Democrats lined up their heaviest hitters Wednesday as President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, VP candidate Tim Kaine and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg took turns at the podium to support Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and express disdain for Donald Trump, her Republican rival. If reaction on Twitter is any indication, they …

An online activist group is petitioning to keep Donald Trump out of security briefings after the Republican presidential candidate said he hopes Russian hackers get into rival candidate Hillary Clinton’s email. Credo Action is seeking 75,000 signatures urging national intelligence Director James Clapper to not allow Trump to be privy to classified information after Trump said Wednesday he wishes Russia …

An impressive Lego set inspired by five notable female NASA pioneers could become a reality if it gets enough votes on the Lego Ideas site. The deputy editor of MIT News, Maia Weinstock, submitted the proposed set to Lego Ideas. It needs 10,000 votes to be considered for production by the official Lego team. Currently, the project has just over …

Over the course of an hour or so, I’m likely to get dozens of notifications — several messages from different Slack groups, a few Hangouts messages, maybe some messages or notifications on Facebook, Twitter mentions, an SMS or two and some emails. That’s a lot to keep up with, and it forces you to constantly juggle several applications just to …

Sunshine is great, but let’s face it…summer can be the pits. And if you want to protect your pits from summer, a Japanese company has a quirky solution. The Thanko Electric Armpit Clip-on Cooler Fan is a 30-gram (1-ounce) clip-on fan that attaches itself to the front buttons or the short sleeve of a shirt, blowing cool air to the …

Doctors and medical students — or people who just want to watch anything in virtual reality — will be able to immerse themselves in a live surgery tomorrow. Giblib, an online platform for surgeons to share medical lectures and surgical videos, will live stream a hernia operation using 360fly’s 360-degree 4K camera on July 28 at 11 a.m. PT. The …

It appears Samsung’s Galaxy S7 is still the phone to beat. The world’s largest smartphone maker on Wednesday reported its strongest earnings in two years, fueled in part by sales of Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. Samsung said net income rose 2 percent year over year to 5.85 trillion won ($5.1 billion) for the three-month period ending June 30. Analysts …

Now playing: Watch this: Password manager LastPass fixes security flaw 1:46 Editor’s note: This story has been updated with news of LastPass fixing the hole. See below. Turns out even LastPass, a service promoted as a password “vault,” might be putting its users at risk of being hacked. A security researcher with an established record of tracking down security flaws …

Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come to lip-sync for your life! RuPaul is hitting Stan with a vengeance this month, ready to take down all the basic b*tches of the world and get them to lift their game in “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and the game show “Gay For Play.” Now is the time to binge on Jinx Monsoon and …

Now playing: Watch this: Top 5 Pokemon Go tips everyone should know 2:31 Want to take your Pokemon Go game to the next level? There are maps, apps and websites that can help. While some may consider using these extras cheating, they can help you find Pokemon faster, uncover the best PokeStops and more to help you become the PokeMaster …