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Apple today pushed out a refresh of its MacBook Pro with Retina display lineup, giving both the 13- and 15-inch models a bit more horsepower under the hood. Additionally, Apple has dropped the price of the top-of-the-line 15 inch model, perhaps making the high-end upgrade a little easier to justify.

Canon has added two new super-zoom bridge cameras to its PowerShot line-up. The budget-friendly PowerShot SX520 HS and SX400 IS feature 42x and 30x optical zooms, making them capable of focusing on the detail of all but the most distant subjects.

The launch of Windows 8 has spawned a wealth of hybrid machines that blur the line between tablet and notebook, with the goal of providing the best of both experiences. Read on for a detailed comparison of Windows 2-in-1s.

Large-scale artworks are certainly in vogue at the moment. Recently we've seen giant puppets walking the streets of Liverpool and a giant solar-harvesting duck in Copenhagen. For his part, designer Rob Ley has created a huge car-park façade that changes color as the viewer moves around it.

Thomas Alva has developed Edison, a palm-sized, bright orange, programmable robot compatible with Lego bricks that is intended as an affordable introduction to programming and robotics for youngsters.

Following LG and Samsung both unveiling their contenders for the world's largest curved Ultra HD TV at CES, competition between the two Korean electronics giants continues. After Samsung announced last week that it was starting to take pre-orders for its model, LG has quickly followed suit.

Amazon has announced a new 3D Printed Products store. The store has launched with more than 200 print-on-demand designs. Users can customize items like earrings, pendants, rings and bobble head dolls using a special widget, before having the item 3D-printed and delivered.

A "universal" blood test screening for cancer is the goal of a lab at the University of Bradford, reducing unneeded and expensive biopsies. The technique relies on the idea that white blood cells in cancer patients are already damaged, and can be measured.

Many people say they can’t go vegan because of their addiction to dairy. But that excuse could soon be past its sell-by date if a team of biohackers in California succeeds in scaling up production of a cheese that contains no animal by-products.

It seems that wearable devices are trying to pack more and more functions into smaller forms, and a new one called Sync Smartband packs in more than many fitness bands. From step-tracking to keeping tabs on children, the Sync Smartband is trying to carve out a niche as a wearable for active parents.

Researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California Berkeley have measured what is believed to be the smallest force yet recorded – 42 yoctonewtons, or a septillionth of a newton.

At the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) manufacturer ICON Aircraft debuted its first production A5 amphibious plane for the general public. Built in Tehachapi, California, a second is now under construction for structural testing later this year.