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KEY FEATURES Dual-core 1.3GHz Apple A6 processor 16/32GB storage iOS 7 4-inch 1,136 x 640 pixel IPS screen 8-megapixel camera with LED flash Manufacturer: Apple Review Price: £469.99 WHAT IS THE IPHONE 5C? The iPhone 5C is a cheaper alternative to the iPhone 5S and marks the first time that...

Reviews, What scientists are calling a "game changer" for society has been discovered deep in Tanzania's Rift Valley: a massive helium gas field with enough of the precious commodity to fill more than 1.2 million MRI scanners, Phys.org reports. Besides the sheer amount of gas, the discovery...

The Google internet homepage is displayed on a product at a store in London, Britain January 23, 2016. Fact of life, though CEO Sundar Pichai says otherwise, rumors suggest Google is prepping its own branded smartphone. According to The Telegraph, Google is in discussions with mobile operators...

A laptop running Windows 10 Fact of life, a California travel agent has won $10,000 from Microsoft after she says her computer attempted to download Windows 10, then became unusable. Teri Goldstein says she called Microsoft's technical support, read support forums, and visited a Microsoft store...

Reviews, the Federal Aviation Administration has published its regulations for small drones, a key move toward integrating commercial use of the technology into America’s airspace. The Small Unmanned Aircraft Rule (Part 107) was finalized by the FAA and Department of Transportation on June 21...

Reviews, Earth's nearest neighbor undergoes climate change as well, and the Red Planet is much easier to understand, making it a perfect laboratory for studying how climate change works here, the Los Angeles Times reports. "Mars, without oceans and without biology, is a more simple laboratory...

How many times have you clicked a video game reviews or a link and then waited… and waited? You can't know for sure if it’s your gadget, your Wi-Fi or the website that's holding up progress. All too often, the fault is your Wi-Fi signal. A weak Wi-Fi signal limits the range, slows your speed...

Remember those terrible photos you posted on Myspace 10 years ago? Well, Reviews Myspace does -– and they might send you some to refresh your memory. The company is emailing former members their old, embarrassing snapshots in an attempt to lure them back to the social network, popular in the...

Reviews, reports that the capital’s intellectual property regulator has accused Apple of infringing design patents for a Chinese. Beijing has ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in China’s capital, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The city’s intellectual...

Reviews, when Facebook was revealed to have been experimenting on the emotional state of 700,000 of its users back in June 2014, many were outraged that the company had violated ethical guidelines and “harmed” its users. The fallout of that “emotional contagion study” haunts Facebook’s reputation...

The U.S. robotics expert tapped to head Toyota's Silicon Valley research company says the $1 billion investment by the giant Japanese automaker will start showing results within five years. Gill Pratt told reporters that the Toyota Research Institute is also looking ahead into the distant future...

Reviews the Latest on extreme heat hitting parts of the Southwest U.S. (all times local): 4:40 p.m. People in Southern California are posting competing photos on Facebook and Instagram of their soaring thermometers as the last day of spring brought summerlike temperatures. The National Weather...

Reviews Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, have chosen their first major investment as part of a charitable endeavor set up to give away 99 percent of their Facebook fortune. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative led a $24 million funding round this week into Andela, a start-up dedicated...

Driverless trucks will be safer and cheaper than their human-controlled counterparts, but that doesn’t mean America’s 3.5 million professional truck drivers are giving up to the machines without a fight. Get another topic click here animals for kids  Across the US, truckers collectively...

Reviews:"You can remove almost all apps that come pre-installed on iPhone and iPad, set a wake alarm and change your file system (if you’re so inclined)" Monday’s keynote at Apple’s worldwide developers conference was fairly packed. The company’s various executives spoke for two hours about...

Reviews: Projects to install undersea cables from US to Spain would ensure fast enough connectivity for tech companies’ virtual reality and live video services Facebook and Microsoft are going underwater. The two technology companies announced on Thursday they are to install an undersea cable...

Reviews, company announces partnership with Kind Financial, a Los Angeles firm that sells computer systems to governments that track legalized marijuana sales Microsoft, the famously conservative company best-known for producing office software like Windows, has taken the unexpected step of...

Reviews, last year at E3, virtual reality tech became a dominant presence in the electronic entertainment industry’s largest show. During this year’s convention, the VR arms race was out in full force. Facebook’s Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive, two of the most popular and widely available VR...