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The Rise and Fall and Rise of Virtual Realitytheverge.com
In the wake of Facebook’s purchase of Oculus, can this revolutionary technology triumph anew? -
Generation Later, Poor Are Still Rare at Elite Collegesnytimes.com
Surveys of top colleges found virtually no change from the 1990s to 2012 in enrollment of students who are less well off despite a huge increase in the number of such students going to college. -
Make Your Own World With Programmable Matter - IEEE Spectrumspectrum.ieee.org
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Late Bloomers - The New Yorkernewyorker.com
Ben Fountain was an associate in the real-estate practice at the Dallas offices of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, just a few years out of law school, when he decided he wanted to write fiction. The only thing Fountain had ever published was a l... -
Statistics: Losing Ground to CS, Losing Image Among Studentsblog.revolutionanalytics.com
by Norman Matloff The American Statistical Association (ASA) leadership, and many in Statistics academia. have been undergoing a period of angst the last few years, They worry that the field of Statistics is headed for a future of reduced national infl... - octopart.com
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The Electric Warship - IEEE Spectrumspectrum.ieee.org
After years of research, development, and debate, the USS <em>Zumwalt</em>, the first of a new class of high-tech destroyers, nears completion -
'Mango, Mango!' A Family, a Fruit Stand, and Survival on $4.50 a Dayblog.longreads.com
Douglas Haynes | Orion | Summer 2014 | 22 minutes (5,391 words) OrionThis Longreads Exclusive comes from the latest issue of Orion magazine—subscribe to the magazine or donate for more great storie... -
Snapchat Raising A New Round From KPCB At A $10B Valuation | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
The rumors are flying around vanishing messaging app Snapchat, both on and off Secret. We too are hearing that Microsoft and Snapchat are in acquisition.. -
Suspected child abuse fugitive caught by facial recognition after 14 yearstheguardian.com
Neil Stammer spent 14 years on the run under a false name, but an FBI trial of facial recognition technology connected his fake passport to a 1999 photo. By Samuel Gibbs - blog.juliaferraioli.com
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Google Acquires Video and Special-Effects Startup Zynconline.wsj.com
Google Inc. said it acquired video and special-effects startup Zync Inc. as the Internet giant steps up competition against Amazon.com Inc.'s cloud-computing business. -
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The 'Nomadic Brood' Train Has Left the Stationnomadicbrood.com
I've been hesitant to post here about the trip. In fact I've written more than a half-dozen posts so far and all but one sits in queue... mainly because "Nomadic Brood" is a pretty lofty name for a... - pol.is
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This is Uber's playbook for sabotaging Lyfttheverge.com
Uber is arming teams of independent contractors with burner phones and credit cards as part of its sophisticated effort to undermine Lyft and other competitors. Interviews with current and former... -
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Making the World a Better Place While Helping an Acquisition Succeedrambus.com
Several years ago, Cryptography Research was in talks with Rambus about a potential acquisition. The opportunity was exciting, and would bring a chanc... -
The FAA vs. Model Airplanesjonathanturley.org
By Charlton Stanley, weekend writerAlmost everyone likes model airplanes. Kids and adults have been building model flying machines for centuries. In fact, the Wright brothers experimented with mode...