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My $35 server works harder than some PCs.

Few things annoy me more than paying a subscription for a service I only use once a month, sometimes not at all. The feeling ...

Although the basic principle of radio direction finding is easy to understand (measure the phase difference between different ...

Store loyalty programs used to be simple: You’d get a punch card at a local sub shop, buy eight sandwiches and get your ninth for free. It felt like a transparent “thank you” for your business. But ...

It’s been three-and-a-half years since generative AI exploded onto the scene. In this past year, progress has continued its relentless pace: Vibe coding took off, companies embraced agentic workflows, ...

Doctor visits. Referrals. Labs. Scripts. Wearables. We’ve built a healthcare system that produces an astonishing amount of information but somehow still struggles to generate clarity. As a system of ...

US forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data, according to reports fielded by military officials, an illustration of how the global surveillance ...

Connecting the dots: Many PC games support the PlayStation 5 controller's adaptive triggers and haptic feedback, but these almost always require a wired connection. A new custom firmware addresses ...

A new holographic storage technique uses light in three dimensions to dramatically increase how much data can be stored. It encodes information throughout a material using amplitude, phase, and ...

On a Saturday morning, you head to the hardware store. Your neighbors’ Ring cameras film your walk to the car. Your car’s sensors, cameras and microphones record your speed, how you drive, where ...

David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York Times ...