How ‘Super Mario Odyssey’ Was Shaped by One of Mario’s Biggest Flops
“Super Mario Sunshine” didn’t cause a splash at release, but it transformed the careers of Nintendo’s brightest designers.

August 20, 2017 at 09:43AM
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What The Reviews Have To Say About Essential Phone PH-1
The Essential Phone flaunts a minimalist design and is gorgeous to look at, but can it really beat out iPhones and other competitors in the crowded smartphone market? Here’s what the reviews say.

August 18, 2017 at 09:53AM
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Getting A System Error In Augmented Reality Is A Living Nightmare
What happens when the error box you’re used to seeing in the middle of your desktop screen pops up in your AR headset?

August 18, 2017 at 09:19AM
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Secret chips in replacement parts can completely hijack your phone’s security
Booby-trapped touchscreens can log passwords, install malicious apps, and more.

August 18, 2017 at 08:47AM
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The Death And Life Of Helicopter Commuting
It would be extra convenient to skip traffic or the subway every morning and just take the whirlybird to work. But there’s a reason that’s not really an option.

August 18, 2017 at 08:03AM
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Science doesn’t explain tech’s diversity problem — history does
The Google memo doesn’t clearly define what makes for a successful coder. It doesn’t evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the evidence. And it never once discusses what we know about gender discrimination or its long, sordid history in tech.

August 18, 2017 at 01:03AM
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Here’s Why We Need More Open Source Software For Buttplugs
It’s a triumph of back-end engineering.

August 17, 2017 at 09:09PM
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Meet Mappy, a Software System That Automatically Maps Old-School Nintendo Games
It’s the cartography of our digital past!

August 17, 2017 at 07:51PM
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Chill: Robots Won’t Take All Our Jobs
Everyone thinks that automation will take away our jobs. The evidence disagrees.

August 17, 2017 at 04:55PM
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This Battery Breakthrough Could Change Everything
As tech luminary Bill Joy explains it, Ionic’s innovations combine the advantages of the familiar alkaline batteries we buy at the drugstore (cheap, safe, and reliable) with those of the more expensive, fire-prone lithium batteries in our computers and phones (powerful, rechargeable, and more earth-friendly).

August 17, 2017 at 01:19PM
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