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Soltrackr wants to take your outdoor experience to the next level

Soltrackr has unveiled its flagship product, a wireless health companion that also brings you all the crucial information about your surroundings.
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Loose lips won’t sink Snips, a new Siri competitor that promises privacy

Looking to outsource your brain? Artificial intelligence is already getting close, and we may be even closer with Snips, a mobile AI company.
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Enter your office dog in the #StartPup contest

Wistia is teaming up with Humane Society international to launch #StartPup, the world's first competition to crown the top office dog at startups.
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Take a spinning class while the bus wheels are spinning with 1Rebel

Thank to 1Rebel, you'll be able to take a fitness class on your morning commute, saving both time and the environment while getting your sweat on.
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Chocolate vs. vanilla? It’s not even a contest, Instagram analysis finds

When it comes to America’s sweet tooth, it’s all about the chocolate.
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Sensoria’s new Walk app helps less-mobile people track fitness

Sensoria is helping those with limited mobility track their daily activity by way of its smart socks and a new walking app
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Wooden windows? Scientists have successfully turned wood transparent

In a nifty new process, a group of researchers have managed to strip away wood's distinctive wooden colors, and instead made it transparent.
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Best app deals of the day! 8 paid iPhone apps free for a limited time

Everyone likes free apps, but the best ones often cost money. Here are the latest and greatest apps on sale in the iOS App Store for a limited time only.
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The EU could slap Google with a record $3 billion antitrust fine

Google now faces a record antitrust fine of 3 billion euros, which translates to $3.4 billion, with the possibility for more.
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Periscope will let you broadcast straight from a DJI drone

Earlier this week, Twitter's video streaming service Periscope added DJI drone support,
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Tesla hires Audi veteran to lead production

Tesla announced that Peter Hochholdinger, a longtime veteran of Audi, would be joining Tesla as the VP of Vehicle Production.
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A group of Harvard and MIT students have created a lung cancer breathalyzer system

A group of students from Harvard and MIT have developed a breathalyzer test capable of detecting early stages of lung cancer.
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Weekly Rewind: Disappearing tattoos, Facebook's Trending Topics scandal, and more

In the tech world, a lot happens in a week. So much news goes on that it's almost impossible for mere mortals with real lives to keep track of everything.
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Creeped out by Disney animatronics? Well, things are about to get real

Disney Research is working on a "hybrid hydrostatic transmission and human-safe haptic telepresence robot." More simply. this machine moves like man.
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Online privacy worries increasingly keeping Americans off the internet, study says

Americans are so worried about the lack of privacy online that it's actually deterring them from using the internet. Does this mean the hackers have won?
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Update: OKCupid succeeds in removing 70,000 users’ leaked data from public view

A group of Danish researchers quite intentionally released the information of 70,000 OKCupid users.
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Try before you buy (a house) with Realstir

San Diego-based startup Realstir allows you to try before you buy your house.
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Amazon opens Dash buttons to developers with its AWS IoT

Amazon is looking beyond products and towards services instead, introducing a limited release of the new Amazon Web Services Internet of Things Button
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This chair is totally biodegradable and made of mushrooms

Terreform ONE unveiled its design for the "Mushroom Chaise," described as a futuristic lounge chair made completely from biodegradable mushrooms.
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Bring skateboarding into the 21st century with Syrmo

Meet Syrmo, a smart pad that skateboarders can fit to the truck of their skateboard to track their every movement and record every trick they perform.
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Swallowed a battery? This ingestible origami robot will get it out

Thanks to innovations from MIT, there is now a tin, origami robot capable of performing internal surgery after being swallowed by a patient.
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Best app deals of the day! 6 paid iPhone apps free for a limited time

Everyone likes free apps, but the best ones often cost money. Here are the latest and greatest apps on sale in the iOS App Store for a limited time only.
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Apple bets big on Uber's biggest competitor in China with a $1 billion investment

Apple is betting on China in a big way. On Thursday, the Cupertino-based iEmpire announced that it had invested $1 billion in Didi Chuxing.
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Want voice control over your smart home’s sprinkler system? Just ask Alexa

Making your smart home even smarter is a new collaboration between GreenIQ and Amazon Echo
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Sunscreenr will help you better apply sunscreen this summer

Meet Sunscreenr, a revolutionary device that enables consumers to see sunscreen as they apply it, whether to themselves, their family, or their friends.
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Best app deals of the day! 8 paid iPhone apps on sale for a limited time

Everyone likes free apps, but the best ones often cost money. Here are the latest and greatest apps on sale in the iOS App Store for a limited time only.
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Energy Department launches podcast, and chances are you’ll enjoy it, learn something

Move over, NPR, the Energy Department is now creating audio shows on demand, and in all seriousness, this one is pretty good.
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Eric the Robot could soon be brought back to life via a Kickstarter campaign

A new Kickstarter campaign wants to rebuild Eric, the very first automaton to emerge from the U.K.
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There’s now a petition to stop Disney from ‘paying critics’

There's a Change.org petition titled "Stop Disney from paying critics."
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Photos in dating apps not doing it for you? Badoo is adding video, too

Badoo just announced the addition of video to its online dating profiles because, as the company says, "attraction isn't two-dimensional."
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Best app deals of the day! 8 paid iPhone apps for free for a limited time

Everyone likes free apps, but the best ones often cost money. Here are the latest and greatest apps on sale in the iOS App Store for a limited time only.
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Is your neighbor illegally hosting on Airbnb? Tell on them, says Paris

Paris is giving a whole new meaning to acting neighborly, asking residents to tell on one another for violating Airbnb regulations.
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Tremor patients will soon have a new wearable called Trequant

Meet the Trequant, a watch for individuals who suffer from tremors, which has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to help bring the device to market.
Does blue light really affect your sleep? We ask an expert

Tired? A smartphone app shows over 30 percent of us aren’t sleeping enough

In the U.S., one out of every three people aren't hitting the recommended goal of seven hours of shuteye.