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How Google Builds Its Maps -- And What It Means for the Future of, Well, Everything

An exclusive look inside Ground Truth, the secretive program to build the world's best accurate maps.Behind every Google Map, there is a much more complex map that's the key to your queries but…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 6, 2012
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2355 words)

Fear of a Black President

The irony of President Barack Obama is best captured in his comments on the death of Trayvon Martin, and the ensuing fray. Obama has pitched his presidency as a monument to moderation. He peppers his…
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2971 words)

Rude Boys

H ot Sauce Committee Part Two , out May 3, is, according to the Beastie Boys, a return to their fundamental smartassery after 2004 s uncharacteristically serious To the 5 Boroughs, which was, in…
PUBLISHED: April 24, 2011
LENGTH: 3 minutes (816 words)

Christopher Hitchens

Questioning the moral heroism of India’s most revered figure… More » The writings
LENGTH: 1 minutes (293 words)

Kids today need a licence to tinker

Engineer Eben Upton with a prototype of the Raspberry Pi computer, which will cost around 15 and is fully programmable and capable of running sosphisticated software such as Firefox.…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 28, 2011
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2070 words)
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