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Searching Online May Make You Think You’re Smarter Than You Are
Using the Internet is an easy way to feel omniscient. Enter a search term and the answers appear before your eyes. But at any moment you’re also just a few taps away from becoming
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YouTube Music Key, A New Premium Music Streaming Service by YouTube
YouTube has announced YouTube Music Key, a new premium music streaming service that will give users the ability to watch videos and listen to music without ads, whether online or off. In the announcement,
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Don’t Have Wi-Fi? Borrow It From the Public Library
Internet access can make a big difference in peoples’ lives. It’s not just about Facebook; according to Toronto Chief Librarian Vickery Bowles, quoted in the Star, “People who lack broadband Internet access at home,
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The Tech Industry Teams Up To Take On Donald Trump
Inexplicable presidential candidate Donald Trump has spoken loudly about his distaste for immigration, as well as the mass-deportation he would institute if elected. That puts him squarely at odds with much of the tech
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Over 4 Billion People Will Go Without Internet Access This Year
The tech industry likes to talk a lot about a connected world, but just how many people are online, really? Most of them aren’t, unfortunately. The United Nations’ Broadband Commission has released a 2015
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The Reason You Should Stop Paying For Cable
Like a lot of consumers tired of paying a hundred dollar monthly bill, I cancelled my cable subscription several years ago. Instead I rely on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime, all streamed directly to
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Is the Internet Killing Middle Class Jobs?
The robopocalypse for workers may be inevitable. In this vision of the future, super-smart machines will best humans in pretty much every task. A few of us will own the machines, a few will
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Google Launches Backwards Version of Its Search Engine at Com.Google
For April Fools’ Day, Google has launched a backwards version of its search engine at com.Google. Not only is the logo reversed, but all the text and images in the search results are reversed
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A Map of Every Device in the World That’s Connected to the Internet
Where is the internet? This map might explain it better than any statistics could ever hope to: The red hot spots show where the most devices that can access the internet are located. This
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Internet Explorer’s Last Gasps
Internet Explorer is sputtering toward its miserable, embarrassing end. While the news leaked months ago on social media, Microsoft just made it real; they announced yesterday that starting to phase out the jalopy of a
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