A Rare Look at Apple’s Design Genius Jony Ive
Apple continues to market their Watch as a fashion accessory. Case in point: They let Vogue talk to Jony Ive.

October 2, 2014 at 07:52AM
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Google to offer schools, students unlimited storage for free
Currying favor with educators and the next generation of workers, Google lifts the 30GB limit on its free Google Apps service for education customers.

October 2, 2014 at 05:57AM
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Reddit Plans Its Own Cryptocurrency To Give Back To Its Users After $50 Million Raise
The investors in this particular funding will be allocating 10 percent of their shares back to the Reddit community. The company hasn’t described how this will be done, but if Reddit CEO Yishan Wong has any say, it may be given out via a unique cryptocurrency.

October 1, 2014 at 11:03PM
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Creepy guys inspire Seattle women to make a new dating app
Local women Susie Lee and Katrina Hess have designed Siren, a dating app aimed at making the online singles scene more inviting to women. lt faces fierce competition.

October 1, 2014 at 10:01PM
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Verizon Scraps Controversial Data-Throttling Plan
Verizon said Wednesday it will not implement its plan to slow speeds for customers with unlimited data plans when its 4G LTE network is at its most congested. That policy was to take effect today.

October 1, 2014 at 10:01PM
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Your Inner Drone: The Politics of the Automated Future
As data and the algorithms that control it become more ubiquitous, they begin to disappear. Just as you neglect to think about all the systems that enable you to flick on a light, we’re beginning to neglect the machineries that run Amazon, Facebook and Google.

October 1, 2014 at 08:46PM
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Making a homemade metal semi-automatic rifle just got crazy easy
Defense Distributed is now selling a $1,200 computer-numerically-controlled mill — dubbed the “Ghost Gunner” — that can complete an unfinished lower receiver for an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle as part of a limited pre-order.

October 1, 2014 at 07:28PM
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This Is Ed. He Isn’t Real
Want a good sense of how far computer graphics have come to mimicking actual humans? See if the beginning of this demo fools you too.

October 1, 2014 at 04:13PM
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Today in media history: In 1982 journalists described a new technology called the compact disc
The press has been writing about new audio technology since the Edison phonograph. On October 1, 1982, there was another technology story to write when Sony released the first commercial CD player.

October 1, 2014 at 03:15PM
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Revenge of the Nerds: How Advanced Stats Are Breaking Hockey’s Tough Guy Culture
The recent hirings of analytics-minded front office staff has set into motion events that could alter the way NHL teams are structured. They could also be another step toward phasing out a facet of the game that many fans still think of as vital: fighting.

October 1, 2014 at 03:15PM
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