How a fitness app for cyclists is reshaping city planning
Strava started as an app to help map your rides. Now, its data is being harnessed to transform the urban landscape.

September 4, 2016 at 08:17AM
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The Head of CMU’s Robotics Lab Says Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Not Even Close’
Even after Uber gutted one of the nation’s top robotics lab and poured a bunch of money into realizing the autonomous car dream, they’ve barely gotten out of the driveway.

September 4, 2016 at 08:17AM
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Why You Should Charge Your Phone When It Hits 50 Percent
Everything you think you know about charging your phone is wrong.

September 3, 2016 at 08:00AM
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The Impossible Propulsion Drive Is Heading to Space
Enough argument. It’s time to actually test this crazy thing.

September 2, 2016 at 02:17PM
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Exclusive: Google shelves plan for phone with interchangeable parts – sources
Google has suspended Project Ara, its ambitious effort to build what is known as a modular smartphone with interchangeable components, as part of a broader push to streamline the company’s hardware efforts, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

September 2, 2016 at 12:01PM
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How To Make A Primative Forge Blower With Your Bare Hands
Because, I don’t know, maybe it’ll come in handy one day.

September 2, 2016 at 11:44AM
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Meet The Russian Aero-Space Executive Hoping To Change Shipping With Giant Butt-Shaped Blimps
Igor Pasternak, the CEO and chief engineer of Worldwide Aeros, is fulfilling his lifelong dream of creating aircrafts that are lighter than air.

September 2, 2016 at 11:40AM
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Security update to fix macOS flaw comes one week after Apple releases iOS patch
The urgent software update affects the most recent two versions of macOS, El Capitan and Yosemite.

September 2, 2016 at 10:11AM
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You Don’t Have To Be Ron Swanson To Get The Hang Of These Augmented Reality Power Tools
Students at UC Berkeley created an ecosystem of power tools outfitted with sensors which provide real time feedback for people using them.

September 2, 2016 at 09:17AM
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Samsung recalls Note 7 flagship over explosive batteries
Samsung Electronics is recalling its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphone and said that battery problems were behind phones catching fire.

September 2, 2016 at 06:30AM
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