The Old Guard Of Mac Indy Apps Has Thrived For More Than 25 Years
Insights from over a century of development of Mac apps from four long-term developers.

January 2, 2019 at 10:28AM
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‘Hi, My Name Is ___, And I’m Addicted To Tech’
Whether it’s a secluded residential treatment center or a 12-step group, the Seattle area has become a hub for treatment of extreme tech use. The addiction diagnosis, not officially recognized, crops up among tech workers and others.

January 2, 2019 at 08:07AM
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Hackers Use A Fake Wax Hand To Fool Vein Authentication Security
Using a fake hand made out of wax, Jan Krissler and Julian Albrecht demonstrated how they were able to bypass scanners made by both Hitachi and Fujitsu, which they claim covers around 95 percent of the vein authentication market.

January 2, 2019 at 06:41AM
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Chinese Schools Keep Tabs On Kids With ‘Intelligent Uniforms’
All in all, you’re just another chip in the wall.

January 2, 2019 at 06:41AM
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Going Dumb: My Year With A Flip Phone
I felt like a wholer person. I was thinking more, and better. My focus was improving. I thought I was breaking through. In the end, I was not.

January 1, 2019 at 08:52AM
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The Rise And Fall Of Carlos Ghosn
Mr. Ghosn, the ousted Nissan executive, wasn’t supposed to succeed in Japan, but he never expected to fail like this. He faces charges of financial wrongdoing at the company he helped save.

January 1, 2019 at 06:53AM
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Four Million Parts, 30 Countries: How An Airbus A380 Comes Together
From rivets and bolts, to seats and engines, an A380 is made up of about four million individual parts produced by 1,500 companies from 30 countries around the world.

January 1, 2019 at 06:53AM
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Here’s Why Telephones And Calculators Use Different Numeric Keypads
There’s no logical reason for the inversion if a user operates the interface in the same way. Common sense suggests the reason should be technological constraints.

January 1, 2019 at 06:53AM
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Larry Roberts, Grandfather Of The Internet, Dies At 81
In the late 1960s, Roberts was manager of the Pentagon’s Advanced Research Projects Agency, ARPA (now known as DARPA), and oversaw the development of the ARPANET, the precursor to the modern internet.

December 31, 2018 at 12:24PM
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Big Tech Is Here To Help You Fight Excessive Phone Use — Kinda
Tech companies have co-opted the “time well spent” movement, turning “digital wellness” into a Goopified trend that functions as marketing.

December 31, 2018 at 08:06AM
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