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Technology
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The Great Smartphone Conundrum
The time has come—we’re going to have to choose between performance and battery life.
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Does Your Water Need More Ions?
The latest health fad is even more ridiculous than most health fads.
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The Only Problem With the Greatest Hoodie Ever Made
They can’t make them fast enough.
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Facebook Followed You to the Supermarket
Even if you never click on Facebook ads, they are making you buy things.
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When Autocorrect Isn’t to Blame
A jumbled text message could help diagnose a stroke.
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Today, Kansas City. Tomorrow, Oklahoma City!
Google Fiber could bring superfast Internet to every town in America, but for now the company is thinking small.
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What Do You Do With the World’s Fastest Internet Service?
I visited Google’s pilot program in Kansas City, Kan., to find out.
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The Laptop of the Future
Nobody should buy Google’s Chromebook Pixel today. But in five years, we all might have one.
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Bigger, Better, Even More Crazily Addictive
The new SimCity is the best urban-planning simulation ever created. And it’s fun.
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The Case Against Working at Home
We could use more separation between work and life.
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Marissa Mayer Has Made a Terrible Mistake
Working from home is great for employees—and employers.
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Why Do Russians Film Their Car Accidents?
Where are all those meteor videos from and how did we get them?
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Environmentalists and the Military Should Play Nice
They could see the world and make beautiful data together.
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The Triple-Pane Windows Theory
A shockingly simple blueprint for big cities to save the planet without wrecking the economy.
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Concealed Weapons
Obama’s war-free State of the Union address was shaped by a hidden force: drones.
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New Earth-Observation Satellite Will Be Looking for Trouble
NASA’s Landsat Program has been collecting gorgeous images for more than 40 years.
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Don’t Let Economists and Politicians Hack Your Math
Of course kids need to learn algebra.
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The Idealist
Aaron Swartz wanted to save the world. Why couldn’t he save himself?
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The Great Hacker Photo Hack
How a scrappy computer-nerd collective pranked the tech press.
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Amazon’s Amazing New Stimulus Program
Amazon Coins is a brilliant strategy to give free money away to Kindle Fire owners.
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Dell’s Gigantic Tax Dodge
The biggest leveraged buyout since the financial crisis is more about accounting than business strategy.
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Hacking the Old Gray Lady
The Chinese attack against the New York Times worked to perfection.
