Yo: why the silliest app in tech makes the NSA look ridiculous
The lasting legacy of Yo should be to make the NSA’s position on collecting phone and email metadata seem utterly and ridiculously wrong.
July 22, 2014 at 6:35AM
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Testing EarHero, Yurbuds, StayHear tips, and more.
They fit wrong, they fall out, they get covered in gross earwax — can’t someone design something better?
July 22, 2014 at 6:35AM
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Facebook Explains Why It Wants to Be a Retail Store
There’s a new Internet retailer on the world’s smartphones, tablets, and PCs. It’s called Facebook.
July 22, 2014 at 5:24AM
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MIT Students Made A Robot That Plays Connect Four
For his final project of a Microcomputer Project Laboratory course, MIT student Patrick McCabe ensured that only children everywhere have something that will entertain them.
July 21, 2014 at 9:24PM
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Meet the Online Tracking Device That is Virtually Impossible to Block
A new kind of tracking tool, canvas fingerprinting, is being used to follow visitors to thousands of top websites, from WhiteHouse.gov to YouPorn.
July 21, 2014 at 6:32PM
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Outtakes From Conan’s Tinder Experiment With David Franco
The outtakes from Conan and David Franco’s Tinder adventure are actually better than the stuff that left the cutting room floor.
July 21, 2014 at 4:52PM
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How To Hijack A Chromecast
The Chromecast might be a really convenient way to stream video to your TV, but it’s also a really easy way to make your TV hackable. Using an app built on top of a Rasberry Pi, the Rickmote Controller lets you take over any TV with a Chromecast.
July 21, 2014 at 4:04PM
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This Is A Very Weird Ad For Headphones
Advertising their 3-D printed headphones which are tailored specifically to your individual ear, the company Normal has made one of the more bizarre commercials we’ve seen this year.
July 21, 2014 at 3:27PM
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The 9 Most Popular Apps No One Uses Anymore
When the App Store first appeared more than a year after the iPhone’s debut, we were in awe. The possibilities seemed endless! And the first thing most of us did with all that infinite opportunity? Use our phones to feign binge drinking.
July 21, 2014 at 12:32PM
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Facebook Save Lets You Bookmark Interesting Posts for Later
Today, Facebook introduced Save for Web and mobile. The new feature acts as a bookmark for items you find interesting such as links, places, movies, TV shows and music.
July 21, 2014 at 12:15PM
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