Career Opportunities in Organized Crime – VR Trailer
From the trailer, “Career Opportunities In Organized Crime” seems more like a normal movie shot with a 360-degree camera than an actual VR movie. But it’s a very intriguing idea.

March 20, 2016 at 03:05PM
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How Twitter could still blow it and fade away into social network oblivion
It would be nearly unprecedented for a social network of Twitter’s size — currently hovering around 300 million active users — to peter out. But that doesn’t mean the idea of Twitter fading away is out of the question.

March 20, 2016 at 01:04PM
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Robots are Going to Make Our Lives So Much Better, If We Can Get Over Ourselves
Not to be the bearer of bad news, but all of those tropes from the movies are already happening. The good news is that some of these advances have the potential to make of ours lives a lot better.

March 19, 2016 at 11:06PM
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Google Maps now lets you customize locations with colorful stickers
The neat-looking doodles, of which there are 24 to choose from, range from castles and barns to igloos and treehouses. Once you pick one, it will show up on the map at whatever addresses you’ve saved in your app.

March 19, 2016 at 09:06PM
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Robots Can Run Now And It Is Absolutely Terrifying
AMBER Lab has given robots the power to not only walk but run — and yeah, it is terrifying to watch.

March 19, 2016 at 02:54PM
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What Have They Been Smoking at Apple Music? — Backchannel
The company’s streaming service as well as its entertainment software has come under fire. But the saving grace is its artisanal playlists.

March 19, 2016 at 02:10PM
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This Robot Will Help You Fight Internet Trolls (Not Really)
But it’s really entertaining to watch it try.

March 19, 2016 at 12:35PM
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An Ode To The Rice Cooker, The Smartest Kitchen Appliance I’ve Ever Owned
There’s something wondrous about this seemingly simple device tapping into generations of cooking knowledge, using humanlike judgment skills to turn out an ever more perfect iteration of one of humanity’s staple foods.

March 19, 2016 at 09:13AM
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Why Aren’t People In Old Photos Smiling?
Old photos are often identifiable by the serious straight faces on the subjects of the pictures. You may think that people were just more serious back then, but the real reason for the stern looks has to do with the technology of the time.

March 19, 2016 at 07:45AM
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How to unlock Facebook Messenger’s secret basketball game
Looks like someone in the Facebook team has caught the March Madness fever; in a small update to the Messenger app, typing in the basketball emoji can enable a secret mini-game between you and a friend.

March 18, 2016 at 02:02PM
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