A Pedal-Powered Karaoke Machine From 1925
Learning to play piano well can take many, many years of practice. But learning to pedal an old school player piano? That only takes a few minutes.

September 19, 2017 at 10:04AM
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Best Buy’s Secrets for Thriving in the Amazon Age
Hubert Joly, Best Buy’s chief executive, has reshaped nearly every aspect of the business. He explains the playbook behind the company’s success.

September 19, 2017 at 10:00AM
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AI Research Is in Desperate Need of an Ethical Watchdog
More social scientists are using AI intending to solve society’s ills, but they don’t have clear ethical guidelines to prevent them from accidentally harming people.

September 19, 2017 at 10:00AM
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The Startup That’s Here To Disrupt Bowls
Bobby Moynihan and CollegeHumor teamed up to deliver this killer parody of every tech startup to come out in the last 10 years, and it’s a little too close to reality for comfort.

September 19, 2017 at 06:49AM
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Software Has a Serious Supply-Chain Security Problem
Three times in the last three months, hackers have exploited the digital supply chain to plant tainted code that hides in software companies’ own systems of installation and updates, hijacking those trusted channels to stealthily spread their malicious code.

September 18, 2017 at 07:59PM
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Dinner Theater — Real Life
The meal-kit delivery is a TV dinner deconstructed. Where frozen dinners erase the labor of cooking, meal kits endow this labor with value while erasing the work of planning and shopping.

September 18, 2017 at 04:57PM
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The external graphics dream is real: Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box reviewed
With Thunderbolt 3 and a slight drop in price, it’s now no longer insanely expensive and largely impractical to hook up an external graphics card to your laptop.

September 18, 2017 at 03:56PM
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Why the Navy Plans to Use 12-Year-Old Xbox 360 Controllers on Its Most Advanced Subs
Even though Microsoft has moved on from the Xbox 360 controller, the United States military still seems to think it is an ideal tool for operating some of the the latest manifestations of the military-industrial complex.

September 18, 2017 at 02:55PM
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This is why you shouldn’t use texts for two-factor authentication
Researchers show how to hijack a text message.

September 18, 2017 at 02:55PM
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Everything You Need to Know About Augmented Reality Now That It’s Invading Your Phone
Apple and Google are pushing the tech hard, but what’s actually new about the next wave of AR?

September 18, 2017 at 11:02AM
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