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Technology
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In Soviet Russia, Book Reads You
The creepiness of software that monitors students’ e-reading.
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The Internet Wears Shorts
How Google workers in summer clothes are solving data centers’ pollution problem.
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The Secret Lives of Supercutters
Why people spend so many hours stitching footage into YouTube collages.
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It's Not Just Indians and Taiwanese Anymore
A new group may be on the way up in the immigrant-dominated tech world.
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The Real Lesson of the Petraeus Scandal
We delude ourselves about the way we use technology.
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Let’s Face It, We’re Never Getting Our Hoverboards
Some claim to have invented a real floating skateboard like Marty McFly’s. They’re all lying.
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This Is Your Brain on Neural Implants
Are you still you if devices improve your memory, attention span, and other cognitive skills?
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How Robots Saved an Artist’s Sanity
The greatest artist of his generation is named Paul.
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Who Will Be Accountable for Military Technology?
As drones, robots, and even enhanced soldiers take the battlefield, questions of responsibility get more complicated.
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Siri Is a Gimmick and a Tease
But Google Voice Search is getting close to fulfilling Apple’s broken promise.
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The Man With the Personalized Gun
Finally, a Bond movie with a weapon we should actually make.
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Nintendo’s New Console Will Change How You Watch Television
The Wii U may not transform gaming, but it will revolutionize the boob tube.
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Microsoft Just Lost Its Steve Jobs
Why Steven Sinofsky’s departure is terrible news for the tech company.
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The Paradox of Nonlethal Weapons
Under international law, killing an enemy is more permissible than blinding him.
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Why We Need New “Rules of War”
Individually addressing new technologies like drones isn’t enough. We need to rewrite the rule book.
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The Spy Who GPS-Tagged Me
Private investigators who use GPS trackers to monitor suspected cheating spouses are in a legal gray area.
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Why I’m Bearish on Apple
Scott Forstall’s firing reveals the company’s struggles to keep an all-star team together without Steve Jobs.
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Boss Will Oremus Around
Tell Slate’s Future Tense blogger what pie-in-the-sky idea he should embrace—or ridicule—next.
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Election Night’s Big Winner: Television
How TV trounced the Internet when it came to reporting Obama’s victory.
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Why Is the Surface So Bad?
Microsoft has been working on its tablet for years. It should be a whole lot better.
