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04.16.18

Personal Computing

Ray tracing explained: The future of hyper-realistic graphics

It may not be as close as some companies are making out.

By C. Schodt, 04.16.18

03.19.18

Making sense of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica nightmare

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Security

Making sense of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica nightmare

The firm harvested data from 50 million Facebook profiles, but now what?

By C. Velazco, 03.19.18

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09.08.17

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Business

What’s the deal with Google and HTC?

A guide for the perplexed.

By D. Cooper, 09.08.17

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05.11.15

What you need to know about the laws of space

Neil deGrasse Tyson has said he loses "sleep at night wondering whether we are intelligent enough...

By J. Williams-Alvarez, 05.11.15

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03.22.15

Beyond Facebook: What you need to know about texting apps

If you live in the United States, you might've been surprised when Facebook purchased WhatsApp for...

By JC Fletcher, 03.22.15

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02.24.15

What you need to know about HTTP/2

Look at the address bar in your browser. See those letters at the front, "HTTP"? That stands for H...

By J. Andrade, 02.24.15

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02.19.15

How to build a high-end, overclocked PC (as written by an idiot)

This is not an article from a PC virtuoso who builds water-cooled, quad-SLI gaming rigs with not a...

By S. Dent, 02.19.15

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01.27.15

What you should know before flying a drone in the UK

Drones used to be scary, specialist equipment reserved for the military and dystopian sci-fi novel...

By N. Summers, 01.27.15

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01.21.15

A brief attempt at explaining the madness of cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency may as well be called "cryptic currency," because it's nowhere near as easy to figu...

By M. Moon, 01.21.15

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12.31.14

Why sitting will kill you (and what to do about it)

If you work anywhere in or around technology, chances are you've either witnessed or are a member...

By J. Murdoch, 12.31.14

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Explainer

Ray tracing explained: The future of hyper-realistic graphics

Making sense of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica nightmare

What’s the deal with Google and HTC?

What you need to know about the laws of space

Beyond Facebook: What you need to know about texting apps

What you need to know about HTTP/2

How to build a high-end, overclocked PC (as written by an idiot)

What you should know before flying a drone in the UK

A brief attempt at explaining the madness of cryptocurrency

Why sitting will kill you (and what to do about it)

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