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Elon Musk wants to have humans on Mars within a decade

Elon Musk is nothing if not ambitious, especially when it comes to the future of space. At a startup festival in Hong Kong on Tuesday, the SpaceX CEO said that he'll...

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Lyft’s partnership with Waze could give it an edge over Uber

Google hasn't done much with Waze since it acquired the crowd-sourced navigation app back in 2013, but it looks like that's about to change. On Tuesday, Waze announced on its official...

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Snapchat may support audio and video calling in the future

Snapchat may be popular, but the company is struggling to make money through advertisements. It's been searching for a new source of revenue for months, including additional photo lenses and sponsored photo...

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WhatsApp might start sharing your information with Facebook

It was only a matter of time before WhatsApp started sharing user information with Facebook, despite how much the company tried to assure us that this would never happen when...

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Facebook’s new in-app browser might give Chrome a run for its money

The people in charge of Facebook's mobile services seem to have this mindset where, if the user has closed out the app and moved on to something else, the they've...

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This app could completely replace checkouts at supermarkets

Whether it's to avoid long checkout lines, or just avoid interacting with another human being, many people prefer to use the self-checkout counter when they go shopping, but the machines there...

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Google Maps can predict where you want to go before you tell it

There are times when Google genuinely creeps me out because of how good it is at predicting what I want, and it's about to get a hell of a lot creepier. I...

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Mihaibao is helping Western companies reach Chinese consumers

Western companies have always found it difficult to tap into China's vast consumer base, but many of them keep trying because of how lucrative the Chinese market is. The problem...

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ProPublica is the first major news website to arrive on the Dark Web

ProPublica has become the first major news website in the world to release a version of its website that's optimized for the Dark Web. Although the Dark Web has a...

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It looks like America’s drone registry will be public and fully searchable

One of the biggest questions people have had about America's upcoming drone registry is whether or not the personal information that's given to the government as part of the registration...

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Facebook’s annual Year in Review will let you filter out bad memories

With the end of the year fast approaching, it's time for Facebook to launch its annual Year in Review tool, which recaps all of your highlights throughout 2015, so long...

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Facebook is testing a new feature that could annihilate Yelp

Facebook isn't the kind of company you want encroaching on your territory, especially when you're Yelp. The social network is in an excellent position to completely annihilate Yelp, and it looks like...

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