The NSA Does Something Right
The NSA has a power that actually isn’t being abused. The challenge now is how to keep the agency on the straight and narrow.

July 3, 2014 at 6:58AM
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Zoom Into Instagram Photos with This Neat iPhone Trick
The most annoying thing about Instagram is that you can’t zoom in on photos. But with this hack, you can.

July 3, 2014 at 6:58AM
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I Explored Second Life’s Forgotten Worlds With an Oculus Rift
Don’t call it a comeback. “Second Life” has been here for years — eleven, this month — but after the virtual world’s much-vaunted debut, the online universe slowly slipped out of the cultural consciousness, now infrequently referenced more as a punchline than legitimate popular hangout. Unless you, like I did last week, have an Oculus Rift handy.

July 3, 2014 at 4:18AM
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Razr Burn: My Month With 2004’s Most Exciting Phone
In July of 2004, Motorola debuted the Razr V3, one of the most iconic cellphones of all time. Exactly 10 years later, I shed my iPhone for a month to experience the world where apps don’t exist and T9 reigns king. Maybe I did it for the nostalgia. Maybe I did it because I hate myself just a little bit. Either way, one thing is certain: Using 2004’s hottest phone in 2014 is hell.

July 2, 2014 at 10:15PM
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Tinder’s Forgotten Woman: Whitney Wolfe, Sexism, and Startup Creation Myths
Was Whitney Wolfe a cofounder of Tinder? I think the answer exposes a different, quieter, but no less punishing form of the sexism that is pervasive in the startup world.

July 2, 2014 at 6:53PM
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The history of the Walkman: 35 years of iconic music players
Before the iPod was even a thought, Sony had sold hundreds of millions of its iconic cassette players.

July 2, 2014 at 1:14PM
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​Gesture Controls Are Coming To New Cars Next Year
Most of the gestures we use in the car aren’t exactly… productive, but that’s set to change. Audi, BMW, Ford, and Mercedes-Benz are all working on some form of gesture controls, and one of the companies that supplies the 3D spacial recognition tech says its coming to cars next year.

July 2, 2014 at 12:13PM
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Israel Is Testing A Levitating Monorail Designed To Replace Cars
SkyTran is a Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system originally conceived by aerospace engineer Douglas Malewecki. This means that rather than including crowded subway cars — looking at you NYC L train — it will carry passengers in personal, rocket-powered bubble pods.

July 2, 2014 at 11:07AM
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The Engineer on a Mission to Save the World From Buggy Software
All software has bugs. And as more companies adopt Facebook’s old “move fast and break things” motto, striving to expand the scope of their products as quickly as possible, we can only expect software to get buggier. But companies must also keep their applications running no matter what. That can put many coders in a bind.

July 2, 2014 at 9:47AM
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Inside the Secret Building That’s Bringing Cell Service To NYC’s Subway
As Hurricane Sandy revealed almost two years ago, New York’s 100-year-old subway is not a modern and robust system. In fact, compared to other cities, it’s downright dirty, unpredictable and technologically behind. But the Metro Transit Authority is currently dragging it into the future.

July 2, 2014 at 8:25AM
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