At GQ, Sarah Jeong willingly got “spearphished,” a sophisticated email hack that uses your trust against you.
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The “Facebook of Money” That Wasn’t
Tilt was once a start-up with extravagant soirées, hazy business plans, and a $375 million valuation. Then it came to the end.
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Rolling Down the Highway with the Sum Total of Human Knowledge
Google had a plan to scan every book in the world. 25 million books later, the project lost its way.
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When Innovation Fails: Doing Hard Time in the Offender-Monitoring Business
When 3M, the Post-It Note manufacturer, began making electronic ankle monitors for corrections, it challenged the company’s long-heald philosophy about design and innovation.
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The Slacklash Is Here. You Should Do Something About It.
Is the app that ate email eating into a whole lot more—like privacy, productivity, and personal time?
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Amazon’s New Stores Aren’t Happy to See You Either
As the company begins its bookstore expansion, a joyless retail experience awaits.
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Popular Enough to Live: A Reading List About Crowdfunding Health Care
Sixty-three percent of Americans don’t have money to cover an emergency costing $500 or more. I’m one of them.
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Who Says Healthy Food Can’t Be Accessible and Affordable?
Daniel Patterson, and the challenges of bringing fast healthy food to the impoverished neighborhoods trapped in food deserts.
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‘Alexa Is Not Just the Perfect Companion, But the Perfect Spouse’
Can Amazon’s Alexa be your friend—or something more? At Digg, Aaron Paul Calvin examines the recent spike in digital assistants.
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Why ESPN Still Can’t Quit Cable
Bloomberg Businessweek‘s latest cover story highlights the tricky economics of licensing live sports.