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Transhumanism and All My Mortal Friends
We were afraid to think much about spring during the month of March up in Michigan. Too many days gave us false hope of warmth, a Chinook wind might melt the ice and show frozen green from the previous...
View ArticleShould Newsweek Have Unmasked The Founder of Bitcoin?
By Noah J. Nelson (@noahjnelson) Newsweek claims that they have found the elusive founder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, and have released a cover story online that is a thrilling piece of investigatory...
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Facebook Redesigns News Feed (Don't Freak Out)
Facebook announced Tuesday that it's changing the News Feed. But before you freak out, know that the update seems so far to be nothing major. Here's what your News Feed probably looks like right now:...
View ArticleUsing Technology to Close the Education Gap for Girls
In March 2011, to mark International Women's Day, I wrote a blog post asking, "Can Technology Close the Gap for Girls and Women?" The ConnectEd program has been working to find out the answer as we...
View ArticleSmart Gun Technology Will Save Lives
On the morning of December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School and shot 20 six and seven year old children and six school staff. While much of the last year's debate has...
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Walmart Spent A Bunch Of Money On A Sci-Fi Truck (Look Away, Minimum-Wage...
Walmart has introduced a concept big-rig truck that may change the face of trucking as we know it ... literally. Called the WAVE, an acronym for Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience, the retail giant's...
View Article'The Dating Ring' Wants To Fly Men And Women Across The Country To Find Love
Got your head in the clouds when it comes to dating? You might as well earn a few air miles. The dating startup The Dating Ring has started a Crowdtilt campaign to fly eligible New York women from...
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Cloud, CoLo, Hybrid with Internap: Handling the Explosive Growth of Data
While Secaucus, New Jersey, prepared for the first "mass transit" Super Bowl in January, Internap quietly opened its newest data center a short ride from the train station. One of the most advanced...
View ArticleIs Narrative the New Design? Silicon Valley's Innovation Cycle
Silicon Valley in the broadest sense has wrought changes in industrial management, investment and innovation since the beginning of computerization, but the pace has accelerated markedly as mobile,...
View ArticleMexico, LA Mayors Compare Apps
MEXICO CITY (AP) — What do the mayors of gigantic cities do when they get together? According to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, "Compare apps." Garcetti says that he and his Mexico City counterpart,...
View ArticleVine: Porn Not Allowed Anymore
If you're trying to find porn to the internet, you'll have to look somewhere besides Vine. The video sharing app, which is owned by Twitter, announced on Thursday that it would no longer allow users to...
View ArticleThe Real Reason Facebook Cracked Down On Guns (Moms, Of Course)
New York's top law enforcement official brought Facebook to the table to talk about getting tough on guns. But it was an increasingly powerful group of mothers that likely forced the social media giant...
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This Map Shows Why The Plan To Split Up California Would Be A Dystopian...
It would be Ayn Rand's dream come true: separate states for rich people and poor people. A proposal to split California into six states, introduced by billionaire investor Tim Draper in December, would...
View ArticleeCommerce and Social: A Match Made in Heaven
In the age of same day delivery and drones replacing drivers, up-and-coming entrepreneurs face significant competition when entering into eCommerce. Yet in 2014, technological innovation in the area of...
View ArticleRise of the Super-Digital Native
Can you imagine? Bear with me as I dream. The generation of youth that has grown up in this digital age with advanced technology at their fingertips since day one -- the digital natives -- will soon...
View ArticleSamsung Debuted A Radio Service It Says Is Better Than Pandora And Spotify
NEW YORK (AP) — Samsung on Friday unveiled a new free music service for its phones that it touts as a significant improvement from the apps already on the market. The South Korean gadget maker's Milk...
View ArticleNew Aegis SSD Features Speed and Portability
Remember when your mother told you to stop feeding certain animals because they will multiply? Well, someone has continually been feeding ideas to the folks at Apricorn and they have given birth to yet...
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Google Glass: Not the Only Eye Candy in Town
I'm a Google Glass owner and I've had my share of ups and downs with my $1500 curiosity purchase. Mom says I look like I'm scratching my head when I'm using Glass and my photos and videos are shot and...
View ArticleGreece 2.0
Greece is the poster child of the European crisis, exemplifying the worst of southern Europe: An economy built on the basis of a gigantic, inefficient and corrupt public sector running up record levels...
View ArticleJoel McHale And Jim Rash Take On 'True Detective'
If you've ever struggled to understand what Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson were mumbling on "True Detective," never fear. A new video from "Community" starring Joel McHale and Jim Rash -- that...
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