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• Why quitting Instagram and Facebook made me happier   

  By: Katie Brigham, Christina Farr

  CNBC technology reporter Christina Farr deleted Facebook and Instagram from her phone in August and hasn't checked either app since. Here's how her social media detox improved her life.

• How Apple and Google revolutionized how we take pictures with our phones   

  By: Andrew Evers, Katie Brigham

  Google and Apple have invested significant resources into developing powerful software that enables features like Smart HDR, Portrait Mode and Night Sight on popular devices like the Pixel 3 and iPhone.

• What it's like to train to become a commercial pilot — inside United Airlines' simulation hub   

  By: Erin Black, Katie Brigham

  CNBC takes you on an inside look at United Airlines Flight Training Center in Denver, Colorado. All of United's 12,000 pilots come through here for flight training every year.

• Religious leaders are trying to get more Bay Area residents to church — using tech marketing tactics

  By: Katie Brigham

  The Bay Area has the least churchgoing population in the United States. But there's a group of religious leaders and savvy businesspeople out to change that. They're creating modern, hip and tech-friendly churches across the Bay Area. 

• Religious leaders are using tech marketing tactics to get more Bay Area residents to church   

  By: Katie Brigham

  The Bay Area has the least churchgoing population in the United States. But there's a group of religious leaders out to change that.

• This headband reads your brainwaves to help you meditate   

  By: Katie Brigham, Christina Farr

  The Muse 2 headband measures brainwaves, body movement, heart rate and breathing to help users calm their minds and meditate. The headband pairs with an app that provides users with real-time audio feedback. CNBC's Chrissy Farr tries it out.

• Here's the former Apple intern who helped design the original emoji

  By: Katie Brigham

  In 2008, Apple intern Angela Guzman worked with her mentor to design around 500 of the original emoji. Intended for a Japanese audience, Guzman had no idea emoji would become so popular worldwide.  

• Meet the former Apple design intern who helped create the original emoji   

  By: Katie Brigham, Jeniece Pettitt

  In 2008, Apple design intern Angela Guzman worked with her mentor to design around 500 of the original emoji. Originally intended for a Japanese audience, Guzman had no idea emoji would become so popular worldwide.

• A former Apple and Tesla engineer created a robotic home that doubles a room's usable space   

  By: Katie Brigham, Erin Black

  A former Tesla and Apple engineer, Sankarshan Murthy, founded Bumblebee Spaces, which is creating robotic apartments that double a room's usable space by storing your bed and belongings on the ceiling.

• Bumblebee Spaces is making robotic systems for your home so you can store stuff on the ceiling

  By: Erin Black, Katie Brigham

  Start-up Bumblebee Spaces is creating robotic apartments that double a room's usable space by storing your bed and belongings on the ceiling. Items can be retrieved with a voice command or the push of a button.