How To Make A Secret Phone Call
To show how hard phone privacy can be, one artist examined the CIA, consulted hackers, and went far off the map (with a stop at Rite Aid).

April 6, 2015 at 11:16AM
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The Ultimate Amazon Product
Imagine if a small startup, or a Kickstarter, offered a way to re-buy household staples with a small wireless button. You might not take it seriously!

April 6, 2015 at 10:09AM
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Could a test for malaria be as easy as a breathalyzer?
More than half a million people die of malaria every year, most of them children under the age of five in Africa. And in the areas where it is most endemic, it remains relatively expensive to diagnose.

April 6, 2015 at 08:58AM
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Snapchat’s Discover Feature: Video Ad Model Resembles TV
Snapchat’s Discover feature is giving advertisers millions of video views and a familiar model.

April 5, 2015 at 10:11PM
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The Dark Side of Your Fitbit And Fitness App
Tracking steps and inputting calories into your smart phone drown out the conversation we should be having with our bodies.

April 5, 2015 at 09:03PM
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How This $7,000 E-Bike’s GPS Tech Thwarted a Thief
Only hours after Bill Kiriakis became the proud owner of a brand-new and very expensive e-bike, it was stolen. But while most bike theft stories end in tears, this one ends with a laugh — thanks in large part to the cutting-edge theft deterrent technology built into the bike.

April 5, 2015 at 09:03PM
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The perks of being a high-functioning shut in
Thanks to on-demand apps, I never have to leave my apartment.

April 5, 2015 at 06:03PM
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How to Make Hospital Tech Much, Much Safer
We identified the root causes of Pablo Garcia’s 39-fold overdose  —  and ways to avoid them next time.

April 5, 2015 at 06:03PM
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Affordable Electric Cars Are Coming Soon, Study Says
For many of us, purchasing an electric vehicle is still a pie in the sky dream. But that might be changing soon, if a new peer-reviewed study is correct that the cost of electric car batteries is falling much more quickly than we assumed.

April 5, 2015 at 05:00PM
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How Apple Pay Gets You to Spend More Money
Mobile-payment services are the next step in dulling the agony of spending.

April 5, 2015 at 02:02PM
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