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    Ars is hiring a senior editor and two technology reporters/reviewers

    It's more willingness than ability that we need.
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    Covering CES with a Chromebook wasn’t great, but it was possible

    It was $10 blackjack, thank you VERY much
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    What’s the deal with curved TVs?

    Linked in the article but mentioned here: http://meincmagazine.com/gadgets/2014/01/ ... -and-bend/
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    What’s the deal with curved TVs?

    submersive, like under water?
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    Smart TVs getting dumber is a good and a bad thing

    You are so right, I can't believe I duffed that one.
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    Ars picks our favorite Gear & Gadgets reviews from 2013

    They are not actually jeans, but some of their pants have a similar cut and style to jeans. If you check the products page and google some of the product names I'm sure you can find bloggers who have reviewed men's stuff. I don't have the links on hand but I know The Verge and Gizmodo have...
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    Ars picks our favorite Gear & Gadgets reviews from 2013

    The FCRA does not cover data collected by brokers used in this manner. You cannot request that information, and no company has it packaged to give to you.
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    Ars picks our favorite Gear & Gadgets reviews from 2013

    The problem isn't whether the data is used "for good" or "for bad." The problem is there is no transparency. You, as a consumer, cannot know what decisions are being made for you, based on these very new tools and ways of identifying and categorizing you. None of that is to say that it can't be...
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    Ars picks our favorite Gear & Gadgets reviews from 2013

    You can't perceive them, that's the problem http://meincmagazine.com/business/2013/10 ... ollection/ http://meincmagazine.com/business/2013/12 ... your-data/
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    Ars picks our favorite Gear & Gadgets reviews from 2013

    I have a really great read for you: The Problem When Sexism Just Sounds So Darn Friendly
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    Ars Asks: What video games will still be widely played in 100 years?

    I think to compare the longevity of games you need to allow video games slightly broader classifications. Like instead of asking how long Call of Duty will be around, you ask how long first person shooters will be around. And the answer is a long time. It's already been a long time--40 years, if...
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    Mars One’s shipment of humans to the Red Planet is delayed two years

    You are likely right; I update the text with a link to that article. Thanks for pointing it out!
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    Iowa funds $200-per-user app to stop teen texting and driving

    Per the proposal there is a manual override to the app, but it sends an alert to the parents. Presumably this would take care of both passengers and public transit.
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    Playing Apple IIc games 30 years late through an online emulator museum

    This is addressed in the article, as best it can be--you should read the linked section copyright law, "Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives." Specifically, "it is not an infringement of copyright for a library or archives, or any of its employees acting within...
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    Store-bought is not enough: My first hard cider homebrew

    Late reply, I know, but I am rinsing. With boiled water, as I noted.
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    New banner ads push actual Google results to bottom 12% of the screen

    This is not inherently terrible for when it's Google working specifically with a company to present a large and prominent result for their site. It's still in a sponsored box, so the whole thing is an ad. But these ads are still appearing based on search keywords. To get into speculative...
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    Curved LG G Flex makes its TV debut, in Argentina

    Doesn't seem to compromise much... except the physical boundaries of pants pockets.