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Autonomous Vehicles Might Drive Cities to Financial Ruin

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2018/06/20

In Ann Arbor, Michigan, last week, 125 mostly white, mostly male, business-card-bearing attendees crowded into a brightly lit ballroom to consider "mobility." That’s the buzzword for a hazy vision of how tech in all forms—including smartphones, credit cards, and autonomous vehicles— will combine with the remains of traditional public transit to get urbanites where they need to go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:55

Analysis: Zillow Shows Rising Seas Threaten Over...

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2018/06/20

This storyoriginally appeared on The Guardianand is part of theClimate Deskcollaboration. Sea level rise driven by climate change is set to pose an existential crisis to many US coastal communities, with new research finding that as many as 311,000 homes face being flooded every two weeks within the next 30 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:25

The Key to Triumphing Over Star Wars Trolls

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2018/06/19

Former Mythbusters host Kari Byron says that her young daughter was enthralled by the character Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. “She was just done with princesses when she saw Rey,” Byron says in Episode 313 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast. “Because it was like, OK, this is a smart badass, and I could see that it was so much more interesting to her than a helpless princess that’s locked in a tower. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:41

How Square Made Its Own iPad Replacement

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2018/06/19

If you know the company Square, it's probably because you've paid in a store using a Square “stand,” a dock that supports a tablet, or you've swiped your card through Square Reader, a smartphone dongle that processes payments. These products have a simplistic, decidedly Apple-y aesthetic, from the simple dongle to the all-white stand that typically houses an iPad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:54

How Volvo's Making the Polestar 1 From an Old Concept

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2018/06/18

The great tragedy of the Concept Coupe was that it was never meant to be built. Drawing on the style of the vintage P1800 with a helping of American muscle—healthy haunches, slim windows—the two-door won much praise when Volvo brought it to the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. It was lovely, but no more than a showcase. Fans would have to settle for seeing elements of the design feed into Volvo products like the XC90 SUV and S90 sedan. Then the car world shifted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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10:33

Meater Wireless Meat Thermometer Review: A Recipe for...

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2018/06/18

It's pretty easy to guess how it works: the pointy end goes in the meat and it connects via Bluetooth with an app on your phone. What's pleasantly surprising is that there's a second temperature sensor at the exposed end that tells you the air temperature just outside of whatever you're cooking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:47

The Physics of the One Goal You *Won't* See at the...

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2018/06/15

On my first attempt at a corner kick in decades, the soccer ball peels up and away, well behind the goal and clear over the fence surrounding Stanton Field, the practice pitch at Santa Clara University. "Not bad," says Brandi Chastain, generously. "You've got good bend, now we just have to make sure we get you in the right direction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:45

Vivobarefoot Primus Trail Swimrun Review: Wear Anywhere

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2018/06/15

Finding the perfect summer travel shoe can be an overwhelming task. No one wants to tote around a suitcase full of sneakers and sandals, but it's hard to have fun on vacation with blisters or a limp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:40

Inside the Mad Lab That's Getting Robots to Walk and...

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2018/06/14

I stand in front of a lanky two-legged robot stomping along a treadmill. I watch, all impressed, until the researcher next to me tells me to trip it. The thing looks expensive, so I hesitate. Really, he tells me, it’s OK. And he probably knows better than I do, so I drag my boot along its shin like a good soccer trip. The robot stammers, yet recovers. And then again, and again. No matter how much I pester it, the thing just keeps stomping. I keep feeling guilty. Learn more about your ad choices

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6:05

Self-Driving Cars Likely Won’t Steal Your Job (Until...

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2018/06/14

The self-driving robots are coming to transform your job. Kind of. Also, very slowly. That’s the not-quite-exclamatory upshot of a new report from the Washington, DC-based Securing America’s Future Energy. The group advocates for a countrywide pivot away from oil dependency, one it hopes will be aided by the speedy adoption of electric, self-driving vehicles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:03

The Brilliant Vigilance of Seattle's Huge New SR-99...

