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Burglary suspects butt-dial 911, record themselves commiting crime

Definitely one of the quickest ways to get arrested, accidentally butt-dialing 911 emergency services and recording a crime from start to finish landed two California men in jail last week.

All your most pressing Yumblr buy-out questions answered, Tumblr style

Tumblrers, we have new, purple overlords: That's right, Yahoo has bought Tumblr, and the acquisition could mean so many things. You're probably feeling all the feelings, so let's dive in and answer your most pressing Yumblr-related questions, with Tumblrspeak…

Leap Motion previews its gesture control capabilities with Windows 8

We're learning more about the capabilities of the Leap Motion controller today thanks to a video posted on the company's YouTube channel showcasing how the Leap controls the Windows environment.

Yahoo enlivens Flickr with a Pinterest-esque redesign and 1TB of space

Answering the call to make it awesome again, Yahoo unveiled a redesigned Flickr that's more photo centric. To lure users back, Yahoo is also offering 1TB of storage.

Student invents a way to fully charge a phone battery in one minute

A teenager created a means to charge cellphone batteries in less than one minute, earning her a large cash prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

LG plans to show off a flexible smartphone screen

At this year's Society for Information Displays, electronics manufacturer LG announced that it will debut a new, flexible smartphone display, which it says is impervious to shattering.