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262 posts

Coming Soon: Glow-in-the-Dark Houseplants

Coming Soon: Glow-in-the-Dark Houseplants

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

How Accessibility Is Getting More Tactile, Innovative … and Normal

How Accessibility Is Getting More Tactile, Innovative … and Normal

AUGUST 28, 2023

How The Nintendo NES Game Console Changed the World

How The Nintendo NES Game Console Changed the World

AUGUST 7, 2023

Lessons From The Catastrophic Failure Of The Metaverse

Lessons From The Catastrophic Failure Of The Metaverse

JULY 4, 2023

Nokia's Latest Phone Has A Critical Innovation Every Competitor Should Copy (If We Are Lucky)

Nokia's Latest Phone Has A Critical Innovation Every Competitor Should Copy (If We Are Lucky)

JUNE 28, 2023

Apple's Vision Pro Headset Doesn't Matter. Augmented Reality Does.

Apple's Vision Pro Headset Doesn't Matter. Augmented Reality Does.

JUNE 13, 2023

Samuel L. Jackson and the Harsh Reality of Who Really Owns Your Tech

Samuel L. Jackson and the Harsh Reality of Who Really Owns Your Tech

MAY 31, 2023

The Web Browser For People With ADHD Promises Less Distraction

The Web Browser For People With ADHD Promises Less Distraction

APRIL 25, 2023

Microgravity Space Labs May Be The Next Frontier Off-Planet

Microgravity Space Labs May Be The Next Frontier Off-Planet

MARCH 29, 2023

The One Thing We Should Demand From Tech Companies To Save Humanity

The One Thing We Should Demand From Tech Companies To Save Humanity

MARCH 13, 2023

You Might Soon Become The Battery That Powers Your Own Devices

You Might Soon Become The Battery That Powers Your Own Devices

JANUARY 26, 2023

Self Repair Kits Are Coming For Cell Phones Thanks To Samsung

Self Repair Kits Are Coming For Cell Phones Thanks To Samsung

JANUARY 18, 2023

Your Identity Is About To Become A Battleground

Your Identity Is About To Become A Battleground

JANUARY 11, 2023

CES 2023: The 25 Non-Obvious Inventions, Technologies and Ideas To Watch

CES 2023: The 25 Non-Obvious Inventions, Technologies and Ideas To Watch

JANUARY 4, 2023

San Francisco Votes To Give Police Robots a License To Kill

San Francisco Votes To Give Police Robots a License To Kill

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The VR Headset That Actually Kills You When You Die In A Video Game

The VR Headset That Actually Kills You When You Die In A Video Game

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Mmhmm Wants To Gameify Virtual Meetings and It Looks Like Fun

Mmhmm Wants To Gameify Virtual Meetings and It Looks Like Fun

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Inside the San Francisco Church That Holds the History of the Internet

Inside the San Francisco Church That Holds the History of the Internet

OCTOBER 6, 2022

An NFT That Promises To Help Save Our Cultural Heritage

An NFT That Promises To Help Save Our Cultural Heritage

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The Danger of Falling In Love With a "Petbot"

The Danger of Falling In Love With a "Petbot"

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Why Color Printers (and Homemade Naan) Will Always Suck

Why Color Printers (and Homemade Naan) Will Always Suck

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Why Microsoft's Clippy Is Now a Pop Culture Icon

Why Microsoft's Clippy Is Now a Pop Culture Icon

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The New Ring-Based Reality Show Is Making the Dystopia Real

The New Ring-Based Reality Show Is Making the Dystopia Real

AUGUST 17, 2022

Why I Will Never Buy a Macbook

Why I Will Never Buy a Macbook

AUGUST 11, 2022

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