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Technology
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Apple Killed the Netbook
And we’re all better off for the demise of the $400 future of computing.
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Tearing Down the “Electronic Cottage”
Why telecommuting may destroy your work/life balance.
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A Christmas Miracle: Packaging Is Less Infuriating
Did you swear as much at clamshells and twist ties this year?
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Never Pay Sticker Price for a Textbook Again
The open educational resources movement that’s terrifying publishers.
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The Eight Best Technologies of 2012
In praise of the iPhone 5 (with Google Maps), Workflowy, snap-your-credit-card apps, and more.
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor
Nextdoor, the social network that promises to introduce you to the people on your block.
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Building a Better Truth Machine
Could machine-learning algorithms help debunk Twitter rumors before they spread?
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Drones for the Holidays
Helicopters, quadcopters, and this year’s other amazing remote-controlled flying toys
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Prepare for the New Cameras-Everywhere World
New technology means we’ll only see more images like the New York Post subway-death photo.
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“Don’t Forget Your Court Date”
How text messages and other technology can give legal support to the poor.
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Gifts That Say You (Kind of) Really Care
How Facebook has revolutionized gift-giving on the Web.
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This Is the Greatest Hoodie Ever Made
How American Giant created the best sweatshirt known to man.
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The Ghost in the Machine
Avant-garde novelist Mark Z. Danielewski is changing the way we read e-books.
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Won’t Someone Take iTunes Out Back and Shoot It?
Apple’s horrible, bloated program needs to die.
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You Got a Better Idea?
ICANN is the worst solution to Internet governance, except for all the alternatives.
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The Real Threat to Internet Freedom Isn't the United Nations
Governments are cooperating on surveillance in other, less obvious ways.
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The Hunt for a Better Butter Churn
In which Farhad Manjoo reviews a very old technology, because Slate readers told him to.
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Welcome the Negawatt Revolution
Finally, the United States is beginning to take energy efficiency seriously.
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ICANN, Make a Difference
The $100 million raised by the sale of new Web domains should be used to wire Africa.
