Why Your Ear Is the Next Big Thing in Tech

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1. Your ear is the next technology platform.

By Jon Li in Backchannel

2. Want to comment on that news story? You might have to pay.

By Joshua Brustein at Bloomberg Technology

3. Here’s how to use seawater and CO2 — but no fossil fuels — as a heating system.

By Ben Thompson in the Christian Science Monitor

4. Could we really collaborate with whales to learn about their communication?

By Barbara J. King at NPR

5. That’s not Silicon Valley. Rwanda’s tech incubators are transforming the nation. See how.

By Juan Herrero and Tik Root in the Virginia Quarterly Review

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