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2018/06/13

Say there’s a fire. A fire caused by a car crash, inside a 2.5-mile tunnel under a major American city. It’s a terrifying idea, but if you want that kind of problem to ignite anywhere, it’s in the stretch of State Route 99 that, later this year, will start whisking traffic underneath downtown Seattle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:33

Furbo Dog Camera Review: Remotely Amuse Your Pets

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2018/06/13

Dog owners will go to crazy lengths to make sure that their fur-babies are entertained during the long, boring workday. I’ve frozen wet dog food in red rubber Kongs, or stuffed them full of peanut butter. I’ve hired dog walkers and pet sitters. I’ve turned on DogTV on my Roku. But my dogs were bred to herd cattle or sheep all day, and they still get bored. It’s not like they can read a magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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15:45

LA Is Doing Water Better Than Your City. Yes, That LA

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2018/06/12

"People were in dire straights. They were desperate," says Ryan Jensen of the Central Valley's Community Water Center. "Elderly people or people battling chronic illnesses that need water to be able to deal with their health issues had no access to it. There was just absolute desperation." In total, the wells at 300 properties had failed. So a local nonprofit distributed 275-gallon tanks and officials trucked in water. That didn't cut it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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8:20

How Pharma Hides Data About Farm Antibiotic Use

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2018/06/12

On Wednesday last week, the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council revealed that pig herds in the United States receive almost as many antibiotics as people in this country do. That’s bad news, especially since most of the pigs receiving antibiotics aren’t sick, but instead are getting the drugs to prevent infections in intensive farming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:40

A Single Drone Helped Mexican Police Drop Crime 10...

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2018/06/11

In Ensenada, a Mexican city about two hours south of Tijuana, a new crime fighter has taken to the skies. It’s not a bird, or a plane, or Superman. It’s a drone. And over a few months on patrol, it’s had quite the impact. The city’s police department claims the solitary DJI Inspire 1 Quadcopter led to more than 500 arrests and a 10 percent drop in overall crime rates, with a 30 percent drop in home robberies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:28

Inside the Arctic Circle, Golden Hour Has Nothing on...

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2018/06/11

This self-portrait depicts Wu standing before one of the domes at the Svalbard Satellite Station. A fogbow arcs above the dome, and Wu's headlamp casts an eerie pink light on the ground. A fogbow appears above the road on the way to the Svalbard Satellite Station. The station sits above the Arctic Circle at 78 degrees north. When Wu visited Svalbard in October, the sun moved in a shallow arc, kissing the horizon most of the day. The city of Longyearbyen glows in the distance. Learn more about your

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5:21

12 Killer Deals on Google Devices, Amazon Echo, and...

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2018/06/08

Most of the best Memorial Day tech sales have slowly trickled to an end, but with summer in full swing and new products coming out all the time, there are a surprising number of killer deals this week, including a rare sale on some excellent Google gadgets. With the help of our friends at TechBargains, below are some of our favorite deals going on this week. Google discounts some of its products now and then, but this week four of them have had their prices slashed. Learn more about your ad choices

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6:25

Lyft Redesigns Its App—and Strategy—for the Age of...

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2018/06/08

Before Lyft was Lyft, it was a struggling California startup called Zimride. Cofounder and CEO Logan Green launched it in 2007 (the name was an ode to Zimbabwe’s carpooling culture), aiming to connect college kids who needed rides with those who had cars. John Zimmer, now Lyft’s president, signed on with the idea that putting more people into existing cars could help cities fight emissions and traffic, all at once. In 2012, Zimride spawned Lyft, after Green and Co. Learn more about your ad choices

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5:24

The Dawn of Mobile Convenience Stores—and (Maybe)...

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2018/06/07

Six years after a startup called Uber made it easier than ever for anyone to make money driving their car, a startup called Cargo is making it easier than ever for anyone who makes money driving their car to also make money running a convenience store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:25

Star Wars and the Battle of the Ever-More Toxic Fan...

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2018/06/07

So, I was at Comic-Con International in San Diego in 2008, the year of Twilight and True Blood. I’d never heard of either then—a blind spot, I admit—but that year something changed. Women have always attended SDCC, of course, but this year the lines switchbacking outside Hall H, the high altar of the annual nerd pilgrimage, were majority female for the first time I'd ever seen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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