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Twitter, Square cofounder Jack Dorsey joins Disney board of directors
Twitter and Square cofounder Jack Dorsey is the newest member of Disney’s board of directors. The Mickey Mouse company announced as much on Monday afternoon, and said he’s acting as an independent...
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Google-powered machines lead DARPA’s Robotics Challenge (video)
And you thought the Big Dog was scary? Okay, Boston Dynamics’ quadrupedal, un-tip-overable ‘bot still takes the cake, but SCHAFT (pictured above) deserves its own condo in the uncanny valley. And to...
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LG’s new Pocket Photo 2 printer is incrementally smaller, better
We’ll have to take LG’s word on the success of its Pocket Photo mobile printer. Primarily because we fear the lady above and her soul-stealing stare, but also ’cause it would explain the investment in...
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Q&A with James Kuffner, Google Robotics Researcher
At a racetrack in Florida this weekend, 16 robots competed to complete a series of tasks inspired by challenges faced in cleaning up the destroyed Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant. Two of the...
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Flashes of Inspiration
Looking for a last-minute stocking stuffer? Technology improvements and cost reductions in LEDs (think indoor lighting) and lithium-ion batteries (think laptops and electric cars) are making for some...
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How to Make a Reindeer Pop up Card (Robert Sabuda Method)
Selecting the proper Christmas cards to send out to friends and family can be a hassle, especially when trying to find unusual greeting cards that no one else will send you. This year, gather the...
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Facebook for Windows Phone 8 now lets you pin chats and events to the home...
Windows Phone-toting Facebook users no longer have to worry about missing an important conversation or party update. A revamped Facebook app for Windows Phone 8 lets socialites pin seemingly any...
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Canonical gives developers a preview of a dual-booting Ubuntu and Android future
Choice, friends, is good. Nobody likes being limited to one thing, when instead you could be picking from a plethora, or at least a pair of options. And it looks like Ubuntu is on track to deliver on...
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Twitter tweaks iOS app to put photos first when composing tweets
Find yourself tweeting a lot of photos this time of year? Well, the microblogging outfit has just made that task easier for iPhone users. Twitter made a change to its iOS app today that automatically...
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Geek Trivia: An Episode Of What TV Show Sent Hundreds Of Children To The...
An Episode Of What TV Show Sent Hundreds Of Children To The Hospital? Power Rangers Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pokemon Avatar: The Last Airbender Think you know the answer? More here: Geek Trivia:...
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‘How Did the NSA Hack our Emails?’ &‘NSA Surveillance’
This has definitely been an eventful year with regard to the ongoing controversy surrounding the NSA’s widespread information gathering activities. But how did they manage to ‘access’ the information...
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NASA JPL creates a more immersive way to control a space robot with the...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been on the hunt for a more natural way to maneuver robots in space for some time now, resulting in cool experiments like using a Leap Motion to remotely control a...
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Oppo R1 smartphone arrives in China with a bright camera and high style
It’s tough to stand out in the mid-range Android crowd, but Oppo may have found a way to separate itself from the pack. Its newly launched R1 smartphone carries a gold-effect metal frame that adds a...
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Sony starts rolling out Android 4.3 to the Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and Tablet Z
Sony started delivering Android 4.3 updates to the shiny new Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra last week, and today it’s rolling out those improvements to (slightly) older devices. The Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and...
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UK pardons computing pioneer Alan Turing
Campaigners have spent years demanding that the UK exonerate computing legend Alan Turing, and they’re finally getting their wish. Queen Elizabeth II has just used her royal prerogative to pardon...
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Apple bought Catch and Broadmap in 2013, beefs up its note-taking,...
Apple’s bought plenty of companies this year, and while the number they bought is known, all the names are not. Today comes secondary confirmation of two more firms acquired by Tim Cook, as 9to5Mac...
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BlackBerry’s latest casualty: Two unreleased phones
2013 continues to be a downer year for the company formerly known as Research In Motion. The Wall Street Journal has just uncovered a tidbit in BlackBerry’s latest earnings report that states two...
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Must See HDTV (December 23rd – 29th)
The last full week of 2013 is mostly filled with college football bowl games and holiday specials, but the streaming services have some treats. Netflix will premiere the first five episodes of Turbo...
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Daily Roundup: 2013 Mac Pro review, Jack Dorsey joins Disney, Google powered...
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the...
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