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Life’s Trajectory Seen Through Facebook Data
Data donated by Facebook users to Stephen Wolfram yields interesting patterns that may reveal how people change over time.
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Why We Don’t Need Fisker
The failing maker of luxury hybrids is in the spotlight in DC, but technologically speaking, who cares if Fisker fails?
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How Tumblr Forces Advertisers to Get Creative
What the blog network’s monetization plans say about the future of publishing.
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Nano Optical Antennas Could Have a Big Impact
A lab at Harvard is developing materials with potentially revolutionary optical characteristics.
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More Reasons to Clean Up Tweets
Stock plunge another reminder of social media’s power – and the need for fact-checking
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Your Body Does Not Want to Be an Interface
Have you heard that Google Glass will let you snap photos by winking? Why that’s still going to feel weird.
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First Enzyme-Based Memory Created in the Lab
Some clever biochemistry has led to the world’s first enzyme-based memory capable of learning, say biochemists
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Apple’s R&D Spending Rises, But It’s Still Small Change
Apple plans to keep inventing new product categories without much of a boost from its cash reserves.
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Google Joins PayPal-Backed Effort to Kill the Password
The search giant has signed up to a consortium that wants hardware to have a role in authenticating people.
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BeagleBone Black: A Maker’s Dream?
If Arduino is too underpowered and Raspberry Pi doesn’t have enough hardware inputs for you, BeagleBone’s $45 microcontroller board will let you have your cake and eat it too.