Why you should let a robot cook your next meal
The future of dining could be healthier, cheaper food made by robots.

July 11, 2018 at 03:00PM
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Inside X, The Moonshot Factory Racing To Build The Next Google
Seven years after its secretive launch, X is starting to spawn mind-blowing companies — and show us what an ever expanding Google means for the world.

July 11, 2018 at 03:00PM
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The Men Who Wear Fitbits To Track Their Coke Benders
Human beings are innovators. You can hardly create a product before somebody’s come up with a use for it you never considered. (Even Viagra was originally developed as a pill to lower blood pressure — erections were merely a side effect.) So I don’t think we can be too surprised that people are using fitness trackers to monitor their vitals while taking recreational drugs.

July 11, 2018 at 12:23PM
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China, Silicon Valley, And The Rise Of The Global Surveillance State
Google wants to be more than a mere search engine, and Facebook wants to be more than a mere social network. These companies want to become the crucial, indispensable core of their users’ lives.

July 11, 2018 at 09:14AM
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How Laundry Is Reducing America’s Carbon Footprint
High-efficiency machines are changing how we think about washing and drying clothes.

July 10, 2018 at 10:45PM
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An Imagined Past Where eBay Exists In The ’80s
We’re off to insert the floppy disk and then repeatedly slam our space bars.

July 10, 2018 at 01:21PM
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Driving Without a Smartphone
A new law in Georgia prohibits drivers from even touching a screen. Whether or not it improves safety, it could help break people’s phone habits.

July 10, 2018 at 12:27PM
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Breaking Down The Synths Of Toto’s Iconic ‘Africa’
Reverb goes through the nuances of the two major synth parts — the brass and kalimba — to find out why they’re so dang catchy.

July 10, 2018 at 12:20PM
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Is Elon Musk Just Trying To Help?
Musk’s sub made from Falcon spare parts ended up sitting on the sidelines as Thai divers successfully rescued all 12 boys and their coach. But this isn’t the first time the founder of Tesla and SpaceX has promised a single solution to complicated problems.

July 10, 2018 at 09:56AM
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Sex, Beer And Coding: Inside Facebook’s Wild Early Days
The whole enterprise began as something of a lark, it was an un-corporation, an excuse for a summer of beer pong and code sprints. Indeed, Zuckerberg’s first business cards read, “I’m CEO … bitch.” The brogrammer ‘tude was a joke… or was it?

July 10, 2018 at 07:52AM
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