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Engadget
Technology is coming for your retail jobs
Engadget
Amazon recently unveiled a new type of grocery store: one that doesn't require cashiers at all. Called Amazon Go, the brick-and-mortar location uses sensors and gates to automatically identify what you bought, calculate your total and charge you for ...and more »

New York Times
Black Designers in Focus at Fashion Institute of Technology
New York Times
Designs created by designers of African descent are on display at the Fashion Institute of Technology's museum. Credit Eileen Costa/The Museum at FIT. What do the satin leotard of the Playboy Bunny, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis's first wedding ...and more »

Business Insider
Apple pushes further in mapping and location technology
Business Insider
Apple is working hard to build up its location-based and mapping data, according to Bloomberg. The company plans to use drones and new “indoor navigation features” that will help make Maps more accurate and robust, which will help it to catch up to ...and more »

With the launch of this colour, Galaxy S7 edge will now be available in six colours – Blue Coral, Black Onyx, Gold Platinum, White Pearl, Silver Titanium and Pink Gold.

Reserve Bank of India has made Additional Factor of Authentication (like OTP) optional for “Card Not Present” transactions of up to Rs 2,000. Users opting for this facility will go through a one-time registration process.

Subscribers can now experience high-speed wireless mobile internet on the company’s network and get on to the digital super highway to cater to their data needs.

Powered by a combination of machines and humans, the chat-based app helps users perform daily tasks as well as facilitate multiple end-to-end transactions on a single platform.

A combination of technological, economic and political factors, including the influence of more planned mass-market EV introductions over the next four years, could provide car-makers with nine additional growth markets to invest in.

Micromax, the third-largest handset player in the country, today launched a new range of 4G smartphones 'Vdeo', aimed at consolidating its position in the entry-level smartphone market of the country.

Top 10 trending YouTube videos of 2016 include The Kapil Sharma Show, AIB, TVF and more.

The year 2016 seemed to be all about Kala Chashma with 45 million views, and kar gayi chull and baby ko base pasand hai taking the next slots.

The upcoming titles will free up some of Sony's popular gaming franchises, such as Everybody's Golf, from PlayStation consoles to Apple Inc's iOS and Google's Android mobile platforms, Sony said.

In movies, Rajinikanth as Kabali went viral with Aamir Khan’s Dangal and Salman Khan’s Sultan following closely behind. The biopic of MS Dhoni featuring Sushant Singh Rajput was also a huge hit.

Built by Microsoft’s ISV partners Smarter SMB and IDOS, these solutions address key areas like Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Finance & Accounting and enhancing organisational efficiency.

The company launched two smartphones under the Vdeo range, Vdeo 1 and Vdeo 2, which include 4G VoLTE and the latest Android Marshmallow with a metal body.

Forbes
From Frivolity To Sustainability: Why Technology And Innovation Matter For The Future Of Fashion
Forbes
“Often the perception of the fashion industry is that it's a frivolous entity, based on silly ideals about what we should wear, and how we should look.” So goes the opening line to my TEDx talk delivered in London in late October this year. Feeling ...

Engadget
Magic Leap will soon test its technology in the real world
Engadget
If you're in Plantation, Florida, you might be among the first people to see Magic Leap's headset. Mariella Moon , @mariella_moon. 12h ago in Wearables. Comments. 933 Shares. Share. Tweet. Share. Save. We might be getting closer to finally finding out ...and more »

Unlike traditional trailers, these videos will be an original content of Netflix that will act as a video synopsis and help the users to make more confident decisions as they sail through its content.

Gartner survey shows wearable devices need to be more useful.

This update is noticeable immediately as the Google Search home screen now becomes the user's personal feed, with a cleaner, more streamlined look.

The self-deleting, image and video-sharing app beat out Messenger and Pokémon Go to become the most popular downloaded app this year.

Forbes
Future Tech: Seventeen Microsoft Researchers On The Technology of 2017 And 2027
Forbes
Microsoft asked people who hold research positions in the company to share their thoughts on future developments in their different fields. Microsoft chose 17 women in order to draw attention to the opportunity for careers for women in STEM fields.and more »

WhatsApp for Android app has received to new features— Video-streaming and support for GIFs in a new update.

The 8-0 ruling, written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, held that a patent violator does not always have to fork over its entire profits from the sales of products using stolen designs if the designs covered only certain components and not the whole thing.

Moto X (2017) comes in a metal body, round camera panel along with a home button which is expected to double as a fingerprint scanner as well.

Instagram has added long-requested features that include giving users more control over comments on any post.

The solution was designed to help companies streamline core processes, support business growth, boost efficiencies, and increase opportunities for innovation.

Apple has launched a new iOS single sign-on tool to log in to your cable or satellite-TV provider on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Apple TV.

The Shanghai Consumer Council released a report on Friday detailing battery fires in eight iPhone 6 handsets. It also detailed iPhone 6 handsets powering down before their batteries are depleted - handsets outside of a global iPhone 6 recall range that Apple announced on November 20 to address the issue.

The Guardian
Can technology replace teachers? You asked Google – here's the answer
The Guardian
Every day millions of internet users ask Google life's most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries. A humanoid robot named Saya in the classroom. A robot, named Saya, takes on the role of school teacher at ...

As part of its mission to launch self-driving, rideshare cars onto the streets and improve its overall delivery services, Uber has established a new research group called AI Labs.

Samsung Galaxy S8 will not feature the traditional 3.5mm headphone jack.

The rocket was ferrying India's earth observation satellite Resourcesat-2A weighing 1,235 kg.

ISRO, which began a 36-hour countdown last night, today said Mono Methyl Hydrazine (MMH) fuel and Mixed Oxidesof Nitrogen (MON-3) oxidiser filling operations of the fourth stage (PS4) of PSLV-C36 are completed.

On December 7, 1976, the Journal des sçavans reported this discovery.

This is how hackers can attack your money in e-wallets: Create multiple fake accounts to collect money in small amounts; cheat people who are digital novices by psychological manipulation; and breach servers and steal data.

Forbes
Why China Wants U.S. Memory Chip Technology -- And What Washington Is Doing About It
Forbes
In the latest signal from Washington that it's protecting its semiconductor industry from Beijing, U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday issued an executive order barring a Chinese deal to buy a German semiconductor company's California-based ...