Apple Begins Offering Virtual “Personal Setup” Appointments To New Watch Owners
As a number of early customers will receive their Apple Watch smartwatches today, Apple has also begun to send out email invitations offering “personal setup” appointments that take place via video sessions with an Apple Specialist. The sessions allow customers to learn about their new device and be walked through its features, as well as have the opportunity to ask questions.

April 24, 2015 at 03:00PM
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America’s future dementia epidemic
It’s not that Alzheimer’s is somehow becoming more virulent. In fact, some studies indicate that Americans are at less risk of developing the disease today because the rates of heart disease and stroke nationwide are going down. Instead, it’s demographics that are leading the shift.

April 24, 2015 at 03:00PM
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Dispatches From the Russian River: Pioneers and Profiteers
Women have always been a hot commodity in San Francisco. There were 50 men to a single woman in San Francisco in the 1850s, and that lopsided ratio grew as wide as 300 to one in Gold Country. The techies are only the most recent wave of newly wealthy men with big appetites and a fathomless sense of privilege.

April 24, 2015 at 02:00PM
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How To Build A Portable TOR/VPN Router For Web Privacy
With a Raspberry Pi and a handful of other components, this little device lets you browse in relative safety no matter where you are.

April 24, 2015 at 01:56PM
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Regulating the Post-Snowden Spyware Market
Regulating the post-Snowden spyware market.

April 24, 2015 at 01:37PM
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Marty Cooper And The Origins Of The First Cell Phone
In the 1960s and early ’70s, if you wanted to make a phone call, you did so from a device wired to the telephone grid. When AT&T launched their cellular system for car phones, Dr. Martin “Marty” Cooper and his team at Motorola decided to build a truly wireless mobile phone, a handheld device that would truly free consumers to communicate on the go.

April 24, 2015 at 11:49AM
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A Human Catapult Launches People Off A Bridge
DIY engineer Jason Bell created a sweet human catapult in the comfort of his garage. After initial testing, he decided it was time to start launching people off a bridge in West Virginia — a natural conclusion.

April 24, 2015 at 11:49AM
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Is The Apple Watch Sport Actually Waterproof?
Can you swim while wearing it? Can you shower while wearing it? All this and more will be answered — but don’t go voiding your warranties on our accounts.

April 24, 2015 at 08:23AM
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The debate over whether we should DVR the classroom experience
Just as entertainment has now been time-shifted thanks to the DVR, there are similar efforts underway to time-shift the educational experience, making course content available on-demand, any time you want, any place you want, on any device you want.

April 24, 2015 at 07:34AM
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Meet the Futurist Politicians Who Want Free Education and Free Internet
The day is coming when designer babies are the norm, space travel is available to everyone, and robots have personhood and even pay taxes. It may not be coming soon, but a number of futurist political parties have emerged in the last few years to make sure we’re ready when it does.

April 24, 2015 at 07:34AM
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