Twitch Insists Gamers Keep Their Clothes On
Popular game streaming site Twitch.tv is asking its onscreen personalities to start buttoning up or begin shipping out. The site updated its rules of conduct on Monday to more explicitly reflect its...
View ArticleMichael Bloomberg Used MS Paint To Make Bill Gates' Birthday Card
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire chief executive of Bloomberg LLC and former New York City mayor, commemorated the richest man in the world's birthday using one of the cheapest tools he ever created...
View ArticleHashtag Blessed I Didn't Have Twitter Growing Up
I got a notification this weekend that a 13-year-old is following me on Twitter. I'm honored, but also a little surprised. My first thought was: "Isn't 13 like 6th grade? What does one even do in 6th...
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How Googlebot Ticks: Optimizing Your Website Content
To many, Google is an absolute wonder. They have the infrastructure and the man-power necessary to build a highly advanced algorithm to regularly scour the web, indexing and understanding the content...
View ArticleWhy There Are No Good Apps for Etiquette and Education
During a recent family get-together, my sister-in-law who teaches high school chemistry rightly called me out for being digitally distracted. It was a forward head tilt that gave me away. Most of us...
View ArticleThe Device That Could Help Keep Former Inmates Out Of Jail For Good
More than 100 inmates in San Francisco’s jail are now in possession of computer tablets as part of a two-year pilot program allowing them to study using the same technology as students’ outside the...
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Antares Rocket Explodes Shortly After Lift-Off From Virginia Launch Site
An unmanned Antares rocket exploded six seconds after liftoff from NASA’s Wallops Island launch facility in Virginia late this evening. The cause of the accident wasn’t immediately known, NASA mission...
View ArticleSuspicious Activity Detected On White House Computer Network
WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Suspicious cyber activity has been detected on the computer network used by the White House and measures have been taken to address it, a White House official disclosed...
View ArticleIn the Arab World, Social Media Makes a Societal Impact
The Technology industry has been growing by leaps and bounds in the past few years, and it does not simply involve mobiles, tablets, laptops and other devices. Equally important, and perhaps less...
View ArticleAnita Sarkeesian Explains The Truth About Gamergate To Stephen Colbert In...
If you're confused about Gamergate, media critic and feminist blogger Anita Sarkeesian just simplified the controversy in less than five minutes. Sarkeesian spoke with Stephen Colbert on "The Colbert...
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Peter Singer: 'We Need To Be More Cautious With Our Caution'
Peter Singer is the world’s most prominent and controversial moral philosopher. He talked with Lars Mensel and Max Tholl about techno-skepticism, trash TV, and why our becoming less human might...
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Nintendo Is Developing A Sleep-Tracking Device
Nintendo announced Thursday it is developing a new device that will track people's fatigue levels and "map their sleep" without making physical contact with them. The device, which has yet to be named,...
View ArticleWhat's Expiring On Netflix In November 2014?
November is bringing some great new titles to Netflix. But unfortunately, that means we also have to say goodbye to some of our favorite movies and TV shows currently on the site. With only a couple...
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Let These Colorful Looped Illustrations Wash Over You, Control Your Mind
Somewhere between the textured artistry of a painting and the hypnotic powers of an animated GIF comes this series of looping illustrations by Nashville-based artist Drew Tyndell. Each block of color...
View ArticleiCukoo Alarm Clock App Has You Donating To Charity Every Time You Hit Snooze
You snooze you lose? Not exactly. Last week, developers released iCukoo, a U.K.-based free iPhone alarm clock app that allows users to donate money to one of five charities every time they hit the...
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The Fascinating Psychology Behind Free-To-Play Mobile App Games
If you've ever played a free-to-play game like Candy Crush, Plants vs Zombies 2 or Clash of Clans and defied the "free" part by parting with your cash, don't be ashamed. I've never met anyone who...
View ArticleMiddle East Relationships, Explained Through An Interactive Map
Trying to understand the complexities of Middle East politics can seem like an impenetrable task and the tangled and changing relations between governments and groups in the region are a common subject...
View ArticleIntroducing Checky, The App That Quantifies How Often You Look At Your Phone...
Interested in knowing just how many times you check your phone per day? There's an app for that. Checky not only shows you a numerical figure of how many occasions you glanced at your phone, but it...
View ArticleGoogle Adds $250 Million to Its Illicit Drug Marketing Tab
Google is a wealthy company with very deep pockets, and it's digging deep into them again right now to try to make an embarrassing situation go away. It's about to write another big check, this time...
View Article'Halo 2: Anniversary' Full-Length Trailer Released
We’ve finally been given a full look into the visual remastering of "Halo." Microsoft is re-releasing and remastering the Xbox first-person shooter game series under the title “Halo: The Master Chief...
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