Nine Days With an Absurd $9,000 Gaming Laptop
You will never buy this laptop. It is not for you, because if you want this laptop, you probably can’t afford it, and if you can afford it, you are probably old enough to not want to spend $9,000 on a laptop that weighs as much as a small child.

May 25, 2017 at 11:25AM
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How $300,000 Speakers Are Made
Oswalds Mill Audio makes custom, high-end speakers from beginning to end out of materials like slate, cast iron and wood.

May 25, 2017 at 10:58AM
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Robot hearts: medicine’s new frontier
From bovine valves to electrical motors and 3-D printed hearts, cardiologists are forging ahead with technologies once dismissed as “crazy ideas.”

May 25, 2017 at 08:30AM
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What It’s Like to Use an Original Macintosh in 2017
The Internet Archive’s new software emulator will take you back to 1984.

May 25, 2017 at 07:30AM
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The Rise Of The Fat Start-Up
For much of the past decade, tech investors have been enamored of software companies that could grow very quickly for little money, but modern capital markets have since unlocked far grander opportunities for tech entrepreneurs.

May 24, 2017 at 06:14PM
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The Musk of Success | Jacob Silverman
A rich man’s hobby can have serious consequences for the rest of us.

May 24, 2017 at 09:19AM
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Hackers Unlock Samsung Galaxy S8 With Fake Iris
Using a camera, a printer, and a contact lens, hackers managed to bypass the S8’s iris scanner.

May 24, 2017 at 08:24AM
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How to Make a Speaker
Oswalds Mill Audio makes $300,000 speakers from wood like ash, cherry, and walnut — plus slate and special cast iron. The sound quality is as good as the materials.

May 24, 2017 at 07:24AM
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When Death Becomes Social Media Spectacle
Media professionals are wary of Facebook moderation guidelines.

May 23, 2017 at 10:05PM
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Donald Trump, Our A.I. President
When seen in the light of pure machine learning (think IBM’s Watson), his behavior actually makes sense.

May 23, 2017 at 09:42PM
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