How the Jukebox Got Its Groove
​The story of Louis Glass, the original jukebox hero.

June 6, 2016 at 01:39PM
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The Future of the Navy’s Electromagnetic Railgun Could Be a Big Step Backwards
In its current form, the railgun simply requires too much power for widespread use. But the Navy has a few ideas for its future.

June 6, 2016 at 12:33PM
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Mark Zuckerberg Is Stupidly Rich
Not only does Mark Zuckerberg have insane access to all of our data, he’s also unfathomably loaded. Give it a couple months before we’re hailing him as our new overload.

June 6, 2016 at 11:11AM
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Guest Column: The Strange, Wonderful, Non-Commercial Games of alt.ctrl.GDC
Alt.ctrl.GDC is a showcase of games that use alternative control schemes and interactions unlike what you’d find in mainstream video games. Is the next big thing in gaming hidden somewhere inside it?

June 5, 2016 at 01:19PM
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Why Did Leo DiCaprio Join a Garbage Start-Up—Literally?
Is “Uber for Trash” Silicon Valley’s apocalypse — or its best bet yet?

June 5, 2016 at 09:04AM
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The music industry cranks up the volume in its fight against YouTube
If this sounds familiar, it should. The two entities have been warring for a decade over how much YouTube should be paying the music labels for hosting the music videos and songs that helped turn the video site into a monolith.

June 5, 2016 at 08:14AM
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Pens, holograms and you: Microsoft’s quest to make computing ‘natural’
Microsoft’s vision of “natural computing” will be a significant departure from the keyboard-and-mouse combination we’re all familiar with today — but several moving parts have to come together in order to make it work.

June 4, 2016 at 08:27PM
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The NFL’s Brewing Information War — The Ringer
The fiercest matchup in football isn’t happening on the field  —  but it will determine the future of the game.

June 4, 2016 at 04:26PM
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A Very Practical Explanation Of The Many Advantages And Few Disadvantages Of The Brushless Electric Motor
If you’re in the market for a cordless drill, one with a brushless motor is, in many ways, far superior to one with brushed motors. It’s more efficient, it has better speed modulation and some can even be whisper-quiet.

June 4, 2016 at 04:23PM
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How Mark Zuckerberg Led Facebook’s War to Crush Google Plus
In Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg built not just a business, but a company culture with the fervor of a messianic sect. So, in June 2011, when Google launched Google Plus, Zuckerberg put his company into lockdown.

June 4, 2016 at 08:02AM
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