Vintage Interview Footage With A Swaggering 28-Year-Old Bill Gates
In 1984 at age 28, Bill Gates was fully allowed to be a bit cocky, having already been on the cover of TIME magazine and pacing to become the youngest billionaire in history.

February 26, 2019 at 03:56PM
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The Three Things You Notice When Trying On Microsoft’s HoloLens 2
Microsoft announced the new HoloLens 2 on Sunday, updating the mixed reality headset with a greater field of view, better ergonomics, and more processing power. Quartz got a private demo — here’s what they thought.

February 26, 2019 at 01:25PM
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This 18,000mAh battery has a phone in it
If you’re starting to feel temptation for a phone whose size can rival that of your gaming console’s power brick, let me assure you, this isn’t the one you’re after.

February 26, 2019 at 11:09AM
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Why Are Bots Unable to Check “I Am Not a Robot” Checkboxes?
How complicated can one little checkbox be? You can’t even imagine.

February 26, 2019 at 09:09AM
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The Joystick Artisan
From the arcades to the living room, how the controller has evolved — and why one tech historian, Benj Edwards, started building his own.

February 25, 2019 at 10:35AM
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I Held The Future In My Hands, And It Was Foldable
Huawei’s zealousness about keeping journalists’ hands off its new Mate X foldable phone slipped a little today, and I got to hold and fold it for myself.

February 25, 2019 at 10:09AM
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FBI Scientist’s Statements Linked Defendants To Crimes, Even When His Lab Results Didn’t
Richard Vorder Bruegge, the most prominent member of the Forensic Audio, Video and Image Analysis Unit, veered from his original conclusions in at least three cases.

February 25, 2019 at 04:03AM
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The Route Of A Text Message, A Love Story
The surprisingly complex journey a text message takes every time we hit “send.”

February 24, 2019 at 01:51PM
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How New York Became A Tech Town
Amazon may not call it home. But the city, by design and because of its allure, is increasingly a magnet for coders and companies.

February 24, 2019 at 01:03PM
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Squid Is The New Eco-Friendly Plastic, Study Says
Bacteria could be genetically engineered to produce industrial quantities of biodegradable polymers based on squid teeth.

February 24, 2019 at 10:51AM
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