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The enduring myth of the hacker boy-band

@ 2017/05/09 read/post comments(0)

Last week, Wired magazine published a sprawling feature on a group of young hackers the magazine claimed would "make us or break us" with their "exceptional talent." The article fawningly profiled each member of a group of Northeastern University col... Go To Full Article

Let's hope this isn't Amazon's touchscreen Echo

@ 2017/05/09 read/post comments(0)

Rumor has it Amazon is about to introduce a touchscreen version of its Echo speaker. Bloomberg was the first to report about this last November, although no images of the purported device were shared back then. But today, thanks to… Go To Full Article

Turkish court backs censorship of Wikipedia

@ 2017/05/09 read/post comments(0)

When Turkey blocked Wikipedia last week, its co-founder Jimmy Wales promised to push for a judicial review of the online censorship. Today, however, Ankara's 1st Criminal Court of Peace rejected Wikimedia Foundation's appeal, saying that popular crow... Go To Full Article

India is cracking down on dissidence posted to WhatsApp

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India's hardline stance against spreading misinformation on social media is getting real. An administrator of a WhatsApp group has been arrested following accusations that he altered a photo of prime minister Narendra Modi "to look ugly and obscene,"... Go To Full Article

Google Photo's Mother's Day video tool is no substitute for a card

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Google often likes to dip its toes into holidays and notable days to remind everyone what its apps can do (and could you use them, please?), and it's recently added a special Mother's Day assistant to its Photos app. Given… Go To Full Article

Microsoft is hosting a Surface event in Shanghai on May 23rd

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The Surface Laptop isn't the only new piece of hardware Microsoft has coming up. The company sent out invites last night for an event in Shanghai on May 23rd, where it will "show the world what's next." That's pretty cryptic,… Go To Full Article

Gigabyte teases Aorus M.2 Thermal Guard before Computex

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This year's Computex is close, and everyone's already tossing out tidbits of what they'll be bringing to the trade show. Gigabyte will assuredly be there with a bounty of RGB LED-encrusted hardware, though today's highlight is that it's jumping on… Go To Full Article

Twitch is launching a new live show about sneaker culture

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Now that Twitch is helping its community of streamers grow into professional broadcasters and expanding into original content, the popular social video platform is also ready to move beyond the gaming world and flip the switch on some new, regularly... Go To Full Article

Most American households have abandoned their landlines

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A US Health Department study has confirmed that most US citizens have completely stopped using landline phones -- shocking no-one. In a report released today, the government revealed that 50.8 percent of American households are now cellphone-only, wi... Go To Full Article

Facebook topics could be the antidote to news echo chambers

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Facebook, like Twitter, can often serve as a personal echo chamber. Users add people they have things in common with, while following and Liking pages that they perceive to be trustworthy. As the debate around fake news continues, the social… Go To Full Article

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