Soon, a new device will wirelessly charge your cell phones, electric cars

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Soon, a new device will wirelessly charge your cell phones, electric cars Wireless charging will address a major drawback of plug-in electric cars -- their limited driving range.

Meet Shimon: The robot who uses AI to write and play own music Shimon, with four arms and eight sticks, can play harmonies and chords on a marimba.

Prone to feeling drowsy when you're behind the wheel? This app will ensure you stay alert The app captures features like drooping eyelids, drowsiness or even nodding off, and sets off an alarm.

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Abhinav Sharma Brand Manager, Adidas Running, India Don't let running run you down Aditya Malik MD & CEO, Talentedge The ultimate 8-point guide to getting ahead in your career Amruda Nair Jt. MD & CEO, AIANA Hotels The changing face of wellness tourism: Hotels need to offer more than fad-diets & exercise routines to please travellers

Samsung Galaxy S8, S8 Plus users can now pre-test Bixby The tech giant is reportedly recruiting volunteers to pre-test its voice assistant.

ET Recommendations: Get Google Daydream View for Rs 6,499 Daydream View comes with a handheld remote control with a built-in accelerometer, trackpad, volume control, select and home button.

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Micromax Evok Power review: Excellent battery but average performance The phone features an 8MP rear camera that captures three basic modes - panorama, HDR and face beauty.

Microsoft unveils Modern Keyboard with hidden fingerprint sensor The tech giant also launched a Modern Mouse with nearly invisible buttons and a metal scroll wheel.

Pitter-patter! Twitter launches umbrella emoji to celebrate monsoon This is the first weather-related emoji that Twitter has launched in India.

Honor 8 Pro set for India launch in July at Rs 37,000 The camera's wide aperture range delivers DSLR-like depth of field effects for both photo and video shooting.

HTC U11 with pressure-sensitive frame and highest-rated camera launched at Rs 51,990 It has a 12MP primary camera, phase detection autofocus, opticam image stabilization, dual LED flash and has 4k video recording support.

Twitter's new look does not go down well with users The company said the new user interface will roll out on twitter.com, Twitter for iOS, Twitter for Android, TweetDeck & Twitter Lite in the coming days.

Alcatel launches new tablet A3 10 in India at Rs 9,999 The device features a 10-inch IPS display and sports a 5MP primary camera and 2MP front camera.

Space crunch? Soon, you will be able to back up your complete 'desktop' on Google Drive The new 'Backup and Sync' app will come integrated with Google Photos uploader.

Are you terrible at bargaining? Facebook chatbot may soon do the negotiating for you The bots were introduced by researchers at Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR). Had enough of stapling and collating your medical info? Here's how the iPhone can help If Apple's efforts show the desired results, both the medical community and users would have reasons to cheer.

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