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How effective is your sleep tracker?

I’m pretty obsessed with tracking my sleep. Maybe even more than my step count or my exercise or calories — or any of the other things I have a score of apps installed to help me keep track of. I’m not a good sleeper, which I think contributes to an unnatural focus on my sleepy …

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Kanye fan hears Yeezy’s $53 million plea

Don’t worry Yeezy, help is on the way. A Kanye West fan in Minnesota has created a GoFundMe page for the rapper, fashion designer and Kim Kardashian’s crazier half, a day after the Grammy winner tweeted he was $53 million in debt. West’s financial woes are so bad, he publicly begged two tech billionaires for cash. “Kanye West, prolific entertainer/fashion …

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PlayStation VR delayed till fall?

News is spreading like wildfire that Sony has lost the virtual reality race. I don’t know about that. Today, you can easily find a dozen stories about how the CEO of GameStop blabbed that Sony’s PlayStation VR headset won’t ship until fall — which would be a significant delay from its expected summer release. With the Oculus Rift slated to …

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Apple Pay arrives in China this week

Apple Pay could land in China as soon as Thursday. Reps for the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China have spread the word via social media that the mobile payments service will launch for its customers on February 18, according to Reuters. A separate post from the WeChat account of China Guangfa Bank credit cards on the Sina Tech website …

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Apple building development site in India

Rumours have circled that Apple would be opening up retail stores in India, but it looks like that’s just the beginning of the Cupertino, California-based company’s plans for the region. Apple will be investing $25 million into a development centre in Hyderabad, India, the Economic Times reported on Tuesday. It will be the third such site for Apple outside of …

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These Nissan office chair prototypes move all by themselves

If you’ve seen the Disney movie “Wall-E,” you’ve seen a future in which technology does everything for us so we never have to lift a finger. Nissan, it appears, is bringing that future closer to reality. The carmaker released a video to its global YouTube channel Sunday showing off smart office chairs that automatically park themselves under desks or around …

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How to stop Google Chrome from running in the background

Guess what? The Google Chrome browser doesn’t always close completely when you exit out of the last Chrome window. Sometimes — depending on the add-ons and extensions you have installed — the browser continues to run in the background, popping up notifications and allowing people in Google Hangouts to chat with you. You might think this is pretty handy; maybe …

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