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Passive Wi-Fi Could Make Your Internet 10,000 Times More Efficient

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Passive Wi-Fi Could Make Your Internet 10,000 Times More Efficient
Get ready to send a thank-you note to the students at the University of Washington, where a group of electrical engineers is trying to solve the eternal struggle of Wi-Fi battery drain, a problem that’s rapidly getting worse as more and more devices require access to the cloud

March 7, 2016 at 07:33AM
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The Music Startup Meltdown

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The Music Startup Meltdown
A quick glance at the 2013 MIDEM “30 music startups to watch” list reveals many have met a sad fate  —  18 of the 30 no longer seem to exist. Others still have a web presence but haven’t posted anything new in years, or are zombie startups running out the clock, or never even launched.

March 6, 2016 at 06:06PM
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Internal Data Offers Glimpse At Uber Sex Assault Complaints

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Internal Data Offers Glimpse At Uber Sex Assault Complaints
After a former Uber customer service representative leaked information that said Uber received more than 5,000 complaints mentioning rape, and another 3,000 mentioning sexual assault, the ridesharing giant is coming forward with data of its own. And the numbers do not add up.

March 6, 2016 at 03:22PM
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Did Airbnb ban a renter just because she’s a sex worker?

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Did Airbnb ban a renter just because she’s a sex worker?
Airbnb can kick you off its platform and not give you any reason for it, as dominatrix Julie Simone discovered within hours of signing up for the service, when the company decided she was not welcome in the Airbnb community. Although Airbnb didn’t give Simone an explanation, she thinks it has something to do with her lifestyle.

March 6, 2016 at 03:39AM
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The Secret History, and Future, of Cyber War

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The Secret History, and Future, of Cyber War
“War Games,” the 1983 movie starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy, was not only a great film. President Reagan saw it as a wake-up call that cyber war would become a reality. Fred Kaplan, Slate’s War Stories columnist and the author of “Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War,” reports on how the US has conducted “information warfare” since before the first Gulf War.

March 4, 2016 at 03:25PM
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