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The "digital divide" has changed, but it hasn't necessarily gotten better.

Anticipating and evaluating rewards requires specialized neurons.

Original version's patch to 1.18 will make it free; remastered gameplay revealed.

Pluto’s surface features become clear at the terminator, under the twilight Sun.

Oceans in the Northern Hemisphere are supposed to still be cold from the winter.

Investigate Cthulhu and his buddies in 1930s Arkham.

You know the violence, but there were text-adventures, skiing, space, and ants(!) too.

Coal mine slated for retirement in 2018 will become a 200MW source of hydropower.

Would go a long way towards preserving arcade classics' aspect ratios.

Charter's $25 billion promise is vague and includes stuff it already planned.

But the pressure to publish might not be such a problem after all.

Customers lost when pay-TV companies illegally shared information, DOJ says.

Treatment with a simple chemical restores DNA repair to aging mice.

Service Fabric started as an internal platform for Azure SQL, Cortana, and other services.

At sentencing hearing, judge asks defendant if he was the culprit: "Yes ma'am."

How the Senate's vote to kill privacy rules affects you.

Who's making the "offer for sale?"

Chrome to immediately stop recognizing EV status and gradually nullify all certs.

CEO predicts "Wii-like" sales potential amid instant sell-outs of new shipments.

But Google Voice users won't be affected as much.

A phenomenal teen-acting ensemble gets screwed by feature-length aspirations, bad VFX.

It sounds like a TIE Fighter.

This week we're joined by Wes Chatham, the actor who plays the character Amos.

Or, how I agreed to review a space film and got a low-five from Jake Gyllenhaal.

Some fun, but this film won't fill sci-fi's newly emerging "Best Picture nominee" niche.

Downgraded camera and questionable update policy tarnish another solid upgrade.

Is it trespassing if you fly over your neighbor's land? The answer remains unclear.

He told Secret Service of "biblical and constitutional duty" to assassinate Obama.

After scandals and lawsuits, hobbling company is said to have $150 million left.

NY Attorney General says three popular app makers over promised and misled.

Easily scalable processing could make for rapid panel production.

"Sonic Screwdriver" leveraged a now-patched vulnerability.

Study doubles down on earlier work that led to big, some say pointless, controversy.

Prosecutor notes: "All of the Rioter Cell Phones were locked."

Free seven-day beta includes fully rebuilt netcode, speed boosts between matches.

Still a couple of years from production, but the prototype is very convincing.

Only an estimated 6% of Android phones randomize MACs, and they do it poorly.

ISP now stands for "invading subscriber privacy," Democratic senator says.

FBI investigated piracy ring with assistance from the RIAA and MPAA.

Technology could be used to cut down on problems bringing a new CPU to market.

Google+ kills Google Latitude, Google+ dies, Latitude rises from the ashes.

Kieken sees optional cosmetic items as pick-and-choose "end game content."

An alternative hypothesis invokes a weird air pressure phenomenon.

The ads might not have run over hateful videos, but they're not taking any chances.

Environmental scientist Lynn Ingram describes the storms and droughts coming this century.

"They have come to us and said we want to look at some ... corrective action."

A tour of Android's latest: snoozing notifications, settings revamp, lots of customization.

So good it almost makes you forget about the horror that was the Bulldog. Almost.

Apple will keep the app and its developers around, makes it a free download.

Bogus, predatory journals fell for a sting operation.