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6 years ago+15 15 0Widescreen laptops are dumb
A laptop is more than just a video playback machine. I’ve been thinking about aspect ratios. After years of phones, laptops, tablets, and TV screens converging on 16:9 as the “right” display shape — allowing video playback without distracting black b ...
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6 years ago+6 6 0Hulu snags documentary series on the Fyre Festival fiasco
This inside look at the disastrous music festival will reportedly feature in-depth interviews with attendees, locals, vendors and investors.
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7 years ago+34 34 0 x 1Chinese facial recognition and AI sends fines to jaywalkers via text
Traffic police in Shenzhen City, south-east China, have asked Intellifusion to upgrade a system installed last April to detect jaywalkers to send texts and instant messages to offenders.
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7 years ago+31 31 0 x 1In Iraq, Military Bloggers Gave An Unprecedented View Of War — Then Came The Clampdown
Fifteen years ago, soldiers started to blog their way through Iraq, leading to questions about how to wage war in the internet age — and a few demotions, too.
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7 years ago+21 21 0America's Misguided War on Lead Exposure in Children
An overemphasis on blood testing and case management for even low exposures is draining resources and ignoring the real need: Eliminating lead paint.
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7 years ago+17 17 0The Blogger Quietly Preserving Maryland’s Culinary History
Kara Mae Harris hopes to archive every local cookbook.
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7 years ago+26 26 0 x 1Thousands of Students Walked Out of School Today in Nationwide Protests. Here’s Why
It’s been exactly one month since the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — and some are choosing a somber way to pay tribute to the 17 people killed in the Parkland massacre.
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7 years ago+16 16 0How our universe was born: new clues are emerging to when it all began
Our universe may have started with the big bang, but it took time for stars to form. Now scientists believe they've captured the first clues to when that happened.
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7 years ago+30 30 0 x 1Malta: an island of secrets and lies
Business is booming in the tiny former British colony. But stories of corruption and assassination are filling the newspapers, and it may be headed for the EU’s naughty step.
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7 years ago+22 22 0California to allow testing of self-driving cars without a driver present
California's Department of Motor Vehicles established new rules announced Monday that will allow tech companies and others working on driverless vehicle..
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7 years ago+33 33 0 x 1The playboy who got away with $242m – using ‘black magic’
How Foutanga Babani Sissoko pulled off one of the most audacious confidence tricks of all time.
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7 years ago+18 18 0Playbook: U.S. averages a school shooting every 2.5 days in 2018
The gun-control group Everytown said there has been 18 school shootings this year.
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7 years ago+20 20 0Read This If You Feel Like Quitting
I know what you feel like now. You feel like throwing in the towel, giving up, and falling on your face. You feel like quitting.
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7 years ago+32 32 0 x 1FEMA Contract Called for 30 Million Meals for Puerto Ricans. 50,000 Were Delivered.
FEMA terminated a big contract with a tiny vendor hired to produce meals for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Now, Congress is asking questions.
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7 years ago+15 15 0I sucked at writing so I spent a month writing for 4 hours a day
I’m a great verbal communicator, give me a podium and I can deliver an enthralling speech but give me a pen and I’m useless. Writing was always my weak point and after 24 years of feeling like I’m awful at writing, I decided it was time for a change.
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7 years ago+18 18 0NASA tests light, foldable plane wings for supersonic flights
NASA is developing plane wings that can fold while in the air to make a plane more aerodynamic.
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7 years ago+31 31 0Here’s How Scammers Are Using Fake News To Screw With Bitcoin Investors
In the largely unregulated world of bitcoin and cryptocurrency, fraudsters are getting rich by deliberately spreading false information to affect the price of their holdings using social media, scam news sites, and private chat apps.
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7 years ago+5 5 0When Instagram Influencing Isn't So Glamorous
Social media fame can be enviable—but it comes at a cost.
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7 years ago+8 8 0Why You Need To Stop Giving A Shit About Going Viral
The past day or two I’ve attempted to figure out what makes certain content go viral.
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7 years ago+12 12 0The 7 Secrets of Power Persuasion for Writers
Last year I decided I wanted to go full-time as a writer. It’s an appealing dream, isn’t it? Picture yourself on the deck of your beach house, your laptop on a picnic table in front of you, as you feel the gentle sea breeze blow through your hair. Yo ...