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Amprius Begins Shipping a Better Smartphone Battery 23 May 2013 | 06:17 pm
A company called Amprius is getting closer to delivering salvation from so-so smartphone batteries. As one of several companies trying to fix smartphone battery life, Amprius has begun supplying its f...
Google+ Hangout: The Future of Minecraft with CaptainSparklez, Block Fortress and Will Blew 23 May 2013 | 05:34 pm
Join us on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 1PM Eastern for a Google+ Hangout to discuss all things Minecraft. The live video chat, moderated by TIME’s Harry McCracken, will focus on how Minecraft is changing ...
An Airway Created with a 3D Printer Saved This Baby’s Life 23 May 2013 | 05:24 pm
If you think 3D printing’s overhyped with all this talk of plastic guns and strange, spider-like houses, you clearly haven’t seen this: a tiny airway splint created using a 3D printer that saved a thr...
Google to Add Galapagos Islands to Street View 23 May 2013 | 05:16 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world’s largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures th...
How to Get Emergency Texts on Your Phone 23 May 2013 | 04:10 pm
When Winter Storm Nemo hit the Northeast earlier this year, a lot of people living in the area received warning messages on their cellphone—but not everyone. That’s because the Wireless Emergency Aler...
Jennifer Lopez to Open Cellphone Stores 23 May 2013 | 02:18 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — “Jenny from the Block” wants the block to buy Verizon phones from her. Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez on Wednesday announced she’s opening a chain of 15 cellphone stores and a websi...
Google X: A Secret Lab for Moonshots and More 23 May 2013 | 02:14 pm
Businessweek’s Brad Stone details Google X, the search giant’s secret lab that’s “home to the self-driving car initiative and the Internet-connected eyeglasses, Google Glass, among other improbable pr...
Mailbox: Still Beautiful, Still Clever, Now on the iPad 23 May 2013 | 01:00 pm
Lots of nifty new iPhone apps are instantly greeted by enthusiastic throngs of users, but when an e-mail app called Mailbox debuted in February, being excited over its arrival became a particular obse...
Twitter Adds Security Measure to Logins 23 May 2013 | 12:59 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users’ accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorized logins. Twitter said in a blog post Wednesday that users will be able to enroll in a...
The Making of ‘The Mystery of Minecraft’ 23 May 2013 | 12:17 pm
Most of the time, my job involves me telling my TIME overlords what I want to write about, and then writing it. It is, as I’m quick to tell anyone who asks, a sweet gig. Every so often, however, said ...
