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I recently had an argument with a friend about games that require a constant internet connection. “I don’t see what the big deal is,” he kept repeating. “Everybody has the internet.” What’s funny about this is that my friend lives with his parents while attending college part-time and working a low-paid internship; his parents pay…
When Captain America: The Winter Soldier came out, it seemed pretty obvious where its sequel was going: Steve Rogers would track down the Winter Soldier, A.K.A. Bucky Barnes. This would wrap up the arc of the trilogy, leaving things open for Barnes or Sam Wilson to take over as Captain America once Chris Evans’ six-movie…
Unlike early birds (people who have a genetic tendency to go to bed and wake up early), late risers, also known as night owls, have a natural tendency to go to bed late and sleep even later. And that’s just fine. Although you may sleep through the early morning hours, which many early birds claim…
The Turing test detects if a machine can truly think like a human. The Bechdel Test detects gender bias in fiction. If you were to mash the two together to create a particularly messy Venn diagram, the overlap shall henceforth be known as the Ex Machina Zone. In writer/director Alex Garland’s thought-provoking new film—out Friday—we…
“Is anyone else freaking out right now?” said Dan Price, the owner of a small Seattle-based credit card processing company, to a room full of his employees after he informed them of his new salary policy. “I’m kind of freaking out.” The New York Times ran a story on April 13 about how Price, the founder and CEO of Gravity…
« Previous | Next » David Wessel | April 9, 2015 9:50am How much does the tax code reduce inequality? There is, for good reason, a lot of focus these days on the widening gap between the top and the bottom in the U.S. economy. Since it’s (almost) Tax Day, that April 15 deadline for…
With polls giving her a four-to-one lead over her closest rivals, it would seem like Hillary Clinton has good reason to be optimistic about her recently announced presidential campaign. After all, she is quite literally the odds-on favorite. However, although her frontrunner status will almost certainly give her huge advantages in fundraising, attracting attention from the…
In an unlikely turn of events, Google Maps is showing Edward Snowden as residing in the White House, within “Edwards Snow Den.” No, this isn’t a sign that the whistleblower and US administration are in cahoots – it’s the result of someone cleverly changing the location of a business listing after it had gone live on Google…
Share Tweet Share Send Link There are currently hundreds of trillions of dollars in precious metals floating through space not far from Earth. Asteroids represent astronomical wealth in its most literal form, and both the U.S. government and private space exploration companies are trying to figure out how to harvest it. Is it even worth it? According to…
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