Why Are We Still Listening to Music in Two Dimensions?
Audio is crucial to convincing the mind it’s in a different reality, because sound is essential to how the brain orients in space. Without 3D audio that faithfully mimics reality, the virtual illusion is lost. But immersive lifelike audio can transport you to a scene, to make you feel like right there in the studio with a band or in the front row of a huge concert hall.

March 9, 2016 at 06:29PM
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The Human JIgsaw
Augmented reality is letting surgeons cut out and replace body parts like puzzle pieces.

March 9, 2016 at 06:29PM
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The Dragonslayer
A year ago, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler saved the Internet. In this exclusive interview, he tells us what’s next.

March 9, 2016 at 04:25PM
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Today’s Best Short: ‘The iMom’
“The iMom” is a terrifying look at why robots can’t — and shouldn’t — replace real moms.

March 9, 2016 at 02:57PM
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Jeff Bezos Lifts Veil on His Rocket Company, Blue Origin
The headquarters of Blue Origin, the secretive rocket company in an industrial park here, is anonymous, with not even a sign at the road to announce the occupants.

March 9, 2016 at 01:29PM
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Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: A Special Report, Pt. 2
The imminent arrival of self-driving cars and autonomous robots brings up serious questions about how much control of our lives do we want to give over to machines — and to the corporations that build and operate them.

March 9, 2016 at 12:19PM
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Here’s Video Of Google’s Self-Driving Car Hitting A Bus
Footage taken from the bus that was hit by one of Google self-driving SUVs clearly shows that the computer-driven car pulled out when it shouldn’t have. Thankfully, the self-driving car was only going 4 MPH at the time of collision.

March 9, 2016 at 10:48AM
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Google’s Deepmind AI beats Go world champion in first match
The “AlphaGo” program forced its opponent, 33-year-old 9-dan professional Lee Sedol, to resign three and a half hours into the first of their five-match battle. While Deepmind has defeated a Go champion before, it’s the first time a machine has beaten a world champion.

March 9, 2016 at 09:44AM
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New MIT Code Makes Web Pages Load 34 Percent Faster in Any Browser
Internet connections get faster but websites get more complex — and that means we often still have to wait an age for pages to load. Now, a new technique from MIT that helps browsers gather files more efficiently could change that.

March 9, 2016 at 09:17AM
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How WeChat Is Extending China’s School Days Well into the Night
New homework assignments at 7 p.m., corrections due by midnight: how teachers, parents, and students in some schools in China are using WeChat to perpetuate round-the-clock pressure.

March 9, 2016 at 08:21AM
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