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Robert Samuel knows some people are willing to pay good money to have someone else do the waiting for them. In fact, he has turned line-waiting into a prospering business.

The company founded by Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Max Levchin has spawned three billionaires, many, many millionaires, and generation-defining companies. Here, we break down the key players from the most notorious group...

Home Depot was slow to raise its defenses against hackers despite alarms from computer experts as far back as 2008.

It’s like the whole world has iPhone fever today, with folks everywhere standing in one line or another just to get their mitts on a shiny new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus. Were you not able to get a…

NASA is sending a 3-D printer to the International Space Station in hopes that astronauts will be able to one day fix their spacecraft by cranking out spare parts on the spot.

storagedude writes Imagine in the not-too-distant future, your entire genome is on archival storage and accessed by your doctors for critical medical decisions. You'd want that data to be safe from hackers and data corru...

The Arkansas Legislative Council has approved a contract capped at $993,780 to assess broadband access, equipment and connectivity at every school in the state.

(Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists and representatives from Kiev and Moscow agreed on Saturday on further measures to ensure a cease-fire between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists. Violations of a Sept. 5 cea...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Two F-22 fighter jets intercepted six Russian military airplanes that neared the western coast of Alaska, military officials said Friday. Lt. Col. Michael Jazdyk, a spokesman...

Kicking off the Oculus Connect conference in Los Angeles this weekend, Oculus's Nirav Patel announced that the original Oculus Rift developer kit (DK1) is now fully open-source, with the exception of the pieces that aren...

Nvidia uses its new Maxwell line of GPUs to debunk Apollo 11 conspiracy theories. The GPU-maker reconstructs the lunar landing, bit by bit, and brings the truth to light with voxel-based global illumination.

 What’s going to sell better — the big ol’ iPhone 6, or the friggin’ huge iPhone 6 Plus? The data is really, REALLY early (the phone has only been on the shelves for about 18 hours at this point, after all) — ...

On a plus note--gays are still better than murderers, thieves or drug addicts! The post One of t.A.T.u’s Faux Lesbians Is A Real Life Ignorant, Raging Homophobe appeared first on Popdust.

theodp (442580) writes "Google's "flash-funding" of teachers' projects via DonorsChoose continues to draw kudos from grateful mayors of the nation's largest cities. The latest comes from Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto (fre...

We take a close look at the HU8550, which is the best flat-screen 4K/UHD TV Samsung makes this year. It also happens to be a better bargain. The post Not digging the curve? Samsung’s HU8550 4K/UHD TV is flatter, thinne...

A true adventure seeker does not have a panic attack, or so I thought until I had my first visit to the popular O.Noir Restaurant in Toronto. One of the most unique dining in the dark concepts in the world had me ready t...

After Home Depot's data breach, here are 5 ways to protect yourself

Former NBA player Rex Chapman was arrested today on nine counts of organized retail theft and five counts of trafficking stolen property after police discovered that he had stolen over $14,000 worth of merchandise from a...

The Baltimore Ravens knew almost immediately that running back Ray Rice had punched his fiancee in the face inside a casino elevator, but hid that information for months, according to an investigative report published Fr...

So ... this is very strange.

Even Super Mario couldn't keep up with these moves. Red Bull teamed up with freerunners Jason Paul and Team Farang to create an elaborate running course designed to look like an 8-bit video game landscape. Paul runs, jum...

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