The Tractor Hackers Pushing For The Right To Repair Their Own Farm Equipment
Years of technological advancement and software integration into farm equipment has brought the humble farmer to the forefront of the right to repair fight.

February 2, 2018 at 01:53PM
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Women Once Ruled The Computer World. When Did Silicon Valley Become Brotopia?
In tech’s earliest days, programmers looked a lot different from the geeky men we now envision.

February 2, 2018 at 12:55PM
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The Banana Trick and Other Acts of Self-Checkout Thievery
“Anyone who pays for more than half of their stuff in self checkout is a total moron.”

February 2, 2018 at 10:52AM
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Where Can You Get Away With Listening to a Podcast? More Places Than You’d Think.
Including the dentist, the spa, the checkout line and the blood clinic.

February 2, 2018 at 09:54AM
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The iPhone X is Apple’s underrated masterpiece
Apple showed genuine courage in going for such a radical redesign, and users are loving it so far

February 2, 2018 at 06:41AM
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Amazon Patents Wristband to Track Hand Movements of Warehouse Employees
Companies love using the latest and greatest technology to keep track of employees, even when they’re at home. But Amazon’s new idea goes to extremes to treat employees like fleshy robots.

February 2, 2018 at 05:27AM
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Recovery Is the Latest Buzzword in High-Intensity Workouts
After years of pushing extreme exercise, doctors and trainers discover that injury protection is important, too.

February 2, 2018 at 12:48AM
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Judge Can’t Help But Make Tinder Joke While Ruling App Discriminated Against Older Users
Tinder introduced new pricing tiers in 2015, charging users a monthly fee in exchange for a few bonus features.

February 1, 2018 at 06:37PM
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More Screens Will Make You More Productive, And Other Facts
​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Why you should be that person and get a second monitor, how kitchen appliances turned into power tools and what we should do with cows if we all go vegetarian.

February 1, 2018 at 06:12PM
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‘Human Uber’ Lets You Replace Yourself With a Rube With an iPad Strapped to His Face
Larry Middleman is real now.

February 1, 2018 at 05:38PM
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