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Someone Beat 'Super Mario Bros' In Under 5 Minutes
A video gamer who goes by "Blubbler" online just set a new world record for beating 1985's "Super Mario Bros." -- aka the original "Mario" game -- by completing it in 4 minutes and 57.69 seconds. That...
View ArticleNASA Mars 'Flying Saucer' Returns To Earth
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A saucer-shaped NASA vehicle launched by balloon high into Earth's atmosphere splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, completing a mostly successful test on Saturday of...
View ArticleThis World Cup Game Was The Biggest Moment In Twitter History
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's victory over Chile in an agonizing penalty shootout that sent the hosts into the World Cup quarter-finals was more frantically tweeted than the Super Bowl, the social...
View ArticleFacebook Tinkered With Users' Feeds For A Massive Psychology Experiment
Scientists at Facebook have published a paper showing that they manipulated the content seen by more than 600,000 users in an attempt to determine whether this would affect their emotional state.
View ArticleYou May Have Been A Lab Rat In A Huge Facebook Experiment
A newly published paper reveals that scientists at Facebook conducted a massive psychological experiment on hundreds of thousands of users by tweaking their feeds and measuring how they felt afterward....
View ArticleWhat's New On Netflix In July?
While it feels like June has only just begun, we are in the final hours of the summer month. Some of us may not be ready for July, but there is one thing we can all agree is great news: the beginning...
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Improving Healthcare and Reducing Cost Through Clinical Data Analytics
Jim needs to have his knee replaced. He is a 52-year-old former long-distance runner who has recently picked up on CrossFit and often wears a Fitbit. To schedule the surgery, he goes online and...
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KLM Under Fire For Offensive World Cup Tweet
Dutch airline KLM made a big social media no-no when it tweeted an image celebrating the Netherlands' World Cup win. Minutes after the Dutch team beat Mexico, the airline posted the following: The...
View ArticleJudge Judy Finds Out What Grindr Is And Keeps It Real
Judge Judy may not have known about Grindr until recently, but she totally gets it. On Monday's episode of "Judge Judy," Judge Judith Sheindlin presided over a case involving two men who met on gay...
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The American Way: STEM Education
As the U.S. soccer team advances out of the "Group of Death" in the 2014 World Cup, I couldn't help but think of the quote before competition started from the U.S. soccer coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who...
View ArticleSuper-Rich Guy To 'Zillionaires': Back $15 Minimum Wage Or Prepare For...
A Seattle millionaire is urging his super-rich peers to support a $15 minimum wage or face the possibility of a devastating populist revolt. In an essay published this week by Politico Magazine,...
View ArticleMiddle Schoolers Who Text A Lot Are More Likely To Have Sex IRL, Says Study
Middle school students who send hundreds of text messages a day are also engaging in more IRL sex than their disconnected peers, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Southern...
View ArticleObamacare Exchanges Facing Applicant Verification Issues, Watchdog Finds
(Adds statement from Obamacare administrator) By David Lawder WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuters) - Online insurance marketplaces created under President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law have struggled...
View ArticleLee Pace Likens His 'Halt And Catch Fire' Character To Patrick Bateman, But...
AMC’s newest series, “Halt and Catch Fire,” is not just a show about technology in the ‘80s, but one about the human desire to accomplish something monumental. Lee Pace, who you may recognize as...
View ArticleSupreme Court Justices Sometimes Do Agree: Your Privacy Matters
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justices found more common ground than usual this year, and nowhere was their unanimity more surprising than in a ruling that police must get a judge's approval before...
View Article#DrHobbyLobby Is The Funniest Twitter Response To The SCOTUS Ruling
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that closely-held corporations cannot be required to cover contraception for their employees if it conflicts with their religious beliefs -- and many people on Twitter...
View ArticleGoogle Buys Streaming Music Service Songza
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc has acquired streaming music service Songza, the Internet search company's latest move to play a bigger role in the fast-growing online music business. Google said...
View ArticleHow Today's Technology Is Rapidly Catching Up to Star Trek
In a distant part of the galaxy, 300 years in the future, Starship Enterprise Captain James T. Kirk talks to his crew via a communicator; has his medical officer assess medical conditions through a...
View ArticleAmazon's Best Books Of The Month: July 2014
Originally published on Amazon An intimate examination of a martial relationship in a dystopian society, a journalistic dive into Harper Lee's life, and a humorous take on family life from a celebrated...
View ArticleDell Laptop Explodes, Injuring 72-Year-Old Woman
A 72-year-old woman suffered minor injuries when her laptop exploded in front of her on Sunday afternoon. Loretta Luff, of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, was checking her email and playing Spider Solitaire...
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