When your phone rings, there's about a 50 percent chance it's a spam robocall. That's not probability – it's what the U.S. government agency regulating telecommunications says. U.S. mobile phone users received 48 billion ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 26, 2019
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With perishable inventory and slim profit margins, the grocery business is notoriously tough. The mobile grocery business is even tougher. Two entities – one for-profit and the other not—that in recent years ran mobile ...
Business
Aug 23, 2017
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British billionaire Richard Branson's prolific Virgin brand has spanned a broad range of businesses, including record stores, banks, phones, airlines and spaceships.
Space Exploration
Jul 2, 2017
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Despite that most web traffic today comes from smartphones and tablets, the mobile web remains inconveniently slow. Even on fast 4G networks, a page takes 14 seconds to load on average—an eternity in today's connected world.
Security
Aug 22, 2017
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said his country could send its first astronauts to the Moon in a Chinese spacecraft, hailing on Thursday a scientific cooperation agreement he reached with President Xi Jinping.
Space Exploration
Sep 14, 2023
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As I was writing this article, I was fortunate enough to be at a conference in Florence, Italy. Like a growing number of women who travel overseas, whether for work or leisure, many of the trips I've done in recent years ...
Software
Oct 10, 2018
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Swarms of iridescent Christmas beetles used to mark Australia's summer season every year. But today, they seem as scarce as mixtapes and crochet swimsuits.
Plants & Animals
Nov 21, 2022
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The UN warned Wednesday that waste from discarded electronics like mobile phones, laptops and refrigerators is piling up worldwide, and it urged far better recycling of the often hazardous rubbish.
Environment
Dec 13, 2017
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The smartphone market is down but not out, with high prices and other factors combining to chill what had previously been a red-hot sector.
Business
Feb 3, 2019
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Sprint is still sweating out regulatory approval for its would-be merger with T-Mobile.
Telecom
May 31, 2019
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