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Woman Finds Missing Dog in Oklahoma Tornado Rubble

Barbara Garcia, a survivor of the massive tornado that tore through Moore, Okla., found her dog alive under the rubble during an interview with CBS News. Before finding the dog, Garcia says in the...

NASA is funding a 3D food printer, and it'll start with pizza

NASA is funding research into 3D-printed food. Mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor received a $125,000 grant from the agency to build a prototype 3D printer with the aim of automating food...

Rand Paul Blasts His Colleagues, And Says It's Outrageous That Apple Is Being Harassed...

AP Kentucky Senator went on a great rant during today's Senate subcommittee hearing on 's offshore tax practices, slamming his Congressional colleagues for even holding the hearing in the first...

Yahoo unveils the new Flickr with one terabyte of free space

Yahoo has just announced a complete redesign of Flickr at its New York City event the new site is live now and it comes with one terabyte of free photo space. Yahoo SVP Adam Cahan just made the...

Dove Experiment Aims to Change the Way You See Yourself

Dove posted on Monday a three-minute ad on YouTubethat teaches a vital lesson about how we view ourselves compared to how others see us. Trust us, it's worth your time. A former forensic artist for...

Xbox One will not be backwards compatible with Xbox 360 games

If you were hoping to play your vast collection of Xbox 360 games on Microsoft's latest creation, we've got a spot of bad news. Microsoft Xbox Live VP Marc Whitten confirmed to The Verge that the...

Xbox One hardware and specs: Blu-ray, 8GB RAM, 500GB hard drive and more

Slot-loading Blu-ray drive? Check. HDMI in and out? Absolutely. There's 8GB of RAM to go up against the Sony PlayStation 4, USB 3.0 ports, 500GB of hard drive storage, WiFi Direct for communicating...

Microsoft unveils its next game console, the Xbox One

Microsoft debuted the Xbox One this afternoon live from a tent on its Redmond, WA. campus, putting to end months of speculation about the company's next-generation video game console. Microsoft...

Xbox One game discs are only used for initial installation

Microsoft's Xbox One will use Blu-ray discs for games, but you won't be using them as frequently as you might have with your PlayStation 3. In a statement made to Wired, Microsoft said that all...

The New Flickr: What it Means for Flickr Pro Users

Yahoo unveiled some big changes to Flickr on Monday, both in terms of features and overall design. One of those changes is that free users are no longer limited to a certain number of photos;...

Here's Your New Xbox One: Microsoft's All-In-One Home Entertainment System

Microsoft has revealed its new Xbox, the successor to the Xbox 360. It's a next-generation console, with plenty of power under the hood, but it's also clearly about consolidating your digital...

Teen Develops Computer Algorthim to Diagnose Leukemia

Brittany Wenger isn't your average high-school senior: She taught the computer how to diagnose leukemia. The 18-year-old student from Sarasota, Fla. built a custom, cloud-based "artificial neural...

Flickr Announces One Free Terabyte Of Storage Space Per User, Officially Beating Everyone

Yahoo's Flickr photo-sharing service is now offering one full terabyte for users, enough storage space to hold whole swathes of the world's photos. The service is offering this benefit in addition...

Airbnb Is Declared Illegal In New York City

Shutterstock An administrative law judge has found to be illegal in New York City, reports Fast Company. Airbnb, the site that lets you rent out your apartment or house like a bed-and-breakfast,...

Fall in Love With John Krasinski Lip Syncing to Katy Perry

In case Jim Halpert's pranks and cutesy-ness with Pam on The Office don't get you all doe-eyed and swooning over the dude, actor John Krasinski's recent appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon...

Crowd Goes Wild as Baby Scores Cutest Goal in Soccer History

Baby scores goal! Crowd goes wild! This may just be the most adorable play in the history of soccer. The aww-inducing moment comes from Chelsea player Paulo Ferreira's retirement ceremony at the...

Xbox One: Microsoft unveils a next-gen console with a focus on TV

After months of rumors and speculation, Microsoft's next-generation console is finally here. During a special event at the company's Redmond headquarters today, Microsoft is unveiling Xbox One....

