PDF Format History: Where Our Future History Lies
The story of the PDF, the portable document format that’s become one of the internet’s defining information formats. It’ll be with us after we’re long gone.

February 28, 2018 at 04:05PM
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This Bottomless Pit Effect Using The iPhone X’s Face-Tracking Parallax Is Super Trippy
We’re not sure how convincing this effect is in person, but it’s disconcertingly convincing in this video.

February 28, 2018 at 03:09PM
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Take A 360-Degree Spin In One Of Waymo’s Fully Self-Driving Minivans
And learn about the technology that goes into powering the Google fleet.

February 28, 2018 at 02:48PM
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Which Country Is The Most Technologically Advanced?
Well, first of all, it depends on your definition of “technology”…

February 28, 2018 at 01:44PM
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Amazon buys video doorbell firm Ring for over $1bn
Smart doorbell maker is retailer’s second largest acquisition as it pushes further into in-home deliveries and internet of things.

February 28, 2018 at 06:31AM
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A ‘Joke’ Cryptocurrency Called Garlicoin Isn’t Funny in 2018
From the creator of “Meme Insider”: A “joke” with a nearly $1 million market cap.

February 27, 2018 at 06:59PM
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Charting My Kids’ Development Through Targeted Ads on Our Family Computer
I already miss the days when I was served ads for small plastic raincoats and Spider-Man accouterments.

February 27, 2018 at 04:49PM
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Dude Records Himself Doing A Gross Cough On Loop
Excuse us. We love this video, despite the disgusting belch noises and feedback loop.

February 27, 2018 at 02:12PM
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Inside Amazon’s Battle to Bring Conversational AI Into Your Home
Amazon is staging a contest called the Alexa Prize — a mad dash toward an outlandish goal: Cook up a bot capable of small talk.

February 27, 2018 at 10:45AM
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How Tiny Red Dots Took Over Your Life
They alert us to things that need to be checked: unread messages; new activities; pending software updates; announcements; unresolved problems.

February 27, 2018 at 09:47AM
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