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President Trump aims to boost military spending by $600 billion a year starting in October.
He plans to fund this increase with much higher import taxes, known as...
While smartphone users are still reeling from the release of exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7s, the Korean tech giant announces the iOS compatibility with Samsung's wearable devices.
Last year, Samsung announced that their wearable devices will become compatible with Apple's iPhone. Months later, Samsung has followed through on their promise with a...
Amazon's Alexa was so popular that sales increased by 900%. In fact, the product was so well-liked among holiday shoppers that the e-commerce giant had trouble successfully filling orders. But, new Amazon Alexa users may need to pay closer attention to their new toy.
Earlier this week, San Diego station CW6...
As Apple's iPhone continues to dominate smartphones and Google's Pixel is slowly inching into the industry, HMD Global announces their very first Nokia smartphone, Nokia 6.
HMD announced the news after securing brand licensing agreement in 2016. The company will exclusively launch the the new Nokia 6 smartphone in China....
New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that cell phones in underground subway stations will soon be able to pick up Wi-Fi and cell phone coverage.
In a press release, the NY governor revealed that cellular connectivity in the busy NYC underground subways will be working sooner than originally...
As the CES 2017 draws to a close, one of the stand-out releases at the convention comes from Razer, inc. The company released two major products including Project Valerie, a three monitor gaming laptop, and Project Ariana, a virtual reality projector.
What is Project Valerie?
Called "Project Valerie" it's a one...
While obesity is a major epidemic in America especially, among children and young adults, not too much is known about the impact of bariatric surgery on teens. However, a new study published in "The Lancet: Diabetes & Endocrinology" examined the impact of bariatric surgery on adolescents.
Dr. Thomas H. Inge,...
While the recently released movie Hidden Figures cinematically recreated the early days of NASA and space exploration, the government space program is now working on their next space mission: Lucy and Psyche.
NASA announced in a statement their plan on to explore our solar system. The first mission is called "Lucy"....
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Thursday several companies will soon be able to receive food stamps as a form of payment. One of these companies involved in the pilot program includes the online mega retailer, Amazon.
While, Amazon is working on delivering cashier less grocery stores,...
In an effort to take the rise of false news stories, Facebook has decided to hire Campbell Brown to head its newly created news division. The decision to hire Mrs. Brown, who had previously worked for NBS news and is currently a host on CNN, was announced on Friday.
The...
Wikileaks is considering tracking the personal details of Twitter users with a verified Twitter account.
Wikileaks' Task Force Twitter page, posted on Twitter saying "We are thinking of making an online database with all 'verified' twitter accounts & their family/job/financial/housing relationships," the task force said on Twitter on Friday. In another tweet...
While many observers would describe 2016 as a good year for Apple, it turns out that it was not good enough. In fact, the company missed many of its internal targets and several key executives were forced to take a pay cut. Fortunately for them, the miss has done little to...
Millions of people turn on their TVs every Sunday to watch and see what will happen on the next episode of The Walking Dead.
But, could humanity survive the zombie apocalypse? Well, researchers at the University of Leicester have studied the "zombie epidemic" and published a new study in the "Journal of Physics...
December was a banner month for Apple’s App Store both in the U.S. and in China. When talking to Verge on Wednesday, Phil Schiller, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at Apple, noted the App Store has more than $3 billion in review in December alone. This total included subscription fees,...
Reports surfaced in China on Thursday that Google’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) research group has again beat some of the best Go players in an online tournament. Go is widely considered one of the toughest strategy games to play as each move has roughly 250 choices. However, DeepMind, Google’s AI program,...
What if gun violence was just as contagious as the flu? While this sounds as strange as an episode of Netflix's Black Mirror, researchers at Yale University discover a link between gun violence and other contagious diseases.
In 2016, Chicago experienced 762 murders and over a thousand shootings. The worst history of...
What is sounding more and more of an early presidential campaign, Mark Zuckerberg is going to tour the United States.
The CEO of Facebook posted on his social media account his "personal challenge for 2017". In the post, Zuckerberg explained that his previous accomplishments. They ranged from running 365 miles...
In a joint statement, Amazon and ADT announced they would be partnering to deliver a home security solution. The partnership will merge ADT’s Pulse with Amazon’s Alexa and will users to monitor, arm, and disarm their home security systems.
According to reports the combined solution will be available later this...
Researchers have discovered a correlation between alcohol abuse and heart attacks.
There are more than 3 million US cases per year of alcoholism. It is a disease that cannot be cured. Symptoms of alcohol consumption is related to wanting to start each day with a drink.
More than 18 million people...
Researchers have found a correlation between child development issues and obese parents.
Currently, two out of three Americans are clinically obese and researchers are examining the impact of obesity on the human body. Last week, researchers discovered a link between dopamine in the brain and obesity, which in turn impacts...
With 2016 in the books, Google is a moving forward from its internal reorganization and is getting ready to unleash a few advancements. These developments will create new opportunities for the company and its customers for years to come. While Waymo, the company’s autonomous driving spinoff, is set to make...
