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An Android app's data-collection practice has raised concerns about user privacy and security on mobile phones.

A massive simulation of soot's climate effects finds that basic pollution controls could put a brake on global warming, erasing in a decade most of the last century's temperature change.

A genomic hunt for virus genes traced sequences to Ebola and the closely related Marburg virus in no fewer than six vertebrate species. The genes appear to have been mixed in about 40 million years ago, and have stuck around ever since.

A group of rocket enthusiasts used a rocket to send a Nexus One phone 28,000 feet into the atmosphere.

Rapper Kanye West, who might be more famous for his controversial pronouncements over the years than for his music, would seem the perfect candidate for starting a Twitter account, but rejected the notion. However, he changed his mind by starting an account and rapping at Twitter's headquarters on Wednesday.

If the Empulse RR runs as well as it looks, the competition should be very nervous.

LAS VEGAS — In a city filled with slot machines spilling jackpots, it was a 'jackpotted' ATM machine that got the most attention Wednesday at the Black Hat security conference, when researcher Barnaby Jack demonstrated two suave hacks against automated teller machines that allowed him to program them to spew out dozens of crisp bills.

The Samsung HZ35W would be a great GPS-enabled camera, if it could only give us accurate coordinates.

A wind-powered vehicle can travel downwind faster than the wind. It's been proven at El Mirage. Not that we expect the debate to end quietly.

President Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Amazon will ship the third generation of its Kindle e-book reader on Aug. 27, offering a cheaper, Wi-Fi only version for just $140. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos also offers some optimistic predictions about the future growth of e-book sales.

We asked for your help to show BP how to improve upon their terribly Photoshopped oil-cleanup images, and you delivered some awesome images.

The most deadly weapons in Iraq and Afghanistan aren't AK-47s or grenades -- they're roadside bombs made out of gas cans, garage door openers and fertilizer. Here’s how the U.S. military is fighting back.

The rich are adding to their millions with pre-IPO stock, but today's internet stock rockets are social networks built by their members -- so shouldn’t Regular Joes get a cut, too?

The investment arms of the CIA and Google are both backing a company that monitors the web in real-time -- and says it uses that information to predict the future.

Rankings of the best and fastest ISPs in U.S. cities are now available, thanks to stats from Speedtest.net. And while the country is far from leading the world, the nation's tubes aren't nearly as bad as many suspect.

Want to find out how magically terrible your web code is? Just ask the Unicorn. The web's governing body has launched a new validation tool called Unicorn that checks the quality of your website's code against multiple web standards simultaneously.

A federal appeals court orders Virginia's attorney general to back away from threats of suing a woman for posting elected officials' Social Security numbers. The reason: The government published the private data first.

A storm of Star Wars-themed jokes hit Twitter, mimicking WikiLeaks' recent disclosure of U.S. military memos. Only this stuff is funny. Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo shares techniques he used to get the #wookieeleaks hashtag to take off.

With a zero-to-60 time around 3 seconds, a top speed of 198 mph and 78 mpg, it'll be the coolest hybrid none of us will ever drive.