There was a lot of chatter Friday about Amazon.com’s big gain and its market cap ($252 billion) surpassing that of Wal-Mart (now just above $230 billion).

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Between Shark Week, Sharknados and sharks fighting surfers, July has been a busy month for these denizens of the deep. But not all sharks are created equal – take a look at these 10 shark species and see how they compare in terms of shape and size.

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Two flaws in Honeywell’s home control kit, Tuxedo Touch, allow a hacker to bypass the username and password protection, and start unlocking doors, playing with the heating, and more. But there are a host of problems across such home automation technologies, as manufacturers fail to learn from past mistakes.

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The more lucrative and risky path would have been to go Over-The-Top, but Bill Simmons played it safe by going to HBO.

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Financial services and mobile payments company Square filed confidentially to explore an initial public offering, according to reports.

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Trump epitomizes the problems he purports to solveTurm

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The age of 4K creeps another step closer.

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A healthy portion of Internet of Things (IoT) development is taking place in the maker community. I have no data on that, just anecdotal evidence from traveling the USA talking to makers, hackers, designers, and 3D enthusiasts last year. I have attended many of these meetups and events and find small devices increasingly at the center of things. The Microduino mCookie is a perfect example — it is a new, tiny, Arduino-compatible electronic module that let you quickly build or prototype fun, and possibly profitable, projects.

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