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People love New York City partially because it’s the city that never sleeps. But a city active 24 hours a day also means it’s producing noise 24 hours a day, making it for many the city that can’t sleep. Traffic, construction, loud guys playing dominoes. Sometimes, silence in the city is like a permanent parking Continue Reading →

As most active Twitter users undoubtedly noticed, Twitter on Tuesday added a new feature to its website and mobile apps that is definitely making waves. In a move that pushes the service one step closer to the likes of Facebook and Tumblr — and makes ads much more valuable as well — Twitter now displays Continue Reading →

The National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world, according to documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and interviews with knowledgeable officials. By tapping those links, the agency has positioned itself to collect at will from among hundreds of millions Continue Reading →

Imagine shared Web hosting as multiple families living together in a small house that’s made for two people. According to Web Hosting Watch, Virtual Private Servers (VPS) are like having a “separate apartment” for yourself. Without sharing limited facilities with other people, you can live however you’d like. This analogy shares how VPS compares to Continue Reading →

Lenovo re-thought the laptop, bringing flexible displays to a variety of different notebooks, and has now turned its focus to the tablet. The new Yoga Tablet 8 and 10 appear almost book- or magazine-inspired, like the Sony Xperia Tablet S, with a round bulge along one edge to serve as a grip. The design itself Continue Reading →

Apple released a statement to The New York Times on Tuesday night noting that a manufacturing issue has caused shortened battery life in a ‘very limited’ number of iPhone 5s devices. At its introduction, the phone was reported by Apple to have nearly identical life to the iPhone 5, and most tests have borne that Continue Reading →

Barnes & Noble’s Nook division seems to exist in a constant state of flux — one day it’s being spun off, the next its construction outsourced — but the retail giant continues producing its E Ink readers unabated. On Wednesday it announced the Nook GlowLight, its new flagship ebook reader. It’s designed to compete directly Continue Reading →

California is technology’s spiritual home in the US, where Teslas roam free, and Google Glass is already a social norm. Well, unless you’re a member of the San Diego law enforcement that is — as one unlucky driver just found out. That commuter was Cecilia Abadie, and she’s (rather fittingly) taken to Google+ after being Continue Reading →

A year has passed since Hurricane Sandy came ashore, but the northeastern US is still feeling its impact through closed facilities and lost jobs. Google hopes to tackle some of those longer-term challenges by donating 17,000 Nexus 7 tablets to the New York State Community Action Association. The non-profit will primarily hand out the Android Continue Reading →

Driver error is the number one cause of automobile crashes so what would happen if you removed humans from the equation? According to independent research by the Eno Center for Transportation, vehicle-related injuries would drop by 90 percent and save the US economy roughly $450 billion each year. The group discovered that 40 percent of Continue Reading →