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  In Pictures: CES 2018, Day Three

  We dig into the nitty-gritty of the Sands Expo Center in the third official day of this year's CES. Here's a quick look at some of what we found.

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  The LG G4: Three things right, three things wrong

  This week the G4 smartphone from LG Electronics starts shipping outside its home country, with arrivals in the U.S. and Europe expected in a couple of weeks. While the smartphone has a great screen and camera, it doesn't get everything right.

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  What happens when computer science conferences go Gangnam Style

  Those who hand out the Ig Nobel prizes, awarded for the most outlandish scientific research, would do well to check up on CHI.

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  10 years in tech: The crazy cellphone ideas of 2004

  A year is a long time in smartphone technology today, so remember if you can the changes that have taken place over the last decade.

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  Germany's IFA show, debut ground for numerous new products, hits 90 years old

  When German radio manufacturers gathered in 1924 to show off their products, just a year after regular broadcasting began in the country, they probably didn't imagine they were sowing the seeds for what eventually would become IFA.

• Boston's Bolt launches hardware companies

  Watch the first episode in our new series Breakout Startups here.

• Trust issue looms large for tech companies capitalizing on personal data

  As tech companies increasingly rely on analyzing and selling user data to boost revenue, trust is emerging as one of the defining issues of the year for the IT sector.

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  Sisters bet robotics in schools will plant seeds for STEM careers

  Can robots steer students towards careers in science and technology? Melissa Jawaharlal thinks so and she's built a robotics kit to prove it.

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  With Motorola sale to Lenovo, Google is unloading a headache

  By selling Motorola Mobility to Lenovo, Google is ending a combination that never really worked out while keeping assets that could prove valuable down the road.

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  Top tech stories of 2013: Big Brother, wearables, and the struggles of aging tech giants

  Politics collided with the world of technology this year as stories about U.S. government spying stirred angst both among the country's citizens and foreign governments, and the flawed HeathCare.gov site got American health-care reform off to a rocky...

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  It's that time again! What to expect in Kit Kat, Google's imminent Android release

  Every day is a tease: Will Google launch Kit Kat today? Was that really the Nexus 5 we saw floating around in that one video? Is this real life?

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  Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Round: few new features, but posh design

  What different advantages can a curved screen bring to a smartphone? Well, not a whole lot. But Samsung's newest smartphone, the Galaxy Round, comes off as a posh device that may be the company's best looking handset yet.

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  Microsoft's Nokia acquisition is 'a necessary gamble,' analysts say

  Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's Devices & Services business is a necessary gamble for the software company's future growth in mobile, and for Nokia an admission that it doesn't have enough resources to successfully compete with Samsung and Apple, ...

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  New smartphone OSes take baby steps forward

  Four new smartphone OSes intend to challenge Apple and Google's dominant position. Mozilla's Firefox OS is the first out of the gate, but Canonical, Samsung Electronics and Intel, as well as Finnish upstart Jolla Mobile, are also getting their altern...

• How to pick the right fitness device for runners

  You want to get in better shape, and there are certainly enough electronic gadgets available that aim to help you get the job done. But that's not necessarily a good thing. The dizzying array of options catering to different budgets, objectives, or p...