Laser Nerd Turns Nearly Illegal Lasers Into *Extremely* Illegal Lasers
Selling these bad larrys would be very against the law. Luckily for styropyro, no websites will allow him to sell his frankenstein-style super lasers.

May 20, 2019 at 01:14PM
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Top US Tech Companies Begin To Cut Off Vital Huawei Supplies
The impact of the Trump administration’s threats to choke Huawei reverberated across the global supply chain on Monday, hitting some of the biggest component-makers.

May 20, 2019 at 07:24AM
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Like It Or Not, Your Face Is In A Database
Facial recognition technology has gone mainstream whether we like it or not.

May 19, 2019 at 07:21PM
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The Unreal Science Of Japan’s 400 Kilometer Per Hour Bullet Trains Explained
The ALFA-X, Japan’s next-generation bullet train, will hit speeds of up to 400kph. But why does it look so weird?

May 19, 2019 at 06:04PM
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This Company Is Betting The Future Is Personal AI Avatars, So It Made Me One
ObEN, with its 100 plus employees, is betting that in the future, everyone will want their own personal artificial intelligences (PAIs) — to digitally try on clothes, to interact with friends, to keep the kids company while you’re away on a business trip.

May 19, 2019 at 06:09PM
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Can Data Ever Know Who We Really Are?
The digitization of our society, of our systems, of our lifestyles, has led us down a path of putting more faith in our technology than we do in those around us, even when those figures tell us something we don’t quite believe.

May 19, 2019 at 06:04PM
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Yes, Quora Still Exists, And It’s Now Worth $2 Billion
You wouldn’t be blamed if you had forgotten about Quora, the question-and-answer machine that comes up immediately when Googling for, say, why rich people are so frugal or whether it’s okay to let your cat live outside if you don’t value it. But Silicon Valley now considers Quora — something of a relic of a quainter era on the internet — a $2 billion company, Recode has learned.

May 18, 2019 at 02:45PM
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How Did They Make Those Quirky Folding Screens Anyway?
Engadget explains secret sauce behind Samsung’s OLED screens.

May 18, 2019 at 12:54PM
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Sega’s Virtua Racing For Switch Is A Stunning Update Of A Technical Landmark
An arcade classic on the go.

May 17, 2019 at 02:59PM
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A Stunted Effort To Rebuild Windows Mobile
Microsoft’s late-era Windows Phone 7 did away with a decade of evolution. Its Photon project tried to do the same — while keeping the Windows Mobile legacy alive.

May 17, 2019 at 09:43AM
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