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It’s hard to imagine anything more perfect that Slate’s decision to lay off its respected media critic Jack Shafer. Not perfect … Read More >>
Eric Schmidt: If you can’t use your real name, don’t use Google .
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At the Edinburgh International TV Festival, NPR’s Andy Carvin asks Google Exec. Chairman Eric Schmidt about privacy, nymwars, … Read More >>
Why Am I Wearing This Glove? Oh, It Controls My Robot Hand, That’s All
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If you’ve never thought about describing a robotic limb as sleek and sexy then you’ve never met Handroid. The … Read More >>
MIT Unravels the Secrets Behind Collective Intelligence – Hint: IQ Not So Important
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When it comes to a successful group, the easiest way to ensure victory may be placing women on the team. […] Read More >>
The Joke Matrix: Inside Pandora’s Science Of Humor
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What makes a joke funny? The head of the Internet radio site’s team of comedy analysts shows us the inner workings of its new … Read More >>
Gospel Lessons In Marketing From "The Book Of Mormon"
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I recently saw The Book of Mormon and, like most every person who has gone through the shock-awe-amazement-happiness … Read More >>
Bristol street art exhibition transforms Ballardian brutalist street
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Tim sez, This weekend saw the final unveiling of the the See No Evil project in Bristol; Europe’s largest street art … Read More >>
Coordinated multinational ATM fraud nets $13M in one night
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Crooks who compromised Fidelity National Information Services’s prepaid debit card database were able to draw out $13 million … Read More >>
Price of a hospital circumcision in the US: $23,000
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Chris of Cynical-C writes: My son was born 14 mo ago and because he was born in a birth center, he could not get circumcised at … Read More >>
Google shutters Slide, founder Max Levchin moves to greener pastures
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It’s been barely a year since Google acquired Slide for a cool $200 million, but today comes news that the Mountain View crew … Read More >>