Is Apple Evil?
The company's obsessive perfectionism has won it popularity--and a few detractors.
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That rumored $1 billion offer from Yahoo! to buy Tumblr? It's looking like a forgone conclusion at this point. But things are messy and speculative and there are already doomsayers predicting this is a bad idea for everyone involved. But mostly they're predicting it's bad for Yahoo!
The company's obsessive perfectionism has won it popularity--and a few detractors.
Slaying the head of Pakistani Taliban has strengthened their case, but the robots have their doubters.
The Pentagon's possible ban on social media is beginning to make sense, for starters.
Anthropologists debate our origins as a species.
Leaks in the Large Hadron Collider have forced scientists to grimace patiently until November
Steve Jobs shoved him, Google's ready for war, plus three more theories.
Two visions from writers who have already "made it."
Many tech pundits endorsed the basic mission of the deal between Yahoo and Microsoft, but are harsh on the details.
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