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Why did Facebook build a Boeing 737-sized solar-powered drone?

Facebook may have abandoned its attempts to bring affordable Internet access to the masses using special satellites, but now the company is trying to do the same thing using solar-powered drones instead. Known as...

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Google’s self-driving vehicle chief dismisses safety concerns

Self-driving vehicles don't need to be perfectly safe to be successful, they just need to safer than human drivers. Even so, concerns have been raised over the recent batch of...

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Tesla and Xiaomi top MIT’s list of the world’s smartest companies

The editors of MIT Technology Review have compiled a list of what they consider to be the smartest companies in the world right now, and unsurprisingly, technology companies dominate the...

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These implants could help us unlock the secrets of the human brain

What better way to map people's brains than to inject them with electronic implants?! Ok, so it's a bit more complicated than that, but deciphering brain signals and unlocking the...

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Amazon is investing in a future where robots replace human workers

Amazon doesn't plan on replacing human workers with robots anytime soon, but that's simply because technology hasn't progressed to the point where robots are as efficient as humans in many...

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Microsoft is creating HoloLens content in a holographic TV studio

Companies like Oculus VR and Samsung are betting big on virtual reality, but Microsoft is one of the only companies shooting for something even better: augmented reality. Instead of creating...

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Researchers may have just developed artificial photosynthesis

The sun is a natural source of energy for much of the life on our planet, and while we have ways of turning that energy into usable electricity, we've haven't...

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Simply using your smartphone could become a new type of password

Fingerprint scanning is great and all, but we're not done searching for an alternative to traditional passwords that's both easier to use and more secure. A new research project known...

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Facebook and Google explain why government backdoors are bad

Facebook and Google, as well as numerous other technology companies, have made it abundantly clear that they don't support the government's attempts to force companies to implement backdoors in their encryption....

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These students have developed a tool to kill Internet trolls in the womb

Internet trolls can turn an excellent website into an abuse-riddled mess that many people would sooner avoid, just ask Twitter. While many of the larger websites out there have legions...

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This startup wants to blend social networking and virtual reality

Social networks already act as a gateway for us to connect with new and old friends from anywhere in the world, but we're still limited to hanging out through screens....

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Amazon is having a competition to replace employees with robots

To Amazon, employees are simply placeholders for what will eventually be the perfect, utterly efficient robot that doesn't need to be paid or try to unionize. The company already has...

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