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This app lets you design your own accessories with your phone

With Japan's Monomy, described as an online DIY custom jewelry marketplace, anyone can create their own fashion accessories.
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Gold foam is now a thing, thanks to scientists in Zurich

If eating gold is no longer highbrow enough for you, perhaps you can consider drinking it -- as a foam on top of your morning latte. 
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The NSA will no longer collect your metadata starting tonight

Ending an infamous era of Big Brother-esque surveillance, the National Security Agency's bulk phone surveillance program will officially be discontinued by Sunday, November 29.
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Russia plans to build its largest data center on top of a nuclear power plant

Russia  recently announced plans to build what could be its largest data center right on top of the Kalinin nuclear power plant.
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Anonymous hacks ISIS site, replaces it with Viagra ad

On Thursday, the Ghost Sec, a hacking group related to Anonymous, gained control of a website supporting the Islamic State and replaced it with a Viagra ad.
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Watch your coloring book characters come to life with Arnimate

First there were coloring books, then there were 3D coloring books, and now, there are fully interactive augmented-reality coloring books.
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Finders keepers is the new rule when it comes to asteroid mining

It's a preemptive move to be sure, but when we are finally able to mine valuable resources from asteroids, rest assured that it's fully legal to keep what you find.
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The Angee home security system is like a Nest thermostat and Amazon Echo rolled into one

Angee is an advanced security and communication system that moves with you, talks to you, and best of all, adapts to your daily routine. 
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Drones are now being used to prevent shark attacks off the coast of Australia

Drones will be trialled and aerial surveillance boosted on the North Coast as the New South Wales Government fast tracks the rollout of its world-first $16 million shark strategy.
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‘You need things like straps’ when it comes to sex in space, says Neil deGrasse Tyson

What requires straps, a lot of determination, and two consenting individuals? Sex in space, of course.
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This is how you should shop on Black Friday, according to Google

Here are a few pro tips from the folks at Google to help you do Black Friday better than you've ever done it before. 
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New York is using an anti-terror app to keep its people safe

On Monday, Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled a new mobile app called See Something, Send Something, designed to bolster New York's ability to fight terrorism.
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ISIS has a 24/7 ‘Jihadi Help Desk’ to aid would-be terrorists

There is a 24/7 'Jihadi help desk' of sorts, meant to spread ISIS's extremist propaganda via the Internet worldwide and support would-be terrorists.
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Bad-PR magnet Uber just formed a safety advisory board

On Tuesday, the company announced the creation of a safety advisory board, the purpose of which is to "navigate safety and security hurdles."
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This home-friendly biodigester lets you turn food scraps into usable cooking gas

Use HomeBiogas to convert kitchen waste into usable cooking gas and liquid fertilizer. It's the ultimate in self-sustained sustainability.
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Your morning coffee could recharge you and your phone soon with Ikea’s Heat Harvest idea

It may still be nearly impossible to assemble, but Ikea furniture just might be the 21st-century breakthrough we've been waiting for.
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China and the U.S. just set up a ‘space hotline’ to communicate

A space hotline linking China and the U.S. would serve as a "diplomatic safety valve" between the two countries.
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Square now accepts Apple Pay and Android Pay in 100 local businesses and counting

On Monday, Square announced it would now be allowing users to accept mobile payments.
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The cyborg rose is finally here

In the 21st century, even our plants are bionic, thanks to groundbreaking new research that has successfully created the world's first cyborg rose. 
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China unveils high-tech Fifth Space toilet facilities for the public

China has good news for you: Known as the "Fifth Space," this high-tech bathroom facility of the future has just debuted in Beijing.
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Want pizza? Just press Domino’s Easy Order button

By pairing with the Domino's app via Bluetooth, the Easy Order button literally lets the laziest pizza enthusiast satisfy their heart and stomach's desires at the  touch of a button.
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Did you stay at one of the 54 Starwood hotels affected by a malware attack?

 Between the end of 2014 and the first half of this year, over four dozen Starwood properties, including W Hotels, Sheraton, Westin, and Le Meridien, fell victim to yet another cyber attack. 

You know all that data your smartphone is sharing? It doesn't really serve a purpose to begin with

According to MIT research, much of the data shared from popular free applications for Google Android cellphones has little effect on the user’s experience.
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Is that a Google ad or a search result? Kids can’t tell

Despite all their technical prowess, kids still as naive as we were at their age -- at least, when it comes to Google ads and Google search results.
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Weekly Rewind: Selfie mirrors, Bieber breaks instagram, BMW’s next great car

In the tech world, a lot happens in a week. So much news goes on, in fact, that it's almost impossible for mere mortals with real lives to keep track.
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Get paid to walk with Bitwalking

If the idea of fitting into your skinny jeans isn't motivation enough to walk those ten blocks instead of hopping on the subway, maybe some cold hard cash will serve as a more appropriate incentive. That's the idea behind Bitwalking.
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Is China looking to build its own secure smartphones?

Amid growing worldwide concerns about security (or lack thereof), China is reportedly undertaking efforts to build its very own secure smartphones.
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5 wearables that are actually improving our health

From children's health to women's safety, wearable tech covers a broad spectrum of uses. Here are some of our favorite health wearables.
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A dangerous habit: e-cigarette explosions prompt a string of California lawsuits

A string of disastrous incidents involving e-cigarettes has prompted three lawsuits in California.
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There are now robotic cats that serve as companion animals

For $99, you can buy your lonely grandparent a fake feline, one that can "vibra-purr," meow, and roll over.
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Stepping up its game, New Balance just 3D-printed running shoe components

New Balance has just launched its first ever 3D-printed running shoe because if your competitors are doing it, you've gotta do it too.
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With the ShareTheMeal app, your 50-cent donation can help end world hunger

Thanks to the ShareTheMeal app from the United Nations World Food Program, you can use your smartphone to help feed a child, one 50-cent donation at a time.
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This is the Qylatron — the next generation in security and bag check

Thanks to Qylur's brand new Qylatron Entry Experience Solution, we may have finally found a more efficient way of getting through airport security.
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Meet the app experts say ISIS used to send secret messages

Telegram, a free Android, iOS, desktop, and Web app, saw its "Secret Chat” function utilized by terrorists associated with extremist group ISIS.