Feb 11 2016
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A team of researchers has achieved the fastest ever transmission rate for digital information between a single…
Feb 8 2016
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Now you can watch as well as listen as world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking expounds upon his latest ideas about…
Dec 1 2015
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The government hides information all the time, for a variety of reasons. As a recently unredacted court documents…
Oct 21 2015
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A colony of ants can teach us something about how an idea spreads through social networks.
Aug 17 2015
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It’s not only lazy students and Buzzfeed editors who steal from Wikipedia.
Feb 18 2015
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Going outdoors is an intense reminder that we're part of something larger. In moderation, drugs can enhance that…
Jul 3 2014
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How much information is stored inside a human? Not as much as you think. All you need is a mere 1.5 gigabytes to fit…
May 8 2014
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Often, secrecy is considered to be a form of power: if you and only you know stuff, you're at an advantage. But, as…
Nov 5 2013
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Journalist Andrew Blum's deep spelunking tour through the geography of the internet—the crawlspaces and warehouses where the wires and cables really go, the actual, physical "tubes" of international data transfer—is on sale today at Amazon for only $1.99 (the Kindle edition). Consider whispersyncing a copy of your own… Read more
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Jul 5 2013
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Despite the fact that the government seems more enthusiastic than ever about gathering data, its taste for making it…
Dec 6 2012
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Despite carrying user-generated content, Wikipedia has often been criticised for being tough to edit - even by its…
Nov 28 2012
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Google's working on building a new kind of mobile search tool, one which pre-guesses what you're likely to be…
Aug 16 2012
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Think the memory card in your camera is high-capacity? It's got nothing on DNA. With data accumulating at a faster…
Jul 17 2012
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Wikipedia is a wonderful resource, the kind of website that makes you marvel at what the internet can achieve. But…
Jul 16 2012
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Visualizing how the world's ideas fit together is no mean feat. But now you don't have to struggle, because Brendan…
Jun 25 2012
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If you think your home Wi-Fi connection is fast, think again. Scientists have been working on a new way to transmit…
Jun 19 2012
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When people discuss data privacy, they think about Google's grasp on their email, Apple's lack of iPhone address…
Apr 19 2012
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Tightrope walking - or tightrope motocross riding, as rather awesomely seen here - may seem like an impossibly…
Oct 12 2011
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Verizon is reportedly changing its privacy policy in a way that'll let the carrier monitor your usage and mine that…
Oct 10 2011
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From an evolutionary perspective, excessive optimism is generally a bad idea. After all, if you're constantly…