Burned Alive For Using A Smartphone
In ISIS-held Iraq, an internet connection was an act of resistance.

April 7, 2019 at 04:51PM
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Electronic Music Has A Performance Problem, And This Artist Is Trying To Solve It
With motion-tracking gloves and a full-body suit covered in sensors.

April 7, 2019 at 02:01PM
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Here Are the Gender Pay Gaps at Apple, Facebook and Google
In the UK, men are paid more than women in 7,755 out of 9,961 companies and public bodies that have submitted pay gap data so far this year.

April 6, 2019 at 02:37PM
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The Weird Machine That Measured Radio Audiences in the ’30s and ’40s
In the early days of radio broadcasting, there was no easy way to tell how many people were listening so media researchers took to using crude tools to figure out what Americans wanted to hear over the radio waves.

April 6, 2019 at 09:27AM
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Three Men Who Don’t Own a Smartphone
What’s the world like without being able to beam the internet straight into your goddamn eyeballs 24/7?

April 6, 2019 at 09:12AM
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How Cotton Is Processed in Factories
An eye-popping behind-the-scenes demonstration of how cotton is processed.

April 6, 2019 at 08:09AM
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The Golden Age Of YouTube Is Over
As YouTube battles misinformation catastrophes and discovers new ways people are abusing its system, the company is shifting toward more commercial, advertiser-friendly content at a speed its creator community hasn’t seen before.

April 5, 2019 at 01:47PM
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I Let A Stranger Watch Me Work For A Day — And I’ve Never Been More Productive
Focusmate is the internet’s most invasive productivity hack. I put it to the test.

April 5, 2019 at 12:43PM
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Guy Creates A DIY Electric Toothbrush Using A Pen And A Plastic Bottle
The inventor made this because their kids were too lazy to brush their teeth, however we do think a store brought one would be the safer option.

April 5, 2019 at 09:21AM
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Spoken For — Real Life
Q is meant to “end gender bias” by disrupting the association between female voices and servitude. But its solution to both, in effect, is to insert a “neutral” voice into a position of total passivity.

April 4, 2019 at 07:20PM
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