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7:59

The False Tale of Amazon's Industry-Conquering...

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2018/07/18

Amazon is one of the largest and most formidable companies in the world. It’s run with brutal efficiency, a keen focus on keeping its customers happy, and a deep thirst for innovation. Its $50 billion of revenue per quarter makes the company worth more than $850 billion, which is enough to buy Walmart three times over and still have more than $100 billion in change. (It’s also enough to make founder Jeff Bezos the richest man in modern history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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A House Republican Joins the Fight to Save Net...

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2018/07/18

Democrats just gained a Republican ally in the battle to save net neutrality. Today, Representative Mike Coffman (R-Colorado) became the first House Republican to sign a petition to force the House to vote on legislation that would reverse the Federal Communications Commission's decision to jettison rules banning broadband providers from blocking or discriminating against lawful content. The proposal already passed the Senate, where three Republicans crossed party lines to support it. Learn more

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10:30

The Best Amazon Prime Day Deals (2018): Home,...

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2018/07/17

It's that time of year yet again—time for Amazon's blockbuster sales event. We've combed the spreadsheets and chased every link to find the best deals in a variety of categories. From home entertainment, to PC components, and even some awesome high-tech kitchen necessities, this is the list of the best Amazon Prime Day deals you'll want to peruse first. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:59

Don't Call Them Winged Rats—These Pigeons Are Exquisite

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2018/07/16

The Wompoo Pigeon, also called the Wompoo Fruit Dove, forages for fruit in the forests of Australia and New Guinea. The Nicobar Pigeon has long, blue-gray neck feathers that resemble a mane. A white patch marks the eyes and throat of the White-breasted Ground Dove. It lives in New Guinea. The Topknot Pigeon of eastern Australia wears a crest of gray, brown, and black feathers on its head. The Kereru Wood Pigeon can grow nearly two feet in length. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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11:03

Could a Text-Based Dating App Change Selfie-Swiping...

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2018/07/16

Juniper was over Tinder. A recent college grad living in rural Connecticut, they’d been subject to the swipe-and-ghost thing a few too many times. Then, this spring, Juniper submitted an ad to @_personals_, an Instagram for lesbian, queer, transgender, and non-binary people looking for love (and other stuff). The post, titled "TenderQueer Butch4Butch," took Juniper two weeks to craft, but the care paid off: the ad ultimately garnered well over 1,000 likes—and more than 200 messages. Learn more about

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7:08

In the Age of Despair, Find Comfort on the ‘Slow Web’

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2018/07/13

Surfing the web used to feel a lot more like actual surfing. Grab your (key)board, paddle out, and spend some time bobbing in the calm waters of the worldwide web. Now? It's a bit like trying to surf a tsunami. Our devices buzz and bleep for our attention all day long. Our brains are permanently frenzied. Sitting through an entire video or reading an entire article online now seems impossible without opening another tab or reaching for another device. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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8:52

The Engineering Behind Elon Musk's Bid to Save...

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2018/07/13

Around 6 pm Tuesday at Tham Luang in Thailand, the last of the 13 survivors who had spent 18 days trapped in a cave emerged to safety. A rescue team had spent the past three days getting the boys out after five days of desperate planning and calculations since their discovery. As the boys’ oxygen supply dwindled, doubts in the rescuers’ ability to save them mounted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:09

BlackBerry Key2 Review: A Comfy Keyboard and Long...

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2018/07/12

Last year, we eviscerated the BlackBerry Keyone. Physical “keyboards are bad,” we argued, and they were never better than on-screen keyboards. You could make all the same angry arguments against the new BlackBerry Key2, but after using this unique, productivity-focused device for a few weeks, I don’t get the hate. It’s true that the BlackBerry of old did not keep up with trends, became uncool, and died a slow and painful death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:23

Roborace's Self-Driving Car Takes On England's...

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2018/07/12

Once a year, the bucolic grounds of Goodwood House in West Sussex, England, are consumed by the smell of exhaust fumes, the sound of engines revving, and an excited crowd of 100,000 people, all wanting a look at the special cars on show. They gather here because Charles Gordon-Lennox, the 11th Duke of Richmond, likes to occasionally open his home to host the Goodwood Festival of Speed, a celebration of all the history, the heritage, and the future of motor racing. Learn more about your ad choices

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15:15

Brava Smart Oven: Price, Specs, Release Date

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2018/07/11

It's hard to know, at first, what problem the Brava smart oven is supposed to solve. Its value proposition—to use the Silicon Valley parlance—is a bit diluted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:03

How Pokémon Go Still Dominates Even After Its Initial...

