Dyson's first beauty product is a hair dryer

Dyson
teased the event by sending out tiny, sharp motor parts to journalists
(including this one), but now we get to see the rest of the thing.
Unsurprisingly, the company's first foray into beauty is, perhaps
predictably, it's a hairdryer. The Super...
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Leaked image purportedly shows hand-off feature in Windows 10

Even
before Windows 10 was released we heard about its first major update,
codenamed "Redstone."' Today, a purported screenshot from a recent
Redstone build suggests that Windows users will finally get a feature
that OS X has enjoyed for two years no...
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Feds tipped Apple to a security flaw it already fixed

The
FBI can't tell Apple about the security vulnerability it exploited to
get into the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone. But it did tell the
company a different flaw in its iPhone and Mac software, according to
Reuters. There's just one little thing t...
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Google updates Hangouts on iOS to ease file sharing

Google
has released Hangouts version 9 for iPhone and iPad, introducing
several new useful features that users have been clamoring for. If it's
been a hassle every single time you've needed to share a file or photo,
you should be pleased with the cha...
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Blizzard considers running classic 'World of Warcraft' servers

Do
you miss the early, headier days of World of Warcraft, before endless
changes turned it into a different beast? You're far from alone --
hundreds of thousands of people were playing on Nostalrius, a fan-run
server that went back to basics, until...
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Court: Nintendo's 3DS patents are not guilty of infringement

New
York federal court judge Jed Rakoff announced his verdict in the appeal
of Nintendo's 3DS patent case against Tomita Technologies on Sunday.
The judge found that the technology in question -- specifically, that
"relating to displaying stereoscopi...
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Amazon FreeTime Unlimited adds content for tweens

Amazon
FreeTime Unlimited launched back in 2012 as a monthly subscription
service for kid-friendly content. Today, they're adding 3,000 items to
FreeTime's library, bringing the total to 13,000 books, apps and games.
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Land Rover puts Tile's stuff-finding Bluetooth tech in an SUV

Tile's
Bluetooth-connected trackers are made to keep you from misplacing all
kinds of stuff -- keys, bags, phones, laptops, whatever. Now Land Rover
is building the tech into a vehicle that makes it pretty much impossible
to leave your important item...
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Instagram tests a monochromatic redesign

For
all the changes that Instagram has seen in its short history, there
have been certain mainstays: you could always count on a sea of blue,
for one thing. However, you might have to get used to a different look
before long. Anton Abramov has show...
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Tech giants push Congress for K-12 computer science education

A
coalition of tech industry heavy-hitters and scions of corporate
America have joined forces with a bipartisan group of governors and
educators to push Congress for federal funding that would give every
K-12 student in the country the chance to lear...
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Google sister company wants to build smart city districts

Forget
just providing internet access on city streets -- Google's sister firm
Sidewalk Labs wants to create whole smart neighborhoods. Wall Street
Journal sources hear that Sidewalk is about to propose to Alphabet that
it should design whole city dis...
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Researchers use light and genes to fight cancer

Scientists
have already shown that you can use optogenetics (that is,
light-sensitive genes and cells) to treat all kinds of medical
conditions. However, it now looks like that technique could conquer one
of humanity's biggest nemeses: cancer. Tufts...
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Twitter's 5 million new users aren't enough

First
the good news, Twitter added an additional five million monthly active
users during the first quarter of 2016. The company can now boast 310
subscribers. That's a year-over-year and quarterly increase. The bad
news is that the company is still...
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Apple iPhone sales and revenue finally decline

The
inevitable has finally happened. After years of continually growing
iPhone sales (and corresponding revenue growth), Apple has hit a bump.
The company just announced its fiscal Q2 2016 results, and the company
sold 51.2 million iPhones, a 16 perc...
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Waze hack lets creeps track your driving

Waze's
community-centric navigation is supposed to help you avoid obstacles
that other apps might miss, but that same technology is also creating
some serious privacy issues. UC Santa Barbara researchers have found an
exploit that would let an intru...
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Intel explains its strategy for moving beyond the PC

When
Intel slashed thousands of jobs as part of its big attempt to expand
beyond the PC, it left a lot of people wondering: just what is this
strategy, and why is it so vital? As of today, you have a better (if
imperfect) explanation. CEO Brian Krzan...
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German city designs traffic lights for oblivious pedestrians

The
German city of Augsburg has taken a novel approach to dealing with
pedestrians too buried in their smartphone screens to notice traffic
signals. By embedding flashing red LEDs in the sidewalks at busy
pedestrian crossings, the city has moved thos...
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DARPA is developing smarter, faster armored vehicles

In
response to ever-more dastardly IED technologies, America's personnel
carriers have become lot more resilient over the past few decades.
However the ability for armored transports like the MRAP to take a
direct blast comes at the cost of their spe...
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The FBI won't say how its iPhone hack works

The
Wall Street Journal reports that the FBI has declined to share details
with Apple regarding the method with which it broke into the infamous
San Bernardino iPhone -- namely because it doesn't really know how it
was done either. The FBI and Apple...
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HTC's Vive X program will invest $100 million in VR startups

HTC
is aiming to jump-start VR development with its new Vive X fund, an
accelerator that will support and promote startups working in the new
medium. Vive X is backed by a $100 million investment fund (mostly from
HTC), and it'll kick off in Beijing...
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Google's Mode Android Wear bands snap on for easy changes

If
you want to change the band on your Android wear device, it takes a few
minutes. Thanks to a new line of accessories Google, though, swapping
out that wrist strap can be done in a matter of seconds. Google revealed
its new Mode "snap-and-swap" ban...
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Ford, Google and Uber form a group to push for self-driving cars

Some
of the biggest names in transportation tech aren't waiting around for
the US to legalize self-driving cars -- they're determined to give the
government a boost. Ford, Google, Lyft, Uber and Volvo have formed the
Self-Driving Coalition for Safer...
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Pandora pads podcast lineup by adding 'This American Life'

Pandora
was the "exclusive streaming partner" for season 2 of the popular
Serial podcast, despite the show being available through iTunes and
other apps. Now, the internet radio service is adding another popular
podcast from the creators of that inve...
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YouTube's mobile homepage redesign has better recommendations

YouTube
wants to put more of the videos you like in front of you, so it's
giving its Android and iOS apps a bit of a facelift. Specifically, its
homepage is getting a bit of a makeover. Gone are the small thumbnail
previews, and in its place are larg...
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Cyclist banned for six years after racing with a hidden motor

A
professional cyclist has been banned for six years after it was
discovered she was racing with a hidden electric motor. Femke Van den
Driessche was caught at the UCI Cyclocross World Championships in
January, during an inspection of her pit ar...
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