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Dangers Of Texting While Driving
The Diane Rehm Show: To talk about the dangers of texting while driving, I’m joined in the studio by Jonathan Adkins of the Governors Highway Safety Association and Ashley Halsey who covers transportation for The
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Why Can’t My Computer Understand Me?
The New Yorker: Hector Levesque thinks his computer is stupid—and that yours is, too. Siri and Google’s voice searches may be able to understand canned sentences like “What movies are showing near me at seven
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Even hands-free, you shouldn’t talk or text while driving
The Washington Post: Makers of cars and mobile electronics are pushing a tempting vision of the future, one in which you can stay fully connected while driving. In the name of safety, they provide hands-free
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The psychology of online dating
Wired UK: A set of graphs doing the rounds on Twitter recently purported to show the changes in how heterosexual and homosexual couples meet. While categories such as “through friends”, “in a bar”, and “at
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Distracted at Dinner? That’s Why Your Cooking Tastes Bland
Research suggests that in addition to making us eat more, distractions during meals may also make our food taste different.
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Attention, Shoppers: Store Is Tracking Your Cell
The New York Times: Like dozens of other brick-and-mortar retailers, Nordstrom wanted to learn more about its customers — how many came through the doors, how many were repeat visitors — the kind of information that e-commerce