Here are some of the more interesting items that the tech reporters and editors of The New York Times found on the Web recently. See more here.
Google X Chief on How 10 Times Better Is Easier Than 10 Percent
Wired.com | The head of Google X explains why companies should pursue moonshots. The one he says leads the way Google, of course. - Claire Cain Miller
Sergey Brin, Please Pick Up Your Paychecks
Angrystatistician.blogspot.com | Google’s co-founder is richer than he thinks. A blogger finds $2,256 he’s owed. Steve Wozniak and Meg Whitman are richer, too. - Quentin Hardy
Want to See in the Dark
Gigaom.com | One day, there’ll be an app for that. - Jenna Wortham
Miguel Nicolelis Says the Brain Is Not Computable, Bashes Kurzweil’s Singularity
Technologyreview.com | Blasphemy! The Church of the Singularity will not like this notion that humans will assimilate machines, not vice versa. - Damon Darlin
Any 2 Pages on the Web Are Connected by 19 Clicks or Less
Blogs.smithsonianmag.com |Â A data visualization of the Web is eye candy, but it also shows why we get so easily immersed! while searching. -Â Damon Darlin
Indian Govt. Moves to Block 55 Facebook Pages
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |Â India, third-largest market for Facebook, is again accused of censorship. -Â Somini Sengupta
Bill Gates Is Not Satisfied With Microsoft Innovation
Cbsnews.com |Â In a CBS interview, Bill Gates sidesteps any direct criticism of Steven Ballmer, giving a passive, vague answer. -Â Damon Darlin
Death in Singapore
Ft.com |Â Acompelling international mystery involving gallium nitride chips, Huawei and a suspicious suicide. -Â Damon Darlin
Facebook Search Struggles With the Real World
Theverge.com | A criticism of the new search engine is that it will only work if people “like†more items on Facebook. - Claire Cain Miller
