The History Of Our Distracted Minds
Have humans’ attention spans been getting shorter? Blame web browsers.

November 9, 2015 at 09:37AM
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Living and Dying on Airbnb
My dad died in an Airbnb rental, and he’s not the only one. What can the company do to improve safety?

November 9, 2015 at 09:33AM
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Xbox One will support 104 Xbox 360 games this week
On Thursday, 104 Xbox 360 games will be playable on the Xbox One, allowing owners of Microsoft’s new console to play old multiplayer Xbox games with friends that own an Xbox 360.

November 9, 2015 at 09:33AM
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PicoBrew’s dream of a homebrew appliance is not as stupid as it sounds
PicoBrew Zymatic is definitely for the kind of hobbyist brewers who have honed their craft to the point where they’re really, really good at it.

November 9, 2015 at 09:33AM
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A Speaker Tough Enough To Actually Be Portable
Your portable speaker should be tough enough to take anywhere. Luckily, Logitech’s UE Boom is. The bluetooth speaker is shock and waterproof, so you can take your music on any adventure.

November 9, 2015 at 06:35AM
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Amazon Web Services versus Microsoft Azure, Google, Oracle
What exactly are these companies selling? Who’s buying it? And why is one company that wasn’t even in enterprise technology a decade ago — Amazon — beating the pants off everyone else?

November 9, 2015 at 05:39AM
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How Space Cadet pinball won the Windows desktop
The game that was a ubiquitous Windows identifier was almost a “Doom” clone about glue.

November 8, 2015 at 02:00PM
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What Happens When You Burnout On An iPhone 6s?
We were just about to burnout on our iPhone 6S, but then we saw this video.

November 8, 2015 at 12:44PM
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How The United Nations Is Using Virtual Reality To Tackle Real-World Problems
A new series of VR films is changing the way the organization raises awareness and funds.

November 8, 2015 at 11:58AM
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Eli Horowitz Wants To Teach You How To Read
McSweeney’s was one of the most significant indie publishing houses of the last 20 years — and Eli Horowitz was a central force behind it. Armed with an app-based novel that aspires to be the most bonkers book ever written, can he change that world again?

November 8, 2015 at 11:00AM
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