Campaign Mocks A&F CEO by Donating Brand's Clothes to Homeless

An online campaign is attempting to "rebrand" Abercrombie & Fitch after an author alleged that company CEO Mike Jeffries "doesn't want larger people shopping in his store." The comments, made by...

Why We Aren t Developing For OUYA

Editor's note: Tolga Ozuygur is the co-founder of Overdose Caffeine, an indie game-development company from Turkey that develops cross-platform, real-time multiplayer games. Follow him on Twitter...

iPhone 6 Concept Includes a Projected Keyboard

If you've long complained about your typing speed and productivity, this iPhone 6 concept video may be the solution you're searching for. The above YouTube video shows an iPhone 6 mockup that, when...

Xbox One: our first look at the new console, controller, and Kinect from Microsoft

After Microsoft's big reveal, we've finally had time to get a closer look at the new Xbox One, the Kinect 2, and the new controller for the new console. We're going back for more details and lots...

Helios handlebars add LED blinkers, GPS and more to any bike

Technologically bent cyclists have their choice of advanced bicycles these days, but it's a little hard to justify getting a specialized vehicle if your existing two-wheeler still functions just...

Think your Skype messages get end-to-end encryption? Think again

If you think the private messages you send over Skype are protected by end-to-end encryption, think again. The Microsoft-owned service regularly scans message contents for signs of fraud, and...

Watch the Xbox reveal live stream along with us

We're all in tenterhooks over here at Engadget HQ waiting for the imminent arrival of the next Xbox. As we wait for the event to start though, Microsoft has unveiled a live stream where you can see...

Microsoft announces live action 'Halo' TV series with Steven Spielberg

Microsoft has just announced a new expansion of the Halo universe a live-action TV series will be coming to Xbox Live, and Steven Spielberg will be involved in an as-yet undefined role. "Halo has...

I'm still here: back online after a year without the internet

4inShare I was wrong. One year ago I left the internet. I thought it was making me unproductive. I thought it lacked meaning. I thought it was "corrupting my soul." It's a been a year now since I...

Gas Pump Prank Sparks Stunning Karaoke Session

A simple gas-pump prank ends up turning into one of the funnest karaoke sessions you'll ever see, in this viral video. It begins as an installment of The Tonight Show's "Pumpcast News," where gas...

Xbox One isn't backwards compatible with Xbox 360 discs or Xbox Live Arcade, Gamerscore...

It's true: the Xbox One will not play your Xbox 360 game discs, nor will your Xbox Live Arcade games transfer (not to mention any other content that's dependent on the 360's hardware architecture,...

Terrifying Eyewitness Videos of Oklahoma Tornado Go Viral

Several eyewitness videos of the massive tornado that devastated Oklahoma City suburbs Monday killing at least 51 people have gone viral online. SEE ALSO: CBS Delays 'Mike & Molly' Finale in Wake...

NFL Player Instagrams Himself Peeing on IRS Building

Tax-season gripes regarding the Internal Revenue Service are about as American as baseball and apple pie. But we bet you've never expressed your frustration quite like NFL player Evan Mathis did on...

25 Terrifyingly Amazing Face Swaps

This is not gonna be pretty. Most of us have enough trouble pulling it together with our own DNA-crafted faces, but it's not a pleasant sight when technology helps you swap faces with an uncle,...

3 Mindbending Ways Apple Dodged $13.8B In Taxes

Kudos to Apple's finance lawyers, who are the Cirque Du Soleil of legal contortionism. On the eve of live testimony from CEO Tim Cook, CFO Peter Oppenheimer and Phillip Bullock, head of Apple's tax...

Police Called to Resolve Dispute Between 'Star Wars' and 'Doctor Who' Fans, No Force Was...

Police were called to calm Star Wars and Doctor Who fans at a science fiction convention in Norwich, UK, after the two groups got into a heated argument, the BBC reports. A Norfolk Police spokesman...

