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Groupon, Aaron Swartz, and the Failings of the Second Great Tech Boom
Today, as the second bubble slowly deflates, the network has evolved from curiosity to necessity, and as such is under greater threat than ever before.
Today, as the second bubble slowly deflates, the network has evolved from curiosity to necessity, and as such is under greater threat than ever before.
It's easy to brush off the Postal Service for cutting down on deliveries. It's harder to face the ugly truths this move creates.
Samsung is a copycat, the jury ruled, after just three days of deliberation, awarding Apple over a billion dollars in damages. For the inventor of the iPhone, it was a convincing victory. In their eyes, it took Samsung just three months to steal some…
With Disrupt, Creative Week, Internet Week, "PSFK":http://motherboard.vice.com/2012/4/16/the-idea-con-i-went-to-a-400-mental-day-spa-for-techno-intellectuals, the numerous art and music festivals that have run through town recently, and that great Go…
Imagine that you are a large consumer tech manufacturer selling TVs and phone chargers and all the usual Best Buy-type stuff that isn't exactly innovating the doors off the first-world. You're currently being sued for patent infringement by another,
Whenever Newt Gingrich talks about lunar colonies and conquering Mars -- and he certainly wasn’t stingy on all that "during last night’s GOP debate in Jacksonville":http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_759980.html --…
In April of last year the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 men, injuring 17 others and triggering what is generally recognized as one of the greatest human errors ever made an…
In keeping with the spirit of self-starting innovation and goodness that's inspired Motherboard since the beginning, we're proud to present our newest web series, Upgrade. It's an insider's look at the creative process of some of the individuals and