Can the Brogrammers of Rap Genius Annotate the World?
Can a company of brogrammers — best known for explaining Kanye West lyrics and telling Warren Buffett to do unseemly things — actually annotate the world?
January 5, 2015 at 06:36AM
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Our Digital Memories Are Languishing on Obsolete CD-Rs in Our Closets
There’s something to be said for being an early adopter. You get to show off to your friends. You get to feel like you’re part of “the future.” You also, in the long term, get hosed.
January 5, 2015 at 12:06AM
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Where Design Choices and Civil Rights Overlap
Secure communications infrastructure isn’t just nice to have; free society depends on it.
January 4, 2015 at 11:03PM
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A 100-year-old house plugs in
Cee Webster is a Massachusetts native who bought her first home, a handsome two-story constructed in 1907, two years ago. A Web developer who saw the first tech bubble go pop, Webster’s interest in wiring her home with its very own invisible neural network started, as many smart home stories do, with a Nest. But playing god is a dangerous game; one by one, devices with unblinking eyes and silicon brains started popping up among her home’s Victorian flourishes. Happily, she’d invited them in.
January 4, 2015 at 09:00PM
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Offshoring Data Won’t Protect It From The NSA
The Justice Department may put a lot of pressure on Swiss banks, but it doesn’t hack into offshore accounts to recover ill-gotten gains. By contrast, intelligence agencies are not known for scrupulously observing the laws of foreign countries in which they operate, even when (as in the United States) they are subject to a system of domestic legal oversight.
January 4, 2015 at 08:07PM
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‘Today In Robotentacle News’
If this is what robots will be like from now on, dancing “the robot” is going to look very different in a few years.
January 4, 2015 at 08:07PM
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North Korea Blasts U.S. for Sanctions Over Sony Hack
North Korea on Sunday criticized the United States for slapping sanctions on Pyongyang officials and organizations for a cyberattack on Sony Pictures — the latest fallout from a Hollywood movie depicting the fictional assassination of North Korea’s leader.
January 4, 2015 at 02:13PM
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Facebook is the new AOL
The 90s are back. They’re back in fashion, they’re back in music, and they are most certainly back in technology.
January 4, 2015 at 02:13PM
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Robots can now learn to cook just like you do: by watching YouTube videos
The demonstration is the latest impressive use of a type of artificial intelligence called deep learning.
January 4, 2015 at 01:19PM
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A new Sony Walkman is coming to CES
A sign outside the grounds of the Las Vegas Convention Center here at CES shows a new Walkman-branded product from Sony, which would mark the second hyped Walkman release in just a few months’ time.
January 4, 2015 at 01:19PM
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