Why Is Google Making Human Skin?
Easy! So they can mine your Internet habits and build a better you that will someday replace your frail human body! Your friends and family won’t notice and they’ll ship your body off to live in a virtual wonderland while your robo-you succeeds in all the areas you never could!
January 30, 2015 at 11:39AM
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Multibillion-dollar race to put internet into orbit
The race is on to build a new kind of Internet. A host of companies and billions of dollars are in play, with the ultimate goal of ringing the planet with satellites that will allow anyone, anywhere, to get online at broadband speeds.
January 30, 2015 at 07:58AM
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The Folly of Banning Yik Yak on School Campuses
It’s the auditorium of the undergraduate id — and that’s precisely why we need it.
January 30, 2015 at 12:57AM
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AP’s ‘robot journalists’ are writing their own stories now
Minutes after Apple released its record-breaking quarterly earnings this week, the Associated Press published (by way of CNBC, Yahoo, and others) “Apple tops Street 1Q forecasts.” It’s a story without a byline, or rather, without a human byline.
January 29, 2015 at 11:54PM
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Adobe is suing Forever 21 for pirating Photoshop
Someone just got caught shoplifting.
January 29, 2015 at 09:03PM
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White House Crash Drone Owner Blames Manufacturer Glitch for ‘Whole Fiasco’
The owner of the drone that crashed onto the White House grounds Monday morning —prompting a pre-dawn security scare — says his friend who borrowed the ill-fated aircraft shouldn’t be blamed for the “whole fiasco.”
January 29, 2015 at 09:03PM
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Three Body Hacks You Shouldn’t Try At Home
To improve themselves, a growing number of people are going beyond meditation or exercise. These brave pioneers are trying to hack their bodies with bacteria, special diets, and even electrical zaps.
January 29, 2015 at 08:03PM
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DeathHacks
Tech tips for people who are going to die (someday).
January 29, 2015 at 08:03PM
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If Obama Gets His Way, Sharing This Story Will Soon Be a Felony
The broad laws Obama has proposed would not simply target shadowy foreign hackers. American bloggers and media companies would also be subject to felony cybercrime charges for disseminating hacked material. The statute would apply to normal Internet users too.
January 29, 2015 at 03:11PM
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MLS, Not ESPN, Will Sell Games Online in 2015
Major League Soccer says it will keep running its MLS Live service, which lets subscribers watch games streamed over the Web. That means that ESPN, which had talked about selling a digital package of games itself this year, won’t be doing that.
January 29, 2015 at 02:06PM
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