The Sounds Of Music In The Twenty-First Century
Contemporary composition has become as fractured as the art world — and that’s a good thing.

August 20, 2018 at 07:03PM
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Apple Is Smartly Removing Another Useless Apple Watch Feature
Time Travel is mostly a flashy-looking feature that most Apple Watch owners would agree is useless. Like, how many people actually care to see how the Earth rotates throughout the day on a watch face?

August 20, 2018 at 03:15PM
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Can The Manufacturer Of Tasers Provide The Answer To Police Abuse?
Axon’s body cameras are reshaping how video evidence is collected — and who controls it.

August 20, 2018 at 02:08PM
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Here’s What Happens When You Take A Week Off Slack
It was only a week, so we didn’t expect it to have a huge impact. We were so wrong!

August 20, 2018 at 12:59PM
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Elon Musk Talks Technology And The Hurdles He’s Confronting To Grow Tesla
Maybe if he weren’t wasting time building flame-throwers and re-inventing the concept of a subway…

August 20, 2018 at 09:18AM
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How To Protect Yourself Against A SIM Swap Attack
A spate of hacked Instagram accounts. A $220 million lawsuit against AT&T. A bustling underground crime ring. They all have roots in an old problem that has lately found new urgency: SIM card swaps, a scam in which hackers steal your mobile identity — and use it to upend your life.

August 20, 2018 at 06:33AM
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Augmented-Reality Ads Are Headed To Your Social Media Feed
It is one of the most popular emerging technologies and nearly every major tech company is making a play.

August 19, 2018 at 10:03PM
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What Went Wrong With IBM’s Watson
The AI project was supposed to change the state of cancer treatment. Here’s what happened instead.

August 19, 2018 at 06:06PM
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You Could Build A Functioning Welding Machine By Gluing 40 Batteries Together, But You Absolutely Shouldn’t
Our favorite Russian MacGyver demonstrates how to build a powerful appliance that, coincidentally, looks exactly like a homemade bomb.

August 19, 2018 at 01:19PM
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The 20-Year Patent On Teledildonics Has Expired
The 1998 patent on “interactive virtual control of sexual aids” has expired, but that doesn’t mean we should have a sex toy free-for-all.

August 19, 2018 at 12:15PM
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