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Amazon bought itself a massive fleet of trailer trucks for Christmas

Whenever Amazon needs to transport goods between its numerous fulfillment and sorting centers, it relies on a number of trucking partners across the country, and while that's not going to change any...

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Amazon just took the wraps off a bunch of new hardware

Apple's big hardware announcement event was last week, Microsoft's is next month, and Google's is coming shortly after that, but what about Amazon? Not wanting to be left out of all these...

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Hulu has finally added an ad-free subscription tier to Hulu Plus

One of Hulu's biggest weaknesses has always been its reliance on advertisements. Whereas Netflix offers a ton content for $7.99 per month with no advertisements of any kind, Hulu offers less...

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Microsoft can guess your age with its facial-recognition technology

Guessing someone's age can be tough at times, but Microsoft is certain it can guess yours, and not by using the personal information that you've put on the Internet over the...

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Budweiser has become the first company to put an ad on Tinder

Budweiser isn't doing too well. The beer brand is suffering from declining sales hanks to a lack of interest from a key demographic: millennials. So how did Bud decide to...

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Facebook keeps track of every message you type, even ones you don’t post

Everyone social network user has at some point typed something they knew they’d regret sharing and has promptly erased it before clicking “post.” However, Slate’s Jennifer Golbeck reports that these discarded thoughts don’t...

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You’ll Never Believe Which Magazine Has the Most Digital Subscribers

All those people staring at their tablets on airplanes, the buttons to their Economist app conspicuously displayed—are they more likely to spend the flight actually reading theEconomist, or slingshotting irate avians into green...

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It’s a Myth That Entrepreneurs Drive New Technology

Images of tech entrepreneurs such as Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs are continually thrown at us by politicians, economists, and the media. The message is that innovation is best left...

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If Not Bill Gates, Who Should Run Microsoft Next?

There’s only one guy in the world who should be running Microsoft right now. Everyone knows his name (rhymes with Gill Bates), and everyone knows why he’d be perfect. Microsoft’s...

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