As Netflix shifts its focus to original programming and wrangles with licensing deals, it has dumped hundreds of fantastic screen classics — some TV shows and many movies — in the past couple of years. Few options are as economical as Netflix’s unlimited streaming at $9 per month, but if you want to catch these old and recent classics, you can find them online (and legally), often at reasonable prices.
(Read about how to find shows online on Tom’s Guide.)
Particles that might hold markers for cancer pass through a silicon obstacle course that sorts them by size.
(Read more about blood filtering on Fast Company.)
Researchers are testing mobile apps that analyze patients’ activity to measure mental health.
(Read more on Fast Company.)
The government agency DARPA has launched a contest to develop tech that could boost wireless capacity 1,000-fold.
(Read about the spectrum challenge on Fast Company.)
Vision impairment that’s easy to fix in rich countries can be life sentences in most of the world. These volunteer docs aim to change that.
(Read about Orbis on Fast Company.)
Panasonic’s stellar shooter costs a fairly steep $699, but its image quality and 4K/ultra-HD video are top-notch, and the controls are a pleasure to use.
(Read more about the LX100 on Tom’s Guide.)
The Canon PowerShot SX60 HS ($479) packs one of the longest zoom lenses for a bridge camera: a 65X (21-1365mm, full-frame equivalent) range that’s mind-blowing in action. Canon manages to squeeze all this zoom capability into a camera that looks more like a DSLR and less like, well, a cannon.
(Read more about the Canon SX60 on Tom’s Guide.)
In places like Detroit and Cleveland a grassroots coworking movement is welcoming minority and low-income entrepreneurs and artists.
(Read about coworking on Fast Company.)
Companies promise that algorithms can not only consider more information about applicants, but also be more objective than human recruiters.
(Read more about AI hiring on Fast Company.)
Tech advances allow new companies to harness networks of computers and people to sift through legal information and help lawyers prep cases.
(Read more on tech and law on Fast Company.)
