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Volkswagen CEO may have known about the emissions scandal much earlier than he let on

The New York Times reported that internal memos and emails from Volkswagen suggest executives knew about the emissions issue earlier than they let on.
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SimpliSafe burglar alarms may not be keeping you safe at all

A burglar alarm system has one job -- to sound an alarm when intruders venture into your property. Unfortunately, SimpliSafe has failed its singular task.
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Google sets its sights on Singapore for new engineering team

Moving on in their quest for world domination, Google announced yesterday that they would be building an engineering team in Singapore.
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These attractive apps are currently on sale in the iOS App Store

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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China is displacing over 9,000 people to build the world’s largest radio telescope

According to new reports, over 9,000 residents of Guizhou’s Pingtang and Luodian counties are being "evacuated" to make way for a giant radio telescope.
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Health insurer required to cover exoskeleton for mobility-challenged patient

In a landmark decision, a medical review board has ruled that a health insurance company must extend coverage for a patient's ReWalk exoskeleton.
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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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Kanye West throws shade across millennia in SNL meltdown

In yet another reminder of the largest ego on the planet, audio of Kanye West's pre-Saturday Night Live alleged meltdown has been released
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Facebook Instant Articles is finally going wide

Facebook is pushing ahead with its ambitious plan to disrupt digital media by opening up its Instant Articles program to all publishers.
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Google Translate now knows over 100 languages

On Wednesday, Google announced the addition of 13 new languages to its translation service, bringing the grand total to 103 languages.
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Subscribe to Spotify Premium and get a free Chromecast

Spotify announced a new promotion that gives subscribers a Chromecast for free when they sign up for three months of Spotify premium for just $29.97.
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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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The iPhone 6S is responsible for the photos in the March issue of Bon Appétit

On Tuesday, Bon Appétit revealed that it shot its March issue using -- you guessed it -- the not-so-humble iPhone 6S.

If you want to be followed around all day in secret, download Follower

If the notion of Big Brother makes you feel safe rather than suspicious, this new social network is perfect for you.
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T-Mobile is turning its earnings call into a drinking game

Generally speaking, earnings calls are something of a snoozefest. But they're about to get interesting thanks to T-Mobile's drinking game.
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Love taking pictures of your food? Then you’ll love the new app Foodie

The LINE Corporation has released a new camera app called "Foodie," dedicated to taking delicious photos of food.
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Don’t open this dangerous text message unless you want to lose control of your Android

Do not, on pain of Android death, open this text message.
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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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Did your Comcast connection go down? So did a lot of the country's

A slew of unhappy customers just about blew up Comcast's Twitter on Monday, as subscribers across the country reported widespread outages.
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Mattel’s new ThingMaker is a $300 3D printer that lets kids print their own toys

Mattel has introduced a $300 3D printer that will let you design and print plastic figurines entirely of your own making.
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Power in Grand Central goes out, shuts down Apple Store

a power outage at Grand Central has sent New York commuters into confusion, and if nothing else, has left them in the dark.
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This crazy new 3D bio-printer can make full size ear, muscle, and bone tissues

Do you hear what I hear? Because what I hear is the whizzing sound of medical progress at the hands of some pretty incredible 3D-printing breakthroughs.
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Get ready to watch a lot of TV with Hulu's new universal Windows 10 app

Hulu just launched its universal Windows 10 app, this time with Cortana support for smartphones, tablets, and of course, your personal computers.
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Nissan built a fleet of self-parking office chairs, because technology

The folks at Nissan have unveiled a self-parking office chair because apparently, it's now too difficult to push your own seat in when you get up.
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Guess how much data Australians downloaded for free on Sunday

On Sunday, Australian telecommunications firm Telstra offfered its customers a day of free data to the tune of 1,841 terabytes in downloads.
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Get up to $650 in credit from AT&T for switching to its side of the fence

AT&T is dangling the prospect of up to $650 in credit for people switching from other carriers like Verizon, Sprint, or T-Mobile.
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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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Want to destroy an iPhone? Set the date to January 1, 1970

If you have too much time on your hands and an iPhone you'd like to brick -- that is, render useless -- simply set its date to January 1, 1970.
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Need a job? Google is hiring like crazy for its driverless cars

No fewer than 36 jobs in the Google X car division are currently listed as actively recruiting.
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Study suggests women’s computer code is preferred, only if their gender is unknown

According to new research, women write better code than men on GitHub, or at the very least, their contributions are accepted more often by fellow coders.
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Will computerized voices ever sound human?

Computerized voices haven't quite hit the mark yet on sounding ... human, and it's the subject of one of the tech industry's latest major efforts.
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Check out what the media is really saying about the 2016 election

What is the media really writing about when it comes to the election? As it happens, the Analytics Election Tracker 2016 from OpenText has all the answers.
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Tinder for friendship — a college phenomenon

A new study suggests that college students are using Tinder not to get dates, but rather, to make friends.
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Are you going to get hacked while looking for love online?

According to recent research from security companies Seworks and UpGuard, online dating apps are ripe for the picking when it comes to the next big hack.