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Are Today's App Companies Amusing Us to Death or Building the Future? Reuters

Are Today's App Companies Amusing Us to Death or Building the Future?

Cutting through the hype of Internet Week to find out: Is there a real idea here?

So Far, There Are Only 3 Big Winners in the Smartphone Market Benedict Evans
How the Watson Computer Is Personalizing Cancer Care

How the Watson Computer Is Personalizing Cancer Care

What happens when you let the world's foremost oncologists train the world's smartest computer?

Why Watson Matters to Doctors and Patients

Why Watson Matters to Doctors and Patients

A leaner, faster, smarter system poised to transform how healthcare is taught, practiced and paid for

The Most Terrifying Description of Ocean Swimming I've Ever Read Honebrink et al

The Most Terrifying Description of Ocean Swimming I've Ever Read

A marathon swimmer meets a tough, weird little shark in the middle of the night.

7 Reasons Killer Whales Are Evil Geniuses Reuters

7 Reasons Killer Whales Are Evil Geniuses

Eating baby seals is only the beginning.

'I'm, Like, Forced to. I Don't Know Why. Facebook Takes Up My Whole Life.' Shutterstock/D. Hammonds

'I'm, Like, Forced to. I Don't Know Why. Facebook Takes Up My Whole Life.'

How a 14-year-old girl (compulsively, constantly) uses technology

The First Long-Distance Telegraph Message, Sent This Day in 1844: 'What Hath God Wrought?' YouTube
How to Groom a Glorious Mustache in Space CSA/YouTube

How to Groom a Glorious Mustache in Space

In microgravity, getting that clean-cut look requires razors ... and, sometimes, vacuums.

This Orchestra Played 'Carmen' ... Using Smartphones and Tablets Hello Bank/YouTube

This Orchestra Played 'Carmen' ... Using Smartphones and Tablets

What is a work of art in the age of mechanical digital reproduction?

The Future of Brick-and-Mortar Retailers? Turning Into Datacenters Google

The Future of Brick-and-Mortar Retailers? Turning Into Datacenters

At least, that's one thing Sears is trying out.

Xbox One: Our Servers Will Have More Power Than All the Computers in 1999! Us: Really?! Expert: Almost. Microsoft

McKinsey Names the Most Over-Hyped (and Under-Hyped) Major Technologies Out There

McKinsey Global Institute disses renewable energy.

Not Safe for Anything: Don't Watch This Cicada Cam Science Channel

Not Safe for Anything: Don't Watch This Cicada Cam

Yick, ack, ugh! It is gross. But it is also impossible to stop watching.

Do You and Google Need a Relationship Counselor? Reuters

Do You and Google Need a Relationship Counselor?

Yeah, probably, legal scholars say. Meet the "People's Terms of Service."

The 'Dance of the Planets' Is an Actual Thing, and It's Happening Now

The 'Dance of the Planets' Is an Actual Thing, and It's Happening Now

Get out your tuxes, everyone! We're about to see "the closest grouping of three planets until January 2021."

Two Bits of Life-Getting-Better Tech News

America is not in decline! Latest evidence.

Ghost Army: The Inflatable Tanks That Fooled Hitler Rick Beyer/Hatcher Graduate Library

Ghost Army: The Inflatable Tanks That Fooled Hitler

The Allies saved thousands of lives by embracing the artistry of war.

'Real Books From Real Trees for Real People': Microsoft's Fun eBook Predictions From 1999 Microsoft

'Real Books From Real Trees for Real People': Microsoft's Fun eBook Predictions From 1999

Weirdly, they were more correct when it came to 2010 than 2001.

Astronauts Snag Dramatic Photographs of Alaska's Erupting Volcano NASA

Astronauts Snag Dramatic Photographs of Alaska's Erupting Volcano

Images of volcanoes from space are often kind of disappointing. These, we assure you, are not.

These Artists Are Mapping the Earth ... With Facial Recognition Software Onformative

These Artists Are Mapping the Earth ... With Facial Recognition Software

The faces of the planet, as seen from space

Felted Atomic Weapons: Most Incongruous Medium/Content Pairing Ever? Nifer Kilakila/Flickr

The Biggest Story in Photos

Picking up the Pieces After the Tornado in Moore, Oklahoma

Are Same-Sex Couples a Model for How to Revive Heterosexual Marriage?
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