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2018/07/11

Two years ago today, a studio called Niantic released a game with a novel proposition: Go outside. Point your smartphone at the real world. Catch some monsters. Within a day, Pokémon Go was at the top of every app store chart. Within 200 days, players had spent a billion dollars on in-game upgrades—the shortest time to reach that milestone by a wide margin. In the summer of 2016, you couldn’t walk two blocks without running into, sometimes literally, a person in hot Pidgey pursuit. Learn more about

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56:56

Sex, Beer, and Coding: Inside Facebook’s Wild Early...

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2018/07/10

Mark Zuckerberg’s knockoff site was a hit on campus, and so he and a few school chums decided to move to Silicon Valley after finals and spend the summer there rolling Facebook out to other colleges, nationwide. The Valley was where the internet action was. Or so they thought. In Silicon Valley during the mid-aughts the conventional wisdom was that the internet gold rush was largely over. The land had been grabbed. The frontier had been settled. The web had been won. Learn more about your ad

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35:02

How Facebook Checks Facts and Polices Hate Speech

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2018/07/10

Chris Cox has long been the Chief Product Officer for Facebook. He has also recently been promoted to run product at WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram, which means he is effectively in charge of product for four of the six largest social media platforms in the world. He recently sat down with Wired Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson at the Aspen Ideas Festival to talk about the responsibilities and plans of the platforms he helps run. Nicholas Thompson: I'm going to start with a broad

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3:32

Campsite Cooking Gear: Combekk, Igloo, Coleman,...

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2018/07/09

Here's some choice equipment for cooking like a pro in the wild. Toss the packets of dehydrated soup and make a real meal at the campsite instead. This Dutch oven is, in fact, made in the Netherlands. Combekk’s 4-liter pot is crafted from recycled iron—railroad track, mostly—and has a thermometer built into its sidewall. Set the whole thing in the campfire coals; the 6-mm-thick bottom keeps heat distributed evenly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:24

How To Free Up Space on Your iPhone

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2018/07/06

Don't let limited storage stop you from taking another Instagram-worthy photo or downloading another album to listen to on the go. It's easy to free up space on your iPhone. Follow our best tips and tricks and you'll lighten the load on your iPhone within an hour. Before you do anything, it’s helpful to understand what’s taking up your storage space. Go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:24

The Sooty Logistics of Fighting 2018's First Major...

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2018/07/06

Just a few weeks into the 2018 fire season, any hopes that an ongoing drought and a winter of weak snowfall wouldn’t wreak havoc are already toast. Fires are already popping up across Colorado, New Mexico, and west into Oregon and California. This year’s season got off to a roaring start more than a month ago in Durango, Colorado, where the 416 Fire has burned more than 50,000 acres in the San Juan National Forest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:06

The Boat Circling the Planet on Renewable Energy and...

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2018/07/05

Victorien Erussard, an experienced ocean racer from the city of Saint-Malo in the north of France, was halfway through a dash across the Atlantic when he lost all power. Sails kept the boat moving, but Erussard relied on an engine and generator to keep the electronics running. He temporarily lost his autopilot and his navigation systems, jeopardizing his chances of winning the 2013 Transat Jaques Vabre race. Never again, he thought. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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10:45

In Defense of the Vegan Hot Dog

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2018/07/05

The Fourth of July is a holiday consecrated in meat smoke. On this day, lovers, neighbors, children, and friends gather around a BBQ, cold beers sweating in hand, to stare into piles of pork belly, strip steak, burger patties, and row after row of red hot dogs. We watch the embers char the flesh as we discuss the tragedies and triumphs of our United States. It is my favorite holiday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:59

The Nonsense-y Polaris Slingshot Is the Future of...

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2018/07/04

We’re halfway across the Bay Bridge when John asks the question he probably should have thought of before he buckled his seatbelt. Maybe he spotted the sticker that reads “This vehicle does not conform to the requirements of the dynamic or static tests set out in CMVSS 208.” Maybe he knows that’s the bit of the regulatory code that lays out crash protection standards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:28

Superman's Metropolis is Real—It's a Small Town in...

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2018/07/04

In the DC Comics universe, Metropolis is the fictional mega-city where Clark Kent works as a reporter for The Daily Planet and, in his spare time, fights crime as Superman. In the real world, Metropolis is a small town of about 6,500 people in southern Illinois, just across the Ohio River from Kentucky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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