'Monopolies Are Great Companies. Super Competitive Ones Are Not,' Says PayPal...
Peter Thiel, an entrepreneur and investor, co-founded PayPal and the data analytics firm Palantir Technologies. He made the first outside Facebook investment and funded companies such as SpaceX and...
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Jason Reitman Got Adam Sandler To Play A Sad, Horny Dad In 'Men, Women &...
On Sept. 4, 2013, as Jason Reitman was about to debut "Labor Day" at the Toronto International Film Festival, news broke that Reitman had cast Adam Sandler, Jennifer Garner and Rosemarie DeWitt in...
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Researchers say your Mobile Carrier's Network isn't all that Secure
Gee, even the tools that update your smartphone’s operating system over the air have holes that hackers can slip into. It’s estimated that as many as two billion handsets are vulnerable, and in some...
View ArticleBrands Make Lousy Lovers
What brand doesn't belong on this list? Amazon, Uber, Yelp, Hillary. It's a trick question. They all belong. In recent days, they've all been making it harder for their fans to love them. I loved...
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Grindr, OkCupid Are Failing To Take This Basic Security Measure, Researchers Say
Top social and dating apps, including Instagram, OkCupid, GroupMe, and Grindr, could give hackers access to what users think are private messages, according to research from the University of New...
View ArticleHome Depot Confirms Hack; Cyber Attack Could Affect Customer Credit Cards
NEW YORK (AP) — Home Depot confirmed on Monday that its payment systems have been hacked in a data breach that could affect millions of shoppers who used credit and debit cards at its more than 2,000...
View ArticleTinder Settles Lawsuit Over 'Horrendously Sexist' Allegations
Dating app Tinder has settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with Whitney Wolfe, the company's former vice president for marketing. In the lawsuit, filed on June 30, Wolfe alleges that co-founders Justin...
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How to Secure Your iCloud
By now you’ve heard that Jennifer Lawrence’s (and other celebs’) cellphone nude pictures were leaked out, but how in the heck did the hacker pull this off? Tech experts believe it was through the “Find...
View ArticleA Pointless Anti-Porn Rider Is Congress' Latest Obsession
WASHINGTON -- Congress was on the verge of another big mess in early March of 2013. After months of posturing and negotiating, a self-inflicted shutdown seemed all too probable, with funding for the...
View ArticleNothing Stops Serena Williams Because She Doesn't Let Anything Get In Her Way
When we see Serena Williams dominating on the tennis court, it's easy to forget the obstacles she overcame to get there. "Nothing Stops Serena," a new advertisement for wireless headphones from Beats...
View ArticleHow An Apple Gadget Could Actually Make Us Less Lonely
Technology is often painted as an isolating inhibitor to real human connection. But one of the most notable features of the Apple Watch, released with fanfare on Tuesday, may have the opposite effect....
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Authoring the Future
Co-Founder of Authorea, Alberto Pepe Authorea is a web-native platform for writing technical documents collaboratively. Every document you create becomes a beautiful web-page which you can choose to...
View ArticleApple Just Took Sexting To A Whole New Place
For the low, low price of $349 you can now take sexting to a whole new level. You can thank the geniuses at Apple for this. On Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook stepped out in front of a huge audience in...
View ArticleThe Apple Watch Needs To Be Cool -- More Than It Needs To Make Money
CUPERTINO, CALIF. -- Apple needs you to think its new Watch is cool. But it doesn't actually need you to buy one. The tech giant spent years developing Apple Watch, the wrist-worn computer that it...
View Articler/TheFappening Founder Speaks Out: 'I'm Not a Bad Person'
In a discussion with our What's Trending writer Lon Harris, the once anonymous man behind r/TheFappening, John Meneses, reveals himself. The controversial sub-Reddit brought in an estimated 250 million...
View Article'Harry Potter' Tops Facebook's '10 Books That Stayed With You' Meme And No...
If you’re a reader and have Facebook friend who are readers, you’ve likely seen or even participated in the “10 books that have stayed with you” meme that’s been circulating recently. A prompt for...
View ArticleSnapchat Conveniently Announces Legal Settlement During iPhone 6 Launch
After vehemently denying a legal claim to the contrary for more than a year, Snapchat's two founders have admitted that they did not come up with the idea for the company on their own. Snapchat...
View ArticleWill My Passion for iPhone Prevail? A Personal Memoir
This is one of the biggest decisions I have ever had to make: to keep my iPhone or to move to Samsung, LG or another Android-based provider. After years of being a faithful iPhone user, I finally had...
View ArticleThe Luxury of Inconvenience: Consumerism in the Age of "Time is Money"
City-dwelling is many things: inspiring, vibrant, anxiety-inducing and -- sometimes most importantly -- convenient. You want groceries delivered to your door? There's an app for that. You need a car to...
View ArticleThe One Thing Every Woman Should Do To Save the Internet As We Know It
The FCC's current attempt to eviscerate Net Neutrality is a direct threat to our work and could have disastrous consequences for women and girls. With the public comment deadline looming, and a final...
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