A Year of Google Maps & Apple Maps

A Year of Google Maps & Apple Maps
It's cool to see how much Google Maps has changed over the past year. But it's also surprising to see how little Apple Maps has changed.

May 31, 2017 at 09:54AM
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Why do so few people major in computer science?

Why do so few people major in computer science?
In 2005, about 54,000 people in the US earned bachelor’s degrees in computer science. That figure was lower every year afterwards until 2014, when 55,000 people majored in CS. Why has that number remained so low, despite high wages and prominence of Silicon Valley?

May 29, 2017 at 09:05PM
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The Allman Brothers Story: How Gregg Allman Keeps Band Going After Duane's Death

The Allman Brothers Story: How Gregg Allman Keeps Band Going After Duane's Death
Greg Allman passed away over the weekend. Here's Rolling Stone's profile of the band from 1973.

May 29, 2017 at 08:49AM
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The Dumb Politics of Elite Condescension

The Dumb Politics of Elite Condescension
Donald Trump feeds off class resentment. Let’s stop making his job easier.

May 28, 2017 at 06:09PM
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Thanks to Trump, Germany says it can’t rely on the United States. What does that mean?

Thanks to Trump, Germany says it can’t rely on the United States. What does that mean?
An unreliable America may mean a stronger Europe.

May 28, 2017 at 02:34PM
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These Are The Victims Of The Portland Train Stabbing Attack

These Are The Victims Of The Portland Train Stabbing Attack
Ricky Best, 53, and Taliesin Namkai-Meche, 23 were killed when they tried to stop a man hurling abuse at two women of Muslim appearance, police said.

May 28, 2017 at 09:34AM
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Me And My Penis: 100 Men Reveal All

Me And My Penis: 100 Men Reveal All
From the sex addict to the vicar, men open up about their manhood.

May 27, 2017 at 03:29PM
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The Story of Patel Brothers, the Biggest Indian Grocery Store in America

The Story of Patel Brothers, the Biggest Indian Grocery Store in America
Started by an immigrant just looking for a taste of home. Patel Brothers now spans some 51 locations across the country.

May 26, 2017 at 11:48AM
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Is This A Video Of Trump Pushing The PM Of Montenegro Out Of The Way?

Is This A Video Of Trump Pushing The PM Of Montenegro Out Of The Way? 
​While he's spent much of the NATO summit in Brussels in a handshake war with French President Emmanuel Macron, President Trump drew the attention of Twitter with another potentially less-than-friendly maneuver.

May 25, 2017 at 05:09PM
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The Sex Worker Putting Herself Through Law School

The Sex Worker Putting Herself Through Law School
“It’s a lot more than a transaction of sex or a lap dance. People are also paying to feel a certain way, they’re paying to feel powerful, they’re paying to feel like their boss.”

May 23, 2017 at 10:05PM
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Transcript of New Orleans Mayor Landrieu’s address on Confederate monuments

Transcript of New Orleans Mayor Landrieu’s address on Confederate monuments
"[A] friend asked me to consider these four monuments from the perspective of an African American mother or father trying to explain to their fifth grade daughter who Robert E. Lee is and why he stands atop of our beautiful city. Can you do it? Can you look into that young girl’s eyes and convince her that Robert E. Lee is there to encourage her?"

May 23, 2017 at 08:18AM
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How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own accessory game

How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own accessory game
Steven Yang and his team started a company with the sole purpose of selling a better third-party accessory. But they stumbled onto a more lucrative reality.

May 22, 2017 at 03:16PM
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Maybe the Internet Isn’t Tearing Us Apart After All

Maybe the Internet Isn’t Tearing Us Apart After All
The internet is supposedly causing people to hole up in sites geared toward people like them. But the data tells us that it is not quite true.

May 21, 2017 at 10:44AM
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The Latest Academic Journal 'Hoax' Isn't Quite What It Seems

The Latest Academic Journal 'Hoax' Isn't Quite What It Seems
Two decades after Alan Sokal shook up the academic world with a hoax article, a pair of academic writers revealed on Friday that they had pulled off a "Sokal-style hoax" on a peer-reviewed social science journal with an article titled "The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct." Here's what's going on.

May 20, 2017 at 12:13PM
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Turkey's Brilliant Tow Trucks Put The US To Shame

Turkey's Brilliant Tow Trucks Put The US To Shame
With Turkey's side-loading tow truck replacement, a car is loaded and gone in under a minute.

May 19, 2017 at 10:36AM
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Chris Cornell Dead at 52

Chris Cornell Dead at 52
The iconic frontman of Soundgarden and Audioslave died suddenly yesterday after a concert with Soundgarden in Detroit.

