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Kate Knibbs


Kate Knibbs is a notable tech reporter and pop culture essayist. A former staff writer for the Daily Dot, her work has appeared in Gizmodo, the Ringer, AV Club, Digital Trends, Popular Mechanics, and Time.

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Starbucks’ wireless phone chargers and the battle over wireless phone charging

Wireless phone chargers are cool, but how many of Starbucks' customers will be able to use the ones they're installing? 

On Jun 14, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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The complete history of the ‘Mmm Whatcha Say’ meme

Cue the melodramatic glances. 

On Jun 14, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Facebook changes its policy on breastfeeding, mastectomy photos

Facebook wants you to know it's down with breastfeeding photos. 

On Jun 13, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Turns out, dads and their kids have lots of common Facebook interests

Dads: They’re just like us!  

On Jun 13, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Tesla just opened up all its patents to champion open-source innovation

Elon Musk rejects patent culture in hopes it’ll help the electric car industry.  

On Jun 12, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Would you take a ride with Gryft, the grifter version of Lyft?

It’s not mandatory to have a dirty pornstache to be a Gryft driver... but it doesn’t hurt.  

On Jun 12, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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True&Co designs bra using data from 500,000 women

Big data for better bras.  

On Jun 12, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Online translation is a major challenge for the global Web

The Web is growing, and more places are getting online. As that happens, what technologies will translate the vastness of its content?

On Jun 12, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Ray Kurzweil is still waiting for a computer to beat the Turing Test

The futurist was not impressed with the most recent Turing Test competition.  

On Jun 11, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Fatdoor wants to fill neighborhoods with drones

Dystopic nightmare idea or Kickstarter campaign? It’s both!

On Jun 11, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Ringly pairs with your smartphone to screen calls and send notifications

Ringly transforms jewelry into high-tech pagers. 

On Jun 11, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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How to use Tinder without Facebook

Swiping right without fielding friend requests from frisky suitors can be fraught with obstacles.  

On Jun 10, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Even hackers are bad at choosing passwords

They should really know better.

On Jun 10, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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Facebook’s Chat Heads come to desktop

Browser extension lets you bring Facebook’s Chat Heads to your desktop. 

On Jun 10, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

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What we know about Slingshot, Facebook’s Snapchat competitor app

Looks like the rumors were true. 

On Jun 9, 2014 by Kate Knibbs