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Jet.com just abandoned its annual $49.99 membership fee

Amazon may have some serious competition from domestic companies in Asia, but here in the West, the only company that really stands a chance is Jet.com. The e-commerce startup finally...

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Apple just won an important patent case against Samsung

I can't imagine a world in which Apple and Samsung aren't embroiled in a bunch of legal battles with each other, but at least this world now has one less case to worry about....

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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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