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For academics, the term "troubled currency" might be a term of art. But for people who are faced with such a currency, they know a troubled currency when they see one. Today, this is the case for millions of people aroun...

Over the past few days a video that appears to show a Russian teenager being bullied by a large gang of kids, apparently for being gay, has been shared on a variety of sites. Quite rightly, the video -- which ends with t...

Last Sunday afternoon, at 12.34pm, I received an email from someone I did not know. The email was titled simply "Hey." and contained a link to a nefarious looking website. Within a half hour or so, another person I did n...

I am an entrepreneur -- a moderately shocking fact for a kid from Cleveland, Ohio. What's more shocking? I'm a very proud graduate of UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Yep, I willingly left the workforce for two yea...

It can be hard to keep track of everything that happens in the tech world. That's why, dear readers, we've compiled a list of the biggest tech announcements from this week -- just for you. Google made a host of announcem...

Megachurches host nearly 6 million Americans each week, combining stadium-sized spectacle with the traditionally quiet practices of worship. And while they're often criticized for consumerism and corporate-style recruitm...

It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you're in luck -- Mashable takes care of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of our favorite new and updated apps. This week, we found a...

And the award for NCAA's model student-athlete goes to ... Jacob Karam. The University of Memphis starting quarterback recently spent his free time at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital playing piano for the children....

This discussion on Quora, entitled "which is the most well planned city in the world?" certainly got us thinking; not only because of the interesting and diverse answers to the question, but also because of the different...

The last few years have presented an unprecedented shift in the computing world as PCs are being replaced with mobile devices. But now that a large portion of the market has already shifted, what comes after it? Last wee...

Cybercrime and espionage could be costing the world between $70 billion and $400 billion a year from a total global economy of $70 trillion, a new estimate by the Center for Stategic and International Studies (CSIS) has ...

Will Corton go on without its Michelin-starred chef? The English chef has left Corton, the restaurant he co-owned with restaurateur Drew Nieporent in Tribeca, the New York Times reports. Paul Liebrandt will shift all of ...

John Williams, the Grammy and Oscar-winning composer who scored all six Star Wars films, will return for the seventh installment in the series. Star Wars: Episode VII has no name yet and is set to come out in 2015. Willi...

Whether you're a tinkerer with a custom rig, or you just aren't sure why your computer's fans are running, checking your CPU usage is a pretty common task. Instead of using a boring on-screen activity monitor though, you...

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A man who barricaded himself with hostages inside a Florida apartment complex killed six people before being shot to death by a SWAT team, officials said.

Instagram users are taking to Twitter tonight to complain that they have been hacked, with photos of smoothies posted to their accounts without permission. Those affected also say that a strange URL has been placed in th...

WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators say they have certified two types of unmanned aircraft for civilian use, a milestone expected to lead to the first approved...

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The Wall Street Journal reports that Omnicom and Publicis Groupe have agreed to merge: Omnicom OMC and Publicis Groupe SA, the world's second- and third-biggest advertising companies, have agreed to merge, creating what ...

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