3 Things Kids Need to Know About Yik Yak
Last week, I received a robocall from the principal at my daughter's high school telling me something that no parent ever wants to hear: "[T]he school has been placed on lockdown due to a bomb threat."...
View ArticleCalifornia Mulls How To Regulate Driverless Cars
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sooner or later, consumers will be able to buy cars that rely on computers — not the owner — to do the driving. With that in mind, the California Department of Motor Vehicles held an...
View Article10 Reasons Why We Need Research Literacy, Not Scare Columns
This column was co-authored with Glenda Revelle, Associate Professor, University of Arkansas, and Jessica Taylor Piotrowski, Assistant Professor and Director of the Center for Research on Children,...
View ArticleErlang: From WhatsApp To Outerspace
In February, Facebook acquired the company WhatsApp for $19 billion. WhatsApp serves over 465 million users and there are over 40 billion messages sent in and 19 billion messages sent out every day....
View ArticleParents Without Borders: Why a Hong Kong Social Enterprise Funds Neonatal...
September 18, 2011, 7:30 in the morning -- a humid, overcast Sunday in Hong Kong: I am 36 hours into my labor with my first child when the doctor arrives to tell me they are going to perform an...
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Life Without a Cellphone -- Part 4-B: Um, Okay? (Psychosomatic Confusion)
Click here for the previous part of this series and here for Part 1 It was clear I lived in a daze. It should be clear to you that I blamed the device. But it was unclear to me, and still is, what...
View Article'Real Life Tinder' Video Portrays The Dating App With Ruthless Accuracy
A young, blonde woman saunters about a public place, surrounded by a bevy of men who gesture that they might be vaguely attracted to her. She's not really that into it, and with very minimal effort,...
View ArticleThe Next U.S. President Can Expect A Brand New Limousine
When the next president of the United States is sworn into office in January 2017, he or she will be greeted by a new presidential limousine to go along with his or her newfound responsibility as...
View ArticleWyoming High Court Questions Ruling Against Fracking Chemical Disclosure
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Supreme Court is telling a lower court to reconsider whether the public has the right to know the ingredients in the chemical products used to facilitate hydraulic...
View Article'Ballad Of A WiFi Hero' Proves H. Jon Benjamin Should Be The Voice Of Everything
Check out this utterly charming animated short from Vulture and McSweeney's featuring the brilliant H. Jon Benjamin ("Bob's Burgers", "Archer") narrating a story by Mike Lacher. In it, our wifi hero...
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Texts, Decoded: The Difference Between Hi, Hello, and Heyyyyy
Texting is confusing. When you can only read the words somebody types, without seeing their face or hearing their voice, it's so hard to truly understand what they're trying to say. That's why texts...
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Space Is Our Future
The dawn of the space age occurred on October 4, 1957, when the then Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1. This very small satellite was in orbit for three months before burning up in the Earth's...
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3D Printing Technology Helps Doctors Rebuild Man's Face After Horrible...
Two years after a horrific motorcycle accident left Stephen Power’s face mangled, pioneering 3D printing technology has helped reconstruct it. The results of the eight-hour operation at Morriston...
View ArticleThe Two Sides of Technology
There are two sides to every coin, and two versions of every story, so what's the deal with technology? There has always been a running assumption that technology was developed for humanity, by...
View ArticleNSA 'Hijacked' Criminal Botnets To Install Spyware, Leaked Documents Reveal
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO, March 12 (Reuters) - While U.S. law enforcement agencies have long tried to stamp out networks of compromised computers used by cyber criminals, the National Security...
View ArticleFemale Tech Executives, Please Stand Up
After attending Jessica Livingston's Y-Combinator's Female Founders Conference on March 1st in Silicon Valley, I left feeling elated at all the opportunities, both personally and financially, that...
View ArticleChris Christie's Administration Outraged Both Liberals And Conservatives With...
As if Bridgegate wasn’t enough, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s administration just made one move that's angered both the right and the left: Essentially banning beloved electric-car maker Tesla...
View Article'Angry Birds' Doesn't Look Like This Anymore
"Angry Birds" is getting an "epic" facelift. The smash-hit smartphone game, hailed for years as the biggest thing to happen to mobile gaming since "Snake," is getting an upgrade that looks nothing like...
View ArticleHow the Internet Reshaped My Career
I was on a major label for many years, and I only knew one way to make music: follow the template that has been in place for years, and work within the system the music industry was built upon. But...
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Can We Talk About Hashtags?
Can we talk about hashtags? I know I'm an #oldfart, and if for a nanosecond I forget that wee fact my teens remind me in a flash #geezermom. But I don't get hashtags. They've been around a while in...
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