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Nike’s fitness app has evolved into a fitness platform

Nike must have been pretty confident when it decided to enter the world of health tracking hardware all by itself but the decision has clearly paid off. Now the company...

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Lyft launches a new $3.00 carpool option

Cheaper is always better, especially for things you pay for regularly, like transportation. That's why Lyft has introduced a new kind of discounted option for it ride-sharing service, known as...

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Netflix doesn’t care so much about net neutrality when it’s convenient

Few companies in the United States have been as vocal about their support of net neutrality as Netflix, probably due to the fact that the company would be affected far...

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California could be getting its first hyperloop test track soon

Elon Musk may have come up with hyperloop but it's unaffiliated organizations like Hyperloop Transportation Technologies that're bringing the revolutionary rapid transit technology to reality. The organization has revealed a plan...

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How the hell is Snapchat worth more than $19 billion?

Remember back when everyone thought Evan Spiegel was insane for turning down Facebook's $3 billion offer to acquire Snapchat? Well, I'm sure Spiegel is laughing as he counts the money that Snapchat...

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MIT found a way to make chips significantly faster

Chips are getting faster every year, as they've always done, but a team of researchers at MIT claims they may have found a way to make current multi-core chips FAR...

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Ethertronics wants to make in-home Wi-Fi issues a thing of the past

Wi-Fi is kind of weird. I can get perfect connection when I'm on the other side of the house but have terrible connection a room away from the router. I'm...

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Microsoft’s new system can classify images better than humans

Researchers from Microsoft claim to have developed a computer system that is actually better than humans at classifying images, which is no small feat. It has been estimated that humans...

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The Galaxy S6 could come with Microsoft apps pre-installed

The new Microsoft that CEO Satya Nadella is creating is one that brings its apps and services to other platforms, not just Windows, which is a big change from what...

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Google wants to make it free to use certain apps on data plans

As part of Facebook's Internet.org initiative, the company offers its service to users in developing countries for free, meaning they can access them using their mobile data but don't have to pay for...

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Take a look at Xiaomi’s Android-powered Mi TV

Xiaomi announced last year that it intends to pour around $1 billion into video content in the months to come and is starting things off the Mi Box, a streaming device that...

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Facebook has formed an online cyber defense coalition

Facebook has launched a new collaborative threat-detection framework known as ThreatExchange that collects data from various partners on the hacks and other malicious activities that they've experienced. ThreatExchange then works to utilize all...

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