The False Promise Of Silicon Valley’s Quest To Save The World
Tech workers are using company mission statements to hold their CEOs accountable.

February 8, 2019 at 10:29AM
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Biomimicry Expert Explains The Many Applications For Snakelike Locomotion In Robots
Come for the robot snakes. Stay for this man’s glorious beard.

February 8, 2019 at 09:29AM
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I Cut the ‘Big Five’ Tech Giants From My Life. It Was Hell
Not using the services is hard enough. And then you realize how much of the backbone of the internet is operated by the Big Five.

February 7, 2019 at 04:02PM
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The Tinder Algorithm, Explained
Some math-based advice for those still swiping this Valentine’s Day.

February 7, 2019 at 02:55PM
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How One Bad Solar Storm Could Knock Out The World’s Electronics
Without the sun our world wouldn’t exist… but what the sun giveth, it can also take away.

February 7, 2019 at 02:25PM
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The Death Of The Internet
This feature was originally published in Popular Mechanics in 1997. When this story was first printed, the internet wasn’t close to death — but it was straining under its own limitations. To thrive, the internet had to change. Which it did. And which it has done again and again many times since.

February 7, 2019 at 01:48PM
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An Oral History Of The StairMaster
The untold origin story of an iconic workout machine, told one step at a time.

February 7, 2019 at 10:57AM
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John Green Uses The Rise Of Deepfakes As An Impetus To Examine The History Of Unreliable Images
Photographs have been tools of disinformation from their conception — but deepfakes may take it to another extreme.

February 7, 2019 at 10:25AM
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The Palm Phone Won’t Save You From Your Phone
I’ve been trying to use it off and on since it was released, and I have mostly given up because the Palm phone is just kind of junky as a phone. It’s more promise than product.

February 7, 2019 at 09:36AM
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I Thought I Understood My Trans Body — Then I Tried VR
In virtual space, everyone thinks about how to stay in their body. How do cisgender people feel in their virtual bodies? Do they feel like I do in my physical one?

February 7, 2019 at 08:03AM
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