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- How streaming video has outpaced file-sharing across the globe
Services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu now make up up about 70 percent of Americans' Internet use during peak hours, a new report has found, reflecting an ongoing shift away from online file-sharing and traditional cable TV.
- How the military is designing new tactical gear for female soldiers
Now that women can serve in combat roles, gear must evolve to meet their requirements. Here's how the military is redesigning current and next-gen combat gear to fit female combatants.
- Virtual reality gives peek inside New England Patriots’ locker room
Sports immersion is one of the applications for a technology that many predict will impact fields from healthcare to journalism.
- Why stakes are high for court's decision on FCC's net neutrality rules
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals, which has twice struck down efforts to govern traffic online, held arguments on Friday in a new case. But in the wake of the commission's rules on 'net neutrality,' the once-obscure issue has grown increasingly political, observers say.
- China is the world's largest car market. Will it also be the greenest?
Over the past two years, underpinned by government policies and growing interest in the private sector, electric cars in China have taken off.
- Robots could fill nearly half of all jobs in Japan within 20 years, study says
Amid Japan's rapidly-aging population, robots could potentially free up workers from repetitive tasks to pursue more creative jobs, researchers say.
- Fig: A new model of crowdfunding turns 'backers' into true 'investors'
Fig, a new crowdfunding platform, allows backers to become investors, sharing in the revenue of successful projects. Here's how the service is helping bring to life a sequel to Psychonauts, a cult classic video game.
- Focusing on the tech 'pipeline' may harm efforts to recruit more diversity
At Microsoft's shareholders meeting on Wednesday, issues of diversity took center stage, with the company winning praise for its efforts to diversify its workforce. But behind the scenes, tech's focus on meritocracy could harm such efforts, lawmakers and former workers say.
- First LookBuyer beware: Fake 'hoverboards' make for cheap but dangerous gifts
During the peak of holiday online shoppings, British officials are warning consumers about counterfeit "hoverboards" that catch on fire.
- How certain are you that robots won’t create as many jobs as they displace?
Robots and automation will not destroy the economy. How confident are we? Take our $2,500 challenge.
- In largest-ever investment, Google nearly doubles its clean energy use
Google made one of the largest-ever purchases of clean energy: 842 megawatts from wind and solar plants in the US, Chile, and Sweden. Google, Apple, Facebook, and other tech companies are transitioning to renewable energy out of concern for the environment – and, they say, because it's good for business.
- Privacy complaints against Google raise questions about student data
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's recent complaint to the Federal Trade Commission alleges the company's Chromebooks marketed to schools include a default feature that tracks students' data.
- Launch wars: Commercial space race reignites as Orbital ATK heads to ISS
Orbital ATK and United Launch Alliance will send a rocket carrying supplies to the International Space Station on Thursday. Spaceflight companies want to prove that they're reliable enough to run regular missions to the ISS – and, soon, to carry astronauts into space.
- First LookIs Google tracking your kids’ data? Should it?
The use of children's data has struck a chord with privacy advocates as technology companies weigh consumer rights with benefits of data collection.
- Here’s how Google is pitching its self-driving cars to government agencies
At an event at a Department of Transportation facility in Massachusetts on Tuesday, the head of Google's car project alternated between humor and sincerity in describing the car's potential to reduce accidents and improve the experience of human drivers.
- Mark Zuckerberg and wife to give away 99 percent of Facebook shares
In a letter to their newborn daughter, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla pledge to give away 99 percent of their company shares to advance an equality initiative.
- Spotify unseats Pandora as the world's most popular music service
Spotify is now the most popular streaming music service in the world, according to a new report.
- Do Christmas lights really interfere with Wi-Fi signals?
A telecom regulator in the UK is warning that the festive lights, and a slew of other common household items, can produce electromagnetic fields that block the transmission of radio waves that carry Internet signals, causing Wi-Fi service interruptions.
- Is Twitter dying?
The social media company's stock price is at an all-time low. What does this mean?
- VTech data breach: Will the company have to revise its security priorities?
The technology company's 'Learning Lodge' app store was compromised to reveal data on children and parents who use the site. The company is making every effort it can to rectify the situation, but there are still steps to be taken.