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  Extreme DIY: Homemade space suits, metal printers, and lifeforms July 4, 2014 at 9:00 am

  The DIY movement has never been more relevant, or more ambitious. These projects aim shockingly high — and they find a lot more success than you might expect.
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  GPU rumor mill: Leaked shots of GTX 880 surface point to 8GB of RAM, while AMD plans August update July 4, 2014 at 7:31 am

  What better way to celebrate the long holiday weekend than with GPU rumors? We round up the news on AMD and Nvidia.
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  A tribute to Cassini: 10 years spent revealing the secrets of Saturn and its moons July 3, 2014 at 3:51 pm

  NASA’s Cassini probe has spent a full decade investigating Saturn and its moons. As the satellite gears up for its Grand Finale, it’s time to look back at a decade of incredible achievement.
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  FDA approves first ever personal exoskeleton July 3, 2014 at 11:02 am

  The ReWalk could help millions of people around the world walk again after being wheelchair-bound following spinal injuries. The $70,000 device has just been approved for sale in the US by the FDA.
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  2014 Mazda3 review: Best tech compact is also the best-handling small car July 3, 2014 at 9:00 am

  Mazda’s 2014 Mazda3 scores on all four cylinders: great tech, great driver’s car, reasonable price, and efficiency. Mazda has extended big car features such as adaptive cruise control and a head-up display down to the compact car class. With SkyActiv engine technology, it’s improving fuel economy up to 41 mpg and cutting emissions, and breaking new ground with capacitor-based brake regeneration.
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  Qualcomm to boost wireless performance to gigabit levels with Wilocity acquisition July 2, 2014 at 7:00 pm

  Qualcomm has announced its imminent acquisition of Wilocity, a WiFi developer specializing in the 60GHz band. Wilocity promises it can deliver up to 7Gbps of bandwidth — but it comes with some costs.
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  Fee to pay: UK law comes down on EA’s Dungeon Keeper cash shop July 2, 2014 at 4:27 pm

  When EA released a free-to-play Dungeon Keeper title on iOS and Android last year, there was substantial backlash from the gaming community. Now, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK has ruled that EA cannot market Dungeon Keeper as a free game.
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  ET deals: HP Envy 15t Core i7 touch laptop for $755 July 2, 2014 at 4:00 pm

  A decent Core i7 laptop with good specs is usually tough to find without spending $700+, and that’s excluding premium (and expensive) features like a 1080p touchscreen. So we were pretty psyched to see HP kick off their 4th of July savings with a great deal on the Envy 15t, knocking $245 off the price to give you a high quality Core i7-powered 1080p touch laptop for just $755.
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  Researchers may have solved graphene’s production problems, cleared way for mass production July 2, 2014 at 2:57 pm

  A new method of producing graphene could be the major breakthrough scientists are looking for. If the new method of producing the material on a thin polymer works at commercial scale, it could clear the way for mass production.
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  Google’s Android L delivers enormous battery life increase July 2, 2014 at 1:19 pm

  Google’s next major Android version will include new methods of conserving power and boosting battery life — and they’re paying off, big time. Real-world battery life in Android could jump by 20-40% with the new version — even on current hardware.

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