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High-end Swiss watchmakers have generally been publicly dismissive of any threat posed by Apple’s upcoming smartwatch, but now that the Watch is creeping closer to launch, fashion watch leaders are starting to take notice. According to Reuters, Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer has changed course and
Biodegradable plastics exist because traditional ones take between 20 and 1,000 years to break down in the wild, often blocking waterways and killing animals as that all happens. That’s why two industrial designers and a group of microbiologists have designed a way to break down plastic —
The largest-ever international hackathon was announced this Friday. The result of a partnership between the Seoul Metro Government and Global Hackathon, the event will take place in the South Korean capital next summer. According to the event’s organizers, a major goal of Global Hackathon Seou
WeWork , an office developer, believes it can be as transformational to its industry as upstarts like Airbnb and Uber are in travel and transportation. The four-year-old company, which divvies up rented office space and sublets mostly to startups, said on Monday it closed a $355 million funding roun
IBM’s Watson beat the odds on Jeopardy! Now the big question: is it smart enough to help solve what ails the US Department of Veterans Affairs? The past couple of years have been pretty rough for the VA. In June of this year, it got blasted for underreporting veteran complaints, which ran the
There is no free lunch in this world, and neither are there free seats on a plane – not unless you happen to own the airline itself, or are somehow in a position where such perks are afforded to you. While humans are the ones who would fly in the cabin of an airplane, how […]
The Sony Pictures legal team has begun its campaign to beat back media coverage of the studio’s hack, and today leadership tried to address internal concerns during a company-wide town hall. Variety reports that CEO Michael Lynton and Co-Chairman Amy Pascal led two meetings on Sony’s lot
HBO is one of the most popular premium networks on TV, with shows like Game of Thrones and others. The channel has also launched an online and mobile app called HBO GO. This brings the content to your computer, phone or tablet. Now the network has arrived on Amazon Fire TV, the tiny set-top box [&he
Following the launch of its Facebook-based social recommendations in September, Netflix is now extending the feature to its Android app. The update brings movie and TV show recommendations to Netflix users’ Android devices via rich notifications; you can watch, get more info, or thank your friend fo
Following the police raid that has taken down the Pirate Bay for the past several days, a representative for the site talked about the matter with TorrentFreak and revealed some details about the future of The Pirate Bay. “We were not that surprised by the raid. That is something that is a part of t
Bose is a well-known player in music hardware, but just as Beats did, it looks like the company is trying to get into the content business, as well. As noticed by Hypebot, Bose currently has a job opening for a senior user experience designer, working under its “cloud music services” gro
This may shock you, but giving large companies special tax deals doesn’t magically lead to full employment and economic paradise. The Wall Street Journal reports that both AT&T and Verizon started receiving huge tax breaks starting in 2008 as part of a stimulus package and since then have actual
