Artificial Intelligence Has a ‘Sea of Dudes’ Problem
AI software depends on data sets, and data sets have to be created by computer scientists. What happens when most of those researchers are men?

June 25, 2016 at 03:08PM
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Buzzfeed Tried To Innovate YouTube’s 360-Degree Feature
This “What You Think VS Reality” video won’t let you just sit back and press play. Instead, there are two options: 1) Wave your phone, confused, or 2) Drag you video around, still confused.

June 25, 2016 at 08:04AM
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In India, KFC is serving fried chicken in boxes that double as phone chargers
The fast-food chain has launched limited-edition “Watt-A-Box” packages in Delhi and Mumbai to apparently add “an element of utility” to the otherwise humble paper boxes.

June 24, 2016 at 03:01PM
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The Crazy Plan to Clean Up a Giant Island of Trash Might Actually Happen
An ambitious but controversial plan to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch moves closer to reality this week, with the deployment of an ocean plastic cleanup boom off the coast of the Netherlands in the North Sea.

June 24, 2016 at 02:03PM
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Apple Is Discontinuing Its Only Monitor. What’s Next?
For nearly half a decade, the Thunderbolt has held strong as Apple’s standalone monitor make. But now, it seems, Apple is abandoning the screen for a mysterious future.

June 24, 2016 at 01:00PM
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Meet The Matchmaker Who Revolutionized Online Dating
Whitney Wolfe helped co-found Tinder and make it the ubiquitous face of online dating. Now she’s making a much bolder move with her new app — changing gender dynamics.

June 24, 2016 at 12:16PM
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Apple is discontinuing the only monitor it makes, the Thunderbolt Display
Apple is discontinuing sales of the Thunderbolt Display, a much-loved, though rarely updated monitor.

June 24, 2016 at 11:58AM
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Teachers Resign After Hacked Slack Chats Reveal Them Insulting Students
The Slack conversations between the teachers at the Rhode Island school were filled with expletives. They blasted parents. They ridiculed students.

June 24, 2016 at 10:55AM
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Netflix Queues Up Video Downloads
Following similar moves by Amazon, Comcast and others, Netflix is now working on a feature that will allow subscribers to download certain programs for offline viewing, according to industry insider and Penthera COO Dan Taitz. And Taitz thinks there will be a landscape shift when the new Netflix feature arrives.

June 24, 2016 at 07:36AM
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Who Will Build the Next Great Driverless Car Company?
Silicon Valley and Detroit are in a race to create our driverless future. And for the first time ever, the car may take a backseat.

June 24, 2016 at 06:30AM
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