DuckDuckgo was founded in 2008 as an alternative search engine that respects user privacy and claims to have a “superior search experience with smarter answers.” Users of DuckDuckGo flock to the site to avoid the filter bubble of personalized search results. The number of people who used the search engine grew in 2015, and according to DuckDuckGo, they had one day last month with over 12 million search queries.     This increase in search queries can be correlated to the traffic increase … Continue reading →

Technology is killing off independent pizzerias in the United States at the rate of roughly 2,549 locations per year (in 2015 alone). The pizza category is being reshaped by both big new tech deployed by chains and fresh threats from sophisticated emerging brands that are taking slices of the pie fr

I deleted Facebook off of my iPhone six months ago. I had one simple reason in mind: I thought I would be able to analyze Facebook more accurately and completely by not using it or its companion apps, cold turkey. Purchasing an iPhone 6s Plus at launch gave me the perfect opportuni

After decades of speculation and searching, a signal came through. It promises to change our understanding of the universe.

The video, published to YouTube on Feb. 23, was awe-inspiring and scary. A two-legged humanoid robot trudges through the snow, somehow maintaining its balance. Another robot with two arms and pads for hands crouches down and lifts a brown box and delicately places it on a shelf -- then somehow stays upright while a human tries to push it over with a hockey stick. A third robot topples over and clambers back to its feet with ease.