The Soviets Made A Real Doomsday Device In The ’80s And The Russians Still Have It Today
The concept of an automatic system that guarantees nuclear retaliation if a country is subjected to a nuclear attack has been part of the collective nuclear nightmare for decades. It’s not just a concept, though.

April 12, 2017 at 12:57PM
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Facebook has reached its Microsoft Bing moment, and history shows the results won’t be pretty
Facebook is trying to beat Snapchat by photocopying its features. Unfortunately, as Microsoft and Google have learned, this tactic seldom works.

April 12, 2017 at 12:57PM
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This Automated, Package-Sorting System Is Brilliant And Utterly Mesmerizing
This group of smart robots can sort 200,000 packages a day without taking a break.

April 12, 2017 at 12:52PM
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No, you can’t electrocute your belly fat away
“Look, weight loss and body image are serious topics and substantial issues in the developed world, but technological shortcuts to achieving your physiological goals basically don’t exist.”

April 12, 2017 at 10:42AM
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The endgame for cameras is having no camera at all
What if your phone knew when, where, and what you’re pointing it at; what if it had a library of trillions of images; and what if it could intelligently account for things like weather and time of day? Would it need to have eyes to see the scene you’re trying to capture?

April 12, 2017 at 09:42AM
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Cookies are Not Accepted
Our metaphors have developed right alongside the technology from which they’re derived, from hardware to software, apps and networks — and now the so-called “stack.”

April 12, 2017 at 07:32AM
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The Dark Secret at the Heart of AI
No one really knows how the most advanced algorithms do what they do. That could be a problem.

April 12, 2017 at 06:34AM
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Steve McQueen’s iconic Porsche from the 1971 film “Le Mans” is now an electric supercar
It has more than double the power of the original racecar.

April 11, 2017 at 11:15PM
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What on Earth Makes a $500 Router Worth It?
Once upon a time you could squeak by in life with a $60 router, which would do the simple job of blanketing your house in a respectable cloud of wi-fi.

April 11, 2017 at 02:59PM
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What on Earth Makes a $500 Router Worth It?
Once upon a time you could squeak by in life with a $60 router, which would do the simple job of blanketing your house in a respectable cloud of wi-fi.

April 11, 2017 at 02:59PM
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