Anonymous campaign forces Wi-Fi shutdown at Guantanamo Bay

The US military has shut down Wi-Fi access at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, after receiving threats from the hacktivist collective Anonymous. Army Lt. Col. Samuel House confirmed the move...

Microsoft announces Halo live-action TV series created by 343 and Steven Spielberg

The Xbox One is a big deal for consoles, but Microsoft just made a massive content announcement at today's reveal event -- a live-action Halo TV series. As if the existence of such a television...

Two Spocks Face Off in Audi Ad

Mr. Spocks past and present face off in this ad for Audi. Zachary Quinto, who plays Spock in the latest Star Trek films, and Leonard Nimoy, who originated the role in the '60s TV show, apparently...

This Teen Just Created A Device To Charge Your Cell Phone In Under 30 Seconds

Screenshot/Manfred Auer Eesha Khare Eesha Khare, who is only 18 years old, just created the device of our dreams. It's a tiny a gadget that fits inside cell phone batteries, and allows them to...

Viral Dove Campaign Becomes Most Watched Ad Ever

The Dove Real Beauty Sketches clip that went viral on YouTube just one month ago has become the most watched video ad of all time, Dove announced Monday. The three-minute ad which has also become...

17 Great American Companies That Keep Mountains Of Cash Overseas Just Like Apple Does

finds itself in front of a Senate Subcommittee today, defending its practice of keeping cash offshore in order to minimize their tax liability. The thing is, Apple is far from the only company that...

Live from Microsoft's New Generation Xbox event!

It's time for the next generation. A New Generation, so says Microsoft, and we can't wait to see it. We're guessing you can't either, and so you'll want to join us for the unveiling of this new-gen...

How Facebook Updates Would Look in Real Life

What would Facebook updates look like in real life? According to the video, above, it would involve an annoying person surprising you with changes made to your home without your knowledge or...

Amazing Career Advice For College Grads From LinkedIn's Billionaire Founder

REUTERS/Fred Prouser Click to start "The 3 Secrets Of Highly Successful Graduates" > says it took him 15 years after graduating from Stanford in 1990 to figure out what he was really doing with his...

Yahoo won't restrict porn on Tumblr

During Yahoo's Flickr press event this evening, CEO Marissa Mayer responded to a question about restricted content on Tumblr, and confirmed that Yahoo has no plans to cull controversial material...

3D-printable food? NASA wants a taste

Printing chocolate onto crackers. Not much, but it's a start. SMRC NASA has bestowed a $125,000 grant upon a research corporation to pursue the development of 3D-printable food, according to a...

Yahoo Acquires Tumblr, Promises 'Not to Screw It Up'

The speculation is over. Yahoo has acquired Tumblr, according to official statements from Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Tumblr CEO and Founder David Karp. In a somewhat odd press release, Yahoo...

Report: Yahoo Board Approves Tumblr Acquisition

Yahoo's board of directors has approved a $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging platform Tumblr, according to a breaking news alert from The Wall Street Journal. The deal is reportedly an all-cash...

Blogger Challenges Abercrombie's 'Skinny' Image

Abercrombie & Fitch's small sizes aren't stopping this blogger from taking a stand when it comes to the public image of plus-size women. Jes, known on the Internet as The Militant Baker, recreated...

Xbox One doesn't need always-on internet connection, supports used games

One of the big rumors leading up to the new Xbox One announcement was the possibility of Microsoft forcing gamers to keep the console connected to the internet. Microsoft says that while the Xbox...

Facebook Group Helps Tornado Victims Get Their Belongings Back

A Facebook group is helping the victims of the massive Oklahoma tornado, which killed 51 people and left many homeless, get their belongings back. On its trail of destruction, the tornado has blown...

Microsoft's New Generation Xbox event is live tomorrow, get your liveblog right here!

We're gathering just outside of Microsoft's HQ for what is looking like it'll be a day full of excitement, culminating in the "special unveiling" of a "New Generation." It'll be the next Xbox for...

