By Hongzuo Liu Taiwanese authorities have ordered the e-commerce company to leave Taiwan within six months.
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Scratch Wireless targets bargain hunters with $99 smartphone, free Wi-Fi calls
By Marguerite Reardon Scratch Wireless, the company that offers free mobile phone service via Wi-Fi networks, is making it really hard not to try its wireless service with the introduction of a new $99 handset.
Robo-turtle gets a new 3D-printed face
By Michelle Starr An injured sea turtle has had its deeply damaged jaws repaired with 3D-printed prosthetics.
Robo-turtle gets a new 3D-printed face
By Michelle Starr An injured sea turtle has had its deeply damaged jaws repaired with 3D-printed prosthetics.
This is one time when an engineer is indispensable
By Chris Matyszczyk Technically Incorrect: Two million people have already marveled on YouTube, as soldiers fail to load a tank onto a transporter. Sometimes, only an engineer can fix things.
Google to let you buy products through mobile search, report says
By Richard Nieva The search giant is reportedly adding a “buy” button to some search results on its smartphone app — in an effort to keep users from going to competing services.
The Sandwich Knife keeps it all together
By Brian Krepshaw The Sandwich Knife uses two blades to slice sandwich-ready bread at once. The offset blades keep the slices hinged together.
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‘Ultron Funk’ gonna give it to you in this Avengers mashup
By Michael Franco A snappy new YouTube video Hulk-smashes the infectious groove of Mark Ronson’s hit song “Uptown Funk” together with the Avengers just for the funk of it.
New Windows 10 Mobile preview includes universal Office apps
By Mary Jo Foley Microsoft is rolling out to testers the promised new versions of the core, touch-first Office apps to try out.
Tom Brady gets ego deflated with suspension, Deflategate memes
By Danny Gallagher The Patriots quarterback will have to sit at home for the first four games of next season thinking about what he’s (allegedly) done. As always, the Internet swoops in to remind him.