May 18, 2017 at 07:05AM
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Shocking Video Shows Turkish President's Bodyguards Attacking Protesters In DC

Shocking Video Shows Turkish President's Bodyguards Attacking Protesters In DC
Turkey's leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Washington DC on Tuesday to meet with the Trump administration. But while Erdogan and Trump's meeting went smoothly, the visit took a nasty turn.

May 17, 2017 at 08:20AM
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A Story of Slavery in Modern America

A Story of Slavery in Modern America
She lived with us for 56 years. She raised me and my siblings without pay. I was 11, a typical American kid, before I realized who she was.

May 16, 2017 at 05:09PM
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We're Edging Closer To Nuclear War

We're Edging Closer To Nuclear War
Experts are worried about India, Pakistan and North Korea.

May 15, 2017 at 09:49AM
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Richard Spencer Was My High-School Classmate

Richard Spencer Was My High-School Classmate
Before he was an icon for white supremacists, he sat next to me in chemistry lab.

May 14, 2017 at 12:40PM
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How 'Twin Peaks' Invented Modern Television

How 'Twin Peaks' Invented Modern Television
Without "Twin Peaks," half your favorite shows wouldn’t exist.

May 13, 2017 at 05:32PM
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This Terrifying Dead Sea Monster Might Be A Sign Of End Times

This Terrifying Dead Sea Monster Might Be A Sign Of End Times
The corpse of an enormous, mysterious sea creature that will almost certainly haunt your dreams has appeared off an Indonesian island.

May 12, 2017 at 12:11PM
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Senate Votes To Keep Obama-Era Climate Change Rule

Senate Votes To Keep Obama-Era Climate Change Rule
In a surprising victory for President Barack Obama’s environmental legacy, the Senate voted on Wednesday to uphold an Obama-era climate change regulation to control the release of methane from oil and gas wells on public land.

May 11, 2017 at 06:51AM
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Dwayne Johnson for President!

Dwayne Johnson for President!
No one gets up earlier than Dwayne Johnson. Or goes to bed later. Or is more awake during the hours in between. No one in Hollywood is more buff, more driven, or gets paid better. The man has so much charisma and ambition he can do anything. Comedy, action, pretty little cartoon voices. Some people even say he could be president.

May 10, 2017 at 07:31AM
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The Rock-Star Appeal of Modern Monetary Theory

The Rock-Star Appeal of Modern Monetary Theory
The Sanders generation has some new ideas about money and how we should use it to solve our problems.

May 8, 2017 at 08:06PM
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The Long, Hard, Unprecedented Fall of Sears

The Long, Hard, Unprecedented Fall of Sears
In 1989, Sears Roebuck & Co. ruled America as its biggest retailer. It loomed over rivals from a perch high above Chicago, inside what was once the world's tallest building — one bearing the company's name. It's been all downhill from there.

May 8, 2017 at 11:13AM
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My Weekend at a Conference for the Super-Happy

My Weekend at a Conference for the Super-Happy
Americans spend $11 billion a year in pursuit of the blissful happy-ever-after. But what do we really accomplish?

May 7, 2017 at 12:35PM
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French candidate's presidential campaign hacked, officials say

French candidate's presidential campaign hacked, officials say
Leading French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has been the victim of a "massive and coordinated hacking operation," after files purporting to be from the campaign were posted online via social media, just days before he faces off against Marine Le Pen for the French presidency.

May 5, 2017 at 07:55PM
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With This Interactive Font Map, You Have No Excuse For Defaulting To Helvetica On Everything

With This Interactive Font Map, You Have No Excuse For Defaulting To Helvetica On Everything
An interactive typography map will make it much easier for all of us to find the elusive font we've been searching for.

May 5, 2017 at 12:24PM
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The Thieves Who Steal Sunken Warships, Right Down to the Bolts

The Thieves Who Steal Sunken Warships, Right Down to the Bolts
How could someone (or many someones) steal a single multi-ton ship — let alone three or four — without leaving a trace?

May 4, 2017 at 02:12PM
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This Is How the Free Press Dies

This Is How the Free Press Dies
Former Motherboard editor Ben Makuch has been pursued by the Canadian government since 2014 for doing his job.

May 3, 2017 at 08:33AM
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Lazy Designer Creates The Perfect Minimalist Poster

Lazy Designer Creates The Perfect Minimalist Poster
Sometimes getting a project done right is as simple as asking the right questions.

May 2, 2017 at 01:51PM
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The Accidental Get Away Driver

The Accidental Get Away Driver
How a Los Angeles man drove right into the center of a daring and dangerous crime.

May 1, 2017 at 12:28PM
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