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Cisco today said it had teamed with SAP to make it easier for customers to manage high-volumes of data from multi-cloud and distributed data center…

MATERIAL LIFE Ecovative, the startup that makes biodegradable packaging for furniture seller IKEA, says that the same mushroom roots it uses to…

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE Streaming giant Netflix seems to be planning to allow viewers to make decisions that affect the storylines of certain…

I AM AWAITED If the traffic is really bad, maybe you’ll need the spirit of action hero Mad Max to be your copilot. In June, Tesla CEO Elon Musk…

Years ago, the idea of genetic splicing was a fictional pipe dream that invoked images of bat winged-lions or bears with laser eyes. That’s not on…

FACE OFF There are lots of indignities of modern air travel — cramped seats, barely palatable food. But there’s nothing quite like fumbling to pull…

Casual dining chains are leaving few technology stones unturned in the push to jumpstart their ailing businesses. Now on the menu: anything from…

Virtual reality is still a fledgling industry, and it’s hard to make money on the relatively small installed base of VR headsets. But that doesn’t…

NIGHTMARE FUEL Scientists at the City University of Hong Kong have created a new robot. Upside: it could help deliver drugs inside the body,…

RIPPED GENES The first time scientists sequenced the entire human genome, it took 13 years and nearly $3 billion dollars. It was an incredible…