Valve Unveils Its First Ever Steam Controller
Straight from the labs of Aperture Science, the company boasts that the device has “the precision of a mouse with the familiarity of a controller.”
June 4, 2015 at 02:58PM
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Grocery Industry Tries Not to Freak Out as Amazon Plans Its Own Food Line
Amazon has long been a frenemy to the businesses that sell goods on its site. Soon, grocery food brands are going to get their own taste of why an Amazon relationship can be so complicated.
June 4, 2015 at 08:43AM
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A Music-Sharing Network For The Unconnected
Seated practically thigh to thigh, these vendors crouch over laptops, scrolling through screen after screen of downloaded music. They are known as téléchargeurs, or downloaders, and they operate as an offline version of iTunes, Spotify and Pandora all rolled into one.
June 4, 2015 at 07:38AM
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The Ingenious Plan for the Ocean to Clean Itself Is Led By a 20-Year-Old
The man’s name is Boyan Slat, and he’s come up with a pretty ingenious way of doing it. Instead of clamoring around the globe on a never-ending junk hunt, he wants the ocean to “clean itself.”
June 4, 2015 at 06:40AM
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Would You Like To Hear A Song, Dave?
Late one Saturday morning last December, after a couple months using my Aether Cone, the “thinking” speaker played David Bowie’s “Changes.”
June 4, 2015 at 04:15AM
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How a group of researchers tried to use social media data and algorithms to find breaking news » Nieman Journalism Lab
Using geotagged Instagram data, CityBeat tries — often unsuccessfully or belatedly — to find breaking news.
June 4, 2015 at 02:42AM
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Uber’s French Resistance
In cities from New York to New Delhi, the car service Uber has faced threats and bans from regulators but usually comes out on top. Has it met its match in Paris?
June 3, 2015 at 10:07PM
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Crossrail: The monster tunnelling under London streets
The huge machines carving out tunnels in London’s new railway — Crossrail — are approaching the end of their journey.
June 3, 2015 at 07:11PM
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Tidal’s Break Point
Jay Z’s music service has new apps, concert tickets, and a lot to prove.
June 3, 2015 at 07:11PM
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The ultimate guide to analog control panels in sci-fi movies
The digital age moves fast and there are many beautiful consoles from the “analog” era that probably won’t be influencing your smart watch anytime soon. For your perusal, we break down some of the coolest consoles and control panels from film history.
June 3, 2015 at 04:07PM
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