A new company called BeWifi is hoping to increase Internet connectivity by letting you steal your neighbors’ unused bandwidth. Based in Barcelona, the idea behind BeWifi is simple.
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This past Sunday, the WWE hosted its 26th annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view. As outlined in last week’s column, the Royal Rumble is one of WWE’s most anticipated events of the year, a storied tradition, and simply a special night in professional wrestling.
Jared Diamond is one of the great science synthesizers and popularizers of our era, and he resists the biological determinism that infects so much modern theorizing about our species.
It is hard to say with (genuine) confidence that some company will have some year be “its year,” let alone 8 days into the new year.
Virtual currency has gained significant popularity over the past few months. Beginning with Bitcoin, the currency that made the news with its infamous spike and crash in value, other digital currencies have emerged as well.
The budget deal passed by Congress in December reduces spending cuts, addresses sexual assault in the military, and prevents a government shutdown for at least two years.
In 1997 a website where scientists, journalists and other eggheads—or Edgeheads—chitchat about science-related stuff called Edge.org asked me to participate in a debate about my book The End of Science.
A new year has begun, which means it’s time to brood over past failures and vow to improve ourselves: I will be less judgmental with my kids and more romantic with my girlfriend.
Net neutrality is the concept that all Internet traffic is created equal. In other words, an Internet provider like Verizon or Time Warner Cable cannot charge their customer based on what they browse.
On Christmas morning, most of you looked under the tree with your brothers, sisters and other family members to find gifts waiting for you.