The Defenders Could Punch Better if They Learned Some Physics I haven’t seen The Defenders yet, but it’s high on my list of things to watch. I am super excited about it, and why not? It brings Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Daredevil, and Jessica Jones together to save … oh, never mind. No spoilers! That said, …
Watch Hackers Hijack Three Robots for Spying and Sabotage [embedded content] The entire corpus of science fiction has trained humanity to fear the day when helpful household and industrial robots turn against it, in a Skynet-style uprising. But a much more near-term threat lurks in the age of automation: not that anthropomorphic gadgets will develop minds …
Fujifilm’s Instax SQ10 Instant Camera Review: It Mixes Analog and Digital, With Mixed Results I love shooting with Fujifilm’s Instax instant film cameras—they’re fun for carrying to parties—but I’ve always felt there was something missing from the experience. The company makes both the cameras and the film that goes inside. There’s the smaller, business card-sized film …
Netflix Is Using ‘The Defenders’ to Understand Its Audience Todd Yellin is pretty sure his wife would have never watched Jessica Jones if he hadn’t tricked her. She’s not a fan of shows based on comic books, and even though he’s a Netflix exec, nepotism wouldn’t have been enough to make her tune in. Yet he …
We Can’t Stop Checking the News Either. Welcome to the New FOMO This other type of FOMO, the all-news, all-the-time kind, is new enough that nobody has really studied it much, yet of the half-dozen experts in sociology, anthropology, economics, and neurology I spoke to, all quickly recognized what I was describing, and some even admitted …
How to Photograph the 2017 Solar Eclipse Using Your Smartphone For about three minutes on August 21, if you’re lucky, you can watch the moon cross in front of the sun and block out its light in a total solar eclipse. Afterward, you can expect your Instagram feed to fill with pictures of the big event. …
How to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse Without Glasses You’ve surely heard by now that the moon will pass between Earth and the sun on August 21, creating a total solar eclipse that will cast a shadow over much of the US. Jimmy Carter was president the last time this happened, so you definitely don’t want …
California Proves That Environmental Regulations Don’t Kill Profits To anyone who believes environmental regulation is poison for profits, California must be infuriating. The state’s pollution policies rarely wilt its perennially blooming economy. For the past nine years, a Golden State-centric think tank Next 10 has been releasing its California Green Innovation Index. The results this year …
Google is About to Make Your Browser More Paranoid Your browser is about to become a lot more paranoid. You might not notice. But if you do, don’t freak out. At least not yet. You may have noticed that when you visit certain sites, such as Wired.com, browsers like Google Chrome display a little green padlock …
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