Why Apple’s HomePod Is Three Years Behind Amazon’s Echo
The Apple speaker started as a side project, was cancelled and revived several times and can’t do as many things as the Echo.

November 21, 2017 at 10:10AM
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Google collects Android users’ locations even when location services are disabled
Since the beginning of 2017, Android phones have been collecting the addresses of nearby cellular towers — even when location services are disabled — and sending that data back to Google.

November 21, 2017 at 10:10AM
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Reversal of fortune
Tracking one of Los Angeles’ most notorious Venmo scammers.

November 21, 2017 at 10:10AM
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‘Accidental Billionaire’: How The Outlandish Ambition Of Faraday Future’s Financier Brought The Startup To Its Knees
Jia Yueting has made a career of trying to revolutionize the tech industry at breakneck speed. But now the “accidental billionaire” finds himself staring at a mountain of financial liabilities.

November 20, 2017 at 11:09PM
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The Serial-Killer Detector
A former journalist, equipped with an algorithm and the largest collection of murder records in the country, finds patterns in crime.

November 20, 2017 at 06:35PM
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Should This Thing Be Smart? Socks Edition.
If you’ve always wanted a running coach who is also a robot that you can wear on your feet, then the Sensoria Fitness Socks and Anklet may be the socks and anklet for you.

November 20, 2017 at 02:01PM
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Top CEOs Predict The Future Of The World
Because if 2017 has taught us anything, it’s that experts are really good at prediction.

November 20, 2017 at 01:18PM
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The First Big Step In Automating Big Rigs Is Already Here
The robots haven’t completely taken over, but they are watching.

November 20, 2017 at 12:18PM
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Science Has Outgrown The Human Mind
In the age of big data, the human mind simply does not have the capacity to keep up.

November 19, 2017 at 06:39PM
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I Was a Virtual Reality Nonbeliever
I was right that it would make me want to puke. It was worth it.

November 19, 2017 at 12:45PM
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