The Next Generation of Wireless — “5G” — Is All Hype. — Backchannel
5G is just a marketing term. The connectivity we crave  —  cheap, fast, ubiquitous  —  won’t happen without more fiber in the ground.

August 11, 2016 at 11:16AM
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The Bizarre Patent History Behind The Apple v. Samsung Battle
How much does Samsung owe Apple for copying a few icons? The legal reasoning involves a century of absurdity.

August 11, 2016 at 10:21AM
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Diamond labs say theirs are forever too — even if they were made yesterday
Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the investors in a man-made diamond company in Silicon Valley. He says it’s a moral alternative to blood diamonds. Traders say it may put 1.5 million diggers out of work and imperil the 7 million people they support.

August 11, 2016 at 07:52AM
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The Next Big Technological Revolution Will Be Polite
Revenge of the nerds: Google is designing VR to beat bullies from day one.

August 11, 2016 at 12:54AM
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Descartes Labs Releases Its 2016 Estimate of the Health of American Maize
Descartes Labs is estimating the health of the American corn crop every week this harvest season.

August 10, 2016 at 05:58PM
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The bandwidth bottleneck that is throttling the Internet
Researchers are scrambling to repair and expand data pipes worldwide — and to keep the information revolution from grinding to a halt.

August 10, 2016 at 04:41PM
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Christopher Waltz Is Busy, Busy, Busy Like Americans In This Ad For The Galaxy Note 7
Yeah sure, a lot of us are over-achievers that multitask, do a ton of extracurriculars and insist on winning everything. But Christoph Waltz is not impressed at all.

August 10, 2016 at 03:33PM
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Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi Open Up About Learning From Apple’s Failures
The Apple vets open up on the embarrassment that was Apple Maps’ debut and more in this wide-ranging interview.

August 10, 2016 at 02:39PM
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Facebook can’t kill clickbait because listicles and annoying headlines are all its fault
Through its design, policies, and drive to monopolize our attention, the ubiquitous social media platform has weakened the bonds between readers and publishers and placed articles in direct competition with entertainment.

August 10, 2016 at 02:39PM
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What Would Happen If We Banned Meat?
Today on Flash Forward we go to a future where animal products are banned. We talk about what happens to the land, the animals and the humans in this equation.

August 10, 2016 at 02:03PM
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