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Windows 10 is available as a free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8.1 users, with its development guided by feedback from millions of early testers, which resulted in some unpopular features being ditched in favor of a few very welcome improvements and returns.

A team of scientists at Arizona State University has developed a laser that can produce white light that is brighter and more efficient than LEDs and could find applications in lighting and other fields.

It's early, you're tired, the camp fire is cold, and dragging yourself out of your sleeping bag isn't an attractive proposition. The Evrgrn Crash Sack can be worn as a cozy puffer jacket ... so you don't have to.

In creating a new map of the Milky Way as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), a international group of scientists recently discovered that around 30 percent of the stars in our galaxy have moved into a totally new orbit from where they began life.

As our only defense against harmful solar winds, the Earth's magnetic field is crucial to life on the planet. And now a new analysis of ancient zircon minerals in Western Australia suggests that the field originated at least 4.2 billion years ago – much earlier than previously thought.

In its quest to connect all corners of the globe, Facebook has completed the first full-scale model of its internet-broadcasting drone. Dubbed Aquila, the solar-powered aircraft is made to fly for months at a time and has a wingspan equal to that of a Boeing 737, yet weighs less than a car.

Monterey is where the big money comes out to play in the collectible car market with more million dollar cars sold here than anywhere else. This week the record books look certain to be rewritten once more with 135 cars carrying million dollar estimates.

Laser engineers in Japan claim to have set a new record for firing the world's most powerful laser, with a peak power equal to a thousand times total world energy consumption. It conjures images of a real-life "Death Star" laser, but could actually help unlock the mysteries of the universe.

DJI's flagship prosumer camera drone is an amazing piece of aerial camera gear. But is it perfect? No - and not by a long way. There's some pretty clear areas for improvement, even if the Phantom 3 Professional is still miles ahead of the competition.

The residents of New York's South Bronx suffer from relatively high levels of diabetes, childhood asthma and pedestrian injuries. A new initiative called the Haven Project is planning to use green open spaces to combat these issues.

UK supermarket Tesco says it will update the voice and phrases of its self-service checkouts. This, in itself, is nothing notable, but the reasoning behind it tilts at a broader issue: how we expect computers and robots to address us. Tesco's opinion? We don't want them bossing us around.

The government of the island nation of Sri Lanka has just announced a partnership with Google that will bring affordable high-speed internet access to every inch of the country using the company's Project Loon balloons.