Uber’s China Problem
Currently the letter of the law with regards to ride-hailing apps is starkly at odds with the Chinese government’s public stance on such services. While China’s government says it’s all for the business that companies like Uber will create in the country, police crackdowns say otherwise.

May 26, 2016 at 06:18AM
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Feds spend billions to run museum-ready computer systems
In a report released Wednesday, nonpartisan congressional investigators found that about three-fourths of the $80 billion budget goes to keep aging technology running, and the increasing cost is shortchanging modernization.

May 25, 2016 at 06:44PM
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How a Physicist Who Helped Find the Higgs Boson Got Into Horse Apps
When CERN couldn’t employ the over 300 post-docs it spat out, many of them turned to tech.

May 25, 2016 at 05:49PM
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Don’t Post Stuff You Wouldn’t Want To See All Over Your Newsfeed, Explains Facebook Whistleblower
You know that dude who leaked all of those internal Facebook documents? Well, he’s still on a roll. Ben Fearnow, explains his motivations behind the leak and explains how the elusive algorithm actually works.

May 25, 2016 at 01:04PM
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MIT Has Invented A Shapeshifting Block Interface That Imitates Water
The low-resolution plastic pin display can also imitate other materials like rubber and clay.

May 25, 2016 at 10:20AM
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How India is quietly becoming a space exploration power house
A string of successes by India’s space program is placing the south Asian country among the world’s space superpowers.

May 25, 2016 at 08:35AM
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Why This iPhone 6 Costs More Than $40,000 [Updated]
The phone — which is missing an FCC logo, serial number, and IMEI number — runs Switchboard, an internal Apple operating system almost never seen in the wild.

May 25, 2016 at 02:33AM
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Does Siri Believe in God? — How We Get To Next
A theological guide to chatbots and the world’s major religions.

May 24, 2016 at 07:26PM
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Fitbit Trackers Are ‘Highly Inaccurate,’ Study Finds
Comparative results from rest and exercise — including jump rope, treadmills, outdoor jogging and stair climbing — showed that the Fitbit devices miscalculated heart rates by up to 20 beats per minute on average during more intensive workouts.

May 24, 2016 at 06:27PM
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Shitty Robot Will Feed And Love Your Dog In The Most Mediocre Way Possible
This dude needs to either get way better at robotics or way better at taking care of his dog.

May 24, 2016 at 05:31PM
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