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Kelly Paik

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Kelly Paik writes about science and technology for Fanvive. When she's not catching up on the latest innovations, she uses her free-time painting and roaming to places with languages she can't speak. Because she rather enjoys fumbling through cities and picking things on the menu through a process of eeny meeny miny moe.

Nissan’s self-driving chair brings autonomous tech to the masses

Nissan just invented a self-driving chair you sit in while you wait in line. It could be the coolest application of self-driving technology ever...

Credit cards are 25% less slow with Square’s new chip reader

The credit card chip is more secure than the old magstripe, they say. It’ll prevent fraud, they say. And consumers agree. So we silently...

Snapchat’s Spectacles are made with Millennials in mind

The company formerly known as Snapchat is introducing Spectacles, a brand new pair of sunglasses with a built-in camera for capturing those snaps. Because...

Jupiter’s moon Europa provides new clues about extraterrestrial life

You might have to squint your eyes a little to see it but scientists are pretty sure Jupiter’s moon Europa is spewing out plumes...

GoPro enters the drone market with Karma

GoPro’s drone Karma is its first foray away from cameras. The drone itself looks pretty sleek - something we’d expect coming out of a...

Snowden hoping for a pardon before Obama leaves office

Ever the optimist, Edward Snowden is hoping President Barack Obama will pardon him before leaving the White House come January. And public support for...
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Edible food wrap made of milk could replace plastic

So much of the food we see stocked in grocery aisle comes wrapped inside plastic. It’s clings to every wedge of cheese and encases...
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Airbnb adopting new rules to deal with its racism problem

While most users will attest to Airbnb’s utility as an accommodation booking marketplace, the company has been grappling with a fairly core problem as...

NASA: August 2016 was another record-breaking scorcher

NASA confirmed the month of August was the hottest August ever recorded. In fact, it ties with July as the hottest in history since...

Bad Facebook experiences really do impact your mental health

We’ve all run into those miserable interactions on social media that left us walking away from the computer feeling a bit battered. But if...

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The next time Facebook notices suspicious activity on your account, they could be asking you to verify your identity via selfie. The social media...
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Google now shows wait times for sit down restaurants and soon grocery stores

Google has once again improved the live search results returned for businesses. Last year Google added the ability to do real time crowd tracking....
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No one’s in the driver’s seat of these driverless cars by Waymo

This week, Waymo debuted a public test of their self-driving cars in the Phoenix metro area with one very important thing missing - a...