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Can China Really Build the World’s Tallest Building in 90 Days?

The race to build the world’s tallest building has taken on an urgent tone these past few years. Like the mountaineers of the 1930s, or the astronauts of the 1960s, the developers struggling to out-build each other are also struggling to articulate something deeper—something that smacks of national (or maybe economic) pride. But a Chinese plan to build the world’s tallest building in mere months takes the latest salvo in this architectural arms race to new heights. Read more…        

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Can China Really Build the World’s Tallest Building in 90 Days?

Gmail’s Getting a Neat Freak Overhaul for Web and Mobile

Google just announced a new interface for you Gmail based around customizable tabs. The goal? To you help manage your goliath of an inbox. It looks pretty incredible. Read more…        

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Gmail’s Getting a Neat Freak Overhaul for Web and Mobile

When Verizon updates its LTE network to use the AWS frequency in the coming months, the Galaxy S4 wi

When Verizon updates its LTE network to use the AWS frequency in the coming months, the Galaxy S4 will be the first—and, for a while, only—phone to take advantage of the doubled internet speeds it offers. Read more…        

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The Real-Life, $150 Star Trek Tricorder Is One Step Closer To Reality

Late last year we told you about Scanadu and its real-life tricorder, called the SCOUT . Within 10 seconds of direct contact to your left temple, the SCOUT analyzes, records and spits back your vitals, including temperature, respiratory rate, ECG, blood pressure (systolic, diastolic), stress and oximetry levels. Today, Scanadu is announcing three upgrades to Spock’s once futuristic tool, in addition to an update to Project ScanaFlo, a disposable urine analysis device. Read more…        

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The Real-Life, $150 Star Trek Tricorder Is One Step Closer To Reality

This 1.5TB Laptop Drive Is the Most Memory-Dense You Can Buy

While SSDs are blisteringly fast, they still can’t offer the capacities that the humble hard disk provides. Especially this one, because with 1.5 TB squeezed into its tiny little frame, it’s the most memory-dense drive you can buy right now. Read more…        

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This 1.5TB Laptop Drive Is the Most Memory-Dense You Can Buy

Ex-Valve Engineers’ Crazy AR Glasses Put Tiny Projectors On Your Face

Want some more tech to put on your face? Neither full-on goggles like the Oculus Rift nor slender no-AR-yet specs like Google’s Glass , CastAR takes a whole different approach to modified-reality tech by slapping tiny projectors on your face, and The Verge got to take a peek . Read more…        

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Ex-Valve Engineers’ Crazy AR Glasses Put Tiny Projectors On Your Face

Say Goodbye to Creative Suite: Adobe CS Is Now Creative Cloud

At Adobe’s annual MAX conference today, the company announced a major overhaul of the ten-year-old Creative Suite, which will now be known as Creative Cloud. From now on, you won’t buy CS6 or CS7—you’ll buy a $50 per month subscription to CC (happily, the first year will only cost $30 for anyone with a CS3 or later serial number). Read more…        

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Say Goodbye to Creative Suite: Adobe CS Is Now Creative Cloud

Intel Iris: Integrated Graphics Are Finally Awesome

Intel’s integrated graphics have taken plenty of heat over the years, and most of it deserved. But the climb to respectability that started back with Sandy Bridge is about to get a turboboost. Meet Iris, the biggest generation jump in Intel’s integrated graphics to date. Get ready to game. Read more…        

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Intel Iris: Integrated Graphics Are Finally Awesome