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Facebook's stock soared Wednesday following the release of its second-quarter earnings report, which beat Wall Street expectations overall. Investors seemed pleased with the company's strong user growth and better-than-expected gains from mobile advertising. ...

Boeing unveiled the interior of its Crew Space Transportation-100 commercial spacecraft Monday, giving the public a first look inside the craft and offering two NASA astronauts the chance to climb inside and test it. ...

eBay revealed Monday that it has made its mobile-focused eBay Now service accessible via the desktop and expanded its same-day delivery service areas, as the competition among online retailers intensifies. ...

Netflix joined the ranks of Emmy nominees for the first time Thursday, scoring 14 nods for three of its online TV shows ...

Biologists are using a novel blend of technology and data sharing to track endangered wildlife, according to a report published this week in PeerJ. ...

Despite gains reported in core business areas, eBay is facing economic weakness in key overseas markets, which sent its stock tumbling following its quarterly earnings report Wednesday. ...

A wearable tech device that could make it easier for dogs to communicate with their handlers is in development at the Georgia Institute of Technology. ...

The White House and eight companies including Google and Microsoft announced a joint effort to mobilize against online piracy and counterfeiting Monday with the help of a set of best practices developed in conjunction with the Interactive Advertising Bureau. ...

AeroVelo, a team of engineers and students dedicated to developing lightweight, efficient aeronautical designs, kept a human-powered helicopter aloft for more than 1 minute, a feat that snagged a US$250,000 cash prize that had eluded competitors for more than three decades. ...

Yelp announced this week that it has partnered with local businesses and startups to add food delivery to its platform ...

Social commerce website Fancy has racked up US$53 million in funding from investors including American Express and actor Will Smith, according to press reports citing a July 3 SEC filing. ...

NASA is gearing up for a 2020 Mars rover mission designed to search for signs of past life, according to a 154-page report released Tuesday. ...

Samsung could be launching as many as four unique versions of its Galaxy Note III when the smartphone debuts later this year, according to ETNews.com. ...

A flashlight that ditches the batteries in favor of body heat is one of the finalists in Google's 2013 Science Fair ...

Pocket Spacecraft is offering ordinary people the opportunity to personalize and track their own tiny spacecrafts on a journey to the moon. ...

Microsoft announced Wednesday that the latest updates to its Windows operating system will include built-in support for 3D printers, making it as easy for consumers to create a 3D object as it is to print text ...

The Kickstarter campaign for Poppy, the retro-looking device that promises to turn an iPhone into a 3D camera and image-viewer, is quickly gaining popularity in the tech community. It hit its US$40,000 Kickstarter goal in about nine hours. By Friday afternoon it had commitments for nearly $87,000, with 27 campaign days remaining. ...

Microsoft is accelerating its push into the education market with new initiatives including a school-friendly version of its Bing search engine and discount prices for its Surface RT tablets. ...

AOL has joined the throng of companies launching RSS readers in the hope of attracting the users who will be without their Google Reader feed come July 1. AOL is positioning its entry as the single online spot readers can turn to for content from all their favorite websites. ...

Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday introduced a bill aimed at reforming the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by imposing more requirements for prosecuting violators ...