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Headline: The Story Behind That ‘Future That Liberals Want’ Photo. Author: Internet Culture
The Story Behind That ‘Future That Liberals Want’ Photo
The meme exploded today, but the photo's genesis—and the internet's battle over it—says a lot about the redemptive power of online culture.
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Headline: The Curse of the Bahia Emerald, a Giant Green Rock That Ruins Lives. Author: Longread
The Curse of the Bahia Emerald, a Giant Green Rock That Ruins Lives
It's a one-of-a-kind geological artifact. What's it worth? Maybe $100 million, maybe nothing. But those who've pursued it have definitely paid a price.
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Headline: Review: Nintendo Switch. Author: gear
Review: Nintendo Switch
You can play games on your commute. Just don't expect much when you get home.
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Headline: Medical Devices Are the Next Security Nightmare. Author: Security
Medical Devices Are the Next Security Nightmare
More internet-connected medical devices flood into healthcare industry every day, but we're not moving fast enough to defend them.
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Headline: All Hail Wolverine, King of the X-Men’s Terrifying Future. Author: Movies
All Hail Wolverine, King of the X-Men’s Terrifying Future
The beclawed mutant might be retiring from the movies, but he's the foundation of the X-Men's pessimistic worldview.
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Headline: The Best Phones and Gadgets We Saw at Mobile World Congress. Author: Gadget Gallery
The Best Phones and Gadgets We Saw at Mobile World Congress
New phones from Nokia, Sony, and Motorola, plus a robotic car, an electric scooter, and a 360 camera.
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Headline: Hack Brief: A Slack Bug Could Have Been Everyone’s Worst Office Nightmare. Author: Security
Hack Brief: A Slack Bug Could Have Been Everyone’s Worst Office Nightmare
A vulnerability in Slack left every account potentially exposed. Thank goodness the caught it in time.
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Headline: With Breath of the Wild, Zelda Finally Loses Its Way. And I Love It. Author: Gaming
With Breath of the Wild, Zelda Finally Loses Its Way. And I Love It
In a striking return to form, the newest Zelda game captures the joy of getting lost in an eclipsing, unfamiliar wilderness.
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Headline: How Trump Should Spend That Extra $54 Billion on Defense. Author: Security
How Trump Should Spend That Extra $54 Billion on Defense
Even if all of President Trump's proposed new defense spending goes through, figuring out what to spend it on will be its own battle
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Headline: Google Takes on Cable With ‘YouTube TV’—40 Channels for $35. Author: Cable
Google Takes on Cable With ‘YouTube TV’—40 Channels for $35
YouTube TV—the much-anticipated TV streaming service from the video company—is official. It's $35 a month with 40+ channels, cloud DVR, and AI-powered search.
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Headline: Famed Hacker Kevin Mitnick Shows You How to Go Invisible Online. Author: Security
Famed Hacker Kevin Mitnick Shows You How to Go Invisible Online
Want to become invisible online? Start with your emails.
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Headline: MIT’s Crispr Guy Braves Enemy Territory at UC Berkeley. Author: Genetics
MIT’s Crispr Guy Braves Enemy Territory at UC Berkeley
Student planned a protest against Feng Zhang's appearance at UC Berkeley, the home of competing Crispr inventor Jennifer Doudna, and then canceled it.
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Headline: Snap’s IPO Could Kill What Makes It Great. Author: Platforms
Snap’s IPO Could Kill What Makes It Great
How does Snap grow while retaining the "cool kids' secret club" feel on the platform?
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Headline: The Rogue Neuroscientist on a Mission to Hack Peer Review. Author: science fight
The Rogue Neuroscientist on a Mission to Hack Peer Review
Niko Kriegeskorte won't review an academic paper unless he can publish it publicly on his personal blog—and his plan is forcing science to shape up.
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Headline: Mass Spying Isn’t Just Intrusive—It’s Ineffective. Author: book excerpt
Mass Spying Isn’t Just Intrusive—It’s Ineffective
Mass surveillance seems like it would be a valuable national security tool. In reality, it's doesn't help much at all.
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Headline: Google’s Robocar Lawsuit Could Kill Uber’s Future and Send Execs to Prison. Author: Scandals
Google’s Robocar Lawsuit Could Kill Uber’s Future and Send Execs to Prison
Financial penalties could cross the billion mark, and execs could spend years behind bars.
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Headline: Boston Dynamics’ New Rolling, Leaping Robot Is an Evolutionary Marvel. Author: Robots
Boston Dynamics’ New Rolling, Leaping Robot Is an Evolutionary Marvel
Handle is a biped with wheels instead of feet, essentially one-upping evolution.
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Headline: We Really Need to Talk About That Get Out Ending. Author: Movies
We Really Need to Talk About That Get Out Ending
It's time to wade in a little deeper on @jordanpeele's new movie.
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Headline: Cringe All You Want, Porsche’s Still Making a Station Wagon. Author: controversy
Cringe All You Want, Porsche’s Still Making a Station Wagon
Meet the $96K Panamera Sport Turismo.