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The United Nations Is Launching A Space Mission The U.N. is planning to send its first spacecraft into orbit, packed with scientific experiments from countries that can't afford their own space programs. Read more on NPR

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Tech on TIME.com The 5 Biggest Things Google Might Announce On Oct. 4 New smartphones, an Echo competitor and more Published on September 30, 2016 at 12:19PM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2dx6oiR

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Tech on TIME.com HTC Just Launched a Virtual Reality App Store With $1 Content Great news for VR fans Published on September 30, 2016 at 10:26AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2dwOH2G

WATCH: Rosetta Crashes Into Comet, Bringing Historic Mission To End The Rosetta spacecraft has been orbiting the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet for two years. Now scientists have ended the mission, and the spacecraft has lost contact with Earth forever. Read more on NPR

Crisis Mapping Pioneer Focuses On Humanitarian Uses For Drones Patrick Meier pioneered the field of crisis mapping during the 2010 Haiti earthquake, compiling information to create a real time map of damage. Now he's focusing on humanitarian uses of drones. Read more on NPR

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Tech on TIME.com Look At This Insane New Honda Civic Uh, wow. Published on September 29, 2016 at 04:09PM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2cEYCwV

Americans Unconvinced Of Potential Good Of Self-Driving Cars, Study Finds Most Americans say they should always have the option to drive themselves. That's despite the fact the average driver is excited by driverless technology. Read more on NPR

Our Robot Overlords Are Now Delivering Pizza, And Cooking It On The Go A Silicon Valley start-up wants to use technology to solve the pizza paradox. It's a food that's meant to be delivered, but never tastes quite as good upon arrival. Read more on NPR

Forget Self-Driving Cars. Self-Driving Chairs Have Arrived Nissan unveiled the ProPilot chair, a high-tech self-driving seat that the automaker says makes waiting in line "easy and fun" by using technology designed for semi-autonomous cars. Read more on NPR

Phone Emergency Alerts Will Begin Including Links, Phone Numbers Regulators have voted to expand cellphone alerts to 360 characters from the previous cutoff at 90, and to begin including clickable URLs and phone numbers over the next year or so. But no photos, yet. Read more on NPR

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Tech on TIME.com Dutch Authorities Take Pokémon Go Creators to Court Over Protected Beaches Next Pokestop: a court in the Hague Published on September 29, 2016 at 01:31PM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2dHta6o

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Tech on TIME.com 10 Must-Read Tricks for Mastering Your New iPhone These shortcuts will help you become an iPhone pro Published on September 29, 2016 at 12:49PM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2dCNnaC

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Tech on TIME.com How to Unlock Your iPhone Without Pressing Any Buttons Fixing an annoying change in Apple's latest update Published on September 29, 2016 at 11:05AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2cO2385

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Scientists To Bid A Bittersweet Farewell To Rosetta, The Comet Chaser To cap its 12-year scientific voyage, the Rosetta spacecraft will take a final plunge Friday. Scientists will signal Rosetta to crash into the surface of a comet — and gather data all the way down. Read more on NPR

Tech on TIME.com Review: ‘Burly Men at Sea’ Is a Whimsical Romp Worth Taking A lighthearted folklorish tale of three men and the sea Published on September 29, 2016 at 09:07AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2cYkPqY

Tech Group To Set Industry Standards For Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming part of everyday life: think Apple's Siri. Major tech firms formed a group to help the public understand AI and develop standards so it isn't misused. Read more on NPR

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Tech Giants Team Up To Tackle The Ethics Of Artificial Intelligence Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and IBM form a group to set the first industrywide best practices for the technology already powering many applications, such as voice and image recognition. Read more on NPR

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Tech on TIME.com Your Facebook Data Is Stored Inside This Beautifully Spartan Warehouse See inside one of the social network's massive data centers Published on September 28, 2016 at 12:32PM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2d777aI

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Tech on TIME.com Amazon’s New TV Streaming Stick Has Echo-Like Voice Controls Giving it an edge over similarly-priced Roku devices Published on September 28, 2016 at 11:22AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2dkPXAQ

Tech on TIME.com This Insurance Company Is Offering Discounted Apple Watches And it's giving away thousands to employees Published on September 28, 2016 at 11:07AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2dtntcX

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Tech on TIME.com Yahoo’s Password Breach Could Have Wide-reaching Consequences Yahoo users who recycle the same password across the Internet may be at risk Published on September 27, 2016 at 10:19PM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2dy76bf

Tech on TIME.com Anti-Defamation League Declares Pepe the Frog a Hate Symbol The frog had a long life as a meme before becoming a symbol of bigotry Published on September 27, 2016 at 07:03PM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2ditLY2

Tech on TIME.com Can Apple Be Held Liable for Texting-While-Driving Crashes? Critics say smartphone makers aren't doing enough to prevent road fatalities Published on September 27, 2016 at 05:01PM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2czHtou

When Phones Went Mobile: Revisiting NPR's 1983 Story On 'Cellular' The report titled "Cellular Phones Are Completely Mobile" features a man who was "among the first 1,500 customers to use a new mobile phone system called cellular." Read more on NPR

This Afternoon, Elon Musk Unveils His Plan For Colonizing Mars In a speech at the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, the billionaire tech entrepreneur is expected to detail his vision for sending humans to the Red Planet. Read more on NPR

Tech on TIME.com DJI’s New Drone Is Small Enough to Carry in a Backpack The Mavic Pro folds up for easy transport, but it still rocks a great camera Published on September 27, 2016 at 12:08PM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2cSV8YX

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Tech on TIME.com Facebook Ordered to Delete WhatsApp Data in Germany Facebook questioned the ruling Published on September 27, 2016 at 11:45AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2dddYMd

Tech on TIME.com 25 New Video Games We Can’t Wait to Play This Fall Get ready for the fall deluge of video games Published on September 27, 2016 at 07:15AM Shared at 0 shares/hour Read more: http://ift.tt/2douhEI