Amazon Dash Buttons Solve a Nonexistent Problem
Amazon Dash buttons might look like they make life more convenient, but they only make life dumber.

January 26, 2017 at 10:13AM
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The End of Terrible Wi-Fi Is Near
Everybody hates Wi-Fi. The boxes are ugly, and it never seems to work when you need it. But just when you thought wireless internet was unfixable, the most boring and hated appliance in your house may be on the verge of actually, um, working.

January 25, 2017 at 03:24PM
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D-Wave: Scientists Line Up for World’s Most Controversial Quantum Computer
D-Wave’s qubits are much easier to build than the equivalent in more traditional quantum computers, but their quantum states are also more fragile, and their manipulation less precise. Still, scientists are eager to put D-Wave’s newest model to use.

January 25, 2017 at 12:40PM
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The slippery slope of Bluetooth trackers
“Before using a Bluetooth tracker I never really needed a bluetooth tracker, but now…”

January 25, 2017 at 10:42AM
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Mossberg: What’s up with Firefox, the browser that time forgot?
After years of neglecting Firefox, misreading mobile users and putting most of its chips on a failed phone project, Mozilla says it is working hard to get Firefox off the mat.

January 25, 2017 at 08:29AM
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You May Not Like Technology But It Likes You
Science and the digital world have overhauled our world, but the stakes just got higher: Now technology wants to remake you, using everything from the internet to stem cells.

January 25, 2017 at 03:33AM
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What would Steve (Jobs) do? He sure wouldn’t eat humble pie as the Trump era dawns.
The pirate life worked pretty well for the Apple legend, but now Silicon Valley has sunk its own legend.

January 25, 2017 at 01:30AM
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How to Take Screenshots of Anything (Even When They’re Blocked)
Next to copy and paste, it’s an essential function of computing.

January 24, 2017 at 09:24PM
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Night Shift Coming in macOS 10.12.4
If Apple follows past practice, macOS 10.12.4 with Night Shift will likely be released to the public in early spring. For now, the beta is available only to members of Apple’s developer program, though it is possible that a public beta may be released in the coming days.

January 24, 2017 at 03:40PM
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How To Walk Around While Looking At Your Phone
Canes are almost always utilitarian. But this might be the greatest use for a cane of all time: complete removal from the physical world around us.

January 24, 2017 at 11:15AM
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