How LED Daytime Running Lights And LCD Instruments Are Making You Less Safe
While lighting is unquestionably better than it’s ever been, ironically, two pieces of relatively new lighting technology actually seem to be making things worse, visibility-wise, partially because they’re too good.

June 28, 2016 at 08:32AM
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Russia’s Plan To Spin Off a New Space Station From the ISS
The end of the International Space Station may not be the end after all.​

June 28, 2016 at 07:34AM
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A Tiny SpaceX Falcon 9 Tries To Land On A Tiny Droneship
Since we don’t all get to land the Falcon 9 on a ship in the ocean, we might as well try to land a small rocket on some foam in our pool.

June 27, 2016 at 06:23PM
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So Hey You Should Stop Using Texts for Two-Factor Authentication
A string of recent SMS hacks means security-conscious users should switch to a more secure login system.

June 27, 2016 at 02:36PM
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Someone Dubbed Over Boston Dynamics’ New Robot To Reveal Its True Inner Thoughts
Turns out, in addition to being a helpful giraffe-dog, it also has a weird accent and swears a lot.

June 27, 2016 at 01:15PM
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‘Unauthorized’ Apple Repairman Explains Why You Shouldn’t Use A Flathead Screwdriver To Pry Out Your Old Macbook Battery
Mac repair expert Louis Rossmann uses schematics and specific voltages to detail exactly why prying your battery out with a metal object is a dumb idea.

June 27, 2016 at 09:00AM
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Curiosity May Try to Sample the Water on Mars
The bot’s mission has been set in response to the high priority of searching for extraterrestrial life.

June 27, 2016 at 02:24AM
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Edward Snowden’s Strangely Free Life – As a Robot
For a man accused of espionage and effectively exiled in Russia, Edward Snowden is also, strangely, free.

June 26, 2016 at 08:23PM
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How Romania brought broadband to a whole country-and who got left behind
A study by the World Bank reveals 9 of the top 15 cities with the fastest internet in the world are in Romania. But many Romanians still don’t even own computers.

June 26, 2016 at 05:09PM
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The Summer of Drake
Drake’s current album, “Views,” is in its seventh week at No. 1 on Billboard’s album chart, the Billboard 200. But “Views” has only been the best-selling album in America for the first two of those seven weeks.

June 25, 2016 at 05:09PM
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