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Beats Music streaming music service arrives on the 21st

On January 21st, Beats Music will arrive on iOS, Android, Windows, and the web for a $9.99 monthly subscription. The service, originally known as Daisy, uses a combination of algorithms and...

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Defense bill makes it “next to impossible” for Russians to build GPS sites in the U.S.

The State Department hoped the building of satellite monitoring stations might soften tempers between the US and Russia, which have flared in the wake of asylum for Edward Snowden and...

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Apple reaches deal to sell iPhones through China Mobile

Apple, ending years of negotiations, struck a deal to sell the iPhone through China Mobile , giving both companies a means to fight declining share in the world’s largest wireless market....

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Smart-toys to keep you and your kids connected

Heard of Gauri Nanda? Yes, the brain behind the Clocky alarm clock that loves to be on motion. Nanda is now all set to give you a technology to send...

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China’s central bank warns financial institutions of Bitcoin risks

China central bank People’s Bank, Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and another three authorities in finance issued today a notice on Bitcoin, cautioning financial institutions and payments services against...

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Google’s next big project is robots, from the man that brought you Android

Not one to let Amazon get all the robots-are-our-future attention, Google's revealed that its already got plenty of projects underway, and they're headed up by Andy Rubin. Yep, the man who made...

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Big tech claims to be fighting the NSA

Thanks to the whistleblowing of Edward Snowden, the NSA has been revealed to be going after data through companies like Google and Facebook. Now, those companies are making efforts to...

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Technology has changed journalism forever

It doesn't really matter which side of the debate you're on. This is one of the most epic exchanges between journalists in recent years. Much of the speculation about the...

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Warrantless wiretaps are apparently okay to use in court

The government just doesn't like its own rules sometimes. When they get in the way, they simply move them aside. The Justice Department for the first time has notified a...

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Technology: the US government’s kryptonite

They try. They really do. President Obama has been arguably the most tech-friendly and tech-savvy president the country has ever seen. He cannot, by himself, turn a culture of backwards...

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Finally, a win against patent trolls

No, it's not the minor win of fighting back a patent troll. It's an overarching victory that could force patent trolls to have "skin in the game" if they lose,...

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Snowden claims his secret files never entered Russia

If Edward Snowden thinks there's a chance that he could be caught by the US government, he could face even more serious charges for bringing files into Russia than the...

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