Finger-Licking’ Lulz
KFC’s creepy virtual-reality publicity stunt is but a hint of things to come in the exciting world of late capitalism’s cyberpunk dystopia.

September 3, 2017 at 08:34AM
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Inside the black market where people pay thousands of dollars for Instagram verification
It’s about who you know and how much money you have.

September 3, 2017 at 07:33AM
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‘Dream Chaser’ Space Plane Hitches a Ride With a Helicopter
Compared to its mammoth chopper escort, Dream Chaser is tiny. But it has outsize ambitions. Its maker, Sierra Nevada Corporation, calls it a “space utility vehicle,” marketing it as a crew and cargo transport to low Earth orbit.

September 1, 2017 at 11:15PM
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BUY PODS It seems like Apple’s AirPods are a hit
In just about seven months, Apple appears to have completely upended the wireless headphone market.

September 1, 2017 at 02:14PM
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Google and Facebook’s biggest weapon: apps
Smartphone apps account for half of all time spent with digital media, according to comScore’s Mobile apps report, and two companies own the overwhelming majority of the most-trafficked apps: Google and Facebook.

September 1, 2017 at 12:14PM
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Why Fadeouts Are Underrated In Pop Songs
Unfortunately, the fadeout has been slowly fading out of popular music these past decades.

September 1, 2017 at 10:43AM
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Surviving This Summer on the Internet | Backchannel
Disconnecting yourself from the web might is a luxury for some

September 1, 2017 at 06:46AM
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How a self-proclaimed Satoshi sold investors and SEC officials on his coin scheme
An SEC official “tried to speak with me in Japanese,” the alleged Satoshi says.

August 31, 2017 at 06:40PM
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Logitech Finally Made a Keyboard Worthy of Its Best Mouse
Despite a pretentious sounding name like Craft (the only thing worse would be to call this thing an artisanal keyboard) and not having mechanical keys that are all the rage among the youths of today, Logitech’s new wireless keyboard is a delightful piece of tech.

August 31, 2017 at 10:36AM
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The Unbearable Irony of Meditation Apps
“Do nothing for 15 seconds.” Do nothing for 15 seconds! I cracked up. I’d already been doing nothing for 15 minutes. “Doing nothing” is pretty much my raison d’être when I pick up my iPad.

August 31, 2017 at 10:36AM
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