What Your Cell Phone Can’t Tell the Police
Prosecutors, judges, and even defense attorneys often overestimate the precision of cell-phone location records.
June 27, 2014 at 2:37PM
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What Happened to the Facebook Phone? Not Very Much, It Seems
What Happened to the Facebook Phone? Not Very Much, It Seems
Facebook has long wanted to be a major part of how you use your smartphone. Now, it looks as if the company has all but abandoned one of its major strategies to do so.
June 27, 2014 at 2:37PM
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Meet The Man Who Invented Pixels
Meet The Man Who Invented Pixels
Claude Shannon is probably the most important man you’ve never heard of.
June 27, 2014 at 2:00PM
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“Oh Dear … Was That an Error?” – CNBC Host Outs Apple’s Tim Cook on Air
“Oh Dear … Was That an Error?” – CNBC Host Outs Apple’s Tim Cook on Air
In a discussion on evaluating gay CEOS on CNBC this morning, in the wake a book in which former BP CEO John Browne talked about being a closeted gay executive, “Squawk on the Street” co-host Simon Hobbs managed to create a bit of a hubbub by stating accidentally that Apple CEO Tim Cook was “openly gay.”
June 27, 2014 at 1:35PM
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David Trotter reviews ‘Lifted’ by Andreas Bernard, translated by David Dollenmayer · LRB 3 July 2014
David Trotter reviews ‘Lifted’ by Andreas Bernard, translated by David Dollenmayer · LRB 3 July 2014
According to elevator legend, it all began with a stunt. In the summer of 1854, an engineer called Elisha Graves Otis gave a demonstration of his new safety device. Otis had himself hoisted into the air on a platform secured on either side by guide-rails and — at a suitably dramatic height — cut the cable.
June 27, 2014 at 12:32PM
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Harrier With Jammed Nose Gear Lands On A Stool
Harrier With Jammed Nose Gear Lands On A Stool
Harriers are some of the toughest planes to handle, but this guy makes it look easy.
June 27, 2014 at 11:48AM
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The Laundry Quarters Delivery Startup Is Dead (And in Hell?)
The Laundry Quarters Delivery Startup Is Dead (And in Hell?)
Some things are too precious to last in this brutal world, and Washboard, a startup that mailed you quarters to do your laundry, is one of them. It is, against all odds and after only a month in business (“business”), shutting down.
June 27, 2014 at 9:18AM
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After Aereo: Why Dropbox is safe (but your DVR might not be) and networks need to embrace digital data
After Aereo: Why Dropbox is safe (but your DVR might not be) and networks need to embrace digital data
The Aereo holding itself was questionable, but the broader opinion opened the door to some even bigger questions about the legality of DVRs. Could the spate of copyright lawsuits cease if networks and startups agreed on a new type of currency in data?
June 27, 2014 at 7:20AM
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How Social Media Jumpstarted the Share-Everything (Even Toilets) Economy
How Social Media Jumpstarted the Share-Everything (Even Toilets) Economy
Welcome to the new collaborative economy, which has extended way beyond spare rooms and shared cars.
June 26, 2014 at 11:03PM
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Flying-and crashing-a $1,300 quadcopter drone
Flying-and crashing-a $1,300 quadcopter drone
Stabilized GPS drone is amazing — also, I crashed one into a tree and destroyed it.
June 26, 2014 at 10:01PM
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