sperm-donor regulations.

The defenses put in place to thwart the 2008 attack turn out to be very weak.

Historic points of interest are good nominees, porno stores are not.

Privacy was violated at moment of collection, not when humans viewed data, ECHR rules.

Carriers' "Project Verify" would use your phone as authentication device.

Plus a Razer gaming mouse for $45, 64GB Samsung microSD cards for $16, and more.

Diva Limousine sues Uber, claims its reliance on contractors is illegal.

Simple analysis suggests global warming boosts Florence’s rain by 50 percent.

Dutch scientists built the robot to shed light on aerodynamics of insect flight.

Video shows Google's first all-hands meeting following the 2016 vote.

There's a lot more going on with this battle royale shooter than you might realize.

The time has come for our annual deep dive (~19,000 words) into the latest Android release.

The $499 and $279 devices give elite athletes prettier Polar options for their wrists.

Sides have "productive dialogue" after NY revoked approval of Charter/TWC merger.

Korean Tokamak shows instabilities can be cured via additional magnetic fields.

When it comes to water, wind speed matters less than the size of the wind field.

News comes exactly 25 years after his pilot episode aired on NBC (now on YouTube).

Peter Yuryevich Levashov was first indicted relating to the Storm botnet back in 2009.

The plans received initial approval from the Hawthorne City Council.

Apple is offering a lot more phone, in more ways than one.

New hardware bolsters the Series 4's appeal, but is it an upgrade worthy of $399?

eSIMs are physically attached to the iPhone's motherboard, measure just 6mm×5mm.

You'll have to spend another $9 if you don't have an adapter already.

With most of Inbox's features now migrated over to Gmail, Inbox dies in six months.

The best sitcom on television returns this month with yet another radical reset.

Some customers bought 60kWh-rated cars that actually had 75kWh batteries.

Been waiting on new Apple software? Here’s what’s coming out when.

Process outlined for triggering sanctions outlined in announcement by Bolton and Coats.

XR (coming in October) starts at $749. XS starts at $999. XS Max starts at $1,099.

Apple's latest wearable joins the edge-to-edge display crowd, has FDA clearance.

73,000 years ago, someone drew a cross-hatch pattern in ocher on a stone flake.

We're live on the scene for the unveiling of the next iPhone and more.

Users can ease in to the transition with a seven-day free trial.

Legislation now goes to a three-way negotiation within the EU.

New message appears when you run the Firefox, Chrome installers.

"The situation is much more complex than we earlier thought.”

No more tweeting from Syria, Instagramming from Ukraine, if bill becomes law.

Coming next month to Houston, Indianapolis, LA, and Sacramento; more cities later.

The Porsche Hosts program launches in Los Angeles and San Francisco on October 8th.

Once in with the bee larvae, they eat them and the food the bees left for them.

3D grids of super-cooled atoms could one day form the basis for a quantum computer.

Recent trends in the forecast models now indicate a rare—if not unprecedented—track.

In Curling v. Kemp, both sides are set to duke it out in court on Wednesday.