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Running Man of Tech: A beginner's guide to turbo training

I’m going to be sweating forever I’m currently tapping this out in the back of my soon-to-be brother-in-law’s car as he takes me and my (now) fiancée to the airport for a week in New York. I’m sweating buckets because I tried to sneak in a quick interval run before we left, which meant I bolted in through the door with only a few minutes to go to disapproving looks

Review: Updated: Apple Watch

Introduction Update: There’s an Apple Watch update launching this fall called WatchOS 2, so this revised review takes that into account. It’ll opens up the Taptic Engine, Digital Crown, microphone and even more for developers, meaning apps should be better suited to function on your wrist. Transit directions come with iOS 9. The Apple Watch update also opens up Wi-Fi connectivity, new watch faces with different customizable options, better Siri

Review: Updated: Apple Watch

Introduction Update: There’s an Apple Watch update launching this fall called WatchOS 2, so this revised review takes that into account. It’ll opens up the Taptic Engine, Digital Crown, microphone and even more for developers, meaning apps should be better suited to function on your wrist. Transit directions come with iOS 9. The Apple Watch update also opens up Wi-Fi connectivity, new watch faces with different customizable options, better Siri

Huawei's Nexus will come with an Android app store for China

We first heard rumours that Huawei is in line to produce the new Nexus back at the end of February, and since then plenty of anonymous sources have been queueing up to confirm such a device is indeed on the cards. This weekend there’s another report that a Huawei-made Nexus is indeed on the way, with an extra tidbit of information – the companies are also busy working on an

Huawei's Nexus will come with an Android app store for China

We first heard rumours that Huawei is in line to produce the new Nexus back at the end of February, and since then plenty of anonymous sources have been queueing up to confirm such a device is indeed on the cards. This weekend there’s another report that a Huawei-made Nexus is indeed on the way, with an extra tidbit of information – the companies are also busy working on an

Wary euro zone to pass bailout judgment on Greece

Skeptical European finance ministers gathered on Saturday to decide whether to negotiate a third bailout for Greece after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won lawmakers’ backing for painful austerity measures his leftist party was elected to prevent. With Athens staring at a bankruptcy that could see it crash out of the euro zone after financial markets reopen on Monday, EU officials forecast agreement would be reached by the end of the

High valuations weigh on U.S. stocks ahead of earnings

As companies in the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 begin to release lackluster second quarter results, rich valuations threaten to keep the U.S. stock market spinning in place. At 16.5 times forward estimates, the S&P 500, up less than 2 percent for the year to date through midday Friday, is about 10 percent more expensive than its historic average of 15, according to Thomson Reuters estimates. At a time when

Battery damage grounds Solar Impulse 2 after record-breaking flight

Solar Impulse 2 is taking an breather after its record-breaking 117-hour, 52-minute flight from Japan to Hawaii last week that crushed the record for longest solo flight. The solar-powered aircraft sustained major damage to its batteries during the latest leg of its round-the-world voyage, according to a press release, and it will be two to three weeks before the aircraft flies again. Crews monitoring the aircraft during its flight from

The paradox of popping back in time

The movie Predestination, released in the UK this week, is the very latest in the long history of time travel films. There’s been more than 100 since the Terminator and Back to the Future franchises began 30 years ago — all of which are science fiction that have little to do with science facts. Like many of them, Predestination has its own engaging twist: Ethan Hawke plays a time agent