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Tesco is reducing supermarket waste by delivering boxes of ugly vegetables with Wonky Vegetable

In a new effort to reduce food waste, Tesco is launching "Wonky Vegetables," a new initiative that reduces waste by using ugly vegetables.
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These Food Protectors promise to keep your produce from spoiling

A rather adorable food protection system called Food Protectors promises to "preserve your fruits and vegetables for three times longer."
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Best app deals of the day! 10 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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Dems and Republicans agree: Watching a bald eagle being born is pretty damn American

Stop what you're doing right now and watch a bald eagle being hatched. Nothing could be more American than a live webcast of our national bird being born.
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A new algorithm can tell when you’re tweeting while drunk, and may help save lives

The only thing worse than drunk texting? Drunk tweeting, duh.
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Best app deals of the day! 10 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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This sponge-like polymer could revolutionize the way doctors treat spinal cord injuries

Science and technology have met in a groundbreaking development that could change the way doctors treat spinal injuries.
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This innovative new shower can reuse the same five gallons of water for two weeks

In order to save our most precious resources, technology is coming up with some pretty innovative ways to go green, including when it comes to water.
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Acquisition by iFood brings on-demand meal service SpoonRocket back from the dead

Just three years after a promising launch, the pre-made meal delivery service SpoonRocket has shut its doors, citing fundings issues as the problem.
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Waze introduces Planned Drives feature to make sure you’re never late again

With Waze's new Planned Drives feature, you'll be able to take the guesswork out of your road trips -- enter a date and time to determine when to leave.
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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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Let Google's Smart Reply draft responses for you on the Inbox Web app

Your time is precious, and should not be spent answering emails. Gmail understands, and has brought its Smart Reply service to Inbox on the Web.
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Scientists have developed a flexible, stretchable 'invisibility cloak' that hides objects from radar

You might not be able to attend Hogwarts, but technology is bringing us closer to magic every day.
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This ‘cyborg heart patch’ can replace dying muscle, automatically release drugs

Scientists have gifted the world with a "cyborg heart patch" that just might upend the entire cardiac research field.
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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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Don’t mistype that URL, as it could lead to malware

Typo prone? You may want to clean up your act. In a malicious trend known as typosquatting, hackers are now taking advantage of our fast fingers.
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You’ll soon be able to complain about your noisy Airbnb neighbors

For all the extra income Airbnb rentals have made for home owners and apartment renters, they've also made for some pretty disastrous temporary neighbors.
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New machine learning system can identify terrorists by their ‘V for Victory’ hand signs

If you're looking to hide, you can't do it behind a mask anymore.
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Disengaged workers may be blaming their desktops and landlines

A mobile revolution is taking place around the world, but according to a Global Workplace report from Steelcase, it hasn't quite permeated U.S. offices.
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New cybercrime bill would train police officers on how to deal with trolls

The job description for law enforcement officials has always been to protect and serve, but where this protection is most necessary has begun to evolve.
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Go on a shopping spree when you trade in your phone at Amazon

Thanks to the Amazon's Trade-In program, you can be rid of your aged device and be rewarded with an Amazon gift card.
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Best app deals of the day! 10 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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Abodo lists the most and least tolerant U.S. states according to tweets

Abodo has looked into tolerance in America as told by tweets from various states, and some of the results aren't pretty.
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Don't just get a new job — let Jobbatical hook you up with a whole new country

Thinking about moving to Canada these days? Then you may want to join the tens of thousands of people who are looking to Jobbatical for a change of scenery.
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Invaluable is bringing the art world together with the power of tech

Invaluable is bringing the rather antiquated notion of art auction houses into the 21st century.
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Weekly Rewind: Food porn, jet ski vs. drone, a new world’s fastest EV

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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Teach your toddlers how to code with Cubetto, the wooden robot

Cubetto is an adorable little wooden robot that is specifically designed for pre-literate children that teaches the basics of computer programming and STEM
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Wurrly turns your phone into a professional recording studio

Thanks to a new app called Wurrly, aspiring songbirds everywhere will be able to turn their mobile devices into an easy to use recording studio.
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The Z4 Aurora projector is a full home entertainment system

When you've got the Z4 Aurora projector from XGIMI Technology in your home, your home entertainment system has never looked this good.
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Shocker: Reading an iPad before bed affects your quality of sleep

In news that should surprise no one, science has now definitively determined that reading from a tablet before your bedtime affects your sleep quality.
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Google is headed your way … in a van

Google is putting some of its best and brightest researchers in a van, and they're headed your way.
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Scott Kelly is officially hanging up his space helmet

Record-setting astronaut and NASA darling Scott Kelly has announced his official departure from the agency, effective April 1.
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The visually impaired may soon have an audio version of Wikipedia

Wikipedia really is for everyone, and that includes people who, whether due to visual impairment or for other reasons, are unable to read printed text.
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Amazon’s Alexa perks up for NPR’s Weekend Edition

NPR discovered that one of its Listen Up segments about the Echo managed to trigger Amazon Echo's virtual assistant, Alexa, in a few listeners’ homes.