I Bought a Dumb Watch to Rescue Me From My Phone
I’m 34 years old, and I’m wearing a watch every day for the first time in my life. No, I haven’t discovered the joys of midlife accessorizing. I’ve just finally found something that saves me from my phone.
August 10, 2015 at 09:47AM
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China Read Emails of Top U.S. Officials
China’s cyber spies have accessed the private emails of “many” top Obama administration officials, according to a senior US intelligence official and a top secret document obtained by NBC News.
August 10, 2015 at 09:14AM
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Cool It on the AC Already
How air conditioning is making us hotter.
August 10, 2015 at 08:48AM
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A Third Of All Internet Users Use Ad-Block
Ad-blocking will lead to almost $22 billion of lost advertising revenue this year, according to the report, put together by Adobe and PageFair, a Dublin-based start-up that helps companies and advertisers recoup some of this lost revenue.
August 10, 2015 at 08:48AM
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Drones getting in the way of emergency responders
The US Forest Service has tallied 13 wildfires in which suspected drones interfered with firefighting aircraft this year — 11 since late June — up from four fires last year and only scattered incidents before.
August 10, 2015 at 08:37AM
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Explore The Surface Of Mars With NASA’s Latest Web Tools
Most of us will never set foot on Mars, but thanks to NASA’s unceasing public outreach campaign, now we can all imagine what that might be like. To commemorate the three year anniversary of the Curiosity rover’s Martian landing, NASA has unveiled two new web tools that allow you to explore the Red Planet’s surface and ride alongside the social media savvy rover.
August 10, 2015 at 07:38AM
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The Billionaire Who’d Bring Back the Beatles — Vulture
Greek billionaire Alki David’s quest to build the celebrity hologram business.
August 10, 2015 at 06:37AM
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Four ways you can hack your body
From NFC chips to implantable compasses.
August 9, 2015 at 08:26PM
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Yahoo is trying to become one of the smartphone cool kids
When Marissa Mayer became CEO of Yahoo three years ago, the former Google executive staked her reputation on one thing: bringing Yahoo, an ailing pioneer of the early Internet, into the smartphone age.
To that end, Mayer made one of her biggest moves just over a week ago, unveiling a mobile app called Livetext, a video-chatting service aimed at teens. It’s only the second brand-new mobile app the company has introduced during her tenure.
August 9, 2015 at 07:25PM
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Cities As Platforms
“To evolve, cities must be viewed as platforms, with populations encouraged to utilize technology to creatively disrupt and redefine core functionalities. Every digitally enabled citizen living in a city is a hub of real-time data.”
August 9, 2015 at 06:35PM
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