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10 years ago+11 11 0Facebook, Nokia and Samsung launch initiative to bring Internet access to entire planet
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has launched Internet.org, a highly ambitious project aimed at bringing Internet access to the planet's entire population.
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10 years ago+4 4 0Chemical weapons attacks kill hundreds in Syria, rebels and activists allege
Activists and rebel fighters accused Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces of killing hundreds of civilians - including many women and children - in chemical weapons attacks on Wednesday.
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10 years ago+12 13 1Security Researcher Hacks Mark Zuckerberg’s Wall To Prove His Exploit Works
Earlier this week, security researcher Khalil Shreateh discovered a Facebook bug that allowed a hacker to post on anyone's wall, even if they weren't that person's friend.
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10 years ago+9 9 0Volcano covers Japanese city in ash
A clean-up operation has begun in Japan after an eruption at a volcano covered an entire city with ash. Footage shows Mount Sakurajima spewing the dark plume 5,000m into the air. It's the 500th eruption this year.
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10 years ago+14 14 0Heavy coffee consumption linked to higher death risk.
Drinking more than 28 cups of heavy coffee a week may be harmful for people younger than 55, according to a study.
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10 years ago+4 4 0Your iPhone uses more energy than a refrigerator.
How much energy does it take to power your smartphone addiction? The average iPhone uses more energy than a midsize refrigerator, says a new paper by Mark Mills, CEO of Digital Power Group, a tech investment advisory.
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10 years ago+14 14 0Beer vending machine only puts out for lazy people
The latest trend in product publicity stunts involves the use of high-tech vending machines. Pepsi created a soda machine that gives out sugary beverages in exchange for social-media love. Coffee company Douwe Egberts built a machine that pours a hot ...
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10 years ago+17 17 0In Jamaica, transgender teen murdered by mob
Dwayne Jones was relentlessly teased in high school for being effeminate until he dropped out. His father not only kicked him out of the house at the age of 14 but also helped jeering neighbors push the youngster from the rough Jamaican slum where he ...
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10 years ago+16 16 0Taken: The coldest case ever solved
CNN series explores how cops cracked the coldest case ever solved: the 1957 kidnapping and murder of Maria Ridulph, 7.
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10 years ago+10 10 0Ex-MI6 officer joins Guantánamo inmate in hunger strike
Show of solidarity for camp's last UK resident, Shaker Aamer, will express officer's shame at service's 'support for torture'
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10 years ago+9 9 0Hundreds of tons of radioactive water pouring from Fukushima nuclear plant
Highly radioactive water from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is pouring out at a rate of 300 tons a day, officials said on Wednesday, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the government to step in and help in the clean-up.
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10 years ago+6 6 0NSA chief: Snooping is crucial to fighting terrorism
Gen. Keith Alexander, NSA director, says its embattled intelligence-gathering programs have prevented 54 terrorist attacks worldwide.
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10 years ago+8 8 0The Quantum Zeno Effect actually does stop the world
Zeno of Elea was a Greek philosopher who suggested that if you could slice time into small enough increments, the world would freeze in place. It turns out that he was right -- at least, from a quantum mechanics perspective.
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10 years ago+7 7 0The internet is BIG, here are 43 reminders why.
1,292,502,456 hours of League of Legends online, 40 million online daters, terabytes of porn, and 2.2 billion emails. What have you accomplished in the last 21 years?
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10 years ago+6 6 0Saudi prince defects from royal family: video
Prince Khalid Bin Farhan Al-Saud has announced his defection from Al Saud royal family through a statement, calling on other princes to break their silence and reveal the truth for sake of God.
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10 years ago+9 9 0Edward Snowden's dad: 'This story is far from done'
More than a month after Edward Snowden’s leaks became public, his dad, Lon Snowden, spoke about his son and the country's perception of him with TODAY’s Matt Lauer. “I am extremely disappointed and angry,” he told Lauer Friday. "I’ve watche ...
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10 years ago+10 10 0Monopoly Is Getting Rid of Jail to Appease Your Busy Kids
Really, nothing is sacred anymore — not even Monopoly. Because kids' days are filled with obligations and organized activities, young children these days are apparently busier than any of their predecessors history, toy manufacturers like Hasbro ...
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10 years ago+14 14 029 tags Tumblr banned from its mobile app (and 10 it didn't)
In the wake of Tumblr's censorship of various NSFW-friendly tags from its mobile app, we decided to take a closer look at the types of banned content to see if we could trace patterns.
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10 years ago+14 14 012 hilarious "That's racist" moments
Just some light humor, don't take offense!
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10 years ago+12 12 0Bradley Manning: US must drop “aiding the enemy” charge
The U.S. government should immediately drop the most serious charges against Pvt. Bradley Manning, Amnesty International said today after the conclusion of all testimony in the case.