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China is still cracking down hard on VPN services

VPNs are used for much more than bypassing regional Netflix restrictions. In countries where free speech is obstructed by censorship, VPNs are an invaluable tool for people who want to...

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SleepSense automatically turns off your TV when you fall alseep

I'm one of the many people who likes to fall asleep while watching TV, which is fine by itself, but the fact that the TV remains on while I'm asleep...

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The world’s top tech companies have formed an open media alliance

Tech companies have made their hatred of closed video formats very clear, especially the kind that require the companies to pay royalties to patent holders. That's why many of these...

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Apple and Cisco are teaming up to create a Fast Lane for iOS users

Apple may have programmed hundreds of millions of consumers to throw money at it whenever it releases a new gadget, but the company has always struggled to sell its products to enterprise customers. In order...

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Facebook is cracking down on stolen videos

It's easy to ignore stolen videos being posted to your website when the people that they belong to are just regular users, but now that Facebook has become one of...

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Garrett Camp is taking control of StumbleUpon once again

After co-founding StumbleUpon more than a decade ago, Garrett Camp served as the company's CEO from 2001 to 2012, even while the company was under the control of eBay before being bought...

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Alibaba is bringing artificial intelligence to the cloud

Alibaba's cloud computing division, known as Aliyun, has announced that it's launching China's first artificial intelligence platform. Currently going by the name of DT PAI, this new platform uses Alibaba's own...

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Mozilla wants to bring Chrome extensions over to Firefox

I would argue that Firefox's selection of add-ons is the best of any web browser, but many would understandably disagree. Although developing Firefox add-ons allows you to access more of...

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Snapdeal received $500 million from Asia’s top tech companies

It's common for people to focus so much on China's growth that they forget about India, but the country is becoming much harder to ignore, especially where e-commerce is concerned. The...

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Mozilla is testing out a truly private browsing mode for Firefox

One area where Firefox has always been a market leader is privacy, no other web browser comes close to achieving the same level of privacy options and extension, not to mention...

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Uber’s business in India may soon overtake its American operations

America has a ton of people, but India has more, and they're also less likely to own cars. That's why Uber expects its ride-sharing business in India to overtake its...

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Opera has acquired Bemobi, a Netflix-like service for premium apps

Opera has found most of its success in developing nations these past few years and the company intends to embrace that rather than trying to compete directly with the likes...

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