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Hisense launches high

If you’ve ever read the brand “Hisense,” it was probably on the side of an air conditioner or dehumidifier. But the Chinese company makes TVs, too, and it really wants your attention. And it’s using lasers to get it. At CES 2018 Hisense introduced a full lineup of televisions that run the high-tech gamut, including …

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​Google honors humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi with a doodle

Abdul Sattar Edhi’s life mission was to help others. The humanitarian and philanthropist spent his years delivering medicine and supplies to people in Pakistan and to survivors of disasters, like Hurricane Katrina, around the world. He was known as the “Angel of Mercy.” Google honored him on Monday with a Google Doodle, which depicts him as elderly man standing on …

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Sky planning dish

You won’t need a dish to get Sky TV next year. From 2018, the British broadcasting behemoth will offer subscriptions for Sky TV packages piped into your home through your broadband rather than through a satellite dish. Viewers who can’t slap a dish on their house will be able to enjoy telly through a Sky Q box. Sky Q is …

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For Copa América soccer tourney, US men’s team uses tech to reach its ‘goool!’

The tools the United States men’s national soccer team uses to improve its game are stitched into its jerseys. For nearly two and a half years, Jürgen Klinsmann and his coaching staff have measured the fatigue and physical preparation of the team’s players with two high-tech devices: heart monitors from Polar Team 2 and GPS sensors made by Stats Sports. …

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