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If, like mine, your partner thinks you have a problem because you check social media and email too often, it turns out they might be right. A new study suggests that checking our phones and computers is more addictive than ...

Remember Dustin McCombs, the rapist suspect who taunted the police in Facebook? Not surprisingly, he was captured by US Marshals in Ohio after their colleagues from the Gulf Coast Regional Task in Birmingham gave them a tip about his whereabouts, ...

STMicroelectronics hopes to make the wimpy LED flash on your smartphone as bright as the xenon flash in your camera with a new chip that packs a supercapacitor for quick bursts of power.

Last month, pro-snowboarder Meesh Hytner was riding in a backcountry competition near Montezuma, Colorado, when she triggered a class-3 avalanche, Gizmodo reports. Hytner was luckily wearing a Backcountry Access Float 30, an airbag that ultimately ...

The more Dropbox storage space you have, the happier your computer will be. It's true! And the more free Dropbox storage space you get, the happier your wallet will be. And right now, you can get 4.5 GB of Dropbox space ...