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The more developed a nation becomes, the more meat its citizens consume, and while Chinese families may not consume as much meat as their Western counterparts, their meat consumption is definitely on the rise. China’s economy has been growing at a ridiculous pace, and so has its middle class.

The fact that the Sun is a blazing hot ball of fire makes it rather difficult to gather data on it, and there’s still so much that scientists want to learn about the star that they simply can’t do because of these difficulties. Several decades ago, NASA sent a brave little probe on a sui

It’s embarrassing how much food we throw out every day, and even though some of us may feel guilty when we think about it, that’s still not enough to motivate us to change our habits, but there may be a simple solution. An Israeli startup by the name of HomeBiogas has developed a system

Though nothing has been officially announced, numerous leaks and rumors over the past month or so have indicated that Samsung will be launching the Galaxy S7 much earlier than expected, and some recently leaked AnTuTu benchmarks indicate that the device will be released very soon. The benchmarks are

Proving that its delivery drone idea was more than just a promotional stunt, Amazon has released a video in which it actually demonstrates one of its drones. Jeremy Clarkson, the former face of Top Gear, described the many ways that a drone-based delivery service would benefit consumers, and highlig

Everyone knows that virtual reality is the future of entertainment, but we still have a few years before the technology really starts to pick up, so what will the virtual reality market be like in the meantime? Well, according to Superdata, which specializes in analyzing the gaming industry, there w

The largest PC manufacturer in the world has joined forces with one of the biggest names in the PC gaming industry to create a new series of gaming hardware. Lenovo and Razer announced the partnership last week, which has given birth to the new Razer Edition series of gaming devices. All of the devi

Those of you who purchased standalone USB-C adapters and cables from OnePlus may want to get a refund, because they can potentially damage third-party charging hardware. While claiming that the blame rests with the companies that made the cheap charging hardware, OnePlus announced in a recent blog p

While the Japanese are busy building robots that assist the elderly, and the Swedes are busy building robots that help tourists at airports, the Chinese have developed a trio of death-dealing attack robots to combat “global terror” with rifles and grenade launchers. The three robots are

One of the most interesting, if little-used, features of the Xbox One is the ability to stream games from your console to your computer, and it looks like Sony wants to add a similar feature to the PlayStation 4. However, whereas the Xbox One streaming feature only works with Windows 10 computers, S

All airports are difficult to navigate, but the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam takes things to the next level. The airport is practically a labyrinth, and is so difficult to navigate that Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM), a Dutch airline that’s based in Schiphol, has teamed up with res

Gabe Newell is known to most as the co-founder and de facto leader of Valve, but did you know he also invests in cookery startups? Eater recently interviewed Newell over the phone, where he told a story about how a Seattle-based startup by the name of ChefSteps asked him if they could come to his ho

Reaching your funding goal on Kickstarter is only half the battle, the other half is actually providing backers with the product or service that they’re funding. Unfortunately, despite raising $3.5 million and becoming Europe’s most-funded Kickstarter project, Zano was not only unable to

On Monday, the United Nations climate change summit will open in Paris, and Bill Gates will be launching a multi-billion dollar clean energy research and development initiative alongside some of the world’s most-powerful politicians. The members of the initiative, which includes both developed

We’ve heard a lot about Hyperloop in the two years since Elon Musk first released the concept, but he haven’t really seen much in the way of actual progress until recently. Plenty of companies and organizations have laid out plans for testing out the experimental technology, but now Musk

With less than a month to go before Star Wars: The Force Awakens launches, those of us who have been doing everything we can to avoid spoilers are in the homestretch, but things are more difficult than ever. A fresh batch of spoilers was just unleashed on the Web, with more undoubtedly following in

Transporting things to and from space is incredibly expensive, not to mention difficult, which is why researchers are looking for ways to make space stations as self-sufficient as possible. One of the ways that NASA is considering doing this is with genetically modified bacteria that could not only

William Bao Bean is one of the most prominent venture capitalists in China, one that specializes in spotting emerging trends and identifying startups with a lot of potential, so his claim that China ahead of the rest of the world in social content-driven commerce has a lot of weight. According to hi

People have been waiting… and waiting… and waiting for the Xiaomi Mi5 to be released, but Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun assures us that it’s worth waiting for. Many of us expected the flagship to be announced at Xiaomi’s Grand Finale event a few days ago, but obviously that didn’t

Russia’s decision to force foreign companies like Facebook and Google to store the data they have on Russian citizens within Russia’s borders is actually an excellent business opportunity for local companies. As a nation of more than 143 million people, there’s no way these compani

