SpaceX Keeps Aborting Liftoffs Because Rocket Fuel Is Tricky
SpaceX is, depending on how you count, on its fourth or fifth attempt to launch the SES-9 satellite. The first two launches both got scrubbed because of the fickleness of superchilled liquid oxygen, which SpaceX is betting will give its rockets an edge. Except when it comes to reliable launch schedules, it seems.

March 2, 2016 at 06:32PM
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Has Donald Trump Ever Used a Computer?
The personal computer revolutionized the American home in the 1980s and 90s. And by the mid-90s mainstream America was getting online. But with Donald Trump now the presumptive nominee of the Republican party, there’s an interesting question that must be asked: Has Trump ever used a computer?

March 2, 2016 at 04:13PM
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The best way to stop headphone tangles
With more and more chords in your life, you’re probably experiencing more and more tangles. With this simple trick, you’ll never have to deal with those annoying plastic messes again.

March 2, 2016 at 03:52PM
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The Morgan EV3 Is The Most Badass Electric Tricycle Car We’ve Ever Seen
UK automaker Morgan makes a bunch of weird, old-timey vehicles. But this electric version of their three-wheeled car is something else entirely. If it’s priced anything like it’s gasoline-burning brother, you could park it in your garage for around $40,000.

March 2, 2016 at 03:52PM
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Smart People Trust Dumb Robots in Emergencies
Roboticists are worried we’re too trusting of their creations.

March 2, 2016 at 12:58PM
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama Announced as SXSW Keynotes
“SXSW is honored to announce President Barack Obama will appear as part of a Keynote Conversation at SXSW Interactive on Friday, March 11 and First Lady Michelle Obama will be the opening Keynote at SXSW Music on Wednesday, March 16.”

March 2, 2016 at 11:48AM
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Life and Death in the App Store
Consumer boredom with apps is a key reason that the smart money in Silicon Valley began turning last year to messaging apps and bots, which many observers believe could represent the next phase of the Internet.

March 2, 2016 at 09:47AM
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Where to Put Your Router to Optimize Your Home Wi-Fi
Everyone knows that Wi-Fi signal strength begins to wane the farther away from the router you’re using your laptop, which mean that where you put your router matters.

March 2, 2016 at 08:44AM
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How the Feds Might Get Into iPhones Without Apple’s Help
According to one expert in the forensic industry who spoke with WIRED on condition of anonymity, there are commercial solutions that could possibly help the government extract data from more than half the iPhones in question and possibly more.

March 2, 2016 at 06:35AM
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“People will fall for it like a drug”-Game devs on the future of VR
While most are cautiously optimistic, most developers agree that VR is more than a fad.

March 2, 2016 at 05:48AM
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