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Quartz

This recycling bin is following you – Quartz

Update (Aug. 12): City of London halts recycling bins tracking phones of passers-by Recycling bins in the City of London are monitoring the phones of passers-by, so advertisers can target messages at people whom the bins recognize. Renew, the startup behind the scheme, installed 100 recycling bins with digital screens around London before the 2012 Olympics....

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Quartz

City of London halts recycling bins tracking phones of passers-by ...

The City of London is halting a scheme that used recycling bins to track people as they walked by with their smartphones. The head of Renew London, which was behind the operation, wrote in an email, "I can confirm that we are not currently running any trials." Quartz was the first to report on the...

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The iPhone 5S just brought us closer to the internet of things and a world of constant surveillance

Sensors have played a role in mobile devices for years, even if it was simply a compass designed to help...

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Quartz

Meet the man who builds things on water, from slum schools to $14 million villas

Dutch architect Koen Olthuis specializes in building things that float. His structures, he concedes, use a similar technology to oil...

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Quartz

Google Glass is officially unwelcome at Guantánamo Bay's war court ...

https://twitter.com/carolrosenberg/status/369559885874089984 Don't bring your Google Glass to Camp Justice at Guantánamo Bay. A sign outside the US military court now informs visitors that "visual enhancement devices," from binoculars to Google's wearable computing device, aren't allowed inside. The sign is undoubtedly a reaction to Miami Herald reporter Carol Rosenberg, who attempted wear Google Glass last week around the US Naval...

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The Guardian

This piece of art flashes at you every time someone tweets a US intelligence trigger word

Big data is providing a tool for the next generation of art, where lines of code are sending a strong political message...

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Quartz

How a struggling town bought itself new hope by painting fake scenes on its walls

A bakery, a bookmaker and a barber have recently appeared in a village in Northern Ireland. But you cannot enter...

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Quartz

Oxford dictionary adds “twerk,” “derp,” “selfie,” “phablet,” and more ...

Oxford Dictionaries Online (ODO) is adding a slew of words that only recently came into general usage, many driven by fast-moving trends in technology and culture. Yes, "twerk" is now in the dictionary. The most relevant addition to the dictionary for Quartz readers is probably "phablet," a portmanteau of "phone" and "tablet" used to describe...

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The Guardian

Indian government to release a £14 tablet in 2014 | Technology ...

Indian government to release a £14 tablet in 2014 |...

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Quartz

The UK's slow growth means it needs to grow by 3.3% to reach its ...

The numbers: Not bad at all. As predicted, UK GDP grew by 0.6%, increasing at twice the pace of the the first quarter (0.3%). The economy had been slowing until very recently. In last quarter of 2012, it contracted by 0.3%. Historically, the economy tends to expand at a rate of between 2.25%-2.5% per year. If the...