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Sources: Uber has recently held talks about possible acquisitions with scooter startups Bird and Lime (The Information)

The Information: Sources: Uber has recently held talks about possible acquisitions with scooter startups Bird and Lime  —  Uber has held talks recently with electric scooter rental startup Bird to acquire the company in what could be a multibillion-dollar deal, said several people briefed on the discussions. Sources: Uber has recently held talks about possible

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E Ink unveils JustWrite, a new digital paper technology that doesn't require a backlight and promises almost no lag (Matthew Hughes/The Next Web)

Matthew Hughes / The Next Web: E Ink unveils JustWrite, a new digital paper technology that doesn’t require a backlight and promises almost no lag  —  The hypothetical pinnacle of digital paper is when it becomes indistinguishable from the real article, both in terms of reading and writing. E Ink unveils JustWrite, a new digital

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Henry the Hoover Gets a Weapons Upgrade

In this day and age of unprecedented military expenditure, we’re used to seeing weapons upgrades across all manner of war fighting hardware – tanks, helicopters, attack aircraft, you name it. We’re somewhat less accustomed to seeing the same on a domestic appliance. Regardless, we now have Henry the Hoover packing some serious heat. Originally a mere vacuum

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Google's Pixel Slate shows that tablets need an optimized OS because using Android apps designed for phones on a Chrome OS meant for laptops is a buggy mess (Vlad Savov/The Verge)

Vlad Savov / The Verge: Google’s Pixel Slate shows that tablets need an optimized OS because using Android apps designed for phones on a Chrome OS meant for laptops is a buggy mess  —  Like almost every company that’s ever tried to build a tablet  —  What is a tablet?  What is a tablet supposed

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The Arduino Hits The Rails

Certain hobbies come in clusters. It isn’t uncommon to see, for example, ham radio operators that are private pilots. Programmers who are musicians. Electronics people who build model trains. This last seems like a great fit since you can do lots of interesting things with simple electronics and small-scale trains. [Jimmy] at the aptly-named DIY

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