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Just as President Obama promised, the U.S. sanctioned Russia following the election hacks. President Obama fired back against Russia over election hacking. On Thursday afternoon, Obama announced that the U.S. will respond against Russia following "repeated private and public warnings" issued to the Russian government. Via an executive order, President Obama outlined...

Following news of an incredible holiday season, Amazon was awarded a patent that will allow for floating warehouses. Amazon has won a patent that is will presumably decrease shipping times. Labeled as a "airborne fulfillment center (AFC)," the e-commerce giant will use airships to house products. Basically, the AFC will flow in altitudes...

Scientists have detected 17 diseases by examining someone's breath and using artificial intelligent sensors. Morad K. Nakhleh and his team of 56 researchers from five different countries, led by the Israel Institute of Technology, published their findings in the journal of "ACS Nano". Researchers explained that diseases have unique chemical properties...

A popular weight loss surgery, gastric bypass, is now linked to long term digestive issues. Lead researcher Dr. Thomas Boerlage published the results of his study in the British Journal of Surgery. Boerlage discovered that Laparoscopic gastric bypasss surgery often causes gastrointestinal issues for patients. Boerlage examined 249 obese patients who under...

Making eye contact and talking may be connected and affect the brain. Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan may have discovered why people avoid looking someone in the eyes while they are talking. Researchers Shogo Kajimura and Michio Nomura published their study "When we cannot speak: Eye contact disrupts resources available...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a buzz word in tech circles these days.  Examples include Google’s Deep Mind project and IBM’s Watson.  Both AI programs have gain notoriety for winning high-profile competitions against human players and the programs are becoming increasingly integrated in our everyday life. One potential laggard in...

This holiday season was a record-breaker for Amazon and the news helped to lift shares of the e-commerce giant by 1.5 percent in Tuesday’s post-holiday trade. According to a statement to shareholders by Jeff Wilke, Chief Executive of the company’s consumer division, the Amazon Echo and Amazon Dot were...

It turns out Samsung is not the only company facing problems with their latest generation of smartphones. Reports of problems with the batteries in the iPhone 6 first surfaced in China in October and since then a number of users around the world have complained about the issue. Granted, everyone has...

As if the struggle with fake news has not been hard enough for the social media network this year, false reports of a bombing in Central Bangkok triggered Facebook’s Safety Check feature on Tuesday. According to the Thai-based Khao Sod (Live News) the supposed incident happened around 9:00 PM local...

While many analysts predicted virtual reality was going to become the biggest items this Christmas, a press release by Amazon illustrates 2016 was the year of virtual assistants. Christmas maybe over but the party is still getting started for Amazon. The online retail shopping company reported some of the highest...

For the states that have legalized recreational marijuana, how has cannabis legalization impacted teens and kids? In many states where recreational weed is illegal, synthetic marijuana is extremely popular in lower-class neighborhoods. In fact, synthetic cannabis is 100 times more powerful than tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the chemical that gives marijuana its effects. But, what about...

Emotional experiences can have an impact on future memories. For instance, someone's first kiss, marriage and pregnancy are very moving experiences and those powerful moments can produce long-lasting memories. However, prior to now, scientists were not too sure how heart-rending incidents affected memory. Published in the journal of "Nature Neuroscience", University of California and University...

The day after Christmas, Sony Music accounts received an unexpected gift as the company's accounts were hacked. Hackers hacked several Twitter accounts belonging to Sony Music. Hackers told the world that the pop-singer Britney Spears died in an accident. "britney spears is dead by accident! we will tell you more soon #RIPBritney," Sony Music...

Apple's team of AI researchers published their first paper on Artificial Intelligence. Tim Cook has been working on artificial intelligence at Apple for a while. In October during a trip to Japan, Cook explained that the company is researching and developing programs surrounding "deep engineering" - a type of artificial intelligence that allows...

Researchers may have discovered a vaccine for Ebola. Published in The Lancet, rSV-ZEBOV is a vaccine studied in Guinea. The randomized sample found that nearly six thousand people who received the vaccine did not develop the deadly Ebola disease. However, 50% of the human trial patients who received the vaccine did experience side effects including,...

In a two sentence statement Cyanogen announced the end. Starting December 31st, the company would no longer be providing service to Android phones. In addition, Cyanogen explained that the company will be consolidating their services. However, the source could will remain available to anyone who is interested in building upon the CyanogenMod operating system.   What...

Looking backing Microsoft wishes is handled the Windows 10 Anniversary Update differently. It would not be the first time. The company has a history of dropping the ball with software updates. This includes several painful incidents over the years – such as Windows 8. However, the execution of this years’ Windows 10...

Following the 2016 US Presidential election, Americans are feeling extremely optimistic about the economy. Months before Barack Obama became the next President of the United States in 2008, consumer confidence was at an all time low. America was in the middle of a housing crisis and facing a major economic recession....

It is Christmas Eve and millions of kids around the world are waiting to see what is underneath their Christmas tree. In an effort to keep up with the Christmas cheer, Google has released an app that allows for kids to track where Santa is in real-time. By visiting SantaTracker,...

Not sure what do with your unused Amazon boxes this holiday season?  The online retailer announced a box recycling program earlier this week. The move was welcomed by environmental advocates who noted that Amazon is the largest user of cardboard boxes in the U.S.  In fact, only Chinese internet giant...