#AlexFromTarget Goes On 'Ellen,' Proves He Is Even Better In Real Life
Unless you've been living under a rock without WiFi for the past couple of days, then you know about #AlexFromTarget -- the teen who scanned items and stole the hearts of fangirls everywhere. "The...
View ArticleMichael Bloomberg Urges Employees To Display ID Badges So He Can Learn Their...
NEW YORK -- Michael Bloomberg began showing up again at his namesake financial data and media company earlier this year, just weeks after wrapping up three terms as New York City’s mayor. He has since...
View ArticleThe A-Z Of Slang Will Help You Avoid FOMO, Turn Up, And Impress Your Bae
Between "basic b-tch" and "normcore" and "can't even," keeping track of the words the kids are using can be hard. This video by i-D Magazine, wants to make things easier for you. In their words,...
View ArticleDenmark's Smart Lighting Lab Offers A Glimpse At The Streetlights Of The Future
At the Danish Outdoor Lighting Lab, or DOLL for short, the streetlights are anything but ordinary. From brightening when cars and people pass to turning on and off with an iPad, these lights promise to...
View ArticleFeds Arrest Alleged Silk Road 2.0 Operator Blake Benthall
WASHINGTON -- Federal authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of Blake Benthall, the man they say was behind the website Silk Road 2.0, which allowed users to buy and sell drugs online. The...
View Article7 Ways Data Currently Being Collected About You Could Hurt Your Career or...
Your data is telling a story about you. Maybe the story's a good one: you vote at every election, you pay your bills on time, you do your job well and get to work on time each day. But there are now so...
View ArticleFive Career Strategies for Women in Tech
It seems as if every day someone in my network is sending me an article about challenges facing women in technology. If I had to summarize all the articles into a six word story, it might read, "75...
View ArticleCyber Retaliation: A Byte for a Byte?
Co-authored by Dr. Stephen Bryen, Founder & CTO Ziklag Systems The Pentagon has Plan X --a scheme to retaliate against cyber attacks. No one knows what the warfare rules are for Plan X, but the...
View ArticleThere Was A Time When Water Beds Were Considered Sexy And We're Revisiting It
If you're of a certain age, you probably remember water beds. Perhaps your parents owned one when you were a kid and you have vague, nausea-inducing memories of being lulled to sleep on a huge mattress...
View Article(VIDEO) Wall Street Journal & BBC News Using TouchCast Interactive Video
TouchCast, the interactive video platform co-founded by former TechCrunch editor Erick Schonfeld, has been gaining traction in use by the BBC. Now it is announcing The Wall Street Journal will also use...
View ArticleiOS Experts Worried By Fake App Store's Malware
Apple's iOS devices have generally been relatively safe from malware threats in the past. But you might want to watch what you plug your iPhone into from now on: New reports say a malicious software...
View ArticleChoosing China Patterns With Tim Cook
When I heard that Apple CEO Tim Cook came out, my first thought was, "Is he single?" I'd like to set I'm him up with my friend Sean. Tim's perfect. He's obviously brave; but look behind the silver fox....
View ArticleThe Rise of Online News Has Not Been the Death of Quality Reporting
I love reading the newspaper. By which I mean the black-and-white, often-messy, use-two-hands, used-to-be-a-tree paper item that is delivered to front doors in increasingly few numbers. The paper...
View ArticleWhatsApp Now Tells You When Someone Has Read Your Message
Just a month after Facebook officially acquired WhatsApp, the messaging app is adding one of Facebook Messenger's most annoying features: read receipts. WhatsApp, which boasts over 600 million monthly...
View ArticleSave, Scale, Secure: Why Small Businesses Should Take to the Cloud
The internet has changed all aspects of our lives. From how we bank, get around, or communicate with friends, or even -- as I hear -- date. From a business perspective, however, it has radically...
View ArticleAmericans Twice As Likely To Express Religion In Person Than Online: Report
Americans use social media and the Internet for nearly everything, including their faith, and a newly released Pew Research Center report reveals just how many are sharing their religious beliefs...
View ArticleAmazon's Latest Effort To Get You Shopping Is This Speaker
Amazon wants to make it as easy as possible for you to buy every single thing it sells, from diapers to groceries to streaming movies. The company's latest effort to get you shopping comes in the form...
View ArticleProducing a Gay Web Series: Dos and Don'ts
I used to say, "Every actor should produce his own Web series." I don't say that anymore, as it now seems almost every actor in Los Angeles is! But if you're an actor or writer with a gay story, the...
View ArticleTaylor Swift Explains Why She Pulled Her Music From Spotify
On Monday, Taylor Swift removed her back catalog of music from Spotify. On Thursday, Swift explained why in an interview with Yahoo! Music: "All I can say is that music is changing so quickly, and the...
View ArticleAlbany Football Player Charged With Making Threats Over Yik Yak
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a University at Albany football player has been suspended from the team after he was charged with making a threat against the college using the social media...
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