Cell Phone Ringtone History: A Polyphonic Wave of Success
The evolution of the modern cell phone ringtone — and the Ukrainian guy who wants to give Apple’s default noises a refresh.

February 23, 2018 at 11:21AM
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The Economy Determines How We Date, Fall In Love And Get Laid
The journey from “calling hours” to Tinder is a long and winding one.

February 23, 2018 at 11:20AM
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The Harlem Globetrotters Teamed Up With Georgia Tech To Build An Insane Rube Goldberg Machine
We can’t even spin the ball on our fingers.

February 23, 2018 at 08:11AM
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Celebrating the Game Boy Camera, one of Nintendo’s weirdest, most ingenious inventions
It’s exactly what it says in the name: a tiny eyeball-shaped lens attached to a game cartridge that turned your chunky handheld into a rudimentary digital camera.

February 22, 2018 at 09:50PM
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In One Tweet, Kylie Jenner Wiped Out $1.3 Billion of Snap’s Market Value
Snap Inc.’s flagship platform has lost some luster, at least according to one social-media influencer in the Kardashian-Jenner clan.

February 22, 2018 at 02:14PM
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A Programmer Made Samara From ‘The Ring’ In Apple’s ARKit, And Honestly No, Screw This
Augmented reality is going to bring some really cool stuff into our life and also this.

February 22, 2018 at 01:18PM
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Here’s What The Boston Dynamics Robot Dog Was Really Thinking When It Was Blocked From Opening A Door
“You’re made out of shit, Hank! You’re shit incarnate.”

February 22, 2018 at 12:23PM
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These Creepy Little Robots Can Slither Like A Snake
They’ll probably be useful for something one day.

February 22, 2018 at 11:59AM
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The Workplace That Susan Fowler Wrought
In February 2017, a former Uber engineer published a blog post about her experiences with sexual harassment at the company — and unwittingly started a movement. A year later, has the tech industry done anything to change the climate that Fowler described?

February 21, 2018 at 06:07PM
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No, Foreign Bots Didn’t Force Al Franken To Resign
On Monday morning, Newsweek published a story alleging that foreign bots played a major role in pushing Al Franken to resign after eight women alleged that he groped them. That story turned out to be majorly flawed — and today, Newsweek officially retracted it.

February 21, 2018 at 03:17PM
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