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New York Times Editor Is a Horrible Troll Who Doesn’t Understand the Modern World

Bill Keller, the executive editor of the New York Times, thinks modern communication technologies make you stupid, destroy your relationships and even your soul. He is wrong. The crux of Keller’s argument lies in a single paragraph: Basically, we are outsourcing our brains to the cloud. The upside is that this frees a lot of…

Social Media Mat Honan

Controversial Blood Test Predicts How Long You Will Live

A new test set to hit the market in Britain in the next year aims to tell patients how long they have to live, and naturally that’s not happening without controversy. The test measures a person’s telomeres, those structures found on the tips of chromosomes. The length of telomeres apparently correlates with how fast a…

Tech News Clay Dillow - PopSci

What Happens When a Grandpa Thinks Twitter Is Google

Apparently, someone has told his 81-year old father that you use Twitter to search things on Google. The result? A stream of old man searches ranging from “cold toes” to “diane sawyer swimsuit pictures.” Mean? Yes. Hilarious? Yesserer. Sure, this is very probably just an elaborate fake and/or desperate stab at the type of book…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Secret Service Official Twitter Account Bashes Fox News

It’s almost too good to be true, but the tweet above apparently briefly appeared on the official Secret Service Twitter account. It was promptly deleted, but not before dozens of people retweeted it, including Time political reporter Amy Sullivan. This screenshot appeared on the Tumblr of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Was it an errant direct…

Tech News Adrian Chen

Student Suspended Over Facebook Post Wishing Osama Would Kill Her Math Teacher

Teens on the internet are totally confused about this whole Osama bin Laden thing. Not only do they barely know who he is, now they’re wishing he would kill their math teachers. http://gawker.com/5798274/online-teens-want-to-know-who-is-osama-bin-laden 13-year-old Concord, New Hampshire student Kimberly Dell’isola was suspended for five days after she posted on last week on Facebook that she…

Social Media Adrian Chen

Secret Stealth Drones Spied on Bin Laden Months Before Kill Mission

How do you monitor the whereabouts of the world’s most wanted criminal, deep inside a radar-infested region of a country that doesn’t want you there? With this stealth drone, which gave the US eyes on Osama’s compound from above. The Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel doesn’t look much like the Predator drone fleet—and for good reason.…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Apple Store Makeover: iPads As Product Labels, Startup Session Bars, and More

9to5Mac is reporting that Apple is about to embark on a major makeover for their retail stores. Dubbed Apple Store 2.0, it’ll have more interactive ‘startup sessions’ bars, iPads as interactive product labels, and ‘huge’ displays and new sound systems. There has been a rumor that Apple was planning something for their 10th year in…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Robot Is Basically a Ninja

What do ninjas do? They climb walls, conduct missions in the dark, and fight pirates. So does ReconRobotics’ Recon Scout Throwbot. ReconRobotics has made their fair share of throwable surveillance robots. But the magnetic-wheeled Recon Scout, sporting an IR optical system to help it see in complete darkness, is the first of its kind to…

Tech News Max Behrman

Netflix Now the Internet Traffic Emperor of North America

Netflix continues to consume the entirety of the internet, climbing to the number one spot of an entire continent, with a whopping 30% slice of peak downstream traffic. That’s almost a third! What’s in second place? Oh, you know, “websites.” https://gizmodo.com/netflix-streaming-video-is-20-percent-of-peak-us-intern-5670190 Yes, pathetic little HTTP downloads account for a trifling 18% of peak North American…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The Kindle Should Use Ricoh’s New Color E-Ink Screen

I think e-ink is one of those fantastic retro-future technologies that is so cool because it’s so simple. But, inevitably, I’m going to want some color. Thankfully, Ricoh has just developed a new color e-paper screen that’s better than ever. It’s supposed to offer 4x the color range of whatever’s available now and give 2.5x…

Commerce Casey Chan

PayPal Lets Android Users Deposit Checks With Their Cameras

Just like the iPhone PayPal app, and just like the Chase app, PayPal on Android now allows check deposits via photo upload. Apparently, a million dollars per month is transferred using this method on the iPhone app. [MobileCrunch] https://gizmodo.com/pay-in-checks-to-your-paypal-account-thanks-to-their-la-5656800

Tech News Adrian Covert

This Big Ass DIY Camera Takes Pictures on 3 Foot Long Film

Darren Samuelson wanted bigger pictures so built himself a ginormous camera that he aptly named Darren’s Great Big Camera. When fully extended, the camera is taller than the average man (6 feet long) and shoots on 14×36-inch negatives. NBD. It’s definitely an impressive piece of work, that required a lot of audibles, tweaking and patience…

