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Madagascar as seen from space. Image: NASA/Time Kopra An analysis of butchered animal bones suggests humans had somehow ventured to Madagascar by at least 10,000 years ago, which is 6,000 years earlier than previous evidence suggested. This means humans likely played a key role in the extinction of the island’s large animals. Humans lived on…

Graphic: Gizmodo (Apple) Apple’s iPhone XR is real. All that speculation about a new, “cheap” iPhone can finally come to an end. The device, and its perplexing name, got an official reveal on stage today at Apple’s fall product event. The iPhone XR will cost you at least $749—so long as you don’t mind the compromises…

Image: Sonitus A new communication device that is supposed to go inside military service members’ heads gives us a hint at the sort of technology a new Defense Department accelerator program is funding. Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter created the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) in 2015 with the mission of helping the military…

Image: Apple Apple’s keynote came and went today, confirming the rumors that we’ve got three new iPhones and two new Apple Watches on the way. But just because Apple made it official doesn’t mean that everything will be available right away. Here’s a rundown of when everything is actually going to land in people’s hands,…

A MQ-9 Reaper drone being flown during exercises at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, 2015.Photo: Isaac Brekken (Getty Images) The U.S. government wants to deploy MQ-9 Reaper drones to the border with Mexico as part of the Donald Trump administration’s ongoing and completely unnecessary militarization of the region, TYT Network reported on Wednesday. Yes,…

Image: Apple So Apple’s annual fall iPhone event has come and gone, and while the company introduced updates to its main iPhone and Apple Watch offerings, there was so much more we were expecting that simply didn’t make it. What happened to iPad Pros with FaceID, AirPods with wireless charging, or the long rumored affordable…

Photo: Don Ryan (AP) The Republican Party, and conservatives more generally, are upping their attacks on sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Google over unfounded claims of bias. To date, that’s included cooking up doctored evidence Google blacklisted Donald Trump’s speeches, a string of Trump tweets about fictitious censorship and non-existent “shadow bans,” xenophobic paranoia about Latino…

Apple introduced today at a press conference in Cupertino, a new generation of smart watches Apple Watch. Model called the Apple Watch Series 4 and performed in a frameless design. Due to the thin frames, the display size has increased by 35% and 32% (for a small and large version). The total volume decreased, as…

Analytics cloud service “ATOL Online” rental of offices to online stores, shared some statistics on sales of smartphones Apple. As it turned out, on the eve of the announcement of the new iPhone, the demand for the flagship model last year fell by 28% compared with the beginning of the second quarter of 2018, and…

In Russia can to change the law associated with copyright. About it told the Vice-Premier of the Russian Federation Maxim Akimov, the journalists of “Interfax”. In his opinion, it is necessary anti-piracy laws need to be improved because of the conflict between Google and rights holders. The relevant amendments can be submitted to the Duma…