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" Because Facebook can't exist without AI, it needs all its engineers to build with it. "
Steven Levy
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" The rush into scripted video by tech giants is going to accelerate an evolution of entertainment that's already underway. We're already moving away from the idea that drama is a 60-minute exercise with four bathroom breaks. "
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" There's plenty to admire in the iPhone X straight from the unboxing. The biggest change stares you in the face: that screen, that screen. "
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" When superpower countries like the United States and the former Soviet Union contemplated moving their conflicts to outer space, there was justifiable fear and dread. "
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" With the iPod - Apple's first successful stab at market dominance - Apple had begun with a high price but quickly dropped it. "
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" Everyone in the tech business, from Kleiner Perkins venture capitalist John Doerr on down, says that the ruination of the industry, if not the entire country, will come from the inability to hire more brainiacs from countries like China and India. "
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" We might enjoy essays, TED talks, and even Facebook posts bemoaning our dependency on tech, but judging by our enthusiastic adoption of these services, we're all in. "
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" There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging period in the history of computers. "
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" Generally, TED speakers are believers in the scientific method. "
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" I think that the most beautiful thing lately hasn't been in hardware or software per se but collaboration - the idea behind Napster, which uses the distributed power of the Internet as its engine. "
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" Wifi was never supposed to be a big thing and certainly not a thing that would become as vital to a home as indoor plumbing. "
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" The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution. "
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" The iPod Shuffle was something unique for Apple: a device stripped down to a single function. "
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" Two thoughts occur to just about any parent whose child is about to enter college. The first is, 'I can't believe how quickly the years have gone by.' The second: 'I can't believe how much it costs.' As one of those parents, I did my best to get past the disturbing first thought and tried to calm my churning stomach while dealing with the second. "
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" Every great device, gadget, electric car, and robot would be even greater if batteries didn't suck so badly. "
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" Just as the cable revolution overturned broadcast, the net is destined to become the dominant mode of video, both in terms of transit and programming. "
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" Computer technology is so built into our lives that it's part of the surround of every artist. "
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" Implanting a microchip inside the brain to augment its mental powers has long been a science fiction trope. "
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" All through the 1980s, Apple kept its prices high. There were many reasons Microsoft's much bigger user base managed to resist moving to the GUI - but price was high among them. "
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" The vast majority of Americans perform sophisticated digital tasks on a daily basis. Grandmas and grandpas e-mail digital photos of their cruise trip and IM their kids in school. So a politician admitting that he or she can't bother to learn those things indicates a horse-and-buggy mentality. "
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" Internet-centric companies have already begun changing the rules with binge-watching, flexible running times, fewer commercials, and crowd-sourced content. The brainpower - and just plain power - of the most valued tech firms will change things even more. "
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" To political technocrats, 2008 marks the maturation of 'microtargeting' - a technique that, if things are as close in November as expected, may well affect who takes the White House. "
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" My favorite thing to do with my iPod was to shuffle my entire music collection and marvel at what songs came next. Sometimes the segues would be so perfect that it seemed a genius deejay was behind the wheel. "
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