The only reasons to stay with the iPhone right now have nothing to do with the iPhone
Apple’s smartphone designs might be rather predictable or just very odd these days, but few companies have built up as compelling a universe of other products. It’s the Apple Watch, AirPods and iMessage that have kept me hooked.

April 23, 2018 at 07:07PM
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I Got My Hands on the Original Film-Loaded GoPro, the Action Camera That Started It All
It’s been a wild ride for GoPro. It went from a niche camera company for surfers, to a media behemoth that was printing money, and now to a company undergoing large-scale layoffs. Oof. So, I went on Amazon and bought the very first GoPro Hero camera, to see where it all began.

April 23, 2018 at 05:55PM
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The Machines That Could Darken the Sun to Stop Climate Change
Climate change is an increasingly dangerous antagonist, and we’re not doing a great job curtailing it. Which is why, in the not too distant future, we may have to undertake a new, Manhattan Project-style endeavor to hold back the rising mercury.

April 23, 2018 at 03:48PM
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Alexa and the Age of Casual Rudeness
“Alexa, play ‘Jeopardy!'” my son will bark. And she follows his command.

April 23, 2018 at 12:25PM
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The Future We Wanted
When an AI home assistant becomes the friend you’ve lost.

April 23, 2018 at 10:19AM
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Facebook Called This Cambridge Analytica Researcher A Liar. Now He Wants To Clear His Name.
Aleksandr Kogan, the Cambridge University academic whose app has set off the firestorm about online user data, says he’s considering suing Facebook.

April 23, 2018 at 09:06AM
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Why IBM Has Fired 20,000 Workers In The Past Five Years
A common factor shared by the workers that have been let go? They’re primarily 40 years old and older.

April 22, 2018 at 07:35PM
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Iceland Takes Hard Look at Tech Boom Sparked by Its Cheap, Bountiful Power
Lawmakers worry a proliferation of data centers lured by Iceland’s Nordic climate and the geothermal steam is threatening the environment and tourism.

April 22, 2018 at 12:14PM
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Electric Scooters Are Causing Havoc. This Man Is Shrugging It Off.
Travis VanderZanden, chief executive of electric scooter start-up Bird, is unperturbed by how San Francisco and other cities are in an uproar over the dockless vehicles.

April 22, 2018 at 09:17AM
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What Is HD Vinyl and Is It Legit?
The HD vinyl record you buy will be materially the same as the records your grandpa bought, as in they’ll still be made of vinyl and you can still play them on a standard turntable with a standard cartridge. What makes HD vinyl different is the process that goes into making them.

April 22, 2018 at 09:17AM
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