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Backpage execs hit with new pimping and money laundering charges

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California Attorney General Kamala Harris has renewed the case against the co-founders of online classifieds site Backpage.com. Earlier this month, a judge in Sacramento County threw out pimping and sex trafficking charges against three of the site's... Go To Full Article

Tesla's next-generation Superchargers should be much faster

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Tesla's Superchargers are certainly faster than most public EV stations, but they're still far slower than you might hope for. When it can take about 40 minutes to get an 80 percent charge, you can't exactly grab and go like… Go To Full Article

Dark matter scientist Vera Rubin dies at 88

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It's a sad time for the astrophysics world. Vera Rubin, who was instrumental to confirming the existence of dark matter, has died of dementia at the age of 88. While the concept of dark matter had been proposed by Fritz… Go To Full Article

Startup Relonch Wants to Edit and Pick Your Photos for You (with an AI)

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Smartphone photographer has changed the way we think about cameras and photography. Cameras are now more connected with WiFi file transfers and they’ve become way more compact due to mirrorless technology. However, nothing dramatic has changed, until tech startup, Relonch… Go To Full Article

Fake news starts an Israel-Pakistan Twitter dispute

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There's no question that fake online news can have dire consequences, but it's now clear that this is true even on an international scale. After a false story claimed that Israel was threatening to nuke Pakistan if it sent troops… Go To Full Article

Samsung's Gear VR browser gets improved WebVR content support

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One of the best reasons to (still) consider a Galaxy S7 smartphone is the Gear VR headset support, and with Google's Daydream a looming rival, Samsung wants to keep things that way. As such, Samsung recently updated its Internet for… Go To Full Article

Star Citizen cans CryEngine over Amazon's Lumberyard

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Chris Roberts says cloud computing is the way to go Cloud Imperium Games has announced that it has switched from Crytek's CryEngine to Amazon's Lumberyard game engine for its anticipated crowdfunded Star Citizen and Squadron 42 games. Go To Full Article

Plextor to announce its M8Se SSDs at CES 2017 show

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Based on 15nm Toshiba TLC NAND Plextor has announced that it will be showing both the final version of its M8Se performance mainstream SSD as well as the future SSDs based on 3D NAND flash at the… Go To Full Article

OLED TVs to make 68 percent of market in three years

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370 million units sold by the end of 2016 A new report from the Photonics Industry and Technology Development Association (PIDA) says that worldwide purchases of OLED panels is on the rise, with the proportion of market… Go To Full Article

ASUS, HTC, Acer fall short of smartphone shipment targets

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Shipment delays, price competition, slower sales According to the latest claims from industry sources, the three leading Taiwan-based smartphone vendors Asustek, HTC and Acer have all missed their target smartphone shipments for 2016 due to price competition… Go To Full Article

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