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Google releases Android L 64-bit preview for x86

The Android developer community has released an Android L emulator image specifically for Intel's x86 64-bit architecture. It will allow developers to build or optimize older apps for the upcoming Android...

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This solar cell doubles as a battery and stores its own electricity

Solar power has an efficiency problem. When the electrons move from the solar panel to the battery that stores them, about 20 percent of the energy is lost. But now,...

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Forget about 4K, Dell has announced a new 5K monitor

4K is so last week. Most of us haven't added one of those displays as part of our daily workflow yet, and Dell's 5K option is on the way. The...

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Sony’s Xperia Z3 lets you play PS4 games on your smartphone

Sony-loving PlayStation 4 owners have some fancy new toys to covet, with the announcement that the company’s freshly announced Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3 Compact, and Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact all...

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Flashing LED lights could help self-driving cars navigate better at night

When it comes to self-driving cars, I am quite sure that much more testing needs to be done, not to mention a whole lot of standardization being agreed upon before...

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Images of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 880 have been leaked online

It's been over a year since the launch of Nvidia's first GTX 700 series graphics cards, so in the usual yearly cycle of releases we should be expecting the launch...

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Mozilla has brought a few Firefox OS apps to Android

While we have heard much about Mozilla’s Firefox OS in recent times, perhaps it is time to shift the attention a wee bit and concentrate the proverbial spotlight on the...

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Sony develops a cassette tape capable of storing 185 TB of data

Stupid hipster 80s fetishism notwithstanding, cassette tapes don't get much love. That's a shame, because magnetic tape is still a surprisingly robust way to back up data. Especially now: Sony...

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Next-gen lightning protection uses lasers to redirect lightning

If there's one thing you should know about Engadget, it's that we absolutely love lasers. And thanks to the University of Arizona and University of Central Florida, our favorite pulsating form...

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Researchers from IBM and Microsoft create ‘unhackable’ encryption

We hear a lot about hacking these days: from the Target hack that affected over 100 million customers, to the Sony PlayStation Network hack that made international headlines. It just seems that no piece...

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University of Texas at Austin researchers develop one-way acoustic isolator

Stealth isn’t just something you learn in video games like Thief and Assassins Creed. In real-world applications, stealth is key for things like spying and military maneuvers. It’s no wonder then that technology...

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NASA to begin producing water on the Moon and oxygen on Mars by 2020

It has grown apparent to NASA scientists, if human beings are ever going to colonize the Moon or Mars, it begins with the vital production of water and oxygen. Mars,...

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