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Snapchat Stories Are Coming To The Web Thanks To New ‘Stories Everywhere’ Feature

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  Apparently, Snap Inc. wants to offer people the ability to share content beyond the Snapchat app, so it's developing a feature called

The Truth About Those 'Alien Alloys' in The NY Times UFO Story

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What to make of a Las Vegas building full of unidentified alloys? The New York Times published a

Apple Gives Tim Cook A Big Raise, Requires CEO To Fly Private

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Apple shareholders are apparently satisfied with the overwhelming success of the  iPhone X . Tim Cook gets a substantial pay raise and

The Brains and Body of a Robot (Robot part 2)

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                                                   Robots are an essential part of technology today . However, most people overlook the similarities robots have with humans, in terms of a control  center  

Cellphone Guidelines Won't Harm, But They Probably Won't Help Either

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There's no harm in following California's new cellphone guidelines detailing how to

Virgin Hyperloop One Sets New Speed Record

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The team behind the Virgin Hyperloop One startup announced their latest

22 Tricks That Will Turn You Into A Keyboard Ninja

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Sometimes working fast is a necessity to get your work done on time. It’s not necessarily a necessity

Social Media or Social Disease?

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    Is social media evolving into an antisocial medium? Days after one of its former execs argued that the answer is yes, Facebook published a post addressing

Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on February 15

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Google is going to start blocking certain ads in Chrome, the company announced earlier this year. But now we know exactly when: February 15, 2018 (via VentureBeat ) is the go-live date provided by the company for introduction of its

Bugatti Chiron bites the dust as Koenigsegg’s Agera RS smashes its world record

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    The world record by Bugatti Chiron which was applauded by millions has now been crushed into million pieces by Koenigsegg's Agera RS.  Apart from beating Chiron on road, Agera RS beats Bugatti on being

Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Phones Debut With Dual Selfie Cameras

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Samsung announced its first smartphones with dual front cameras, introducing the new Galaxy A8 and Galaxy A8+ (2018). Both handsets sport a sleek design with

Star Wars Physics: Could the 'Force' Actually Exist?

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  As "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" opens in theaters and its heroine Rey seeks to learn the ways of the Force from an aged and isolated Luke Skywalker, it raises some

Samsung launches the world’s biggest curved monitor at Rs 1,50,000 in India

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  The monitor packs in High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology which offers greater contrast, spectacular depth and range to the colour, allowing dark areas to app

Best Smartphones Of 2017

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The 10 Best Smartphones of 2017   Buying a new smartphone now seems like the most intimate of purchase decisions, as your new device will accompany you almost everywhere until you lose it, break it or get

Samsung Galaxy S9 Will Reportedly Sport 3,200 mAh Battery

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  A reported source from the manufacturing factory in China leaked details about the Samsung Galaxy S9. The new handset will apparently be powered by a 3,

Honda Gives Insight A Shot Again: Prototype To Be Unveiled At The 2018 Detroit Auto Show

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The 2019 Honda Insight will hit the road soon and a prototype is primed for preview at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show in January. It will be Honda's lates

Top 20 Apps Of The Year According To Apple

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  Apple on Thursday released its year-end list of top US apps for iPhones and iPads. The apps Apple chose are

INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY (Part 1)

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Robotics technology consists of the devices, components, designs, and programming that have gone into development of robots as we

Coinbase is investigating claims of insider trading from its Bitcoin Cash launch

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Coinbase is investigating whether its employees took advantage of inside knowledge to profit on the launch of bitcoin

Instagram launches an alpha testing program on iOS and Android

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Are you an early adopter? Okay, but are you a really early adopter who likes to test new, experimental things even if it means you’ll experience crashes and bugs? Then you may be interested to know that Instagram has

BlackBerry's latest smartphone will satisfy workaholics and BlackBerry fans, but no one else

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It's a fantastic tool for people who put productivity first, but it doesn't really shine anywhere else.     BlackBerry isn't a top player in the smartphone landscape anymore, and it hasn't been for quite some time. However, unlike Nokia, it hasn't completely disappeared; it just maintained a retrenched, low-key profile, and kept making devices that some people chose either for security reasons, their need for a productivity-

How Netflix is trying to rewrite movie marketing with Bright

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Any doubts about whether Netflix has effectively established itself as part of the Hollywood community vanish immediately upon stepping into the company’s Los Angeles offices.

Six Tips for Buying a Laptop

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Whether you're writing a term paper, teaching a class, organizing a research project or just surfing the web, you need the right laptop to suit your needs and budget. At first glance, the laptop shopping process may seem confusi

Record Breaker! 8th Alien Planet Found Around Distant Star

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Our solar system is not alone atop the planet-harboring heap anymore. Scientists have discovered another world orbiting the star Kepler-90, bringing that system's tally of confirmed planets to eight — the same number as in Earth's solar system (at least according to the

China's 'Rejuvenation' Bullet Trains Are the World's Fastest

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China's new "Rejuvenation" bullet trains can reach maximum speeds of about 250 mph (400 km/h). China was once home to the world's fastest trains,

Will Your Solar Eclipse Glasses Still Be Safe to Use in 2024?

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Wear and tear can damage lenses in disposable eclipse glasses, making them unsafe to use.   The 2017 total solar eclipse has come and gone, but another one is less than a decade away for North America.

Brain-Like Neural Networks Study Space-Time Distortions at Breakneck Speed

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For the first time, researchers have used neural networks to analyze gravitational lenses, characterizing the distortions in space-time 10 million times faster than traditional methods can do so.

13 things drones are doing besides flying around your yard

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            1. Racing at high speed In a way, racing is perhaps the most logical and closest relative to the “just flying around” activity. The competi