The High Schoolers Hunting for the Universe’s Secrets
Four British schoolboys. One Large Hadron Collider. And the search for a magnet with one pole.

June 22, 2017 at 04:38PM
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Mixed Reality Technology Turns A Boring White Room Into A Fantastical Playground
These effects were not created in post-production because we live in the future. The team behind the room used an in-house tracking system paired with Vive VR tracking technologies to generate real-time video projections mapped to the space.

June 22, 2017 at 02:37PM
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No one is building the smart speaker we actually want
The perfect smart speaker for the home is easy to describe, and completely elusive.

June 22, 2017 at 11:30AM
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As Standing Rock Camps Cleared Out, TigerSwan Expanded Surveillance to Array of Progressive Causes
As law enforcement began evicting residents of North Dakota’s Oceti Sakowin camp, the private security company reached for ways to stay in business.

June 22, 2017 at 06:31AM
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Roborace’s Self-Driving Car Just Completed It First Full Speed Lap At 124 MPH
Though we knew the AI revolution would lead to unemployment in certain sectors, we could not have guessed that “race car driver” would be one of the first professions to get the axe.

June 21, 2017 at 02:05PM
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Where America’s High Tech Cities Are (and Will Be)
A new report digs into the metrics of America’s emerging tech hubs, and finds some surprises.

June 21, 2017 at 12:01PM
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Liftoff
Drone racing is still a niche hobby, but can it find an audience on ESPN?

June 21, 2017 at 12:01PM
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Why Does North Korea Keep Photoshopping Kim Jong-un’s Ears?
Forensic software reveals how Kim Jong-un is frequently Photoshopped to “look a bit more handsome” than he is in real life.

June 21, 2017 at 08:28AM
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The end will be delivered by Amazon drone
If something else doesn’t kill us first.

June 21, 2017 at 07:29AM
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Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O.
Travis Kalanick stepped down Tuesday as chief executive of Uber, the ride-hailing service that he helped found in 2009 and built into a transportation colossus, after a shareholder revolt made it untenable for him to stay on at the company.

June 21, 2017 at 06:31AM
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