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Facebook is preparing to beam Internet service down to Africa

Eutelsat, a French satellite provider, has joined forces with Facebook to bring Internet access to a significant chunk of Sub-Saharan Africa. In partnership with Spacecom, an Israeli communications satellite operator, the two companies...

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Apparently the Xperia Z5 is waterproof so long as it never gets wet…

One of the Xperia's biggest selling points is the fact that it's extremely waterproof, at least as far as smartphone go, and the new Xperia Z5 is no exception. The...

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Baidu is entering the crowded virtual assistant market with Duer

It's only natural for the "Google of China" to follow in Google's footsteps, which is why it's not all that surprising that Baidu has unveiled its own virtual assistant that's...

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GoPro and Google have launched their virtual reality camera rig

It's been a few months since Google launched Jump, a virtual reality platform for creating and sharing content, as well as the wacky camera rig known as Odyssey that it co-designed with...

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Huawei’s new smartwatch is now available to pre-order

Months after Huawei first unveiled its new smartwatch at this year's Mobile World Congress, the Chinese company is finally making the device available to pre-order in the United States. Huawei...

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England is testing roads that can charge electric vehicles

Researchers have been trying to find a way to utilize roads for an environmentally-friendly purpose for a while now, and no, Solar Roadways doesn't count because it's not viable. What...

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Ultra HD (4K) Blu-ray discs will hit the market before Christmas

Blu-ray is one of the few reasons why discs are still a thing in today's digital world, and it's about to get a major upgrade. The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA)...

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A bug in Firefox allows hackers to steal files from your hard drive

Mozilla announced in a security-related blog post last night that a Firefox user in Russia has discovered a bug in the web browser that allows hackers to steal sensitive files...

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Facebook only lets famous people use its new live streaming service

Facebook is getting into the world of live-streaming in a rather unexpected way. Whereas Meerkat and Periscope allow anyone to start live streaming from their smartphone, Facebook's own live streaming...

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Facebook is taking a page out of Snapchat’s book with live events

Thanks in large part to companies like Snapchat and Twitter, live content has become one of the new big things in social media, and Facebook doesn't want to be left...

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