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Journalists At Sochi Are Live-Tweeting Their Hilarious And Gross Hotel...
Source: Caitlin Dewey / The Washington Post Amid continued debate over whether or not Sochi is prepared to host the 2014 Olympics (here are 15 alarming signs that Russia might not be ready) reporters...
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Air Force Researchers Test Mild Electric Shocks As A Caffeine Substitute
Source: Adi Robertson / The Verge Can you shock your brain into performing better? Maybe. The Boston Globe reports that the US military is exploring passing mild electrical current through the brain as...
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Netflix Cuts Deal With Comcast To Speed Service
Source: Roger Yu / USA Today Netflix has agreed to pay Comcast to ensure that its movies and TV shows stream more quickly, the latest evidence of a shift in the balance of power in favor of Internet...
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The Apple Security Hole Keeps Getting Worse
Source: Dino Grandoni The Huffington Post Apple’s security hole is growing wider and wider. The company divulged on Friday that it found a major vulnerability that would let a hacker intercept email...
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Yahoo Webcam Images From Millions Of Users Intercepted
Source: Spencer Ackerman and James Ball / The Guardian Britain’s surveillance agency GCHQ, with aid from the US National Security Agency, intercepted and stored the webcam images of millions of...
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California Data Breaches Hit 21.3 Million Accounts
Source: Elizabeth Weise / USA Today SAN FRANCISCO – California is one of the few state to requires companies to report data breaches involving 500 or more customers, and the numbers are going up. State...
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Phishing Scam On Netflix May Trick You With Phony Customer Service Reps
A new phishing scam targeting Netflix subscribers preys on our blind trust of customer service representatives when it comes to our personal information. Users being targeted by the scam will see a...
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Bitcoin CEO Found Dead In Singapore In Apparent Suicide
Source: Irving DeJohn / New York Daily News A U.S.-born Bitcoin currency executive was found dead in an apparent suicide in her Singapore home, the company said in a statement. Autumn Radtke, 28, CEO...
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Silicon Valley Boom Bypasses Poor (VIDEO)
Silicon Valley’s economy is growing, with some of the highest incomes in the U.S. and the largest share of high-wage jobs. But those gains have doubled housing costs over five years while wages for low...
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Black Twitter Flexing Muscles On And Offline
Source: Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press WASHINGTON — Michael Dunn’s conviction of attempted murder – but not actual murder – in the shooting death of black teenager Jordan Davis prompted the...
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Cash Abroad Rises $206 Billion As Apple To IBM Avoid Tax
Source: Richard Rubin / Bloomberg.com The largest U.S.-based companies added $206 billion to their stockpiles of offshore profits last year, parking earnings in low-tax countries until Congress gives...
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2 Dead After Vehicle Plows Into Crowd Near South By Southwest
Source: GMA / ABC News A man and a woman were killed and dozens of others were injured in Austin, Texas, early this morning after a fleeing driver crashed his vehicle through barricades set up for the...
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Oscar Mayer’s Alarm Clock Sounds And Smells Like Bacon
Source: Lily Hay Newman / Slate Waking up to the smell of bacon is a beloved fantasy. It’s partly appealing because it implies that you slept late enough for someone else in your life (a family member,...
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Colin Powell’s 60-Year-Old Selfie
Source: CBS News Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday posted a decades-old “selfie” to Facebook and suggested he could one-up comedian Ellen DeGeneres, whose selfie from the Oscars...
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Jesse Jackson To Take On Tech’s Lack Of Diversity
Source: Jesse Washington and Martha Mendoza / AP / theGrio Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to lead a delegation to the Hewlett-Packard annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday to bring...
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Hackers Are Now Targeting Your Router
Source: Kim Komando / USA Today It’s time for a router emergency call to 911. You knew about hackers stealing our credit cards from retailers, the NSA spying on anyone who picked up a cellphone or...
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Malaysia Airlines Sends Condolences Via Text Message
Source: Jon M. Chang / ABC News The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been brought to an end after satellite data revealed its last location in a remote part of the Indian Ocean. In...
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Fighting For The Future Of Detroit’s Youth
At schools and on the streets, challenges abound for the youth in bankrupt Detroit. But educators are helping to level the playing field with technology and giving students second chances. (March 24)...
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Google Doodle Honors Civil Rights Activist Dorothy Height
Source: Lilly Workneh / theGrio Drothy Height, who is also known as “godmother” of the civil rights movement, was honored on the homepage of Google Monday. The often unsung hero was featured in a...
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Google Chromecast Set To Get Slingbox Support
Source: Virginia Barry / Reviewed.com Google’s unique Chromecast streaming stick appears to be in line for an exciting new feature: integration with the Slingbox SlingPlayer app that would let you...
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