‘Chute’ App Will Stop Your Naked Phone From Shattering When It Falls
Here’s how you can get free early access to Chute, the app that will replace your phone case.

March 31, 2015 at 12:03PM
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You Can Play Pac-Man On Google Maps Right Now
Go to Google Maps, find yourself an area with lots of roads (New York City will do nicely), and click the big Pac-Man icon on the bottom left.

March 31, 2015 at 10:36AM
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The War on Potholes Has a New Weapon
Researchers at Northeastern University have outfitted a van with sensors, microphones and cameras that can spot the early stages of potholes.

March 31, 2015 at 09:58AM
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Amazon has invented tiny plastic buttons that allow for instant product ordering
Amazon Dash is a small physical button that you can stick wherever, and press when you want to order more of something. Need more diapers? Hit the diaper button. Need more toilet paper? Just hit the toilet paper button.

March 31, 2015 at 09:51AM
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After Snowden, The NSA Faces Recruitment Challenge
To keep its code-breaking prowess, the NSA must recruit scores of the brightest students in math and computer science each year. But the Snowden revelations are hurting those efforts.

March 31, 2015 at 07:52AM
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Hands On with Project Spartan, Microsoft’s IE Replacement
For all the things Windows 10 is supposed to do better than Windows 8, one of the most anticipated features in the operating system is Project Spartan, Microsoft’s soon-to-be replacement for the much maligned Internet Explorer.

March 31, 2015 at 07:52AM
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New ARM-powered chip aims for battery life measured in decades
The number of things getting plugged into the “Internet of Things” has already reached the point of satire. But there’s a new, extremely low power technology that’s being prepared for market that could put computing power and network access into a whole new class of sensors, wearables and practically disposable devices.

March 31, 2015 at 06:53AM
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Gold Apple Watch Edition comes with a buying experience worthy of the 1%
The special gold watches, with price tags in the 5-figures, Will be sold via one-hour private sessions, followed by 2 years of 24/7 support.

March 31, 2015 at 05:26AM
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Water, Fire, and Costa Rica’s Carbon-Zero Year So Far
Costa Rica’s energy utility hasn’t burned any fossil fuel this year. None.

March 31, 2015 at 03:00AM
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How Technology Led a Hospital To Give a Patient 38 Times His Dosage
Pablo Garcia went to the hospital feeling fine. Then the hospital made him very sick.

March 30, 2015 at 03:29PM
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