Post Overview
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Current Event
11 years ago+2 3 1Tech Titan just bought the most expensive house in San Francisco history
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and her husband just bought the most expensive house in San Francisco history.
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Analysis
11 years ago+7 7 0The End Of Email As We Know It
How your inbox is becoming an app. The final conversion of the old internet's last holdout.
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Video/Audio
11 years ago+10 10 0Sony's Robocop Trailer Released
The new Sony Pictures reboot of Robocop now has a trailer! The movie release date is 2/7/14. One of the things that pops out to me is how similar the uniform looks to Iron Man. It’s definitely less bulky versus the original and appears to have a more ...
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Expression
11 years ago+8 8 021 Rules For Spies, From A Former NSA Officer
John Schindler, a National Security Agency veteran and now a professor at the Naval War College, tweeted out a series of what he calls Spy Rules
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Current Event
11 years ago+14 14 0Gun Fanatics Score Big Victory in North Carolina
North Carolina Republicans have banned police departments from destroying confiscated guns. Jamelle Bouie explains why.
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Video/Audio
11 years ago+12 12 0The 25 Most Memorable Moments in TV History
It’s not an oft-celebrated anniversary, but 62 years ago today, television as we know it was launched. It was 1951, and President Harry Truman was speaking before a conference in San Francisco about the treaty that officially ended the country’s post ...
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Current Event
11 years ago+8 8 0Bing overhauls video search, puts Google's offering on its toes
Microsoft announces that it designed Bing's new video search "from the ground up," putting it a step ahead of Google's with improved navigation and more powerful previews.
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Current Event
11 years ago+8 8 0Texas Guard refuses to process same-sex benefits
The Texas National Guard refused to process requests from same-sex couples for benefits on Tuesday, citing the state constitution's ban on gay marriage, despite a Pentagon directive to do so.
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Current Event
11 years ago+6 6 0Julian Assange Joins Jury for U.K.'s Raindance Film Festival
It's not clear how the embattled WikiLeaks founder will screen the indie cinema event's competition entries, given that he remains holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy.
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Analysis
11 years ago+9 9 0Playing for time: Can music stave off dementia?
Researchers are exploring the possibility that playing music prevents dementia.
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Current Event
11 years ago+10 10 0Twitter's top legal executive steps down in surprise move
Twitter's top lawyer, known as a champion of free speech, unexpectedly stepped down on Friday as the microblogging company moved closer toward a long-expected initial public offering.
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Current Event
11 years ago+10 10 0Facebook may use your profile photo in its facial recognition tech
Facebook changed its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities today to reflect new ways the social network can use your data. One of those ways? The network may now use your profile photos as more fodder for its facial recognition technology.
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Expression
11 years ago+11 11 0What Obama Didn’t Say in His March on Washington Speech
To be fair, in his speech commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, the president did address economic fairness. But he missed a point on racial justice, says Jamelle Bouie.
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Expression
11 years ago+6 6 0These People Work In Paradise (And You Can Too!)
Who wants to work in an office until they die? With the Internet keeping everything super-connected it's possible for many people to carry our their entire job descriptions online, and they're taking this as their cue to find a dream office ...
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Current Event
11 years ago+7 7 0Global Stocks Down Over Syria Fears
Global stock markets fell Tuesday, dented by fears the U.S. government is gearing up for a confrontation with Syria. Economic releases scheduled later in the day were not likely to provide the good news needed to reverse the losses, analysts said.
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Video/Audio
11 years ago+13 13 0Digital Tattoo Is Viewable Only With a Smartphone
Artist Anthony Antonellis implanted an RFID chip in his hand, creating what could arguably be the first-ever digital tattoo.
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Current Event
11 years ago+6 6 0Nigerian Islamists accused of cutting throats of 44 villagers
Official says attackers gouged out eyes of some survivors of raid on Dumba village
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Analysis
11 years ago+7 7 0Heart attack damage repaired using gene therapy
Heart attacks cause cells in the affected area to stop beating and become encased in scar tissue, but researchers believe the damage may not be permanent.
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Expression
11 years ago+7 7 0New Zealand appears to have used NSA spy network to target Kim Dotcom
A new examination of previously published affidavits from the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB)—the New Zealand equivalent of the National Security Agency (NSA)—appears to suggest that the GCSB used the “Five Eyes” international survei ...
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Expression
11 years ago+8 8 0This Tedious Video Game Will Make You Hate Yourself. You Should Play It.
When I sit down to play a new video game, I expect to have fun. I might expect to be immersed in a story or be engaged by clever game mechanics. I don't usually expect to feel like a horrible person and generally bitter at the world.