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13 Quotes That Show Why Libertarian Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Is A Scary...
It isn't easy to pin-point exactly what Peter Thiel is most famous for. His interests range from the mundane (online payments) to the fringes of scientific thought (immortality and floating...
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An Alabama Doctor Walked Six Miles Through Snow In Order To Perform...
The only brain surgeon at Trinity Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala. ended up walking approximately six miles through snow in order to perform a life-saving brain surgery for a patient suffering a...
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Here's Why Microsoft Is Right To Pick Satya Nadella To Be CEO (MSFT)
Word is that Microsoft is about to announce that the guy heading up its cloud computing efforts, Satya Nadella, will be named Microsoft's new CEO.His appointment may even coincide with news that Bill...
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Yahoo Detected A Major Email Hack And Is Making Users Reset Their Passwords
Yahoo caught wind of an attempted, coordinated hack to gain access to its Yahoo Mail accounts and the company is prompting the owners of affected accounts to reset their passwords, according to the...
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REPORT: Box Has Secretly Filed For An IPO
The stock market brouhaha around cloud-based storage and collaboration is about to begin: Mark DeCambre at Quartz is reporting that Box has secretly filed for its initial public offering with the US...
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These Extreme Security Measures Are Meant To Put A ‘Ring Of Steel’ Around The...
With terrorists vowing to strike Sochi, security is the word on everyone's lips.Russia is trying its best to reassure the world. The chief organizer of the Sochi Olympics has recently bragged that the...
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Why Chinese Families Don't Say 'I Love You'
"I love you" might be one of the most important combinations of three words in the English language. It's the signal that a romantic relationship is serious, an indication of closeness for a sibling,...
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BITCOIN: How It Works, And Why It Could One Day Threaten Legacy Payments...
Bitcoin is most often discussed as a volatile digital currency, beloved by some, derided by others. But where Bitcoin's real value lies is as a payments technology that has the potential to...
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California Is Cracking Down On 'Coding Boot Camps'
California consumer watchdog tells popular computer coding boot camps to close pending reviewSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California consumer protection officials are threatening to close a group of computer...
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'You May Have A Storm, A Twister, And Even A 9-Richter-Scale Earthquake;...
Press freedom in Russia is notoriously poor, but in the run-up to the Olympics, censorship has become widespread and blatant, especially when it comes to Sochi, according to a recent report by the...
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Why Companies Are Ruining The Super Bowl By Releasing Their Ads So Early
The Super Bowl's commercial breaks were once a time of great anticipation. Not even a decade ago, Americans circled the television during breaks in the action, eager for the big reveal of a new pop...
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Libya Sues Goldman Over Massive $1 Billion Trading Loss
Libya's sovereign wealth fund is suing banking giant Goldman Sachs for "deliberately exploiting" its position to make $350 million profit on $1 billion worth of failed derivative trades, London's High...
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An Israeli Company Is Testing Flying Ambulance Drones
In a medical emergency, every second counts. That's why Israeli startup Urban Aeronautics is developing an unmanned flying ambulance called the "AirMule" that combines the in-and-out agility of a...
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Natural Gas Prices See Largest Single-Day Drop In Nearly Four Years
Earlier today we told you that many had their eyes on the EIA's natural gas inventories report. Well, at 230 billion cubic feet, the draw came in a bit short of expectations for 239 bcf.But it was...
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Philip K. Dick's Paranoid Science Fiction Has Largely Become Our Everyday...
Very few sci-fi authors have as colorful a story as Philip K. Dick.Not only was he tremendously prolific, churning out 44 novels and 121 short stories in his lifetime — he died in 1982 aged 53 — but he...
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Dramatic Helmet-Cam Footage Shows Unconscious Skydiver Saved In Mid-Air
An experienced skydiver was knocked out cold shortly after leaping from a plane over Wiltshire, England in July 2013, but his helmet-mounted camera captured exactly how he survived the ordeal.The video...
View ArticleHere's What Happens When A Cat Encounters Snow For The First Time
You know those friends who can still remember the first time they ever saw snow — the ones for whom it wasn't just a basic part of winter?Here is the cat version.Sophie, a black tabby owned by YouTube...
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Japan Industrial Production Misses Slightly And The Nikkei Erases Gains
Japan industrial production climbed 1.1% in December, narrowly missing expectations for 1.3%. It was a jump up from the 0.1% decline experienced in November.The Nikkei fell on the news but remains in...
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REPORT: Latest Keystone Pipeline Evaluation Will Likely Disappoint...
Bloomberg's Jim Snyder, Mark Drajem and Jonathan Allen report that the State Department is set to conclude that approving the Keystone XL pipeline would have minimal impact on carbon emissions, largely...
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Google: Chromebooks Are Selling Like Crazy But We Don't Make Money On Them...
The growing popularity of Google Chromebooks doesn't directly translate into more revenue for Google.Google executives reminded Wall Street analysts of that fact on the company's conference call on...
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