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Think you can read minds? The University of Washington may prove you right

A new experiment at the University of Washington may be bringing ESP closer to the realm of reality.
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Weekly Rewind: iPhone sales slow, Google beats Go, Bill Nye wants electric NASCAR

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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Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson explain once and for all that the Earth is not flat

To set flat earth truthers straight, Neil deGrasse Tyson has taken to the most trusted medium of all -- late night television.
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President Obama pledges $4 billion in Computer Science for All program

President Obama has pledged $4 billion to fund computer science education in America's schools.
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Netflix is bringing back Gilmore Girls for four feature films

Grab a box of Kleenex and get ready to feel all the feels -- Gilmore Girls is coming back, and for the last time.
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How Facebook is profiting off the 2016 presidential election

By November of this year, one candidate will have won the 2016 presidential election, many will have lost, and Facebook will have profited.
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The TappLock uses your fingerprint to keep things safe

So if you want to access more than just your smartphone with the tap of your very unique finger, look no further than the TappLock.
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Sandia wants to make giant wind turbines twice the size of football fields

When life gives you hurricanes, make wind energy with Sandia's new giant wind turbines.
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Apple would’ve been the 42nd richest country last year

Apple's $231 billion revenue in 2015 would make the company the equivalent of the 42nd richest country.
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Experience the Coast Guard's training in a new 360 degree video experience

If you never make it to the Coast Guard's grueling training process in person, you can now experience it like never before in virtual reality.
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GM is creating a team to work on self-driving and electric cars

On Thursday, the Detroit-based company GM announced the creation of a team dedicated to developing self-driving and electric cars.
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Stanford study says T-Mobile’s Binge On is illegal

According to a Stanford University study, the contentious Binge On program from T-Mobile is "likely illegal."
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Parse is no more — Facebook shuts down its mobile developer platform

In a rare admission of defeat (if you can call it that), the social media giant has announced plans to shut down Parse, the mobile developer platform.
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Scientists discover solar system three times wider than the next biggest one

Scientists have just discovered the largest solar system to date.
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Mitsubishi thinks it just made an antenna out of seawater

Mitsubishi has managed to construct an antenna entirely out of seawater, tapping into the conductive properties of the salt-laden universal solvent.
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T-Mobile’s Binge On program is growing again

In the face of controversy, what else is there to do but push forward? That seems to be T-Mobile's response to critics of the Binge On program.
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This jacket made of stainless steel yarn will harvest the sun’s energy to keep you warm

We're powering just about everything with the sun these days, so why not throw clothes into the mix? Such is the concept behind ThermalTech.
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Uber and Lyft may be partly to blame in San Francisco's Yellow Cab bankruptcy

Last Friday, San Francisco’s Yellow Cab Cooperative filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and blamed Uber and Lyft for its demise.
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Get a new phone for cheap at T-Mobile’s Half-Off Smartphone Event

On Wednesday, T-Mobile launched its Half-Off Smartphone Event that allows both new and existing T-Mobile Simple Choice customers.
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Turmoil at Twitter: Four top executives leave company, some for competitors

Twitter executives Katie Jacobs Stanton, Kevin Weil, Skip Shipper, and Alex Roetter, are leaving the struggling social media company.
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Need a new friend, ladies? Swipe right on Hey! Vina

I didn't believe people when they said I wouldn't make any friends after college. And now, with Hey! Vina, I still don't have to.
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The face of Microsoft Windows Phone uses an iPhone

On Tuesday, Joe Belfiore, the face of Microsoft's Windows Phone, tweeted from an iPhone.
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Newly developed AI system can write political speeches better than most politicians

According to researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, an artificial intelligence algorithm may soon be feeding our leaders their lines.
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Get your gas on-demand with new app WeFuel

Say hello to WeFuel, a new on-demand gas delivery start-up that claims to combine "the ultimate advancements in technology, safety, and security."
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Drones and smartphones are turning California residents into citizen scientists

We've been crowdsourcing for everything from the news to the newest inventions, and now, the people are adopting a new title - citizen scientists.
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Google is donating 25,000 Chromebooks to help refugees in Germany

On Monday, Google announced a $5.3 million donation which will help German nonprofits distribute 25,000 Chromebooks to refugees seeking to "reconnect."
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Explore the Guggenheim through the Google Cultural Institute

Even if you're not a Manhattanite, you can explore the Guggenheim anytime you want through the Google Cultural Institute.
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Scott Kelly sends photos of Winter Storm Jonas from outer space

Everyone's favorite astronaut Scott Kelly sent some pretty phenomenal shots of Winter Storm Jonas from the ISS.
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Consumer Reports still believes in the accuracy of the Fitbit

The public may not be on Fitbit's side, but Consumer Reports certainly is. The company reported that the wearable showed itself to be accurate when tested.
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This robot manages to solve a Rubik’s Cube in a second

Obliterating the current human record for solving a Rubik's Cube (4.904 seconds), a robot managed to crack the code to the famous puzzle in 1.019 seconds.
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The wearable chair is now a thing

For all those times you've wished you could just take a seat, now you can with the Archelis, the wearable chair.
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Thanks to a $28 million grant, Harvard is heavily researching artificial intelligence

Some of the most intelligent minds in the country are taking a closer look at artificial intelligence, as the IARPA awarded Harvard $28M to study AI systems
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Killer robots may be on the horizon, and are perhaps more dangerous than we think

We've heard about how robots are endangering our jobs, but now it's more than our careers that may be at stake. Are killer robots inching closer to reality?
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The United States military is looking more closely at cyborg soldiers

Cyborg soldiers are on the horizon, as DARPA is developing an implantable brain chip that would create a direct connection between a human and a computer.