A Beginner's Guide to App Permissions
By David Tiegen Since Edward Snowden's leaks, everyone has reason to think their privacy has been taken by the NSA. The National Surveillance Agency approached large tech companies, including Google...
View ArticleUber Offering Gay Marriages In San Francisco This Weekend
Uber seems to be delivering everything these days -- and now they're even offering something for all of you gays looking to get hitched. For one day only, June 28, queers in San Francisco can request a...
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These Are The Colleges With The Faster Internet Speeds (INFOGRAPHIC)
Turns out that money doesn't buy everything, or at least not Internet speed. Colleges and universities with the biggest endowments do not have the fastest Internet, according to an analysis conducted...
View ArticleYou Will Enjoy This Video To A Reasonable Extent & Find Its Point Of View...
Please watch this video wherein Glove and Boots make some interesting points about clickbait headlines. We'll just be over here, not making your day, changing your life or blowing your mind in any way....
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Using 3D Printing And Design To Change The Way We Look At Disability
The technology involved in creating artificial limbs has come a long way in the last few decades. We have now witnessed a paralyzed man kick a soccer ball at the opening ceremonies of the World Cup,...
View ArticleSmartphones, Smart Ruling
Technology changes everything, including the influence of Supreme Court precedents. One of the most durable legal doctrines is stare decisis, the idea that courts should follow legal precedents in the...
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This Will Make You Long For Your 1990s Cell Phone
Do you remember when "app" was short for nothing except "appetizer" and phones were things you made calls on? We do, and this jokey graphic from comedy site Kind Of Normal suddenly has us pining for...
View ArticleWATCH: A Shark-Deterrent Wetsuit (And It's Not What You Think)
Ocean swimmer Hamish Jolly wished there was a wetsuit that could keep sharks at bay -- so he invented one. Find out how he did it, and how you could apply the same techniques to create an innovation of...
View Article5 Apps To Help Change The World
Forget about Angry Birds and Yo. These apps aim to educate and empower -- and are the newest tactic for tech-savvy activists.
View ArticleThere's Nothing Left To Be Afraid Of
Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post. I must surely have a unique perspective on the subject of being eaten alive because, well, I have been. I lost my right arm from my elbow down...
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Blimp Buzzes NSA Data Center In Anti-Surveillance Protest
Anti-surveillance groups flew over the NSA's massive Utah data center in a blimp on Friday in a dramatic protest against government surveillance. Greenpeace, the digital rights group Electronic...
View ArticleNew NSA 'Transparency Report' Raises More Questions Than It Answers
For years, big Internet companies like Twitter have released "transparency reports" to show users how often the government asks for their data. Now the National Security Agency is getting in on the...
View ArticleSharks, Galapagos and a Peaceful Coexistence
Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post. As an ocean scientist, undoubtedly, the most frequent question I am asked is about sharks. Is it safe to go into the ocean? Based on how sharks...
View ArticleLearners at the Center of a Networked World
Technology is an essential element of our everyday lives. It empowers individuals with more information, more options and more customized experiences, at home and everywhere else. Technology has...
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Things Get Super-Awkward When CNBC Discusses Whether Tim Cook Is Gay
America's most testosterone-fueled news channel just had itself a little chat about gay CEOs. It went about as smoothly as you might expect. New York Times columnist Jim Stewart was on CNBC Friday...
View ArticleIs YouTube's Fan Funding a Threat to Crowdfunding Services?
By Noah J. Nelson (@noahjnelson) YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki told the crowd at the annual VidCon gathering of online video fans and creators something they wanted to hear yesterday: that the 800-pound...
View ArticleResearch Scientist Ved Chirayath Organizes NASA's First Official Gay Pride...
San Francisco's LGBT Pride parade will welcome astronauts and other NASA employees among its many revelers this year. Ved Chirayath, who is currently enrolled at Stanford University in an aeronautics...
View ArticleAereo Goes Dark After Major Supreme Court Loss
On Saturday, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia announced that his company would "pause our operations temporarily" after a Supreme Court decision struck a major blow to its business model. The 2-year-old startup...
View ArticleFighter Jet's Landing Gear Fails, So Pilot Lands Vertically On A Stool, On A...
On a wing and a prayer. Oh, and a stool -- don't forget the stool! Capt. William Mahoney made use of each on June 7, after the front landing gear on his AV-8B Harrier jet failed shortly after take off...
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Fleshlight Launchpad Lets You Have Sex With Your iPad (NSFW VIDEO)
Ever get the sense we're getting too attached to technology? Masturbatory aid purveyor Fleshlight has released the Launchpad, an iPad case that allows a man to attach his Fleshlight directly to an...
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