When Apps Get Too Human, They Tumble into the Uncanny Valley
Instead of pushing personalization that’s more complex, pull back.

February 21, 2017 at 10:42AM
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Before You Can Enter, We Need to Search Your Brain
Currently, the law views our phones as a bloody glove or a friend testifying against you. But in reality, looking through a phone is more akin to looking through someone’s mind.

February 21, 2017 at 08:32AM
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The Post-Human World
A conversation about the end of work, individualism, and the human species with the historian Yuval Harari.

February 21, 2017 at 07:33AM
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A Holographic Model Solves a Great Cosmological Mystery
On the human scale a holographic universe would be indistinguishable from the reality we expect, but on a cosmic scale there could be subtle differences we might be able to detect.

February 21, 2017 at 06:30AM
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VR will never become the new cinema. And that’s a good thing
Traditional movies were the popular art form of the 20th century. Is virtual reality what comes next?

February 20, 2017 at 06:30PM
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Behind The Technology ‘Planet Earth II’ Uses To Make Our Planet Look Cinematic
Vox chats with the BBC Natural History Unit about how they’re constantly raising the bar for nature cinematography.

February 20, 2017 at 09:57AM
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You Can Finally Buy Snapchat Spectacles Online
No more tracking down a mysterious vending machine.

February 20, 2017 at 08:24AM
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How Previous Owners Can Potentially Still Access Their Cars Long After They’ve Sold Them
IBM researcher Charles Henderson says he sold a car several years ago and can still control it from his phone.

February 20, 2017 at 05:54AM
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Former engineer says Uber is a nightmare of sexism
A former Uber engineer has published an explosive account of sexism and power struggles in the workplace, with allegations beginning from her very first official day with the company.

February 19, 2017 at 08:34PM
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Silicon Valley’s Political Fixer Is Reinventing Himself As A Trump Whisperer
A former aide to New York bigshots Chuck Schumer and Michael Bloomberg is now advising his tech clients on how to deal with the most powerful New Yorker of them all.

February 19, 2017 at 10:50AM
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