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Halo 5 Xbox One Screenshots
Forbes - 28 Jul 2013 17:00
Screenshots from the upcoming 'Halo 5' debuted at E3 2013.
How Many Calories In That Starbucks Frappuccino?
Forbes - 28 Jul 2013 23:39
Starbucks will start posting calorie counts on its menus nationwide on June 25, 2013. Here, we give you a heads up on the nutritional values of your favorite drinks and snacks at the coffee giant.
Teenage Sloths are the New Millennials
Mashable - 28 Jul 2013 23:27
Teen sloths these days! They're lazy, narcissistic, constantly on their smartphones and they all still live with their parents. SEE ALSO: More Sunday Comics In this Sunday comic, Maria Scrivan imagines sloths embodying t...
Google engineer blasts domestic spying after receiving NSA award
The Verge - 28 Jul 2013 22:39
Google engineer Joseph Bonneau is the first person to be awarded the NSA's "Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper" award for his paper "The Science of Guessing," which analyzed over 70 million user passwords in an effort t...
Variety Comics to Watch on Hand at Just for Laughs Fest
Variety - 28 Jul 2013 23:57
Seven of Variety's 10 Comics to Watch were on hand for the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal.
'Jobs' Movie Unveils Multimedia-Heavy Website
Mashable - 28 Jul 2013 23:56
The team behind the forthcoming Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher is taking promotional tactics to the next level. Along with an already intense social-media hype strategy, the official website for Jobs is now up...
Will A Few Cups Of Coffee A Day Keep The Blues Away?
Forbes - 28 Jul 2013 23:39Twitter comes under fire for what critics say is a lack of response to rape threats
GigaOM - 28 Jul 2013 00:54
A woman in Britain who says she received hundreds of rape threats an hour on Twitter has criticized the service for not making it easier to take action against such abuse, and supporters have started a petition and are o...
Then and now: Photographing the Bay Bridge
DP Review - 28 Jul 2013 01:28
Peter Stackpole was just 21 when he brought his Leica A to the top of the still-under-construction San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. It was 1934, and Stackpole had no official authorization to capture images that would e...
Civic hacker honored by White House, other news
Miami Herald - 28 Jul 2013 06:00
When you speak at the White House at age 22, what do you do for an encore?
Opportunity rover Days Away from Mars Mountain Quest
Universe Today - 28 Jul 2013 05:08
Exactly a decade after blasting off for the Red Planet and discovering a wide swath of water altered rocks and minerals in the ensuing years by exploring countless craters large and small, NASA's intrepid Opportunity rov...
Architizer Relaunches To Connect Architects With Other Architects, And Brands, And Clients Too!
TechCrunch - 28 Jul 2013 23:29
For 100 years or more, architects have relied on a massive catalog sitting on their desk to find the right products to use in their architectural project -- this brand of glass, or that brand of toilet. That catalog had ...
Shuttle Launch Captured in Amazing High Def by Cameras on the Rocket Boosters
PetaPixel - 28 Jul 2013 23:21
Categories: Finds Tags: highdefinitionlaunchrocketboostershuttlelaunchspaceshuttle When the Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on June 8th, 2011 it marked the end of NASA's Space Shuttle Program. The video above harkens bac...
Three largest Canadian carriers lobby to keep Verizon out
The Verge - 28 Jul 2013 07:58
For nearly a century, Canadian wireless has been dominated by three companies: Bell, Rogers and Telus. But lately, rumors have been circulating that Verizon may try to make a move into the country, busting up the so-call...
Virus tricks man into turning himself in for child porn
The Verge - 28 Jul 2013 05:17
Jay Matthew Riley, who turned himself in for child porn. A 21-year-old Virginia man was browsing the internet when he saw a pop-up that likely filled him with dread. "FBI warning," the message read, informing him that ch...
Michael Dell plans to stay with company if his buyout bid fails
CNET - 28 Jul 2013 23:48
Dell's chief executive tells the Wall Street Journal he would not support an asset sale or leveraged recapitalization.
Chromecast Review: Long-Term Potential, Some Short-Term Pain
Forbes - 28 Jul 2013 23:38Arrest made after online threats to UK campaigner
NBC News - 28 Jul 2013 23:29
British police on Sunday arrested a man in connection with online threats made toward a feminist campaigner, a case which has ignited calls for social media platforms to institute stronger protections against verbal abus...
Should You Take a Break From Social Media on Your Vacation?
Mashable - 28 Jul 2013 23:02
Before social media, smartphones and tablets, going on vacation meant taking a hiatus from just about everything -- no breaking news, no email and no updates from friends. If you really wanted to let loved ones know how ...
Apple Distributing Free iBooks to Employees Ahead of Mavericks and iOS 7 Launch
Mac Rumors - 28 Jul 2013 23:01
During quarterly retail meetings that took place today, Apple announced a new 'iBooks Discovery' initiative that will see Apple Store employees provided with free iBooks beginning next week in order to prepare the retail...
Should I call back debt collectors who had the wrong number?
Life Hacker - 28 Jul 2013 23:00
Should I call back debt collectors who had the wrong number? What are some good password managers other than LastPass or Dashlane? Is there a way I can get the "FREE" HTC one from AT&T and then flash it to become the sam...
An RC Car That Runs On Water Is A Positively Charged Step
Gizmodo - 28 Jul 2013 15:36
People have been talking about running cars on water for years, but it's a slow march from science fiction to reality. Even on a small scale, development is difficult. But the i-H2GO is the second revision of an all-wate...