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ALL DEALS 
January 18, 2017 Taking Cybersecurity Seriously Could Save Your Business – or Even a Life! (Watch)
St. Jude Pacemakers Updated After Flaw Made Them Vulnerable To Hackers Volkswagen Pleads Guilty To Criminal Charges In Emissions Scandal 200 Dogs And Puppies Rescued From Dog Meat Farm In South Korea Scientists Upgrading Very Large Telescope To Search For Exoplanets If your business uses technology of almost any kind, you could be vulnerable to […]
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ELECTRONICS 
January 10, 2017 Nexus 9 Could Be an Android Rival for iPad
Google and HTC are challenging Apple’s iconic iPad with a new Android tablet of their own. The 8.9-inch Nexus 9 will be available starting on Nov. 3. The display size makes the new device just slightly larger than the comparable iPad Air 2 and its predecessor the iPad. The new device is the latest in […]
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COMPUTERS 
January 10, 2017 New Samsung Chip Could Make Your Phone Faster Than Your Laptop
Samsung is set to make mobile devices bigger, faster, and more brilliant in the very near future. The company announced that it has begun mass production on the very first 8-gigabit LPDDR4 Mobile DRAM mobile memory module. The new chip marks a new benchmark for mobile devices aimed at being the best. In fact, Samsung’s innovation […]
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NEWS 
December 31, 2016 Could Business Meetings of the Future Be in Virtual Reality?
A new offering from virtual reality company Oculus, now owned by Facebook, could have interesting implications for small businesses. Oculus Rooms and Parties are new features for Gear VR users. They’ll also be available on Oculus Rift devices in 2017. Parties are essentially group voice calls that take place in virtual reality. You can add […]
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December 9, 2016 Why Last Night’s Monday Night Football Game Could Be Huge for the NFL (Watch)
On Monday night, the Oakland Raiders and Houston Texans faced off for the NFL’s weekly Monday Night Football game. The game took place at Mexico City’s famed Estadio Azteca and was only the second regular season — games that count — NFL contest held in Mexico. The game was certainly historic for the league. But […]
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COMPUTERS 
December 5, 2016 Samsung Digital Payment System Could Rival Apple Pay
Credit card companies, banks, retail stores and e-merchants are lining up to accept Apple Pay. Now, Apple’s chief competition in the smartphone arena may be on the verge of its own mobile payment system. Samsung has reportedly been talking with the startup company LoopPay to develop a rival to Apple Pay. If this were to […]
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ELECTRONICS 
November 27, 2016 Hackers Could Use Your Headphones to Eavesdrop on You
HIGHLIGHTS This hack was demoed by researchers from the Ben Gurion University It turns headphones into covert listening devices This hack is possible due to a lesser-known RealTek audio chip feature There have been many loopholes reported in smartphones and PCs that could potentially make it susceptible to attacks by unethical hackers. The latest loophole […]
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ELECTRONICS 
November 2, 2016 What if Your Clothes Could Charge Your Smartphone?
What if you could charge your smartphone just by wearing your favorite outfit? It seems far-fetched, but it might not be as far off as you think. Dutch fashion designer Pauline van Dongen has created an interesting fusion of fashion, environmentalism and connectivity. Her startup, Wearable Solar, has developed a prototype for a solar powered […]
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CLOTHING 
October 17, 2016 Wearable Robots Could Be a Reality Soon
Wearable Robots Could Be a Reality Soon Researchers are developing a robotic fabric that moves and contracts and is embedded with sensors, an approach that may lead to “active clothing” and a new class of “soft” robots. Such an elastic technology could make possible robots that have sensory skin, stretchable robotic garments that people might […]
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ELECTRONICS 
October 16, 2016 Samsung Could Face Second Recall as US Probes Burnt Galaxy Note 7
HIGHLIGHTS Second recall likely if replacement Galaxy Note 7 fire report confirmed Company’s earnings rose at the slowest pace in five quarters Owner of the phone involved in the incident said device was a replacement Samsung could face an unusual second recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones if one that caught fire aboard an […]
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CLOTHING 
October 5, 2016 New Plastic Clothing Material Could Keep People Cool: Study
New Plastic Clothing Material Could Keep People Cool: Study American researchers have created a low-cost textile made of a plastic base that could cool the body when woven into clothing. The engineers suggested in the US journal Science that the textile could become a way to keep people living in hot climates cool without using […]
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NEWS 
September 4, 2016 Uber Faces Competition From Google’s Waze, But Could There Be Room for Both Services? (Watch)
Google is trying to cut into Uber’s Bay Area business. But its offering is just a bit different. First of all, Google is offering the service through Waze, a popular traffic app among commuters and a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet. Secondly, instead of focusing on offering rides on demand, the service will allow […]