The quest for immortality is as old as mankind itself, but we’re only just now at a level of technological advancement that immortality may actually be within our reach. Many companies and organizations are already searching for a way to cheat death, but whereas most of them are exploring some

HTC’s revenue has been steadily declining for months, and none of the smartphones that it’s releasing are turning things around, so the company has decided to try something new. In order to make absolutely sure that the products it releases are what consumers want, HTC has launched a new

The ZUK Z1 was definitely one of the lesser-known additions to this year’s high power, low price smartphone lineup. The reasons for this being that it was released later in the year, comes from an unknown Lenovo-backed brand, and isn’t quite as powerful as the Moto X Style or OnePlus 2.

A German motorists organization recently conducted a study on connected cars and how much driver data they gather, and the findings are a little unsettling. Known as the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (ADAC), the organization found that at lease one recent model, the BMW 320d, not only collect

It’s odd how a company that makes all of its money by selling things online, and is often cited as the biggest reason for the decline of physical bookstores, ended up opening its own physical bookstore. Even stranger than this, however, is the fact that Amazon’s bookstore is actually a b

Following a string of assaults, rapes, and attempted assaults and rapes, Uber promised to make safety the primary focus of its ride-sharing service, and it looks like the company is making good on that promise. Yesterday, Uber announced that it has assembled a safety advisory board, which will work

Nest’s Learning Thermostat is about to become even more useful. This morning, the company announced that all generations of the device will be receiving a big update over the next couple of weeks, which will improve the device’s ability to maintain your preferred temperature in your hous

We’ve already seen plenty of tech companies trying to be watchmakers, but Fossil is one of the first watchmakers to do the reverse. Having been a major player in the traditional watch market for years, Fossil released its first smartwatch today, known as the Q Founder, which can be purchased d

The Xbox One may be catching up to the PlayStation 4, but Sony’s console is still the undisputed victor of this generation’s console wars. According to the company, the PlayStation 4 is the “the fastest and strongest grown in PlayStation history,” and has managed to sell more

Wearable gadgets are a great way to gather information on your fitness and health habits, but what do you do with that information once you’ve gathered it? Giving it to your doctor probably won’t help you, because there’s nothing of value that they can do with that information, and

Tech companies like Google have been at the forefront of self-driving car development, but most consumers wish that wasn’t the case. According to a survey from the Boston Consulting Group and the World Economic Forum, more than half of consumers across the globe are open to the idea of adoptin

Wi-Fi is going to be replaced eventually, and many people expected 5G to be the technology that finally does so, but it looks like Li-Fi might have a shot at replacing Wi-Fi as well. As the name implies, Li-Fi uses light to transmit data, rather than the radio waves that Wi-Fi uses, and initial test

Considering how the United States government’s feelings towards encryption and online anonymity have been like over the past couple of years, it’s no surprise that the Tor Project wants to seek other sources of funding. Despite being one of the few tools that can consistently combat gove

Challenging an e-commerce behemoth like Amazon requires an immense amount of connections and resources, not to mention experience and strategy. Jet.com has plenty of the latter two, having been founded by the same man who founded Diapers.com, and with $350 million in new funding and another $150 mil

When Irrational Games was disbanded last year, many people were worried that this meant the end of the BioShock series, and even though 2K and Take-Two have claimed that this isn’t the case, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick decided to remove and lingering doubts we may have had. According to him,

With commercial drones exploding in popularity, and the potential dangers of the emerging technology becoming more evident, the FAA has been trying to come up with a way to crack down on improper drone use. Requiring all of the drones in the United States to be registered with the federal government

For those of us with limited data or slow internet speeds, Opera Max is one of the most-useful apps out there. Basically, the app uses compression to save you massive amounts of data when you use your smartphone, especially when using video streaming services like Netflix, and as of now, the app sup

I understand how frustrating it can be to have features that used to be free suddenly hidden behind a paywall, but without a way to make money, apps like Pushbullet simply can’t continue to operate. To be fair, Pushbullet’s decision to adopt a subscription model wasn’t the best ide

A week after Rdio filed for bankruptcy and was acquired by Pandora for $75 million, the struggling music streaming service has stopped accepting new subscribers and has cancelled the accounts of existing subscribers. We don’t know when the service will actually be shutting down, but the free v

Whenever you throw out an old smartphone, you’re indirectly contributing to a massive environmental issue relating to the improper disposal of consumer electronics, but it doesn’t have to be that way. What if you could not only stop adding to the endless stream of electronic waste, but h