Top 10 Tech This Week

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By Dhiya Kuriakose2013-08-18 21:00:21 UTC

The technology world never stops innovating. Come rain or shine, there are new developments each week — and we're here to keep you up to speed with the most important ones.

On Monday, Elon Musk revealed his plans for the Hyperloop. The project is estimated to cost $6 billion, and would revolutionize transportation as we know it — so long as someone builds it. (Musk isn't planning to do so himself.)

See also: Hyperloop Dreams: Let's Fund More Unrealistic Ideas

Google added more customization to search. Searches will now pull information from your email to give you more accurate results. Clever or creepy? Read our full story here.

SEE ALSO: Previous editions of Top 10 Tech This Week

The Windows 8.1 update will be available in October, Microsoft has announced. Here's our hands-on with the developer preview.

Here at Mashable, we had some tech news this week too. We just launched an Android App in collaboration with Samsung.

Be sure to check this and all our other stories out in the gallery above.

Image: iStockphoto and Google; Mashable composite

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