Thousands of scientists from dozens of countries helped find the Higgs boson, but these three took the lead.
Our Nominations for the Internet Cat Video Film Festival
We thought that the Internet Cat Video Film Festival, on Aug. 30 in Minneapolis, would be the purr-fect excuse to round up our favorite cat videos on the web. Here are our 10 nominations.
Why Tablets Are Content Creation Devices: It’s All About Context
In the wake of my colleague Harry McCracken’s sensible commentary on Richard Gaywood’s TUAW piece about the iPad’s viability as a content creation tool, I wanted to write from the standpoint of someone with friends in both the …
Ouya: A Wake-Up Call for Video Games
In less than 24 hours, Ouya’s $99 game console has created as much buzz as anything from Microsoft, Nintendo or Sony.
No one who’s written about Ouya has actually seen the thing, but the concept alone is intriguing: an …
Issa Rae of ‘Awkward Black Girl’ on the Future of the Web Series
The writer and producer spoke to TIME at the Essence Music Festival about role models, representation, race—and why being awkward is the worst.
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When Should You Give Your Teenager Their First Cell Phone?
At this point in our shared history, cell phones have become indispensable. Not only have they become the go-to way to keep in touch with each other, today’s smartphones are robust enough to use in a business context. They’re …
Otalo Corrals Vacation Home Rentals in One Place for Easy Browsing
Don’t get me wrong: I like living in Boston. But summer in the city is basically sizzling asphalt and slow-moseying tourists.
My wife and I have been heading up north to a little beach town called Plum Island every free chance …
Aggressive Android Adware? Here’s How to Retake Control of Your Phone
Forget about viruses, trojans and botnets for a moment. The latest threat to smartphone users, according to mobile security firm Lookout, is pesky advertising.
This week, Lookout wrote a blog post to warn the world about …
OS X Mountain Lion’s 10 Most Important New Features
We knew OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion’s arrival was imminent after Apple announced at WWDC 2012 that we’d see it in July, and sure enough, Apple just posted the final version of its revamped operating system for the Mac — the …
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TouchFire: The iPad’s Keyboard Gets Physical
Last November, I wrote about TouchFire, a Kickstarter-funded gizmo that aimed to make iPad input comfier, faster and more accurate by letting you type on a clear piece of silicone rubber with cushioned “keys” that sit on top of …
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I’m Sorry, All Computers Are Fundamentally Compromised Content-Creation Devices
Richard Gaywood is a blogger at TUAW, one of my favorite Apple sites. In a new post, he pokes at a controversy which I thought had pretty much died down: Is the iPad good for content creation as well as content consumption?
By …
Wanted: Hypersonic Aircraft That Can Reach Anywhere on Earth in an Hour
Fly anywhere on Earth in an hour. That’s the goal for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), according to Nextgov.com. DARPA is the Department of Defense’s secretive research arm known mostly for commissioning …