Archive for February, 2018

Why Paper Jams Persist | The New Yorker

Saturday, February 17th, 2018

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/why-paper-jams-persist

Genetics of the human face: Identification of large-effect single gene variants

Friday, February 16th, 2018

http://www.pnas.org/content/115/4/E676

Which true wireless earbuds are worth buying?

Friday, February 16th, 2018

https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/14/best-true-wireless-earbuds/

Apple iPhone Software Update Will Support Medical Records : Shots – Health News : NPR

Thursday, February 15th, 2018

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/14/585715952/medical-records-may-finally-be-coming-to-your-apple-smartphone

Hackers Claim to Break Face ID a Week After iPhone X Release | WIRED

Monday, February 12th, 2018

https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-say-broke-face-id-security/

China’s Selfie Obsession

Monday, February 12th, 2018

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“People would suspiciously ask what kind of camera it was before walking away with expressions ranging from offense to pity. “I can’t allow you to take a picture of me with that camera—it’ll be too ugly,” a woman from Chongqing told me. I assured her that I was not a wang hong and would not be posting it, and we reached a compromise: she would take a selfie of us on her Meitu phone, edit her face, and then send the photo to me.”
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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/18/chinas-selfie-obsession

How to Get Rich Playing Video Games Online

Monday, February 12th, 2018

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“At this summer’s pax West—a yearly convention that inundates downtown Seattle with gaming fans—virtually every streamer I spoke with voiced concerns about the health risks of overwork. “My doctor told me I was going to die if I kept doing it like this,” a young broadcaster who goes by Bria Leigh said. “You spend ten hours a day in the chair. And you don’t even want to get up to use the bathroom, because you’re afraid you’ll lose viewers.””
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How to Get Rich Playing Video Games Online
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/20/how-to-get-rich-playing-video-games-online

New Theory Cracks Open the Black Box of Deep Learning

Monday, February 12th, 2018

https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-theory-cracks-open-the-black-box-of-deep-learning-20170921

New Theory Cracks Open the Black Box of Deep Learning

George Church: Cryptocurrency Will Boost Genome Sequencing | Front Line Genomics

Monday, February 12th, 2018

http://www.frontlinegenomics.com/news/19260/george-church-cryptocurrency-blockchain/

sharing your genome on a blockchain

Monday, February 12th, 2018

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610221/this-new-company-wants-to-sequence-your-genome-and-let-you-share-it-on-a-blockchain/?utm_campaign=add_this&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post