Week of 2015/01/18

[NyTimes]

• "Scientists Work to Contain Modified Organisms to Labs" [nytimes]
• "Kristin Muhlner of NewBrand Analytics: The Upside of Being Replaceable" [nytimes]
• "For SkyMall, It All Seemed So Cool at Six Miles High" [nytimes]
• "Among the Disrupted" [nytimes]
• "Marissa Mayer's Plan for Yahoo Takes Hold. The Question Now Is Time." [nytimes]

[Links]

• Drug-laden drone crashes near US-Mexico border [link]
• Finally, the Museum of the Future Is Here [link]

Week of 2015/01/11

[NyTimes]

• "Need Some Espionage Done? Hackers Are for Hire Online" [nytimes]
• "Technology Has Made Life Different, but Not Necessarily More Stressful" [nytimes]
• "Tom Hanks on His Two Years at Chabot College" [nytimes]
• "Study Highlights Silicon Valley's Powerful Economic Mix" [nytimes]
• "Silicon Valley Turns Its Eye to Education" [nytimes]

[Links]

• IBM Launches z13 -- Most Powerful & Secure System Ever Built [link]
• Swiss Turmoil Hints at Future Lehman Moments [link]
• Elon Musk Will Build A Hyperloop Track For Ultra-High Speed Transport Tests [link]
• Revealed: Elon Musk's Plan to Build a Space Internet [link]

Week of 2015/01/04

[NyTimes]

• "How My Mom Got Hacked" [nytimes]
• "CES: Security Risks From the Smart Home" [nytimes]
• "Inside a Chinese Test-Prep Factory" [nytimes]
• "When Mark Zuckerberg Likes a Book, Sales Soar" [nytimes]

[Links]

• Tech Trends 2015 [link]
• Antibiotic Pulled From Dirt Ends 25-Year Drug Drought [link]
• I Rode 500 Miles in a Self-Driving Car and Saw the Future. It's Delightfully Dull [link]
• Former HTC execs unveil smart scooter with hot-swappable batteries [link]
• The Smart, Angry Home [link]

Week of 2014/12/28

[NyTimes]

• "Sony Cyberattack, First a Nuisance, Swiftly Grew Into a Firestorm" [nytimes]
• "Silicon Valley's Mirror Effect" [nytimes]
• "The Scoreboards Where You Can't See Your Score" [nytimes]

[Links]

• Stop Making 'Workaholics' a Dirty Word [link]
• With limited oversight, the wealthy get a charitable tax break [link]
• What Just Happened? [link]
• Lizard Kids: A Long Trail of Fail [link]
• Rolex Submariner Watchmaking Demonstration [link]

Week of 2014/12/21

[NyTimes]

• "For Stanford Class of '94, a Gender Gap More Powerful Than the Internet" [nytimes]
• "North Korea Loses Its Link to the Internet" [nytimes]
• "Sugar Season. It's Everywhere, and Addictive." [nytimes]
• "The Hemiparasite Season" [nytimes]

[Links]

• FAA's new drone safety campaign reminds you not to be stupid [link]
• Tesla Roadster 3.0 Package [link]
• 6 things I learned from riding in a Google Self-Driving Car [link]
• Your smartphone is changing the way your fingers work [link]

Week of 2014/12/14

[NyTimes]

• "Throwing Money at Start-Ups in Frenzy to Find the Next Uber" [nytimes]
• "Google's Detractors Take Their Fight to the States" [nytimes]
• "In Big Data, Shepherding Comes First" [nytimes]
• "Aaron Sorkin: Journalists Shouldn't Help the Sony Hackers" [nytimes]

[Links]

• Elon Musk's hyperloop is actually making progress [link]
• Is OnDeck Capital the Next Generation of Lender or Boiler Room? [link]
• Handwriting vs typing: is the pen still mightier than the keyboard? [link]
• PocketQube kits make it easier for amateurs to build their own satellites [link]

Week of 2014/12/07

[NyTimes]

• "A One-Way Trip to Mars? Many Would Sign Up" [nytimes]
• "Uber's System for Screening Drivers Draws Scrutiny" [nytimes]
• "Banks' Lawsuits Against Target for Losses Related to Hacking Can Continue" [nytimes]
• "Ford Trades Microsoft for BlackBerry in Revamping In-Car System" [nytimes]
• "Facebook Chief Says Secret of His Success Is Making Lots of Mistakes" [nytimes]
• "Storytelling Your Way to a Better Job or a Stronger Start-Up" [nytimes]

[Links]

• From Open (Unlimited) to Minimum Vacation Policy [link]
• The first full trailer for Pixar's Inside Out shows the inner workings of a family's brains [link]
• Hangouts eavesdrops on your chats to offer 'smart suggestions' [link]
• 7 new beautifully designed objects [link]

Week of 2014/11/30

[NyTimes]

• "Thousands of Einstein Documents Are Now a Click Away" [nytimes]
• "Hacked vs. Hackers: Game On" [nytimes]
• "Sony Pictures and F.B.I. Widen Hack Inquiry" [nytimes]
• "Banks' Lawsuits Against Target for Losses Related to Hacking Can Continue" [nytimes]
• "A Connecticut Indian Tribe Faces Its Eroding Fortunes From Foxwoods" [nytimes]

[Links]

• NASA's Orion capsule begins its 3,600-mile journey into outer space [link]
• Facebook just gained a big ally in its battle with Cisco [link]

Week of 2014/11/23

[NyTimes]

• "The Slippery Slope of Silicon Valley" [nytimes]
• "Under Pressure From Uber, Taxi Medallion Prices are Plummeting" [nytimes]
• "Tech Toys That Can Make the Video Screen Pass" [nytimes]
• "Now, Anyone Can Buy a Drone. Heaven Help Us." [nytimes]
• "Shopping on a Phone Is Still Uncommon but Growing Fast" [nytimes]
• "Alastair Mitchell, on Running With Your Dreams" [nytimes]

[Links]

• Payday Lenders Seek Shelter on Tribal Lands for 700% Loans [link]
• The Unreasonable Effectiveness of C [link]
• Startup to Open Source Parallel CPU [link]

Week of 2014/11/16

[NyTimes]

• "Uber, a Start-Up Going So Fast It Could Miss a Turn" [nytimes]
• "Privacy Concerns for ClassDojo and Other Tracking Apps for Schoolchildren" [nytimes]
• "Virtual Reality Fails Its Way to Success" [nytimes]
• "No. 1 With a Bullet: 'Nadeshot' Becomes a Call of Duty Star" [nytimes]

[Links]

• Building a complete Tweet index [link]
• It's Official - iOS 8 Is Apple's Buggiest Release to Date [link]
• The Unknown Start-up That Built Google’s First Self-Driving Car [link]