For Years, the Pentagon Hooked Everything To The Internet. Now It’s a ‘Big, Big Problem’
The Internet of Things is supposed to make life easier. For the Pentagon, the quintessential early adopter, it has made life much harder.
September 30, 2015 at 04:45PM
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Two Guys Made An RC Plane Out Of A Dead, Preserved Shark
This juvenile White tip reef shark was in an aquarium and unfortunately died of a bacterial infection. Most people’s first thought would not be “let’s turn it’s corpse into a plane!” but Arjen Beltman and Bart Jansen are not most people.
September 30, 2015 at 03:44PM
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Google’s driverless car drivers ride a career less traveled
Fresh out of college, Brian Torcellini dreamed about getting a job writing about surfing. Instead, he wound up in a dusty, dimly lit garage near Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters six years ago, getting ready to ride a wave of technology that thrust him into an occupational oxymoron. He became a driver in a driverless car.
September 30, 2015 at 02:55PM
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Facebook Profile Pics Get a Video Upgrade
The social network is redesigning user profiles beginning Wednesday, and perhaps the biggest change — or the one that promises to be the most entertaining or obnoxious depending on the friend — is that users can now upload a profile video instead of a static photo.
September 30, 2015 at 02:55PM
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How Spotify’s ‘Discover Weekly’ cracked human curation at internet scale
Every major streaming service touts its ability to learn your taste and recommend the right song at the right time, but Spotify has found a new way to tap the collective intelligence of its 75 million users, turning their taste into a data layer that can be used to better personalize everyone’s experience.
September 30, 2015 at 02:55PM
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Sources: Jack Dorsey to Be Named Permanent Twitter CEO
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who has been serving as interim CEO for the past three months, is expected be named the company’s new permanent CEO as early as tomorrow, although that timeframe may change, according to sources. Dorsey will apparently continue to run Square, the payments company he founded where he’s also CEO.
September 30, 2015 at 01:26PM
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QuizUp is becoming an NBC TV gameshow
The show will put in-studio contestants in direct competition with viewers at home using their mobile device.
September 30, 2015 at 12:53PM
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How Many Websites Are There?
In 1994 there were fewer than 3,000 websites online. By 2014, there were more than 1 billion. That represents a 33 million percent increase in 20 years. That’s nuts!
September 30, 2015 at 11:44AM
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Tesla’s New SUV Fits All Your Kids And Still Has ‘Ludicrous Mode’
Tuesday night, Tesla released their latest car, the Model X. The Verge got to test drive it and they’ve dubbed it one of the fastest and coolest SUVs in the world.
September 30, 2015 at 08:23AM
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Elon Musk Delivers Tesla’s First Model X SUVs in California
It features “falcon-wing” doors, a huge windshield, chemical-attack resistant HEPA air filtration system and it can tow a 5,000 pound RV. Oh, and the base model costs $132,000.
September 30, 2015 at 07:09AM
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