On the night of May 5, 2017, Eliud Kipchoge, the world’s best marathon runner, lay awake with his eyes open and his mind racing. Under ordinary circumstances he is amiable and serene, with his furrowed, leonine features often lit with an ice-white smile. But that night, in his room in the Hotel de la Ville…
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Samsung’s Classy New TV Moonlights as a Work of Art
Look around your home and count the screens: The television on your wall. The tablet on your coffee table. The computer monitor on your desk. Switched on, they burst with color and motion. Turned off, they're merely black. Industrial designer Yves Behar considers that wasted potential. “The fact that these shiny, techy objects are just…
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ORide Is a Prototype for an Encrypted Uber That Can't Track You
Few tech companies can rival Uber in its combination of blurred ethical lines and data-fueled power to invade people's privacy. The same rideshare service that's been rocked by scandals, threatened in the past to investigate unfriendly journalists, and tracked the location of users as a party trick has all the location data it needs to…
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Facebook Details How It Fights Terrorism and Extremists
Klint Finley It'd Be Great to Kick ISIS Offline—If It Were Possible Brian Barrett Orlando Shows the Limits of Facebook's Terror Policing Related Stories Davey Alba Should Facebook Block Offensive Videos Before They Post? The report follows increasing calls by WIRED and others for Facebook to provide greater insight into its moderation efforts. “I wish…
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