The Surface Mini is a real tablet that you can't buy

You've heard the rumors: Microsoft axed the launch of a small "Surface Mini" Windows tablet just before the Pro 3 hit stores. [Read more...]

Become a cuddly teddy bear with Oculus Rift and Adawarp

Adawarp, a two-man Japanese tech startup, is in the long-distance bear-hug business. The company's Telepresence virtual reality technology transports one person, wearing an Oculus Rift, into the body of a robotic teddy bear, with real-time movements, sight, voice and all, no matter how far apart the bear and user are. [Read more...]

LG's dual-screen V10 phone reaches AT&T and T-Mobile this week

When LG promised that its unique V10 smartphone would reach the US soon after its Korean launch, it wasn't kidding around. [Read more...]

Kangaroo is a portable, phone-sized Windows 10 desktop

As convenient as a PC-on-a-stick may be, it's typically saddled with some major limits: you rarely have more than one port, and you always have to plug into a power source. [Read more...]

Picobrew takes a stab at automated counter-top homebrew beer

PicoBrew is hoping to do for homebrewed beer what Keurig has done for coffee. It tried previously with the Zymatic, but the $2,000 price tag, intimidating size and complexity limited its appeal. [Read more...]

Twisty reactor hints at a future of practical fusion power

Many fusion reactors are based on a tokamak design, which uses an electrical current to twist a superheated plasma's electrons and ions into a three-dimensional loop. [Read more...]

Scientists confirm a cornerstone of quantum computing

Quantum physics theory has an odd but fundamental quirk: atoms in a quantum state aren't supposed to move as long as you're measuring them. [Read more...]