Monthly Archives: January 2015

Attention planespotters: Watch a solar-powered plane on an around-the-world voyage

By Michelle Starr A solar-powered plane is preparing for a 35,000km-trip around the world without using a single drop of fossil fuel. Here’s how you can follow its journey.

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Tomorrow Daily 116: Microsoft HoloLens, a robot chef learns from YouTube and more

By Ashley Esqueda On today’s show, we debate the future of HoloLens, Microsoft’s newest augmented reality device. Also, we check out a robot who learned to cook by watching humans on YouTube, and a stunning interactive art installation in Japan.
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Microsoft sees Windows 10 as the Swiss Army Knife of computing

By Ian Sherr Can the next version of Windows be all things to all people? That’s the big question for Microsoft, and the entire computer industry.

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eBay cutting staff ahead of PayPal split

By Donna Tam The e-commerce company will cut 2,400 employees this quarter and is mulling selling off its eBay Enterprise unit ahead of the spin out of its PayPal payments service.
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How to Make Sure Amazon’s Recommendations Actually Work

By David Nield

How to Make Sure Amazon's Recommendations Actually Work

Amazon has a lot of information about you, which it uses to try and suggest other stuff you might like (to buy). If you notice that your recommendations are frequently unhelpful, then there are some tweaks you can make inside your user account to try and improve them. Here are the screens and the settings you need to head for.

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