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Nilay Patel

Nilay Patel

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    More than Sally Ride: Loren Grush explains how NASA’s first women astronauts changed space

    In the 1980s, NASA wanted space to become a booming business — and the first six women astronauts were meant to help get it off the ground.

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    Nilay Patel
    Nilay Patel
    Diplo and Chris Rock bailed out of Burning Man in the back of a pickup.

    Wild times on the playa.

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    Nilay Patel
    Here’s the world record speedrun for, uh, “Crank That” by Soulja Boy in FL Studio.

    “That felt good coming off the fingertips, I’ll tell you that.”

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    Nilay Patel
    I don’t see “a backflip” on this list.

    I asked Bing the same question and it told me to buy a USB lighter. This is a true story.

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    Nilay Patel
    Here I am on Marketplace Tech talking about YouTube, AI, and copyright law.

    My three loves, all in one place. More from me about all of it in this piece!

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    Nilay Patel
    Sign of the times: Phil Schiller posting about an Apple event on Threads.

    Apple’s Phil Schiller deleted his Twitter account a while ago and then quietly joined Threads when it launched. He’s now posted about the just-announced September event on Meta’s platform, which you are free to interpret any way you wish.

    Biometrics? Bring it on: why Okta’s Jameeka Green Aaron wants passwords to go away

    How do you define what it means to be you in the all-digital 21st century — and how should systems protect that?

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    Nilay Patel
    Nilay Patel
    Here’s the Cybertruck wiper... wiping.

    The tip of that wiper arm has to be absolutely flying when it’s turned to the highest speed, right? By the way, we got an interesting tip about the configuration of actual wiper blades that we’re trying to confirm — if you know more about it, email us!