Most Americans Think Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger Is Bad News
By David Ingram WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - A majority of Americans are skeptical about the proposed merger of Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc, and they are not convinced the U.S....
View ArticleObamacare Website Still Really Slow As Deadline Approaches
WASHINGTON (AP) — If you're waiting until the last minute to sign up for coverage under President Barack Obama's health care law, a little extra patience might come in handy. HealthCare.gov, the online...
View ArticleMajority Of Americans Not Happy About Possible Comcast-Time Warner Merger
By David Ingram WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - A majority of Americans are skeptical about the proposed merger of Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc, and they are not convinced the U.S....
View ArticleSoyuz Engine Problem Delays Astronauts' Arrival At International Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) — An engine snag has delayed the arrival of a Russian spacecraft carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station until Thursday. A rocket carrying Russians Alexander Skvortsov...
View ArticleA Dizzying 3D Street Art Project Devoted To Space Invaders
If you love Space Invaders -- that gem of an arcade game created by Tomohiro Nishikado in the late 1970s that turned pixelated aliens into a staple of pop culture history -- then prepare to be wowed....
View ArticleMost Uninsured Americans Don't Know About Upcoming Obamacare Deadline
Provided by Kaiser Health News: With less than a week left until insurers stop accepting new customers through the health care marketplaces, a poll released Wednesday finds that half of the people...
View ArticleFirst Asteroid Ring System Observed Between Orbits Of Saturn & Uranus (VIDEO)
Astronomers have discovered rings around an asteroid-like body whose orbit is between those of Saturn and Uranus. At just 250 kilometres across, Chariklo is the smallest body so far found to have...
View Article3D Printed Skull Saves Young Woman's Life (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
3D printing has been touted for its ability to whip up delicious sweets, clothing, musical instruments and even cars. But as you can see in the somewhat gruesome video below, it can also save lives. A...
View ArticleTo Land a Job, Know How Employers Use Technology to Hire
Effective job search strategies began changing in the mid-1990s with the appearance of the Internet. In the last few years, the widespread use of search engines and the growth of social media have...
View ArticleYik Yak App Makers Do the Right Thing
When I wrote about Yik Yak recently, this new social app was making headlines for being used inappropriately, and dangerously, by high school students across the country. Incidences of cyberbullying...
View ArticleBills Banning Online Gambling Introduced In Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties introduced legislation in the House and Senate on Wednesday aimed at banning online gambling, setting the stage for an uncertain battle in Congress. The...
View Article200 Girls Learning How to Code in One of the Oldest Indian Cities in the World
Over the past few years, Iridescent has been growing and I dont have as much contact with participants as I did before. I miss that fuel. But thankfully, every few weeks, some stories of people come...
View ArticleHula, The STD App, Managed To Offend All Of Hawaii
It’s a good time to be an awkward spring breaker. After all, there’s an app that helps you get laid in any situation. There’s Grindr for gay hook-ups, Tinder for straights, 3ndr for threesomes, and...
View ArticleNYT CEO: We Have to Get Back to Ad Growth
The New York Times must halt its digital advertising decline as a priority, says CEO Mark Thompson, even as he launches another paid digital service. Advertising, which historically has only ever grown...
View ArticleGoPro Over A Waterfall With Dane Jackson As He Kayaks Down Mexico's La Tomata
If "going over a waterfall" is on your bucket list but you don't want to get wet, here's the next best thing. Kayaker Dane Jackson went over the 60-foot La Tomata waterfall in Veracruz, Mexico, and the...
View ArticleIBM's Watson And The Human Genome
One of the great scientific triumphs of our time has been mapping the human genome. Completed in 2003, the Human Genome Project identified and mapped all 20,500 genes that control human development and...
View ArticleTim Armstrong: AOL Launches "ONE," an Automated Ad Platform for Brands and...
SAN FRANCISCO - AOL announced today the creation of ONE, a platform for both buyers and sellers of digital media to transact. We sat down with AOL CEO Tim Armstrong after he presented the news as a...
View ArticleHow A Government Computer Glitch Forced Thousands Of Families To Go Hungry
Camilla Lewis and her son, Jamarri, did not receive food stamp payments for three months. (Photo: Gerry Smith/Huffington Post) WAKE FOREST, N.C. -- Janette Simon has four chicken legs and five kids to...
View ArticleDog Dials 911 On Owner's Smartphone
BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — When emergency dispatchers in Nebraska's Sarpy County picked up a recent call, all they heard were the sounds of breathing and scratching. Dispatchers were worried — until they...
View Article17 Fixes To Common Internet Problems We All Know And Hate
If you're reading this, it means some part of you enjoys surfing the Internet. Maybe you even enjoy spending an enormous percentage of your day doing it. But are you doing it correctly? Is your web...
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