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Astronomers have long known that the shape of a galaxy can tell us about its past, but for the first time scientists have confirmed another important aspect of galactic shape. It can also tell us how old a galaxy is.

Microsoft is building a new specialty variant of Windows 10 — and it might include mobile support.

The new Key In-Car deliveries allow an Amazon delivery person to drop off an order in the trunk of your car, but only certain cars in certain places.

What's inside a modern Switch or Xbox One X? More similarity than you might think.

If we stop exploring, we stop being human.

What sort of advances and improvements can computing enthusiasts expect over the next half-decade?

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The Nintendo Switch is vulnerable to hacking in a way that Nintendo will never be able to patch. Can we have saved game backups now?

AMD's new Ryzen 5 2400GE and Ryzen 3 2200GE have both popped up online — they pack the same capabilities as the "G" APUs AMD already launched, but are aimed at much lower-power operation.

A super-Earth can have a mass as much as ten times that of Earth, and the corresponding 10x increase in gravity would make it hugely difficult to reach orbit.

The project is code named "Vesta" after the Roman goddess of the hearth, and it comes from the same top-flight hardware division (known as Lab126) that brought us the Echo speakers, Fire tablets, and the Fire Phone. Okay, that last one was a fluke, but Amazon has high hopes for home robotics.

The Netherlands has investigated lot box gambling and found four illegal under Dutch law, out of 10 investigated.