Samsung beats Chromebook Pixel and Retina MacBook with new high-res laptop display

Samsung is to unveil a new super-high resolution panel which could set the standard for notebook displays. This week, the company will launch a 13.3-inch QHD 3200 x 1800 panel with 276...

Teach Your Kids Tech Basics With Electronic Building Blocks

For parents looking for educational toys, a hardware startup developed electronic buildings blocks and a companion augmented reality app that make for an interactive learning experience. Founded by...

BlackBerry bringing BBM to Android and iOS this summer

BlackBerry has just announced that its hugely popular BBM messaging service is going multi-platform: it will be released for Android and iOS as a free app this summer. BBM will support iOS hardware...

BlackBerry to begin offering BBM as standalone app to iOS and Android this summer

Thorsten Heins just broke what has to be the biggest news out of BBLive this morning: BBM is breaking out of its walled garden. Starting this summer, users running iOS 6 and Android ICS or higher...

Viral Video Shows the Extent of U.S. Wealth Inequality

The issue of wealth inequality across the United States is well known, but this video shows you the extent of that imbalance in dramatic and graphic fashion. The video, which started going viral on...

WSJ: Yahoo's board approves $1.1 billion all-cash Tumblr acquisition

According to The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo's board of directors has approved the company's widely-rumored acquisition of Tumblr in an all-cash deal worth $1.1 billion. Assuming the terms are...

Coachella Fans: So Hip They Like Bands That Don't Even Exist

Are you down on certain segment of the current generation of teens and 20-somethings because you think they're nothing but a bunch of vapid, status-obsessed dingbats more concerned with picking the...

9 Social Marketing Metrics That Actually Matter

Even the most social-savvy business owners can get caught up in the numbers game: counting and recounting likes, followers, fans, retweets, shares. Not to say those numbers don't correlate to how...

The Xbox One will always be listening to you, in your own home

In its hour-long Xbox One presentation, Microsoft blazed through announcements for its new next-generation console, including one ostensibly important feature that may raise some eyebrows: the new...

Singer Miguel Jumps on Fans' Heads in Freak Accident

In an ugly freak accident, singer Miguel landed on the heads of fans while attempting to jump over them during his performance of "Adorn" at the Billboard Music Awards. Twitter users quickly...

Neil deGrasse Tyson Tells Us Why 'Star Trek' Is So Much Better Than 'Star Wars'

Neil deGrasse Tyson is the world's most famous astrophysicist, and he is a HUGE Trekkie. The host of StarTalk Radio is a fan of science fiction and futuristic movies, and of Star Trek in...

Microsoft announces its next console, the Xbox One

Microsoft officially announced its next-generation video game console, the Xbox One, at a press event held at its campus in Redmond, Washington today. At the event, Microsoft showed off a revamped...

How to Help Victims of the Oklahoma Tornados

One of the most devastating tornados in U.S. history tore through Oklahoma City Monday, wreaking considerable damage to the suburb of Moore. The Oklahoma City medical examiner's spokesperson...

Yahoo Tumblrs for Cool: Board Approves $1.1 Billion Deal

The Yahoo board has approved a massive $1.1 billion deal to buy Tumblr. Sources close to the board said the deal was a foregone conclusion and was an unanimous vote by the Silicon Valley Internet...

Flickr Gets A Huge Revamp With Hi-Res Image-Filled UI, New Android App, And 1TB Of Free...

Smack-dab in the middle of Yahoo-Tumblr acuisition day, Yahoo is holding a major press event here in NYC. But announcements coming out of this event aren't related to Tumblr as much as Flickr, the...

Dove Experiment, Parodied: How Men See Themselves

We learned from the recent Ogilvy ad campaign for Dove that, when it comes to physical features, women tend to give themselves less credit than they deserve. But what about men? How would an...

Yahoo Unveils New Look for Flickr

Yahoo has announced a brand new Flickr experience for the desktop and its Android users. Unveiled at a press event in New York City Monday, the new look aims to breathe new life into the once...

It's Official: Yahoo Is Buying Tumblr For $1.1B, Promises To Keep It Independent

Yahoo has now officially confirmed that it is buying blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion, confirming speculation that started last week. It says it will keep it as an independent company,...

