Why Does Siri Have a Female Voice?
All of the virtual voices have one thing in common: They all sound female. This, as you might’ve guessed, is no coincidence.

October 30, 2015 at 10:51AM
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Jeremy Clarkson’s Fire Stick Commercial Is A Big ‘Fuck You’ To BBC
It’s nice to see Clarkson mad at someone other than Hammond, or people of a difference race than him.

October 30, 2015 at 08:33AM
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What It Took to Make the Most Complicated Watch Ever
All in all, it took eight years for Vacheron to create the reference 57260, named for the watch’s 57 complications and the company’s 260th anniversary.

October 30, 2015 at 08:32AM
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IBM buys the Weather Channel company and has big plans.
An email to Slate from IBM spokesperson Laurie Friedman confirmed that Big Blue has big plans for mining weather data as the core of a potentially decades-long growth strategy.

October 30, 2015 at 06:32AM
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Every Day I Want To Quit Social Media
I am drowning in a sea of anxiety created by Twitter and Facebook.

October 30, 2015 at 05:26AM
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How to gear up to photograph mosh pits, rogue artists and firecracker festivals
As a friend and fellow creator in the scene, Tod Seelie is given access to situations in which other photographers are not aware of or welcome to.

October 30, 2015 at 02:15AM
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Political Campaigns Are Wasteful-So Turn Them Into Startups
If politicians and parties don’t want to start from behind every time, they need to preserve their work each election cycle, and startups are the way to do it.

October 30, 2015 at 01:15AM
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What Does A Ghost Meter Read In Haunted Locations?
If you’ve ever watched one of television’s many ghost hunting-themed reality shows, you’ve probably seen a cast member whip out his or her trusty EMF detector, a staple of the paranormal investigator’s toolbox.

October 30, 2015 at 12:12AM
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The Best Troll On The Internet And Other Facts
​​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: The Internet’s most important troll, the Internet Law you’ve already broken and the best place to die on Earth.

October 29, 2015 at 08:59PM
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Here is what happened.
Here is what went down.

October 29, 2015 at 06:11PM
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