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How can Instagram be used to track climate change?

When I think of services that contribute to the betterment of mankind and help solve worldwide issues, Instagram is probably the last thing that I'd think of. However, the service...

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Hulu paid $180 million just so it could stream Seinfeld

Hulu is serious about streaming television shows. You wanna know how I know? The company just dropped $180 million to secure streaming rights for a single show. Now, to be...

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Old smartphones may be the future of the Internet of Things

If current technology trends are anything to go by, it's only a matter of time before everything you one becomes "smart," as well as many thing you don't own but still...

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More than 92 billion pounds of electronics are thrown out every year

Have you ever wondered what happens to that old iPhone you just replaced or that old computer monitor you just threw out? Well, they get tossed into e-waste dumping grounds...

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NASA wants to replace mirror-based telescopes with glitter-based ones

Few things are as essential to learning more about space than telescopes, and few things are as expensive. The current telescopes that feed us all of the images we get...

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John Deere is afraid people will pirate music through their cars…

I never know whether to laugh or cry when I hear all the crazy crap corporations come up with to justify trying to ensure that the people who buy their...

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Can propane help solve our battery problems? DARPA thinks so

In our technology-driven world, battery life is perhaps one of the biggest issues we face, and the military is no exception. With soldiers relying more and more on technology, batteries...

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RadioShack is auctioning off personal customer data

With its recent bankruptcy filing, it's to be expected that RadioShack close most of its stores and sell off the majority of its assets. However, while selling leases and trademarks...

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Electric cars can actually lower the temperature of your city

Urban heat islands, for those of you who aren't familiar, is where pollution from tons of people living together in a dense area, such as a major city, causes that...

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Does the world need another will.i.am smartwatch? Gucci thinks so

Not very many people actually want a smartwatch and even less want one that will.i.am made, but that hasn't stopped Gucci from collaborating with the rapper to produce his second smartwatch. Vogue wrote...

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Cities of the future may double as high-density solar farms

Solar power may be one of the most promising forms of renewable energy but the fact remains that the solar farms that generate all of this electricity are sprawling masses of...

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Microsoft is slimming down Windows 10 by several gigabytes

One of the issues that people had with Windows 8 devices was how bloated the operating system was which was especially noticeable in lower-end tablets where the operating system alone...

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