If Humans Can Upload Our Consciousness Into Robots, We Might Survive the Sun’s Growing Heat
The high technology that could help us live through the sun’s inevitable transformation.

May 6, 2016 at 12:50PM
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Does the ‘Like’ Mean Anything Anymore?
The like doesn’t mean what it used to — not just to people looking for easy validation, but to brands and companies looking for popular, high-engagement accounts.

May 6, 2016 at 09:38AM
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​Why I Hate Security, Computers, and the Entire Modern Banking System
There’s two factor authentication, there’s one factor authentication, and then there’s this, which I think I can call zero factor authentication.

May 6, 2016 at 08:34AM
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3D Printing The Void
Now that the dust is beginning to settle on the MakerBot saga, it seems like a good time to ask: what was all the hype about?

May 6, 2016 at 07:27AM
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Crooks Go Deep With ‘Deep Insert’ Skimmers
ATM maker NCR Corp. says it is seeing a rapid rise in reports of what it calls “deep insert skimmers,” wafer-thin fraud devices made to be hidden inside of the card acceptance slot on a cash machine.

May 5, 2016 at 05:48PM
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Why Startup Mattresses Cost Less
While claims that mattresses like Casper, Leesa and Tuft and Needle offer the perfect mattress for everyone are a bit suspect — their crusade against Big Mattress really is based in reality.

May 5, 2016 at 01:44PM
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What’s Up With All These New Bots?
Bots are all the rage these days. With Facebook’s recent launch of a series of bots that can do everything from tell you the weather to give you the news, it seems like people can’t stop talking about them. But what exactly are these things, and why are they gaining such a large amount of traction?

May 5, 2016 at 01:18PM
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Subscribing To Apple Music Apparently Deletes All Of Your Local Music Files
According to one (now former) Apple Music user, iTunes deleted their 122 GB music library, seemingly replacing it with cloud-stored versions.

May 5, 2016 at 12:42PM
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GoPro’s Omni Captures Crazy Ski Jumps In VR
In February, GoPro announced it’s 6-camera spherical array, for shooting VR video. Now, the company is showing off what the camera’s capable of in the stunning interactive ski video.

May 5, 2016 at 11:57AM
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Google’s Self-Driving Minivan Could Bring Autonomy To Us All
Fiat Chrysler could leapfrog rivals like Volkswagen, Daimler, General Motors, Nissan, and Ford in an increasingly competitive field. And Google makes good on its longstanding goal of working with partners “to bring this technology into the world safely.”

May 5, 2016 at 11:34AM
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