Xbox One vs Xbox 360 vs PS4: fight!

The Xbox One has finally arrived to unite all of your living room entertainment. But before you ready to open your wallet for Microsoft's next-gen console, you'd probably like to how the new Xbox...

Neil deGrasse Tyson's remake of Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos' headed to Fox in 2014

A reboot of astrophysicist Carl Sagan's groundbreaking documentary series Cosmos: A Personal Journey hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson is finally on its way to television. On Monday, Fox made an...

BlackBerry Launches BBM On Android And iOS

Today Today at BlackBerry Live, CEO Thorsten Heins announced BBM will launch this summer on Android and iOS. The messaging app will launch globally this summer. Developing

'24' is back: Fox reviving hit series for 12 episodes in May 2014

Jack is back. Fox Broadcasting chief Kevin Reilly has announced that 24 will be returning in 2014. According to Brian Stelter of The New York Times , the show will run for 12 weeks meaning...

Yahoo revitalizes Flickr with huge images, sharing, and a terabyte of free space

Yahoo has just taken the wraps off a major update to Flickr, it's long-suffering photo service, and we just sat down to put the revamped service through its paces to see how it has improved and...

Australian Scientists Develop Printable A3-Sized Solar Cells

Solar energy sounds like a dream, but buying and installing the equipment necessary to harness the power of the Sun can be expensive. But what if you could print your own solar panels? The...

Chris Hadfield Creates First-Ever Music Video From Space

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is scheduled to make his return trip to Earth late Monday after five months aboard the International Space Station, and he decided to commemorate his final hours...

Apple Avoids Paying $17 Million In Taxes Every Day Through A Ballsy But Genius Tax...

AP CEO charmed the Senate today, testifying on the company's tax avoidance practices. The most interesting part of the story wasn't on the Senate floor, however. The report published by the...

Now you can tour the whole of Taiwan without losing your Internet connection, for free

Internet connection while travelling overseas is a huge boon you can find your way with Google Maps, suss out must-eats nearby you, and check the weather so you don't get drenched in rain while...

Russian spacecraft returns to Earth with most of its furry crew dead

A Russian spacecraft containing 45 mice, 8 gerbils, and 15 newts returned to Earth on Sunday. The spacecraft, a modified Bion-M life sciences satellite, was launched in April 2013 and was intended...

Unity Game Engine Goes Free For iOS And Android Developers

The barrier to entry for the Unity game rendering engine for developers on iOS and Android has gotten lower, as use of Unity tech is now free on both mobile platforms. Unity CEO David Helgason...

Microsoft Announces the Xbox One

After months of speculation and rumors, Microsoft detailed its next generation console the Xbox One to a packed room in Redmond, Wash., Tuesday. The Xbox One, described by Don Mattrick, president...

SAP to bring in autistic workers as software testers and programmers

Following successful pilots, SAP will step up its hiring of people on the autistic spectrum, the German business software firm has announced. Working with an outfit called Specialisterne, the...

Bill Gates Is World's Richest Man Once Again

Thanks to a recent stock surge, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is once again the world's richest man, a title he hasn't held since 2007, according to Bloomberg. Gates' fortune is now worth $72.1...

Microsoft's Next Xbox Announcement: What to Expect

Microsoft will announce the highly anticipated next-generation Xbox gaming console Tuesday from its Redmond, Wa., headquarters, and the company has set a high bar, considering the success of its...

Building Xbox One: An inside look at Microsoft's play for the next generation of gaming

The engineers in Microsoft's windowless next-gen Xbox silicon lab are rattled. And understandably so. We're in their office, after all, and we have a mess of cameras in the one place you're not...

Xbox One runs three operating systems, including cut-down Windows for apps

The latest update out the currently unfolding announcement in Redmond: the next-generation Xbox will run three operating systems simultaneously. Complementing Windows 8 and RT on PCs and tablets,...

