Microsoft’s senior advisor to the CEO argues that the collection of data is too hard to control; we should regulate its use instead.
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AOL Co-founder Steve Case on the Decentralization of Innovation
How Detroit was Silicon Valley in the ’50s and why the centers of innovation are about to become a lot less centralized.
Report: Over 1,000 Chinese Students Forced to Build PlayStation 4 at Foxconn Plant to Graduate
Reports claim students were required to build PS4s to receive course credit.
MIT Develops ‘SkyCall’ Drone to Guide People Around Campus
Look out, tour guides. The robots are coming for your jobs.
New ‘Login and Pay with Amazon’ Service Aims to Replace PayPal
Login and Pay with Amazon works similar to the “Checkout with PayPal” buttons you may have seen on various sites.
Disney Just Figured Out Virtual Textures, Letting You ‘Feel’ Bumps and Ridges on a Touchscreen
“Touch the wheel. How does it feel?”
Microsoft Gives Hacker $100,000 For Finding Security Holes
Expert’s discovery nets him top payout
Researcher Says Linking Video Games to Gun Violence Is a ‘Classic Illusory Correlation’
A group of 228 “media scholars, psychologists and criminologists” ask the APA to review a policy statement on video games.
Apple to Reportedly Launch New iPads (and More) on October 22
Apple is expected to unload non-iPhone goodies – a new iPad Mini, a new standard iPad, and some more info about the previously-introduced Mac Pro.
Study Says We Unlock Our Phones a LOT Each Day
Between grooming, crying, writing fanfic, more grooming, and sleeping, we still make plenty of time to unlock our phones.
Apple-Led Import Ban on Certain Samsung Products Takes Effect
The latest update in the seemingly endless patent feud between Samsung and Apple finds that an Apple-won ban on the sale of certain Samsung phones and tablets hasn’t been overturned as Samsung hoped.
Finally, a Site to Check to See If the Government Is Still Shut Down
And here I’ve been calling the White House every 15 minutes like a sucker.