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September 4, 2015
Meet Starliner, Boeing's Space Taxi
This capsule-like spacecraft will take passengers to and from the International Space Station.
Boeing has unveiled details of its new commercial space taxi, a 
"A Monk Without Empathy": What Alex Gibney Learned While Making His Steve Jobs Film
The new doc Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine is in theaters and on-demand today. What does it mean for the Valley legend's legacy?
There's a moment at the end of director Alex Gibney's new documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine that presents the audience with a blank iPhone screen. The glossy, black surface reflects an image of Jobs that slowly morphs into an image of Gibney—a stylistic nod to Gibney's thesis for the doc: We've all become the men and women in the machine.
"A Monk Without Empathy": What Alex Gibney Learned While Making His Steve Jobs Film
The new doc Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine is in theaters and on-demand today. What does it mean for the Valley legend's legacy?
There's a moment at the end of director Alex Gibney's new documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine that presents the audience with a blank iPhone screen. The glossy, black surface reflects an image of Jobs that slowly morphs into an image of Gibney—a stylistic nod to Gibney's thesis for the doc: We've all become the men and women in the machine.
Human Rights Watch, Transparency Groups Condemn Twitter's Politwoops Ban
An open letter asks Twitter to restore API access to a service that automatically saved politician's deleted tweets.
Last month, Twitter revoked access to its API from Politwoops, a network of sites that automatically archived the deleted tweets of politicians.
Human Rights Watch, Transparency Groups Condemn Twitter's Politwoops Ban
An open letter asks Twitter to restore API access to a service that automatically saved politician's deleted tweets.
Last month, Twitter revoked access to its API from Politwoops, a network of sites that automatically archived the deleted tweets of politicians.
These ATMs In Kenya Dispense Clean Water Instead Of Cash
A Dutch engineering firm has developed a clever way to distribute water in developing countries while collecting revenue for the community.
When Dutch engineering firm Grundfos started researching the best ways to distribute water in Nairobi, Kenya, they found that access to clean water wasn't the problem. In most communities, people could go to central spigots and pay a fee for access to groundwater that's both drinkable and readily available.
These ATMs In Kenya Dispense Clean Water Instead Of Cash
A Dutch engineering firm has developed a clever way to distribute water in developing countries while collecting revenue for the community.
When Dutch engineering firm Grundfos started researching the best ways to distribute water in Nairobi, Kenya, they found that access to clean water wasn't the problem. In most communities, people could go to central spigots and pay a fee for access to groundwater that's both drinkable and readily available.
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What happened this week? Here's our quiz for September 4, 2015.
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How Well Do You Know The News? Take Our Quiz!
What happened this week? Here's our quiz for September 4, 2015.
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The New York Subway Still Runs On Analog Technology From The 1930s
Upgrading it is slow and expensive work, but the new systems will eventually allow more trains to run on the same track.
The New York subway is old. You see the signs every time you ride it. The paint on the cast iron pillars is layered like the rings of a tree trunk, and if you removed the ads from the walls, the stations would fool any time-traveler from the 1950s into thinking they were still in their own time.
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