Techno-skeptics’ objection growing louder
Techno-skeptics, or whatever you want to call them — “humanists” may be the best term — sense that human needs are getting lost in the tech frenzy, that the priorities have been turned upside down. They sense that there’s too much focus on making sure that new innovations will be good for the machines.
December 28, 2015 at 08:49AM
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How to Avoid Immediately Destroying Your New Drone
So you’re one of the more than one million lucky souls the FAA estimates got a drone this Christmas. Congratulations! Now what?
December 28, 2015 at 07:52AM
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How to Sell Your Old Phone for the Most Money
Just got a shiny new phone? Yay! Time to get rid of your old one.
December 28, 2015 at 06:56AM
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F.A.A. Drone Laws Start to Clash With Stricter Local Rules
More than 20 states approved drone laws this year with many of the regulations placing restrictions on flying areas and surveillance.
The intervention of the FAA is frustrating local lawmakers, who complain that the agency wants them to back off their own rules — even as it is seen as too lenient on drone users.
December 28, 2015 at 01:23AM
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This Is Officially The Worst Wi-Fi Password Of All Time
Verbally transmitting wi-fi passwords is a commonly held pain in the ass. RocketJump takes this frequent annoyance to its furthest degree to create a true nightmare scenario.
December 27, 2015 at 04:06PM
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Slack gave me a Klingon name
Social network users have always created emergent behaviors not imagined by the engineers who build them. This is happening on Slack.
December 27, 2015 at 04:01PM
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Clinton and Trump are looking for an easy out on the Internet. Don’t give it to them.
Clinton and Trump are both given to handwaving about the ingenuity of tech geeks. Never mind that said geeks find their ideas at odds with reality.
December 27, 2015 at 02:58PM
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Inside North Korea’s Totalitarian Operating System
RedStar OS is North Korea’s own Linux-based operating system, designed to monitor its users and remain resilient to any attempts to modify or otherwise exert control over it.
December 27, 2015 at 01:03PM
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Anonymous takes credit for cyberattacks crippling Turkey
Turkey’s hesitation in fighting ISIS supposedly made its websites fair game.
December 27, 2015 at 12:02PM
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Open Source Software Went Nuclear This Year
2015 was the year open source software gained new significance, thanks to Apple and Google and Elon Musk. Now more than ever, even the most powerful tech companies and entrepreneurs are freely sharing the code underlying their latest technologies.
December 27, 2015 at 10:59AM
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