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News

Sorry, Y’All—Humanity’s Nearing an Upgrade to Irrelevance

Five Tiny Ways Nano-Science will Change Our Lives

UPS launches an autonomous drone from a delivery truck

Toyota Building a Hydrogen Powered Utopia

Suicide Robot Boat Blamed for Attack on Warship

Bite of the Apple

Report: Apple launching four new iPads in March

iPhone 8 Will Include ‘Revolutionary’ Front Camera With 3D Sensing Abilities

New Touchscreen for ‘Apple Watch Series 3’ Said to Enter Production Later This Year

Apple’s spaceship campus will open in April as ‘Apple Park’

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SOLAR DREAM CATAMARAN

FLTER SECURE ROUTER

SCRUBBA LAUNDRY WASHING BAG

Netflix’s Mystery Science Theater revival will be out in April

Weird Science

Pluto’s planetary purgatory may soon come to an end

News

IBM’s hub for wearables could shorten your hospital stay

Weather app works even when disaster takes out the network

Get Ready for Your Computer to be Taken Hostage

Bite of the Apple

Rumor: Apple to release 5-inch iPhone 8 model, may sell wireless charging technology separately

New Mac malware pinned on same Russian group blamed for election hacks

Many Apple Watch Models ‘Sold Out’ Ahead of Possible Spring Band Refresh

iPhone 8 to Feature 5.8-Inch OLED Display With 5.15-Inch Main Screen and Virtual Buttons Below

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Google Assistant can share your personal info in Allo chats

Microsoft will unveil Xbox Project Scorpio on June 11th

Microsoft drone simulator helps you prevent real-world crashes

Weird Science

Accidental Creation of a New Material That can Capture Water from Air

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News

How to Keep Amazon Echo and Google Home From Responding to Your TV

Amazon’s cashier-free Go stores may only need six human employees

New experiments harness satellite communications for wireless networks, show fiber-class speeds in results

U.S. Visitors May Have to Hand Over Social Media Passwords: DHS

The Next Big Blue-Collar Job Is Coding

Beware: Most Mobile VPNs Aren’t as Safe as They Seem

House Republicans Just Voted to Eliminate the Only Federal Agency That Makes Sure Voting Machines Can’t Be Hacked

Trump’s FCC Is Quietly Gutting Efforts To Keep The Internet Affordable

How Net Neutrality could get reversed (and what that means to you)

Bite of the Apple

Rumor: Apple could start production of iPhone 8 earlier than expected

The 2017 iPhone Could Cost Upwards of $1,000

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IKEA to launch hackable, open-platform sofa that transforms with your needs

BLACKPODS AIRPODS

Best Buy is closing nearly half its Oculus VR demo stations, reportedly due to slow performance

What The Reviews Have To Say About FX’s New X-Men Show ‘Legion’

Weird Science

NASA Has Finally Built a Computer Chip To Survive on Venus

News

Tech sector bosses decry Trump immigration order on Muslim countries

Airbus is about to build a self-flying taxi

Charter’s Spectrum sued for slow internet speeds

Walmart kills its Amazon Prime-style shipping service

The Numbers Don’t Lie: Self-Driving Cars Are Getting Good

Bite of the Apple

iPhone 7 Plus is Most Popular ‘Plus’ Model Apple Has Released

Apple and Zeiss working together on augmented reality optics.

LG 5K display must be kept at least 2 meters away from Wi-Fi routers

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GITA CARGO CARRYING ROBOT

MIT Made a Wearable That Knows How a Conversation’s Going

CAFE X COFFEE ROBOT

Weird Science

Spill-Proof Cups Aren’t Magic. They’re Physics!

Japan’s high-tech space junk collector might already be broken

News

Tesla’s New ‘Autopilot’ Is Just the Start of a Critical Reboot

President Trump Reportedly Still Using His Favorite Unsecured Cellphone [Updated]

Samsung Finally Reveals Why the Note 7 Kept Exploding

Kaspersky Lab’s top investigator reportedly arrested in treason probe

Trump Staffers Are Reportedly Using Private Email Accounts

Android Malware Secretly Downloads and Purchases Apps from Google Play Store

Bite of the Apple

APFS is coming soon: iOS 10.3 will automatically upgrade your filesystem

Uncovered iOS 10.3 beta code hints at floating one-handed keyboard feature in the works for iPad owners

Rumor: iPhone 8 to receive OLED display, updated 3D Touch sensor hardware

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Iconic British Phone Booths Turned into Office Pods

Amazon now has over 250 Dash Buttons for easy ordering

LOFREE KEYBOARD

Weird Science

Curiosity Finds An(other) Alien Visitor on Mars

New Measurements of the Universe Expanding Tell a Confusing Story