San Francisco sours on rampant delivery robots: ‘Not every innovation is great’
Lawmakers pass regulations to cut down on delivery robots as pedestrians tire of sharing sidewalks with “aggressively entrepreneurial wet dreams.”

December 10, 2017 at 10:50AM
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It Is No Longer Worth It To Build An Ethereum Mining Rig
Building an Ethereum mining rig hasn’t been worth it for months, and soon they will be completely obsolete.

December 9, 2017 at 07:45PM
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How Forensic DNA Evidence Can Lead To Wrongful Convictions
Forensic DNA evidence has been a game-changer for law enforcement, but research shows it can contribute to miscarriages of justice.

December 8, 2017 at 03:48PM
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ZTE’s Ambitious Dual-Screen Phone Shouldn’t Exist
I really wanted to like the ZTE Axon M the first time I tried it. With the trend of smartphone screens getting bigger and longer, surely a phone sporting two screens instead of one would be even better right?

December 8, 2017 at 02:35PM
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This Robotic Table Is Doing The Craziest Things With Soccer Balls
You can always see some pretty cool stuff at the International Robot Exhibition, but this robotic table that can roll soccer balls around like it’s a living thing really takes the cake.

December 8, 2017 at 10:25AM
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The Winter Getaway That Turned the Software World Upside Down
Snowbird, Utah, is an unlikely place to mount a software revolution. But that’s where the Agile movement began.

December 8, 2017 at 09:02AM
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Google And Amazon Are At War
A petty spat between Amazon and Google could be the opening skirmish of tech’s next big conflict.

December 8, 2017 at 07:59AM
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You Can Live Without An iPhone, 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: It doesn’t matter what brand of phone you own, restaurant hype is a scam and staring into the sun will burn your retinas.

December 7, 2017 at 05:34PM
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Do We Want to Live in Facebook’s Utopia?
The company recently unveiled a range of tools meant to further “social good.” What happens when a single company tries to build a global infrastructure?

December 7, 2017 at 09:40AM
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The Hidden Player Spurring a Wave of Cheap Consumer Devices: Amazon
Numerous electronics brands have sprung up offering inexpensive gadgets. Here’s how Amazon enables them, and how other brands may copy that success.

December 6, 2017 at 06:47PM
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