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FBI: Hillary Clinton shouldn't be charged over private emails (updated)

FBI: Hillary Clinton shouldn't be charged over private emails (updated)

Days after presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton spent a few hours speaking with FBI investigators about her emails, director James Comey provided an update. [Read more...]
Samsung won me with VR but is losing me with updates

Samsung won me with VR but is losing me with updates

I want to get a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, I really do. I like my Galaxy S6 Edge, with its striking curved screen, and the new model improves on it in nearly every way. [Read more...]
Huawei confirms that smartphone cameras still aren't DSLRs

Huawei confirms that smartphone cameras still aren't DSLRs

It's not the camera, it's the photographer, right? Actually, sometimes it's both, as Huawei just proved. [Read more...]
Apple will use the iPhone to encourage new organ donors

Apple will use the iPhone to encourage new organ donors

Apple CEO Tim Cook knows firsthand the agony of watching a close friend wait for an organ transplant, so his company is doing something to help ease the shortage. [Read more...]
National Geographic won't 'cheat' with digital photos

National Geographic won't 'cheat' with digital photos

There's been a backlash against digitally manipulated photos in the media, and frequently for good reasons: heavily edited shots set unrealistic expectations at best, and are outright misleading at worst. [Read more...]
China finished the world's largest single-aperture telescope

China finished the world's largest single-aperture telescope

For the past 53 years, Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory has been the king of radio telescopes. [Read more...]
Juno has begun its tour of Jupiter after a five-year journey

Juno has begun its tour of Jupiter after a five-year journey

Juno's five-year journey has come to an end, and soon, it will start taking measurements and capturing images of the largest planet in our solar system. [Read more...]

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Monday, 4 July 2016

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Solar road technology comes to Route 66

Solar road technology comes to Route 66

Solar Roadways' dreams of sunlight-gathering paths are one step closer to taking shape. Missouri's Department of Transportation is aiming to install a test version of the startup's solar road tiles in a sidewalk at the Historic Route 66 Welcome Center in Conway. [Read more...]
Cancer patient receives a 3D-printed jaw

Cancer patient receives a 3D-printed jaw

If you lose your lower jaw to cancer, you don't have many options for prosthetics. At that size, traditional clay is so heavy and unwieldy that you can only wear it for a few hours at a time. [Read more...]
Regenerative tooth fillings could put an end to root canals

Regenerative tooth fillings could put an end to root canals

You really don't want a root canal, and not just because it's potentially painful. Emptying the tooth of the infected tissue at its heart potentially weakens it, since you can't grow that organic material back or put toxic fillings in its place. [Read more...]
Six months with the Steam Controller

Six months with the Steam Controller

The gentle whine of the haptics, the new rumble support, those inner paddles that make toggling run and crouch so easy ... [Read more...]
Bjork's VR album is a work in progress, just like the medium itself

Bjork's VR album is a work in progress, just like the medium itself

Bjork Digital is almost Bjork: The Theme Park. The installation, which opened in Tokyo earlier this week, includes a movie theater featuring a two-hour-long showcase of the artist's videography. [Read more...]
Adidas gets creative with shoes made from recycled ocean plastic

Adidas gets creative with shoes made from recycled ocean plastic

There's a strong momentum behind the Adidas brand right now. That's largely due to the increasing popularity of the company's running and lifestyle products, with Kanye West's Yeezy line being chief among them. [Read more...]
Withings Body Cardio: A stylish scale for fussy health nuts

Withings Body Cardio: A stylish scale for fussy health nuts

A scale is an odd thing to review. For one thing, it's one of the few gadgets you have to be completely naked to test. [Read more...]

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Editor's Pick: What If We've Got Big Data and Analytics All Wrong?


Rob Enderle
Jul 4, 2016 8:00 AM PT
Every once in a while I run into a little company that comes at an existing market as if the folks already in it are idiots -- and sometimes they are right. Here's the thing: What often happens is a company breaks out in a segment, and everyone groups around that company's ideas and emulates them. Few initially stand up and say, "Wait a minute -- what if they're wrong?" [More...]

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I don't think any product range beats speakers for running the design gamut from gorgeous to ghastly. There are so many to choose from, in all shapes, sizes and colors, that there's something for everyone -- plus a few things no one should buy. But what if your sound system were a piece of art, literally? Case of Bass has created a boombox print that houses a speaker system in a shadow box. [More...]
Amazon, Walmart Gear Up for Summer E-Commerce Throwdown
It's summer, and Walmart and Amazon are celebrating by escalating their e-commerce competition. Amazon has announced it will hold its second annual Prime Day on July 12. A shopping day for Amazon Prime members worldwide, it is billed as the biggest global Amazon event ever. The company will offer more than 100,000 bargains, with new deals popping up at five minute intervals throughout the day. [More...]
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