You Owe Your Daily Routine To The World’s Fair
Inventions that will take you from breakfast to bedtime.

April 14, 2015 at 04:54PM
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with supplies for International Space Station
SpaceX has launched a shipment of groceries to the International Space Station, including the first espresso maker bound for orbit.

April 14, 2015 at 03:51PM
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Q and A: What’s it like to have Google and Amazon try to kill your start-up?
Several months ago, Marco Zappacosta was the uncontested king of the hill. His local services start-up, Thumbtack, was dominating its segment of the market, expanding at breakneck pace, hiring big-name executives, and riding a whopping $100 million fundraise.

April 14, 2015 at 12:34PM
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My voice is my passport: Android gets a “Trusted Voice” smart lock
How secure is this system? We’re wondering the same thing. The popup when you enable “Trusted Voice” warns that the feature is not as secure as a traditional lock screen and that “Someone with a similar voice or a recording of your voice could unlock your device.”

April 14, 2015 at 10:30AM
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What is the future of the ATM in a world of digital money?
The many challengers to cash — checks, debit cards, credit cards, and so forth — are used mostly for high-value transactions. Small sums, which make up the majority of all payments in the United States and globally, are still ruled by cash. After all, nobody writes out a check for a sandwich.

April 14, 2015 at 08:33AM
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NSA dreams of smartphones with “split” crypto keys protecting user data
The NSA might require that tech companies create a digital key that can open any locked device to obtain text messages or other content, but divide the key into pieces so no one group could use it without the cooperation of other parties.

April 14, 2015 at 06:24AM
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Can civilisation reboot without fossil fuels?
It took a lot of fossil fuels to forge our industrial world. Now they’re almost gone. Could we do it again without them?

April 13, 2015 at 04:05PM
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Get Ready: Laser Weapons Are Almost Here
The development of small, cheap lasers means that the era of real-life ray guns may be finally at hand.

April 13, 2015 at 04:05PM
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The most concerning element of Facebook’s potential new power
“Facebook has more power in determining who can speak and who can be heard around the globe than any Supreme Court justice, any king or any president.” Those prescient words came from law professor Jeffrey Rosen way back in 2010. Five years later, the Times is willingly handing its censorship keys over to that king of kings.

April 13, 2015 at 03:00PM
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How China Entered the Space Race
China’s space program once cribbed from other agencies. Now it’s vaulting ahead of them.

April 13, 2015 at 03:00PM
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