Technology Will Replace the Need for Big Government
Indubitably, millions of government jobs will soon be replaced by robots. Even the US President could one day be replaced, which — strangely enough — might bring sanity to our election process.

May 10, 2016 at 11:33AM
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We Need to Know Who Satoshi Nakamoto Is
Most obviously, Nakamoto’s identity matters because he is estimated to control four hundred and forty-eight million dollars’ worth of bitcoin, which, if it were unloaded quickly, could seriously depress the value of the notoriously volatile currency.

May 10, 2016 at 09:35AM
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Is It Okay to Use White Emoji?
Light-skin-tone symbols are used far less often in the US than their darker counterparts. Does shame explain the disparity?

May 10, 2016 at 07:35AM
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Siri’s Creators Want To Take On Facebook, Be Your Everything, And Eat The Internet
Viv, a new AI-powered personal assistant, isn’t quite ready yet, but its first public demo showed a service that makes it so ludicrously easy to buy things that you can drop a grand in 140 seconds.

May 10, 2016 at 06:45AM
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Talking to a Bot About Bots — MEL Magazine
The bot, no matter how robotic it actually is, is a compelling format for writing because it disguises itself in the familiar.

May 10, 2016 at 04:03AM
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Inside Evan Spiegel’s very private Snapchat Story
It’s Evan Spiegel’s world — we’re all just snapping in it.

May 10, 2016 at 01:03AM
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This MIT Scientist’s Donald Trump Bot Needs A Little Human Assistance
Bradley Hayes, the program’s creator, says he came up with the idea for the bot — called DeepDrumpf, after Trump’s ancestral surname (which was made famous by a viral segment from Last Week with John Oliver) — while at lunch with a coworker.

May 9, 2016 at 08:27PM
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What Music Looks Like, According To A Digital Oscilloscope
Oscilloscopes visually measure voltages, which coincidentally is how sound is transmitted before it hits a speaker. But what happens when an oscilloscope measures a funky techno beat?

May 9, 2016 at 04:08PM
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Here’s Why Blockchains Will Change the World
Today thoughtful people everywhere are trying to understand the implications of a protocol that enables mere mortals to manufacture trust through clever code.

May 9, 2016 at 03:38PM
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Do Not Even Think About Messing With This Gigantic Railgun
General Atomics Blitzer electromagnetic railgun flings out metal projectiles that travel well over a mile per second and do some serious damage. In other words, make sure you’re standing behind it.

May 9, 2016 at 02:46PM
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