Awesome NASA Animation Shows Neutron Stars Ripping Each Other Apart (VIDEO)
Unless you're very, very unlucky, you're never going to bump up against a black hole. But a new animation from NASA gives a spectacular, close-up look at a black hole forming from the collision of two...
View ArticleFCC Votes For Plan To Kill Net Neutrality
(Reuters) - U.S. telecommunications regulators on Thursday formally proposed new "net neutrality" rules that may let Internet service providers charge content companies for faster and more reliable...
View ArticleThe Right to Rewrite Your Personal History
On May 13, the European Union Court of Justice (ECJ) rained on Google's anti-privacy parade by ruling that people (in Europe only) can ask the search engine company to delete sensitive information from...
View ArticleFor-Profit University's Super PACs Could Tap Into Tech Industry Wealth
By Dave Levinthal, Center for Public Integrity A for-profit university bankrolled by prominent tech firms and co-founded by futurist Ray Kurzweil is behind four separate super PACs formed this week,...
View ArticleWhat Will They 3D Print Next? Inside My Trip to Local Motors
Last week, I flew my Cirrus to visit Jay Rogers and his team at Local Motors in Phoenix. Jay showed me their plans to 3D print an entire car in just one day at the Int'l Manufacturing & Technology...
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This Is What Happens When Your Friends Love You, But Love Photoshop More
With friends like these, who needs to take a selfie? For the last few years, Cody Kaucic and Donovan Scherer have been including their best friend Mark in their Photoshop exploits (whether he wanted to...
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OKComrade Is Exactly What You Think It Is
If you're striking out in the online dating circuit and find yourself asking where all the cute, available communists go to find love, you're finally in luck. OKComrade, a new dating platform which...
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Protesters Blast Feds At Net Neutrality Hearing (VIDEO)
At least three protesters were escorted out of Thursday's Federal Communications Commission meeting on proposed Net Neutrality rules before the hearing even began. "You're trying to destroy First...
View ArticleThe Dark Web and the Power of Anonymity
Have you heard of the Dark Web? What about the Darknet or TOR? If not, this is the growing, underground web that you will be learning a lot more about in the near future. We all use the web routinely...
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The United Church Of Christ And Net Neutrality: Why The UCC Is Fighting For A...
Freedom is an issue of justice, in both the real and virtual worlds. That's why the United Church of Christ ralllied outside the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), ahead of the vote on new net...
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Tips to Drown Out the Twitter Noise
Folks, this has become a big issue on Twitter -- how do you get to the real good stuff on your Twitter feed? Where are the tweets from your community? And how do you make an effort to use Twitter most...
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Why the Internet Makes Us Monsters
For anyone who's ever created content or been profiled online, you are likely acutely aware of what I like to refer to as the Mean Girls section: the comments. When offered a wifi connection and a...
View ArticleCyberphysical Democracy: Online Platforms and Offline Action
"The more digital the world becomes, the more appetite people have for real things." (Alan Rusbriger of The Guardian, NY Times Magazine interview, March 7, 2014) New platforms for civic engagement are...
View ArticleWould You Read A 'Cell Phone Novel'?
By Danny O. Snow for IndieReader Five of the top ten bestsellers of 2007 in Japan were "cell phone novels." At the time, "Keitai Shousetsu" were a new literary form, each a series of short "chapters"...
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Anatomy Of 'Godzilla' Infographic Shows What's Inside The Beast
"Godzilla" hits theaters Friday, May 16, and artist Rachel Ignotofsky has finally figured out exactly what's inside this monstrous beast. Made for Fandango, Ignotofsky's infographic deconstructs...
View ArticleNet Neutrality Advocates Cheer Progress From FCC -- But They Don't Know If...
Net neutrality advocates think they're pushing the Federal Communications Commission in the right direction after the commission voted on Thursday to kick off a long comment period on an open Internet...
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Bluetooth Gadgets: Cut Those Wires!
I've often scratched my head in wonderment about how many iPhone' users I see walking around tethered--tied down--to their little demons. Do iPhone' aficionados just prefer their wired ear buds? Does...
View ArticleHow Wearable Tech Is Changing Exercise Research
By: Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer Published: 05/16/2014 10:29 AM EDT on LiveScience The technology in fitness trackers is changing the way researchers study exercise, allowing them to gather much more...
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'The Boyfriend Log' App Will Tell You When Your Relationship Is Working --...
When the bad days outnumber the good ones in a romantic relationship, it's time to think about a change. The Boyfriend Log, a new app from Dream It Green, LLC., allows users to track how they feel in...
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Snapchat Isn't Standing Up For Your Privacy: Report
Snapchat promises to make your photos, videos and messages disappear. It doesn't, however, do enough to make the government disappear, according to a new report. The popular photo messaging startup was...
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