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Elon Musk’s Next Mission: Internet Satellitesonline.wsj.com
Elon Musk is a pioneer of electric cars and cheap rockets. Now the Tesla and SpaceX founder is looking at ways to make smaller, less-expensive satellites that can deliver Internet access across the globe. -
I taught my black kids that their elite upbringing would protect them from discrimination. I was wrong.washingtonpost.com
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Hacker News UX+UI Redesign Processuxbeginner.com
A few weeks ago, I took a weekend to redesign one of my favorite sites, Hacker News. Having not done a redesign in a while, I knew the first thing I had to do was establish some baseline of why I w... -
KA Litebjk5.com
Choosing what to work on is one of the hardest things we do at Khan Academy. Saying no’s hard for everyone, but it sure does feel tough when the person you’re saying no to is some earnest child trying... - indutny.github.io
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Editor’s note: Reader comments in the age of social mediablogs.reuters.com
During the past few years, much has changed about how readers interact with news. They find coverage in diverse places and in new ways. They watch video, use graphics and calculators and relate to content far differently than in the past. - kalzumeus.com
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‘How Google Works,’ by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenbergnytimes.com
Two technology executives explain the business methods behind Google’s groundbreaking success. -
Startup Builds Sensors That Will Analyze Sweat to Track Your Health | WIREDwired.com
A startup called Electrozyme makes skin-applied biosensor strips and a wellness tracking platform. -
How to Check if Your Universe Should Exist | WIREDwired.com
If modern physics is to be believed, we shouldn’t be here. The meager dose of energy infusing empty space, which at higher levels would rip the cosmos apart, is a trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion... -
Fascinating Photos of NASA's Abandoned Launch Sites | WIREDwired.com
The exploration of space stands as one of humanity's greatest achievements. While history has hailed the men and women who reached the cosmos, and those who helped them get there, much of the infrastructure that sent them skyward lies forgotten and dil... -
High-Speed Ad Traders Profit by Arbitraging Your Eyeballsbloomberg.com
The high-frequency trading pioneered on Wall Street has come to Madison Avenue. -
Live Sound: Ghost Story: Low Frequency Illusions Created By Standing Waves? - Pro Sound Webprosoundweb.com
Surreal effects due to infrasound; or, ever experienced standing waves at urban night clubs? -
The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase's Worst Nightmarerollingstone.com
Meet Alayne Fleischmann, the woman JPMorgan Chase paid one of the largest fines in American history to keep from talking. - jsoftware.com
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Writing Tennessee Williams’s Lifetheparisreview.org
Sam Stephenson on editor Margaret Bradham Thornton and reimagining what a biography can look like. -
Brain Chip Gives Drone a Sense of Déjà Vu | MIT Technology Reviewtechnologyreview.com
An experiment involving a chip on a small drone shows how hardware modeled on the brain could provide useful intelligence. - lcamtuf.blogspot.com