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Elon Musk says that Superchargers will soon be powered by solar energy

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently tweeted that he wants the Supercharger network to run completely on solar power or batteries.
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Apple Business Chat offers you a new way to talk to your customers

Apple's new Business Chat is described as a "powerful new way for businesses to connect with customers directly in Messages."
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The biggest competition to Samsung and Apple Pay? Walmart Pay, of all things

Walmart rolled out its Walmart Pay feature almost a year ago, and the mobile wallet is the third most frequently used option.
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Don't know that face? Amazon Rekognition can now pick out celebrities

Amazon Rekognition is used to search, verify, and organize millions of images. And now, it can recognize celebrities.
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The Zest is a smart spice rack that tells you how best to season your food

Zest is a smart kiosk (spice rack) that makes use of computer vision to recommend which spices to use for what food.
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Weekly Rewind: AI predicts your death, Britney gets hacked, NASA’s new Mars Rover

In the tech world, a lot happens in a week. That’s why we’ve compiled a quick and dirty list of this week's top 10 tech stories.
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Microsoft Cortana wants to help you save money as you shop online

Microsoft announced a new pilot feature that claims to help you find "the best pricing for the product you are viewing."
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Developing with Apple’s HomeKit just got easier, which could spur innovation

At the latest WWDC, Apple announced that any Apple developer with interest can start playing around with HomeKit.
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Best app deals of the day! 6 paid iPhone apps for free for a limited time

Everyone likes apps, but the best ones often cost money. Here are the latest and greatest apps on sale in the iOS App Store.
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Pandora has a new feature for its Premium subscribers called AutoPlay

Pandora's new feature is called AutoPlay, and it "keeps the music playing so the tunes you love never need to stop."
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Twitter wants to save you from sending a tweet instead of a direct message

Twitter is helping to ensure that you never embarrass yourself by tweeting instead of DM-ing again. At least in the app.
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Best app deals of the day! 6 paid iPhone apps for free for a limited time

Everyone likes apps, but the best ones often cost money. Here are the latest and greatest apps on sale in the iOS App Store.
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Samsung employee allegedly steals 8,500 phones to pay off gambling debt

A Samsung employee allegedly stole a whopping 8,474 smartphones from the company over the course of two years to pay off his gambling debt.
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Airbnb is making it easier than ever for you to host a person in need

Airbnb has just launched Open Homes, a platform that allows hosts to volunteer to give shelter to a person in need.
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Best app deals of the day! 6 paid iPhone apps for free for a limited time

Everyone likes apps, but the best ones often cost money. Here are the latest and greatest apps on sale in the iOS App Store.
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Almost all Google Homes began failing on June 3, but have now been fixed

If your smart home hub from Google wasn't so smart this weekend, don't worry -- it wasn't that you were dumb, nor were you alone.
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Liter of Light uses plastic bottles to make lights in developing communities

Don't just recycle that old plastic bottle -- turn it into a lantern. At least, that's what the folks over at Liter of Light are doing.
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Sea to Sky Pack is fully waterproof, and can fit in your back pocket

The Sea to Sky Pack is a waterproof backpack that fits just as well in your back pocket as it does, you know, on your back.
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Gizzo Grill is a portable backpack unit that can go with you on any adventure

To help you make the most out of the sun and fun of the next few months is a new backpack grill called the Gizzo Grill.
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You could soon be ordering driverless cars from NuTonomy via Lyft

On Tuesday, Lyft announced a new partnership with Boston-based NuTonomy, the self-driving car company. A pilot is expect in a few months.
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The Circadia System wants to help reset your internal clock for better sleep

Circadia launched its complete solution designed to adjust your internal body clock using light based on feedback from your sleep

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide a critical cellphone privacy case

The U.S. Supreme Court will weigh in on whether the government must have a warrant to determine your location based on cellphone data.
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New Wink lighting kit makes it seem as though someone’s always home

Meet the latest products from smart home company Wink, who today released a "smart lighting essentials kit"
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Un-carrier is giving away 100 phones for its T-Mobile Tuesdays anniversary

To celebrate T-Mobile Tuesdays' anniversary, the Un-carrier is doing the only logical thing -- giving away more free stuff.
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Best app deals of the day! 6 paid iPhone apps for free for a limited time

Everyone likes apps, but the best ones often cost money. Here are the latest and greatest apps on sale in the iOS App Store.
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New York taxis finally have a tech-forward answer to Uber and Lyft

Yellow taxis in NYC have found a way to hit back at the California Silicon Valley-based transportation giants.
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You can now use AI to improve your golf or baseball swing thanks to Zepp

Practice may make perfect, but technology might be able to substitute for talent. That is, if Zepp has anything to do with it.
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Take good care of your arteries, because they may not be able to withstand the Mountain of Meat from ChefSteps

The folks over at ChefSteps want to send you a Mountain of Meat. No really, that's what it's called. It's 30 pounds of...meat.
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Will the future of electric vehicles include instantly rechargeable batteries?

We may in time be driving cars powered by "instantly rechargeable" batteries considered safe, affordable, and environmentally friendly.
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Want to keep up on the U.K. election? Amazon Alexa can help you

Last fall, voters in the U.S. were able to stay updated on election news and results by way of Alexa, and now, that skill is crossing the pond
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Best app deals of the day! 6 paid iPhone apps for free for a limited time

Everyone likes apps, but the best ones often cost money. Here are the latest and greatest apps on sale in the iOS App Store.
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Verizon just upgraded its prepaid plans with more data for less money

Verizon announced that beginning June 6, they'll be offering three new monthly prepaid plans with more data than before.

New Jersey may give you the right to repair devices in your chosen manner

The right to repair makes news as New Jersey assemblyman Paul Moriarty announced Friday the introduction of the "Fair Repair Act."
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Even if you're not in Manchester, you can tune into Ariana Grande's benefit concert

Ariana Grande is currently hosting "One Love Manchester” to support the victims of last week's tragic attack and their families.