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Facebook’s new Shopping section could spell trouble for Amazon

Whether you're on your computer or your smartphone, Facebook wants to be the digital hub where you spend most of your time, the nexus where you can access all of the most...

Ancestry.com wants to use DNA to estimate people’s risk of disease

Ancestry.com has spent the last two decades reading people DNA in order to help them learn about their family history, but now it wants to find a more constructive way to use...

Pepsi has confirmed that it’s working on its own smartphone

I wouldn't blame you for dismissing the rumor that Pepsi is working on its own smartphone, or even the recent report that gave us the alleged device's price and specs, but...

Singapore wants to start testing self-driving buses on its roads

Whether it's implementing nation-wide Internet of Things systems, or testing out drone-based deliveries for its postal service, Singapore has proven time and time again that it's not afraid to embrace emerging technologies. Not even its...

Xiaomi has started teasing a big announcement event next week

It looks like our waiting may finally be coming to an end. Teasers for a big Xiaomi product announcement event have started popping up on Chinese social media, and even...

Acer hopes Windows 10 will be enough to save it, but it won’t be

I highly doubt that embracing Windows 10 will be able to save Acer, especially now that the company has pretty much faded into insignificance, but that's not stopping it from trying....

Instacart has formed a game-changing food startup partnership

There are a bunch of services out there that send you everything you need to make a home-cooked meal, from easy to understand recipes to perfectly measured ingredients, and they're great. The...

Japan is bringing GPS satellite accuracy to the next level

The fact that modern GPS satellites are accurate to within about 11-12 feet is already really impressive, but that margin of error is still wide enough to occasionally cause problems in dense urban areas,...

Qualcomm has decided to abandon the augmented reality market

Vuforia isn't a name that many people are familiar with, but it's the most popular augmented reality platform on the market at the moment, and it has a new owner. Qualcomm was the original owner,...

ZTE has announced the ZTE Axon Mini

After seeing how successful the OnePlus One was, companies like Motorola and ZTE decided to release their own high-end smartphones with mid-range prices, and it's definitely paying off. The ZTE...

Dell is acquiring EMC in a record-breaking $67 billion deal

It looks like those rumors from last week were true, as Dell has announced that it'll be acquiring EMC in what's going to be the biggest business deal in the...

NASA is allowing startups to use its patents for free

You'd be surprised how many products that we see and use everyday actually utilize technology that was developed by NASA, such as memory foam mattresses and non-stick pans, through patent licensing deals....