John Locher/AP People in North America spent $53.3 billion on legal, medical, and illicit marijuana in 2016. That’s more cash than Americans blow in a year at McDonald’s and Starbucks combined. According to a new report from Arcview Market Research,…

Your smartphone will likely remain with you throughout the day—from the second you wake up in the morning to the moment you close your eyes at night. Various…

Anyone who knows The Office knows that Kevin Malone is serious about his chili. The character himself admitted it’s probably the thing he does best. So it’s an unspeakable tragedy when he spills an entire pot of it on the…

Mirai, the botnet that subverted thousands of poorly secured internet of things devices and set them to work on denial of service attacks, has been revealed to be the creation of a young developer who found that the black hat…

Teenage Engineering debuted its first trio of pocket-sized $59 synthesizers almost exactly two years ago. In 2016, the company followed those with a second set of three Pocket Operators featuring the sounds of the ’80s. Now the company is back…

Blockchain is an “important technology” given its potential impact on the global financial system, Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen said today. Yellen gave a speech at the Commonwealth Club, a US public affairs forum, and later took part in a question-and-answer…

You know those weird things you thought as a kid that make absolutely no sense now? Like the thoughts that were weirder and more personal than thinking Santa Claus was real or that there were monsters under your bed. Those…

If you’re having a hard time waking up on time in the morning, you might need to adjust your schedule to align with your sleep cycles. The closer you can line up with the 90-minute rule, the better. As the…

In the first episode of his famous TV series about space, “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage,” the late astronomer Carl Sagan wastes no time dramatically setting the stage. “The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean,” Sagan says.…