Apple and Amazon Have the Most Annoying Ongoing Feud in Tech
The world’s most valuable company and a business run by the richest man in modern history have been engaged in an irritating cold war for years, and they need to knock it off.

August 28, 2018 at 05:15AM
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Electric scooters’ sudden invasion of American cities, explained
Already, scooter companies operate in 65 cities and are vying for the top prize, New York City.

August 28, 2018 at 02:03AM
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If The Cashless Dream Goes Sour, It Will Be The Poorest Who Suffer
A few central banks are considering whether to issue digital analogues of cash, but unless done carefully, it could leave the most vulnerable out of pocket.

August 27, 2018 at 05:52PM
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Y Combinator Learns Basic Income Is Not So Basic After All
“It’s harder to give away money than you might think.”

August 27, 2018 at 03:10PM
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Facebook’s War on Bullshit Is Not Going Well—We Talked to the Fact Checkers on the Front Lines
Gizmodo spoke with seven fact-checkers based in various parts of the world to learn the current state of Facebook’s fact-checking efforts as multiple countries brace themselves for upcoming elections.

August 27, 2018 at 11:02AM
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First Apple Computer Goes Up For Auction, Expected to Fetch More Than $300,000
A fully functional Apple-1 computer, just one of 60 believed to still exist, is going up for auction next month.

August 27, 2018 at 09:57AM
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The iPhone’s original UI designer on Apple’s greatest flaws
Imran Chaudhri discusses how we can regain control over our devices — and how Apple can do better.

August 27, 2018 at 08:33AM
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Apple To Embrace iPhone X Design With New Colors, Bigger Screens
The world’s most valuable company plans to launch three new phones soon that keep the edge-to-edge screen design of last year’s flagship, according to people familiar with the matter.

August 27, 2018 at 07:33AM
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China Built The World’s Largest Telescope. Then Came The Tourists
Thousands of people moved to let China build and protect the world’s largest telescope. And then the government drew in orders of magnitude more tourists, potentially undercutting its own science in an attempt to promote it.

August 27, 2018 at 06:38AM
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The 30 Best Web Games (That We Can Remember)
Today we waste our days thumbing through feeds and getting mad at posts online. But it wasn’t always like that. Here, our ranking of the best web games (at least the ones that have survived our collective memory.)

August 27, 2018 at 06:38AM
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