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Tech on TIME.com Samsung Is Trying to Solve the Biggest Problem With Smartwatches The Gear S3 works well without your phone nearby Published on August 31, 2016 at 12:15PM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2ceTbsO

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Tech on TIME.com You Asked: What Is a Chromebook? The inexpensive laptops cost little and do lots Published on August 31, 2016 at 11:34AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2c8CHPJ

How An Edible Battery Could Power Medical Robots You Swallow Tiny devices sent into the human body for diagnosing and treating diseases run on batteries that may contain toxic materials. Researchers have come up with a safer battery made of natural pigments. Read more on NPR

Tech on TIME.com Konami Finally Answered the ‘Metal Gear Solid 5’ Ending Question Publisher says the ending we got is the ending we were supposed to Published on August 31, 2016 at 11:05AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2bVxHjh

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How Snapchat Became A Virtual Confessional For Sexual Assault Victims A journalist wanted to tell the stories of two rape victims while protecting their identities. How would he do it? Read more on NPR

How Video Game 'Overwatch' Is Trying To Make The Leap To eSport There's lots of money to be made by turning a video game into a competitive sport, or eSport. There are millions of fans watching video game athletes compete for millions of dollars in prize money. Read more on NPR

FBI Warns State Election Offices To Be Wary Of Hackers The FBI and other government security agencies are protecting against cyberattacks that might affect the elections. Hackers tried to gain access to two state voter registration databases this summer. Read more on NPR

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Facebook Faces Trending News Problems After Firing Curators On Friday, news site Quartz reported that Facebook fired its "news curators" and replaced them with algorithms to compile the news that ends up on Facebook's "Trending" news section. Many users took note when a fake article about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly was trending. Read more on NPR

#IfAfricaWasASchool, Who Would Be The Nerd? Jock? Most Popular? A trending hashtag on Twitter invites people to personify countries in Africa with various schoolyard archetypes. Read more on NPR

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Tech on TIME.com Apple Is Planning More Than Just New iPhones You might want to wait before buying a new MacBook Published on August 30, 2016 at 11:18AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2bzoSIU

Tech on TIME.com World of Warcraft: Legion Brings 6 Reasons to Revisit the Game The sixth expansion to Blizzard's indefatigable fantasy MMO is available now Published on August 30, 2016 at 11:18AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2bzpk9U

Scientists Looking For Alien Life Investigate 'Interesting' Signal From Space Russian astronomers detected an unusual radio signal last year. The SETI Institute says its too soon to say if the signal came from intelligent lifeforms — but they're checking it out. Read more on NPR

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Tech on TIME.com How Virtual Reality Could Change Computers As You Know Them Get ready for something very different Published on August 30, 2016 at 08:30AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2bz35AS

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Surfers And Scientists Team Up To Create The 'Perfect Wave' Surfers once deemed man-made waves weak and mushy compared to the best that break along the coast. Then engineers and an 11-time world champion surfer showed just how good an artificial wave can be. Read more on NPR

Groups Worry About Impact Of Police Moves To Block Social Media As police find themselves in encounters that are posted live — including video — they sometimes want to pull the social media plug. But activists say this threatens to censor an electronic witness. Read more on NPR

Tech on TIME.com Apple is Expected to Debut its New iPhone Next Week When the company holds its fall product launch event in San Francisco Published on August 30, 2016 at 12:15AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2bNzoNp

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FAA Expects 600,000 Commercial Drones In The Air Within A Year The soaring number of drones for hire is forecast in response to new federal rules that simplify and streamline the process of getting government approval and certification. Read more on NPR

A Robot That Hurts Confronts Future When Machines Make Life/Death Decisions An artist has designed a robot that purposefully defies Isaac Asimov's law that "a robot may not harm humanity" — to bring urgency to the discussion about self-driving and other smart technology. Read more on NPR

Listen: 'Web Site Story,' NPR's Musical About The Internet — From 1999 Found in our archives: an Internet-themed remake of West Side Story from the dot-com bubble era. It begins with Bill Gates and features the sound of a modem but isn't as obsolete as you might expect. Read more on NPR

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Tech on TIME.com ‘Minecraft’ Is Getting New Boss Battles This Fall Including two new boss battles Published on August 29, 2016 at 10:15AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2bLSC96

Tech on TIME.com Fitbit is Finally Launching a Fitness Band You Can Swim With The Fitbit Flex 2 is waterproof and slimmer than the original Flex. Published on August 29, 2016 at 09:16AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2c3lFmD

Tech on TIME.com Fitbit’s Most Popular Fitness Band is Getting an Update The Charge 2 has a larger screen and can walk you through breathing exercises. Published on August 29, 2016 at 09:16AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2c3m2ha

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You Think You Know Me, Facebook, But You Don't Know Anything A new feature on Facebook shows what interests the website thinks users have and the types of advertisements it would generate to target them. But people quickly found that not every pick is a gem. Read more on NPR

A Hero For The Arts And Sciences: Upcoming Marvel Covers Promote STEAM Fields The five covers feature the company's heroes — including Spiderman, Iron Man, and the Hulk — all engaging in activities educators have been trying to promote. Read more on NPR

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After Losing Steam In Smartphones, Chinese Firm Turns To Smart Rice Cookers One of China's most valuable tech startups, smartphone maker Xiaomi, is getting into networked appliances, in a bid to innovate its way out of trouble, as its core business falls flat. Read more on NPR

Xiaomi Goes From Smartphones To Smart Homes To Pull Itself Out Of Decline One of China's most valuable tech startups, smartphone maker Xiaomi, is getting into networked appliances, in a bid to innovate its way out of trouble, as its core business falls flat. Read more on NPR

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Tech on TIME.com Apple May Remove This Iconic iPhone Feature It'll be a part of Apple's major redesign of the iPhone Published on August 26, 2016 at 10:45AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2bmbJpt

Tech on TIME.com 8 Reasons ‘Dragon Quest Builders’ Isn’t a ‘Minecraft’ Clone And that's a good thing Published on August 26, 2016 at 09:15AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2blWtJk

Tech on TIME.com The 7 Most Useful Features Coming to Your Android Phone Android 7.0 Nougat started rolling out this week Published on August 26, 2016 at 07:15AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2bU7H76