Spotify is testing ‘Sponsored Songs’ in playlists
Spotify users have noticed a new opt-out setting appearing both on desktop and in-app: Sponsored Songs.

June 19, 2017 at 08:14PM
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OnePlus focuses on the next frontier
The OnePlus 5 has one goal: prove that OnePlus can make a good camera.

June 19, 2017 at 04:32PM
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The Best Earplugs for Concerts, Commutes, and Everyday Trying Not to Go Deaf
If you care about your hearing, bring some good earplugs to your next concert.

June 19, 2017 at 12:29PM
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GPS Is ‘Free,’ And You Have The US Military To Thank
Of course a system for having pinpoint-accurate position data was developed by the military first… but why was it made available to everyone after the fact?

June 19, 2017 at 12:12PM
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If You’re A Registered Voter, Your Information Was Exposed In A Massive Data Breach 
​Bad news if you’re a participant in democracy: The personal information of potentially every single registered American voter was exposed by an extremely careless Republican data firm.

June 19, 2017 at 11:30AM
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198 million Americans hit by “largest ever” voter records leak
Personal data on 198 million voters, including analytics data that suggests who a person is likely to vote for and why, was stored on an unsecured Amazon server.

June 19, 2017 at 08:42AM
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Why The Colors Stunk
Somehow CGA graphics, the IBM PC’s first take on color, haven’t completely faded into history. But those four colors inspire a whole lot of nostalgia.

June 18, 2017 at 08:42PM
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You Can’t Open the Microsoft Surface Laptop Without Literally Destroying It
Repair specialists iFixit have dubbed the new laptop a “Russian nesting doll from hell.”

June 17, 2017 at 04:41PM
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How Upheaval At Uber Is A Wake-Up Call For Silicon Valley
What makes Uber a cautionary tale is not that it’s the only tech company with a winner-take-all worldview or toxins in its culture. It’s that it happens to be one of the most valuable.

June 17, 2017 at 11:51AM
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A Sociology of the Smartphone
They are the last thing we look at before sleep each night, and the first thing we reach for upon waking.

June 17, 2017 at 04:54AM
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