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Intel is working to make smart cars safe from hackers

Alongside the plethora of useful features that smart cars offer is the ever-present threat of hackers. Security experts have been worrying about the threat that hackers pose to smart cars for years,...

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This wearable credit card is authenticated using your heartbeat

You can already use your fingerprint to authorize mobile payments with certain smartphones and some companies are working on alternative methods like facial recognition and retinal scanning, but a company by the...

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IBM spent $1 billion to boost Watson’s medical capabilities

Watson's medical capabilities got a significant boost late last week after IBM dropped $1 billion to acquire medical image company Merge Healthcare and combine its technology with Watson. Healthcare has always been...

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Yahoo’s e-commerce and social portfolio just got a massive boost

Just when we thought Yahoo's acqusition spree was coming to an end, the company announced that it has agreed to acquire a popular social shopping service known as Polyvore. The...

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Toshiba’s CEO has resigned in response to massive legal controversy

Inflating your operating profits is a big, BIG no-no from both a business and legal standpoint. This is something that the executives at Toshiba are learning the hard way after it came...

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Google broke Wall Street records earlier today

It's safe to say that today was an excellent day for Google, as the company added a whopping total of $52 billion in market capitalization just at the start of trading,...

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Facial recognition adoption is going to explode over the next decade

Facial recognition is rapidly increasing in popularity as the technology becomes more accessible and companies create more ways to use it. According to a report from Tractica, facial recognition adoption is going...

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Netflix is expanding into Southern Europe

Netflix has already conquered most of the Anglosphere and Latin America, and with its Asian expansion on the horizon, the company has decided to finish its European expansion. Starting later...

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Snapchat is looking for journalists to cover the 2016 presidential race

The next step in Snapchat's plan to become a news and entertainment hub, the company is now on the lookout for journalists who can cover the 2016 presidential race. Snapchat...

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Amazon is going to educate the cloud experts of the future

Amazon has as much reason to be concerned about the future of the cloud as any company, which is why it has launched a new program known as AWS Educate....

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Nokia is celebrating its 150th anniversary

From producing wood pulp, to rubber, to electricity, to telegraph cables, to industrial electronics, to telecommunications equipment, to being instrumental in making the mobile market what it is today, Nokia has...

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Windward has raised $10.8 million to track boats using satellites

It looks like we have yet another Israeli startup to keep our eyes on. Known as Windward, this Tel Aviv-based company provides maritime analytics and data using a product called MARINT,...

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