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TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – Shares of Tesla Inc surged 15% on Tuesday to hit the $900 mark, extending a stunning rally that has more than doubled the company’s market value since the start of the year as more investors bet on Chief Executive Elon Musk’s vision. FILE PHOTO: The front hood …

Scientists from Google and the Janelia Research Campus in Virginia have published the largest high-resolution map of brain connectivity in any animal, sharing a 3D model that traces 20 million synapses connecting some 25,000 neurons in the brain of a fruit fly. The model is a milestone in the field …

Engineers in Chicago have designed a futuristic sleeve that could make itchy, foul-smelling, uncomfortable plaster casts a thing of the past. Their startup company, Cast21, has created a waterproof, lightweight, and breathable alternative that can be worn while bathing, exercising, and even swimming in the ocean. The patented design is …

  Available in 512GB and 1TB capacities, Adata’s SE800 external SSDs are set to take on the rugged branch of the external SSD market. Featuring a number of safety features and support for the latest USB 3.2 Gen 2 data transfer protocols, the SE800 is well prepared for a long …

  Microsoft has tended toward flat, monochrome icons ever since it moved to the Metro design language. Now known as Fluent Design, this interface will soon have a bit more color in Windows 10. Microsoft unveiled new, colorful app icons late last year, and they’ve started rolling out to Windows …

  Over the last three decades, Photoshop has become part of our culture. Even those who’ve never used a copy are familiar with the concept of “Photoshopping.” While the program has been eclipsed by slicker, newer applications for many, it’s still the most widely-used powerful image editor on the planet. …

  Solid-state storage devices are slowly taking over everywhere that traditional hard drives used to rule, and the mobile market is no exception. Crucial’s X8 is the company’s newest external SSD, which is designed to be fast and durable. Let’s see if it performs relative to its price. Design and …

  Folding phones are the hot new trend in smartphone design, even if they aren’t always as durable or useful as we might hope. They’re still a refreshing change from the endless succession of flat glass slabs we’ve seen in recent years. TCL might be planning to take folding phones …

  Samsung was the first Android device maker to release a foldable phone with the Galaxy Fold, and it just launched a second. The Galaxy Z Flip is a smaller clamshell-style foldable, and it’s the first to have a folding glass display. However, an early torture test has cast doubt …

  About three weeks ago, Microsoft decided the best way to boost its search engine share would be to force Office 365 ProPlus users to use Bing. The justification for this behavior was that Bing was going to automatically start displaying information from your company when you performed local searches. …