Sony's new flagship Xperia 1 is a skyscraper of a phone. Thanks to its display's cinema-wide, 21:9 aspect ratio, the Xperia 1 seems even taller than it actually is. It looks like it towers over other phones.The Xperia 1 is Sony's latest attempt to reboot its smartphone line, something the company seems to do every…

Northrop Grumman is going to be working on the U.S. Army’s long-planned drone-killing lasers. The Army wants to mount 50 kilowatt laser systems on top of its General Dynamics-designed Stryker…

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In Amityville, Pennsylvania, 10 acres of grapevines sprawl across the family-owned Manatawny Creek Winery. Owner Darvin Levengood is no stranger to vineyard pests. But he was met with calamity in the fall of 2017 when grape pickers were bombarded by swarms of…

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The exact particulars of the apocalypse are unclear—what caused the disaster; what precise form, or forms, the fury took—and all that we, the viewers, know of what happened is that it’s referred to as The Event and that Earth’s remaining survivors are four black women. Fortunately, post-Armageddon life comes with delightful upsides."We don't have any…

Here are five words you’ll never hear spring from the mouth of an early-stage startupper. “I don’t mind paying more.” We feel you, and that’s why we’re letting you know…

Grab popcorn. As internet fights go, this one deserves your full attention — because the fight is over your attention. Your eyeballs and the creepy ads that trade data on…

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Samsung’s never been particularly good at keeping things under wraps. That’s no doubt, at least in part, by design. The company loves priming the rumor pump ahead of product announcements,…

The Galaxy Note 10 familyHistorically, when Galaxy Note time rolled around, Samsung has almost always focused on delivering a single device. That probably won't be the case this time though. If persistent rumors and leaks hold true, the company could reveal as many as three versions of the phone: the Galaxy Note 10, the Note…