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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.
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Wix buys DeviantArt to bring art and web development together

It looks like artists are about to get an infusion of web design and online commerce expertise, thanks to web development platform Wix. Wix...
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Tinder wants AI to take over matchmaking

Tinder wants to use artificial intelligence to set you up on dates. It begs the question, could AI do a better job at matching...
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Verizon will still buy Yahoo in light of data hackings

  Yahoo might have its flaws, but Verizon will still try and make it work for the two of them. The two companies announced an...
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What genetically engineered mice can tell us about cocaine addiction

Drug addiction isn’t just about making bad choices in life. One study on mutated lab mice is building on a body of work saying...
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YouTube ditching the 30 second unskippable ads starting in 2018

We’ve all been tricked by it. That one YouTube ad you think you can click “Skip Ad” on to get to the actual content...
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Chemicals banned in the 70s found in creatures living in the Mariana Trench

It’s hard to find a part of the Earth that hasn’t been impacted by human existence these days. Even the most remote beaches of...
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This is what makes for a more attractive dance, according to science

Want to know if your dance moves look sexy to the opposite sex? One team of researchers at Northumbria University conducted a study that...

Google Brain enhances low resolution images

The research team at Google Brain just learned how to add realistic detail to low-resolution images using neural networks. It definitely doesn’t work as...
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Silicon Valley goes to court over US travel ban

Over 100 companies have now filed a legal brief condemning President Donald Trump’s recent travel ban on seven majority Muslim countries. Most of the...
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Walmart takes aim at Amazon with free 2-day shipping

For some time now, Walmart has been gearing up for a battle to steal Amazon’s title as top ecommerce giant in the U.S. In...

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Facebook now uses a selfie to prove your identity

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...