American schools are teaching our kids how to code all wrong
Across America, there’s a push to teach kids how to code to fill the skills gap created by the booming tech industry. Are introductory programs a good way for kids to get their feet wet or just a distraction from the real work to be done?

May 28, 2016 at 02:09AM
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The Future of Advertising Is Replacing Your Entire Face With a Product
“The X-Men campaign marks the first time any brand or company has completely taken over Snapchat. I hate to say it, but: Get used to it.”

May 27, 2016 at 02:45PM
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VR Ready PCs Are Too Dang Expensive — Here’s How To Build One For Under $800
High-end virtual reality headsets are pricey enough. This thrifty build is the perfect way to save some pennies and have something cool to brag about.

May 27, 2016 at 10:52AM
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Animated Characters Dance Across Your Piano Keys To Visualize Musical Motion
“Andante” is a music learning tool that visually represents tempo using the human rhythm of walking.

May 27, 2016 at 09:44AM
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The (very) dark side of live streaming that no one seems able to stop
After a woman live-streamed her suicide, a teenagerbroadcast her friend’s rape, and a man narrated his standoff with a Florida SWAT team on video steaming services. We are quickly encountering the dark side of a livestreaming society.

May 27, 2016 at 08:36AM
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Three Weeks With Apple’s iPhone SE, A Mostly Excellent Starter iPhone
Apple hits a new price point with the new SE, but doesn’t sacrifice much quality or many features to get there.

May 27, 2016 at 07:32AM
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Is It Medically Possible to Live Forever?
Despite the hyperbole, private funding is changing the science of aging for the better.

May 27, 2016 at 06:33AM
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Corporate America Chases The Mythical Millennial
There’s a glaring problem with these and other efforts to go after the younger among us: Millennials aren’t real.

May 27, 2016 at 05:06AM
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One of the biggest bitcoin startups just took ‘bitcoin’ out of its Twitter bio
That swap of a few words is significant. It underscores the crisis recently facing the bitcoin movement and the rapid rise of a potential competitor network called Ethereum.

May 26, 2016 at 11:00PM
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The ISS’s New Space Module Fails Its First Inflation Attempt
Early this morning, NASA was supposed to deploy the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module — BEAM, a giant inflatable tent affixed to the International Space Station. However, the agency aborted the attempt after the module failed to properly expand.

May 26, 2016 at 08:54PM
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