How a Lost $3,500 Leica Lens Traveled the World to Get Home
Earlier this year, photographer Arthur Galvao was reunited with a camera lens that he had lost. That probably happens all the time, but get this: the lens was lost in a desert and traveled around the world before finding its way back to Galvao two years later.

May 17, 2018 at 03:51AM
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Spam Robocalls Aren’t Slowing Down. Here’s the Tech That Could Stop Them.
The idea: make it so every phone has a certificate of authenticity attached to it — a kind of digital signature — that allows you to once again trust your caller ID.

May 16, 2018 at 01:37PM
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Should the Internet Forget Italy’s Most Viral Sex Tape?
Two years after her daughter’s suicide, a mother is still fighting to limit how far a meme can go.

May 16, 2018 at 12:42PM
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The Senate Is About To Vote On The Repeal Of Net Neutrality — Here’s What Happens Next
On Wednesday afternoon, if everything goes to plan, the Senate is expected to actually do something good — voting to reject the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality.

May 16, 2018 at 12:42PM
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It Takes a Single Autonomous Car to Prevent Phantom Traffic Jams
New research shows that the presence of a single automated and connected car can make driving better for everyone.

May 16, 2018 at 11:00AM
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The Uber economy is actually just the low-wage economy
On May 15, EPI released a report finding Uber drivers earn $11.77 an hour after Uber’s commission and expenses, and $10.87 an hour adjusted for the extra contributions that independent contractors make toward Medicare and social security. That puts Uber drivers solidly in the lowest fifth of American earners.

May 16, 2018 at 11:00AM
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Gmail’s New Smart Compose Feature Isn’t Smart Enough To Understand Me And My Dad
Gmail’s machine learning algorithm has always had a hard time understanding the way my dad and I talk, and that’s totally fine.

May 16, 2018 at 08:13AM
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When the Blockchain Skeptic Walked Into the Lions’ Den
Jimmy Song, a venture partner at Blockchain Capital, tells the biggest cryptocurrency conference of the year that blockchain is a solution in search of a problem.

May 15, 2018 at 06:19PM
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OnePlus disrupted smartphones. Here’s what’s coming next
Ahead of the OnePlus 6 launch, co-founder Carl Pei discusses upgrade fatigue, the future of artificial intelligence and what to do once you’ve already changed the world

May 15, 2018 at 05:15PM
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This Absurd Boombox & Gaming Console Hybrid Really Stretches The Definition Of ‘Portable’
It’s got a CRT display, a Switch, a Wii, a SNES classic and a PlayStation TV attached to it… good luck carrying it for more than a few seconds at a time.

May 15, 2018 at 04:31PM
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