Tech News Casey Chan

An iPhone Game You Can Win Even If You Can’t See

Close your eyes and play an iPhone game. With Stem Stumper, a game made for both blind and sighted gamers, you can do that.… [Kotaku]

Tech News Kotaku

13 Technologies That Need An Immediate Upgrade

We’ve gotten complacent with many of our technological needs, simply putting up with what we have available now, even if it’s horribly dated. In some cases, it’s because we’re content with what we have, ignoring the thought that something better may actually be within our reach. In other cases, it’s because we have no other…

Tech News Paul Escallier - MaximumPC

The Samsung Cube Camera, Too Bizarre to Exist

A recent interview with Samsung’s camera division yielded some interesting bits about their lenses—but the real star was this photo of lost prototypes. The model with the three vintage-y dials is gorgeous. But the cube? Uhh. Uhhh. We’re all for experimenting with form factors, but I can’t imagine anyone wanting to whip out a cube-shaped…

Gadgets Sam Biddle

Intel Says No Legacy Software for ARM Windows 8, Suckers

Intel was quick to point out that the ARM version of Windows 8 won’t have any backwards compatibility—”Our competitors will not be running legacy applications. Not now. Not ever.” But the ol’ friendly x86 version? You betcha! Windows 8 on x86 chips will “Run all of [your] old applications, all of [your] old files—there’ll be…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Secret Service Grills Boy Who Warned President About Suicide Bombers on Facebook

There’s an old sketch from MTV’s brilliant The State, where a kid reprimands his obnoxious classmates, saying, “You can’t even joke about it! You just can’t say ‘Gee, wouldn’t it be great if we shot the President,'” which results in a swarm of Secret Service agents flooding the classroom and carrying him away. Well, that…

Social Media Seth Abramovitch

Hero Cops Escort Cellphone Loudmouth Off Train

People who carry on high-volume conversations on their cellphones in public places are the worst. THE. WORST. Which makes Lakeysha Beard the worst of the worst of the worst. For sixteen solid hours after she boarded an Amtrak train in Oakland, KATU.com reports, she yapped loudly into her goddamned phone. SIXTEEN HOURS. And she was…

Tech News Seth Abramovitch

Sprint Knows the Way to Our Hearts is Through Cats and the Internet

I loathe giving time to adverts (especially when they’re not paying for it!) but sometimes, they’re just too bang-on not to show you. This Sprint ad for the Nexus S is one of those ads. [IntoMobile via Phandroid -Thanks, Richard!]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

MacBook Airs on Track For June/July Launch, With Sandy Bridge and Thunderbolt Upgrades?

Apple does like to keep to schedule, so it’s not entirely surprising to read they’re planning two new MacBook Air models for this June/July. It’s also unsurprising that they’re to run on Sandy Bridge chipsets, and have Thunderbolt connectivity. But it’s always nice to hear whispers of it originating from Taiwan, which of course is…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

New York Times Editor Is a Horrible Troll Who Doesn’t Understand the Modern World

Controversial Blood Test Predicts How Long You Will Live

What Happens When a Grandpa Thinks Twitter Is Google

Secret Service Official Twitter Account Bashes Fox News

Student Suspended Over Facebook Post Wishing Osama Would Kill Her Math Teacher

Secret Stealth Drones Spied on Bin Laden Months Before Kill Mission

Apple Store Makeover: iPads As Product Labels, Startup Session Bars, and More

This Robot Is Basically a Ninja

Netflix Now the Internet Traffic Emperor of North America

The Kindle Should Use Ricoh’s New Color E-Ink Screen

PayPal Lets Android Users Deposit Checks With Their Cameras

This Big Ass DIY Camera Takes Pictures on 3 Foot Long Film

An iPhone Game You Can Win Even If You Can’t See

13 Technologies That Need An Immediate Upgrade

The Samsung Cube Camera, Too Bizarre to Exist

Intel Says No Legacy Software for ARM Windows 8, Suckers

Secret Service Grills Boy Who Warned President About Suicide Bombers on Facebook

Hero Cops Escort Cellphone Loudmouth Off Train

Sprint Knows the Way to Our Hearts is Through Cats and the Internet

MacBook Airs on Track For June/July Launch, With Sandy Bridge and Thunderbolt Upgrades?

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Countdown to the Moon 🔴

Google Pixel 9a Hits a Record Low on Clearance, With Trade-In Making It Nearly Half the Price of Pixel Buds Pro 2

Forget Amazon Fire TV Soundbar, Samsung B-Series Soundbar With Built-In Subwoofer Still Under $100 for Post-Spring Sale

Apple M4 MacBook Air Is Still at Its Spring Sale Low as Amazon Moves Into Clearance Mode, No Need to Wait for Prime Day

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