Amazon Wants Your Home to Overflow With Inanimate Objects to Yell at, and It Doesn’t Care How Uncool It Seems
Apple, whose business model is high-margin luxury electronics, may have made it compulsory for gadgets to be cool; Amazon, whose business model is to draw families into their logistics network to sell as many diapers as possible, does not care.

September 27, 2017 at 05:25PM
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The Quest To Make A Better Video Game Controller
The modern PS4 controller, Xbox One controller, and Nintendo Switch Pro controller all have more or less the same functionality as their predecessors. Of course, some people still think it’s time for new ideas.

September 27, 2017 at 04:33PM
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Is The Super Nintendo Classic Edition Worth Buying? Here’s What The Reviews Say
It’s tiny, it comes with amazing games like “Super Metroid,” “Earthbound” and “Donkey Kong Country” — and hopefully, just hopefully, it’ll be easier to find than the last mini Nintendo console was. Is it worth tracking one down? Here’s what the reviews have to say.

September 27, 2017 at 02:19PM
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Long live the group chat
A look at the beauty, ubiquity and therapy of group chats for black and brown people.

September 27, 2017 at 02:10PM
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Can This Tesla Alum Build the World’s Greenest Battery?
A planned electric vehicle battery factory in Sweden wants to incorporate green energy and mineral sourcing practices to make a super-green car.

September 27, 2017 at 11:57AM
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Ads don’t work so websites are using your electricity to pay the bills
Pirate Bay and Showtime turned to forcing unknowing visitors to mine cryptocurrency, using computers rather than eyeballs on ads to generate money.

September 27, 2017 at 10:50AM
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Time Is Running Out For The Super Smash Bros. Scene’s Favorite Game Controller
In the 16 years since “Super Smash Brothers: Melee” came out, it has gotten harder and harder for Smash tournaments and pro players to keep using the controller for which it was originally made.

September 27, 2017 at 07:31AM
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Obama tried to give Zuckerberg a wake-up call over fake news on Facebook
The company’s investigation at first feared a Russian hack. It then uncovered a sweeping disinformation campaign brought by shadowy accounts.

September 27, 2017 at 03:18AM
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Can Tech Startups Do Journalism?
Editorial enterprises like MEL, Real Life, and Van Winkle’s could be the future of publishing — or they could be the next phase of Silicon Valley’s media takeover.

September 26, 2017 at 07:00PM
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Why Are Rural Areas Getting Screwed Over When It Comes To Fast Internet?
Towns without broadband internet access suffer from more unemployment and poverty, as well as lower educational attainment.

September 26, 2017 at 04:21PM
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