Teen Creator of 'Clouds' Viral Music Video Dies of Cancer

Zach Sobiech, creator of the "Clouds" song that became a viral YouTube hit, died of cancer on Monday. He was 18. "Zach was at home and at peace with those he loved most," the Children's Cancer...

LinkedIn Wants Prostitutes To Stop Using Its Site

Wikimedia Commons just rolled out a number of changes to its privacy policy and user agreement, informing its more than 200 million members through a notice on the professional network's website....

Billboard Shows Different Messages for Kids and Adults

A billboard in Spain created by an organization dedicated to aiding abused children shows a different message to children and adults, even if both see the ad at the same time. The feat is achieved...

Is Lagos Home to an African Tech Movement?

The Lagos taxi driver roars across the biggest bridge in Africa at 110 mph. Buffeted by the night wind, it feels as if we're riding a motorbike. I am with two South Africans and a guy from Silicon...

Viral Celebrity Kai the Hitchhiker Wanted for Murder

Kai the hitchhiker, who captivated the Internet in February with an act of heroism and a contagiously entertaining local TV interview, is reportedly now a murder suspect in New Jersey. Union County...

'Arrested Development' Season 4 Trailer Debuts Online

After a seven-year hiatus, Arrested Development is back and now, a trailer for the sitcom's fourth season has debuted online. Posted to YouTube on Sunday, it shows the quirky Bluth family including...

Apple Paid No Taxes on $74 Billion in Income, Senate Panel Says

Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to testify before a Senate subcommittee Tuesday to refute charges the company paid no taxes on tens of billions of dollars in overseas income. The Senate's Permanent...

The first Jolla phone: 4.5-inch display, Android app compliant, 399 euros

Jolla's Love Day in Helsinki has already spilled some major news: pricing and specs for its first Sailfish OS handset. The phone seems to be called "The Other Half" -- or at least that's the...

YouTube: 100 Hours of Video Are Uploaded to the Site Every Minute

YouTube has just turned eight, and the company is marking the occasion by sharing a couple of cool stats about the service. Users of the world's most popular video sharing service upload 100 hours...

The Yahoo Board Has Approved A $1.1 Billion Cash Acquisition Deal For Tumblr, WSJ Reports

The Wall Street Journal is now reporting via Twitter that the rumored $1.1 billion cash acquisition deal for social blogging site Tumblr has been approved by Yahoo's board of directors. The Tumblr...

The Most Awesome Craigslist Ad Is for a Beat-Up Bike

Profanity-laced hyperbolic Craigslist ads were once novel, but now they are a genre to themselves. To get people's attention on the site these days you have to do something really remarkable....

Xbox One event roundup: Microsoft reveals its next-gen gaming console

Will Microsoft's Xbox One be the one gaming console to purchase over the Wii U and PS4? That's a question we'll have to wait until later this year to answer, so let's stick to the present. Redmond...

Live Blog: Live From The Reveal Of Microsoft's Next-Generation Xbox

It's Xbox day! Almost exactly 8 years after the announcement of the Xbox 360, Microsoft is back with another one. We're live on the ground at Microsoft's Xbox campus in Redmond, where the company...

Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' leaks online a week before official release

A copy of Random Access Memories has leaked onto the internet after over a month of hype surrounding Daft Punk's first proper studio album since 2005. Columbia Records has been slowly revealing...

British explorer Daniel Hughes makes first smartphone video call from Everest's peak

The first live video call from a smartphone at the peak of Mount Everest has been made by British explorer Daniel Hughes, as part of his effort to raise money for the Comic Relief charity. The...

New 'Call of Duty: Ghosts' Shows Off Xbox One's Killer Graphics

Footage from next-generation blockbuster shooter Call of Duty: Ghosts premiered at Microsoft's Xbox One event, demonstrating the graphical capabilities of the new console and Activision's new...

Aiming To Dominate Mobile Ad Attribution, HasOffers Raises $9.4M Round Led By Accel

HasOffers, a startup that helps mobile app developers see which ad efforts are actually paying off, is announcing that it has raised a $9.4 million round of funding led by Accel Partners. The...