Even as the president promises a crime crackdown, a deep data dive finds jail populations are soaring fastest in areas that backed him heavily.

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Microsoft didn’t mention VR at its E3 press conference, because why would it?

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Want to replicate the sound of face-punching? Hit a frozen turkey.

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Here’s every bit of Star Wars news you might have missed over the last couple weeks.

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Hospitals in developing countries still use dangerous, radioactive cobalt to treat cancer. Experts want to replace them with electron accelerators known as linacs.

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In Ukraine, researchers have found the first real-world malware that attacks physical infrastructure since Stuxnet.

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The iPad Pro was excellent. But this new one? Even better.

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Pioneering school districts tap an obscure public asset to put broadband into students’ homes.

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Seriously, James Comey’s opening statement to the Senate Intelligence Committee was last week’s best read.

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Contrary to conventional scientific wisdom, conscious beings and other macroscopic entities might have greater influence over the future than does the sum of their microscopic components.

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