IN PLAIN SIGHT Samsung’s new TVs are almost invisible
Samsung’s new QLED line of 4K TVs features a technology the company is calling “Ambient Mode.” The result is something that looks like a floating black rectangle mounted on a wall.

March 7, 2018 at 11:06AM
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SkyKnit: How an AI Took Over an Adult Knitting Community
Quirky knitters teamed up with a neural-network creator to generate new types of tentacled, cozy shapes.

March 7, 2018 at 10:04AM
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Meet A Pair Of Biohackers Who Live Life With Tech Under Their Skin
One’s got a light-up disk, the other has a pinky magnet. Both are pretty chill about their, erm, enhancements.

March 7, 2018 at 09:59AM
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Google’s AI is being used by US military drone programme
DoD’s Project Maven uses tech firm’s TensorFlow artificial intelligence systems, prompting debate both inside and outside company.

March 7, 2018 at 07:29AM
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Internet Artists Invaded the MoMA With a Guerrilla Augmented Reality Exhibit
“Hello, we’re from the internet” is an art project that took over the MoMA’s Jackson Pollock room without permission.

March 6, 2018 at 10:51PM
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Listen To This 1959 Mechanical Keyboard Switch And Achieve Deep Relaxation
According to Lazy Game Reviews, Cherry Electronics Corporation produced this switch, their first, in 1959.

March 6, 2018 at 05:35PM
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How Scientists See The Perfect Free Throw
A basketball computer program simulates millions of trajectories in search of the ideal shot.

March 6, 2018 at 07:49AM
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Facebook, please just hire one normal person
Facebook has spent years asking embarrassing questions about whether it should let pedophiles groom targets, among other things.

March 6, 2018 at 06:45AM
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Dating app Bumble bans images of guns from user profiles
Move to ban images of firearms and knives from profiles comes amid backlash against the NRA after rash of mass shootings.

March 5, 2018 at 09:24PM
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Take A Ride Through The Library With North Carolina State University’s BookBot
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a book retrieved from the library, you’re in luck.

March 5, 2018 at 01:06PM
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