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May 23, 2017
Need Mood Lighting to Go With Your Music? Ask Alexa. No App Required.
SEATTLE — Today, most people know Amazon's Echo speaker as an easy way to play music using voice commands, but the device and others like it are catching on as ways to control light switches, thermostats and other smart home...
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May 22, 2017
Precious seeds in Norway's 'Doomsday vault' are safe — for now
The so-called "Doomsday seed vault" deep under a remote mountain in Norway is safe, at least for now, the nation's government said. Melting permafrost late last year sent "melt water gushing into the entrance...
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May 22, 2017
Facebook, Microsoft, and Google are raising the bar higher than ever for Apple
We're coming up on the end of the busiest season in tech — the month-and-a-half stretch where the biggest companies in the market reveal their grand visions for the next 12 months at their annual mega-conference events.
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May 22, 2017
In the AI wars, Microsoft now has the clearer vision
A week ago, Microsoft held its Build developer conference in its backyard in Seattle. This week, Google did the same in an amphitheater right next to its Mountain View campus. While Microsoft's event felt like...
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May 22, 2017
Why Apple's iPhone 8 Will Be So Expensive
iPhones have always been expensive, but they have never been this expensive…
Following reports from Goldman Sachs, Nikkei, Fast Company and KGI Securities' famed Apple AAPL +0.28% analyst Ming-Chi...
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May 22, 2017
Japan April exports rise again, trade surplus with U.S. narrows
Japan's exports rose in April to mark their fifth straight month of gains, as shipments of semiconductors and steel expanded, signaling that more robust overseas demand could underpin a steady economic recovery.
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May 22, 2017
Woman Awarded $100,000 For Starbucks Coffee Burns
Starbucks has been ordered to pay a Florida woman $100,000 after she suffered first- and second-degree burns from their coffee, her lawyers announced.
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May 22, 2017
Swiss Voters Back Plan to Phase Out Nuclear Power
ZURICH — Swiss voters on Sunday backed the government's plan to ban new nuclear plants, provide billions of dollars in subsidies for renewable energy and help bail out struggling utilities.
