How Close Are We Really To A Robot-Run Society?
From self-driving cars to automated warehouses, humans are being pushed out of the equation. Soon, robots will “do a million other things we can’t even conceive of,” author John Markoff says.
August 21, 2015 at 02:00PM
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In a Land Before iTunes
How the phonograph helped create a world revolution.
August 21, 2015 at 12:41PM
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Samsung Attempts To Lure Away iPhone Users With 30-Day Trial for $1
Samsung’s sales have been sliding downward for a while now, and it’s getting creative in its attempts to win new users.
August 21, 2015 at 12:41PM
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Uber May Be Going Public In 18 Months, Leaked Documents Show
A leaked Uber slideshow for potential investors shows a forecasted IPO within 18 to 24 months, and projected bookings of $10.8 billion.
August 21, 2015 at 11:54AM
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How McLaren F1 Tech Is Supercharging the World’s Industries
While the trickle-down technology of Formula 1 makes its way into the auto industry, McLaren finds its particular brand of efficiency can translate into other disciplines — like toothpaste.
August 21, 2015 at 11:31AM
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Amazon joins in on killing Flash, stops accepting Flash ads
Adobe’s Flash plugin might have had its place on the web years ago, but the last few years have been marked by a move away from Flash to more efficient technologies. Now the slow, painful death of Flash is continuing with Amazon announcing that it will no longer accept Flash ads on its ad network beginning September 1.
August 21, 2015 at 10:20AM
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Unraveling The Enigma Of Nintendo’s Virtual Boy, 20 Years Later
Twenty years ago, Nintendo released the Virtual Boy in North America. The stilt-legged tabletop gaming console, which offered a unique red stereoscopic 3D display, attempted to ride a wave of popular interest in virtual reality. It was a risky, innovative gamble for Nintendo that didn’t pay off, leaving many to wonder why it existed in the first place.
August 21, 2015 at 08:17AM
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Will Tech Ever Make Arranging a Threesome Easy?
Ménage-ing à trois isn’t as simple as swiping right
August 21, 2015 at 07:33AM
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Big Data Is Teaching Us About the Nighttime Migrations of Birds, by M.R. O’Connor
The mysteries of avian migration at night are being solved with computational power.
August 21, 2015 at 06:24AM
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High-tech policing: Do cities need Big Brother to lower crime?
And in so enthusiastically embracing crime-fighting technology, Camden has become an example of a dystopian policing experiment that may have grown too big, too fast to understand its side effects.
August 21, 2015 at 02:42AM
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