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Tech NewsChipotle’s E. Coli Problem Scares Me
I’m afraid of food poisoning. So the never-ending news of nationwide E. coli outbreaks linked to Chipotle is terrifying. But it’s not just the fear of bacteria-laced burritos that’s scary. It’s the faulty farming system that Chipotle’s pioneered. Update 1.15.2015: Chipotle just announced that it would be closing every single store for a food safety … Continued
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The Brilliant Plan to Build a Gondola From Williamsburg to Manhattan
Update (2pm 1.13.2015): MTA officials are now saying that L train service between Brooklyn and Manhattan may be down for years, while they repair the Canarsie Tunnel. Suddenly, this gondola plan sounds extra brilliant… Williamsburg has a problem. The neighborhood’s become so popular so quickly that some fear local infrastructure will buckle under the exploding … Continued
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The Pentagon’s Effort to Make Smaller Nukes Scares Me
Hey look, it’s the scariest New York Times sentence you’ll read in 2016: The explosive innards of the revitalized [nuclear] weapons may not be entirely new, they argue, but the smaller yields and better targeting can make the arms more tempting to use—even to use first, rather than in retaliation. What is this, 1962? Or … Continued
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What Is Peach and Why Is Everybody Talking About It?
Peach is a new iPhone app. It lets you “see what’s new with your favorite people.” Everybody is talking about it because people like iPhone apps and friends. Evidently, Peach is what’s new with your favorite people. This is Peach: Have a great weekend. Images via Peach Contact the author at [email protected]. Public PGP key … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsThe Future of TV Is Beautifully Boring and That’s a Good Thing
You could say that, historically, televisions are the star of CES. After all, it was at CES in 1998 that the world saw the first ever high-definition TVs. Plasma TVs debuted at CES in 2001, and OLEDs appeared in 2008. This year, however, everything was pretty damn boring. That’s not a bad thing. The most … Continued
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Tech NewsRZA’s Got a Great Attitude About Selling Wu-Tang’s $2 Million Album to a Sinister Creep
A very sharp-looking RZA recently sat down with Bloomberg Business to share his feelings about Martin Shkreli buying Wu-Tang’s ultra rare record, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. Suffice it to say, he doesn’t really give a shit who bought it. It’s art. Of course, it’s very expensive art. Wu-Tang sold Shkreli the album—of which … Continued
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Tech NewsWho Is This Hoverboard Diver and What Is She Selling?
The internet is fascinated with a peculiar clip of a girl riding her hoverboard around a pool on Christmas Day. She falls off. The hoverboard goes swimming. She dives in after it. This has to be some sort of viral marketing bullshit, right? Yet, despite the thousands of Instagrams, tens of thousands of retweets, and … Continued
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You Can Finally Preorder the Oculus Rift Right Now for $600
Want an Oculus Rift? Go order one. They cost $600, plus the price of whatever powerful computer you’ll need for VR. (Your dusty old PC probably won’t work, by the way.) Preorders are open right now, and the device will start shipping on March 28. Note: The Oculus website is understandably flooded with eager nerds … Continued
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Sony’s Sleek New Turntable Makes Me Want to Rob a Record Store
While Sony attempts to resurrect the Walkman brand as a high def media player, it’s clear that music lovers prefer something more disk-like. No, not CDs. Records! That’s why the newly announced HX500 turntable makes such splendid sense. The wonderfully clean, Braun-like design hides some high tech guts that are specifically tuned to help you … Continued
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Calm Down About the Fake 10,000 Character Limit on Twitter
Once again, the internet is quivering with angst over Twitter ditching its 140-character limit. A Re/code report today claims that the microblogging service will soon become much less micro by expanding that limit to 10,000 characters. Everybody calm the fuck down. Twitter is not ditching its 140-character limit. Not yet, at least. Some anonymous sources … Continued
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LG’s New 4K OLED TVs Are Just Four Credit Cards Thick
That silly sci-fi dream of invisible screens that magically display graphics is inching towards reality. Thanks to LG, the world can now lust after a television that looks like it’s nothing more than a pane of translucent glass—and a very thin pane of glass at that. LG’s new OLED 4K TVs are just a tenth … Continued
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Lenovo’s New Droid-Shaped PC Is an All-In-One Entertainment System
If you’re sick of awkwardly plugging your laptop into a projector to watch movies on your wall, Lenovo’s new IdeaCenter 610S is for you. It’s a powerful PC with a built-in 720p projector. As others have pointed out, the rig also looks like a Star Wars droid. Lenovo showed off the latest addition to the … Continued
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Nobody Needs These Massive Wireless Earbuds With ‘GPS-Like Tracking’
It’s CES time, you know what that means. It’s time to groan at another swarm of disappointing wireless earbuds littering the CES showroom floor. First in line are these supposedly un-losable monsters from Altec Lansing. Recognizing that earbuds would be even easier to misplace without the wires, Altec Lansing imbued the new Freedom True Wireless … Continued
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It Took Less Than a Year for the Plot of Ex Machina to Become a Reality
Mark Zuckerberg just announced that his “personal challenge” for the new year is to build an artificial intelligence to help him around the house. Sound familiar? It’s basically the (horrifying) premise of Ex Machina. There are some spoilers below, if you haven’t seen the movie. Imagine Zuck as the film’s antagonist, a mad billionaire named … Continued
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GM Just Bet Half a Billion Dollars on Building Self-Driving Cars With Lyft
Detroit is more than a little worried about the tech-centric future of automobiles, namely the ones that drive themselves. So it’s no surprise that GM is investing $500 million in Lyft to build a network of autonomous cars. Why not just buy the whole company?! Well, that’s not a crazy idea. GM’s massive new investment … Continued
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Inside the Design of the New Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball
The bright ball that hovers over Times Square on New Year’s Eve is a little bit reborn this year. Sure, it’s iconic and colorful and mesmerizing as it always is. This year, however, the ball captivates the world with 288 more newly designed Waterford crystals. And, boy, are they pretty. The History The ball drop … Continued
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The Nerdy Explanation for Facebook’s ’46 Years Ago’ Glitch
Notice anything weird about your News Feed today? Scores of users are confused by typically smarmy “Friends on Facebook” messages that are celebrating 46 years of friendship. It appears to be a Unix glitch of colossal proportions. Don’t freak out. The world is not going to end because Facebook’s servers are confused about the New … Continued
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The New Twitter App Makes Me Want Dark Mode For Everything
Like some 90s hacker wannabe, I love staring at dark screens. It’s easier on the eyes and generally feels more bad ass. Now, thanks to a long overdue Mac app update, I can read Twitter in dark mode. Now, I want everything in dark mode. The Twitter app update is actually better described as a … Continued
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