Sony's new flagship smartphone has an image-stabilizing selfie camera

Sony's
unveiled its new smartphone in Japan, the Xperia Z4, and like you might
tell from the press images, it's mighty familiar one from a company
still looking for its next big hit. Yep there's a lot of similarities
compared to the Z3 (a phone that ...
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Messenger spacecraft to crash into Mercury after studying it for years

The
spacecraft that captured the first photos of ice on Mercury is bidding
us all farewell on April 30th. NASA's MErcury Surface, Space
ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (Messenger) spacecraft is almost
out of propellant after spending over six-a...
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How would you change Sony's PlayStation Vita TV?

It's
a PlayStation Vita that you can connect to your TV, but that doesn't
mean you should automatically go out and buy one. When we reviewed the
hardware last year, we found that the low price and ability to play
retro games were great, but the media...
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Norway will lead the effort to switch off FM radio

Some
countries are already stepping up their transition to digital radio,
but Norway thinks it can one up them all. The nation's Ministry of
Culture has revealed plans to switch off FM radio across the country in
2017, making it the first country to ...
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The law that predicts computing power turns 50

Today
represents a historic milestone in technology: it's the 50th
anniversary of Moore's Law, the observation that the complexity of
computer chips tends to double at a regular rate. On April 19th, 1965,
Fairchild's Gordon Moore (later to co-found I...
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Wink has a fix ready for its busted smart home hubs

Over
the last day Wink Hub smart home controllers were hit with a long
outage that left many users disconnected for good and needing to return
their units. Now, the company has worked out a solution that owners can
apply themselves. Several people wh...
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Comcast and TWC will negotiate with officials to save their merger

The
merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable is no longer as certain to
get approval as it once was, and the two cable giants know it. Wall
Street Journal sources understand that the companies will meet with
Department of Justice officials this w...
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Sony's super-thin 4K TV arrives this summer

A
year after Sony's 4K TV launch, the company is detailing the US launch
of a revamped collection with HDR-compatible sets. You can now pre-order
six models in Sony's new Ultra HD lineup, with deliveries arriving in
May. The line starts off with a 43...
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Your Google Wallet funds are now insured

The
money in your bank account is typically covered by federal insurance,
but your internet payment services typically aren't. If PayPal or Venmo
went belly-up, you'd probably lose your existing balance. That won't be a
problem if you're using Google...
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Inhabitat's Week in Green: cheaper EVs, synthetic leaves and clay-pot speakers

Each
week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green
developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.
For more than three years, the Western United States -- especially California -- has been gripped by the ...
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Wink smart home hubs knocked out by security certificate (update)

Now
for the downside of a house loaded up with "smart" devices to allow
remote control and monitoring: turning your home into a computer means
computer-like problems. Today's example comes from the Wink Hub, a $50
device sold at Home Depot that's sup...
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Hitchbot's poetry-writing sibling will also make its way across Canada

While
Hitchbot was bumming rides across Canada and Germany, its sibling
kulturBot remained at home to keep their "parents" company. Now
kulturBot is going on an adventure of its own, traveling with musicians,
poets and other artistic types aboard the...
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Russians are using undiscovered exploits to hack governments

If
you've been wondering how Russian cyberattackers could compromise the
White House and other high-profile political targets, the security
researchers at FireEye have an answer. They've determined that APT28, a
politically-motivated Russian hacking ...
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