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Russian Man Sues Bethesda over Fallout 4 Addiction
On December 25th, 2015 with 12 comments
stormwyrm writes: PC Gamer and the Russian Times report that a 28-year old man...
Is the Internet Fueling Social Change or Giving License to Engage in Lazy Activism?
On December 25th, 2015 with 24 comments
AnonTechie writes:In 2011, political uprisings were rampant throughout the...
US Christmas Lights Use More Energy Than Entire Countries
On December 25th, 2015 with 24 comments
AnonTechie writes:American household Christmas lights, a favourite holiday...
Scientists Find 1500-Year-Old Viking Settlement Beneath New Airport Site
On December 27th, 2015 with 12 comments
Arthur T. Knackerbracket writes in with a story from ArsTechnica:When Norway...
Australia's "Stoner Sloth" Anti-Weed Campaign is an Instant and Classic Fail
On December 27th, 2015 with 25 comments
-- OriginalOwner_ writes:Adweek reports:There's a long and not-very-proud...
SPOILER ALERT: Vatican Newspaper Pans "The Force Awakens"
On December 28th, 2015 with 47 comments
[Editor's Note: By continuing to read this submission, you take full...
Microsoft Search Engine Keeps Growing As Google Declines YOY
On December 29th, 2015 with 58 comments
"cmn32480" writes:Submitted via IRC for cmn32480 comScore data for the month of...
Springer make Thousands of Textbooks Available for Free
On December 30th, 2015 with 29 comments
tonyPick writes:Spotted at Hackernews, Lifehacker and Good E-Reader is the...
R&R: Reflections and Resolutions [Updated]
On December 31st, 2015 with 50 comments
martyb writes: Reflections: Another year has passed. It has been a privilege...
Microsoft to Begin Alerting Users about Suspected Government Snooping
On January 1st, 2016 with 14 comments
martyb writes: The Register is reporting:Microsoft will warn email and...
The Brain-Computer Duel: How much Free Will do we have?
On January 5th, 2016 with 28 comments
AnonTechie writes:The background to this new set of experiments lies in the...
MTV’s ‘Shannara Chronicles’: ‘LOTR’ Meets Katniss Everdeen, for Millennials
On January 7th, 2016 with 35 comments
CoolHand writes:
It looks like MTV will be ruining a fantasy favorite for many...
What Does it Mean to Think and Could a Machine Ever Do it?
On January 8th, 2016 with 49 comments
AnonTechie writes:The idea of a thinking machine is an amazing one. It would...
Urban Raccoons Invade New York City
On January 9th, 2016 with 31 comments
HughPickens.com writes:Annie Correal reports at the NY Times that although New...
Investor to AT&T – Give Us a Peek at Your NSA Data Dealings
On January 15th, 2016 with 7 comments
MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for chromasTelco pushed by Arjuna for more...
More People in Europe Are Dying Than Are Being Born
On January 16th, 2016 with 42 comments
AnonTechie writes:More people in Europe are dying than are being born,...
Amazon's Delivery Drones Can Avoid Trees and Other Obstacles, But Not Bullets
On January 23rd, 2016 with 22 comments
MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurdAmazon is taking a big step...
Facebook's Android App Now Lets You Flip a Switch to Browse Over Tor
On January 23rd, 2016 with 19 comments
MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurdFacebook has supported...
Twitch Bans the Streaming of "Yandere Simulator" Game
On January 25th, 2016 with 79 comments
takyon writes:Video game live streaming service Twitch has banned the...
The Antarctic Snow Cruiser
On January 26th, 2016 with 20 comments
Not news by any stretch of the imagination, but still pretty damn cool. The...
Physicist Creates Math Model for "Viability of Conspiratorial Beliefs"
On January 27th, 2016 with 57 comments
takyon writes:The BBC is reporting on a new paper and equation written by...
Microsoft Releases CNTK, its Open Source Deep Learning Toolkit, on GitHub
On January 28th, 2016 with 12 comments
MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for qkontinuum.Microsoft is making the tools...
"My Little Pony" Sued for Using a Pirated Font - TorrentFreak
On January 28th, 2016 with 35 comments
Submitted via IRC by MrPlow for The Mighty Buzzard: Typeface company Font...
Prank Website Causes Safari to Crash and Forces iPhones and iPads to Reboot
On January 28th, 2016 with 20 comments
MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurdPranksters are out in full...
January 28 is Data Privacy Day. Do you know where your data is?
On January 28th, 2016 with 8 comments
MrPlow submitted via IRC for Bytram: Despite the nagging sense that your...
This Gun Says You Ain't Leaving Until My PC is Fixed
On January 29th, 2016 with 71 comments
-- OriginalOwner_ sends news that The Register reports:At approximately 11:00...
Scientists Open the ‘Black Box’ of Schizophrenia With Dramatic Genetic Discovery
On February 1st, 2016 with 21 comments
Submitted via IRC by MrPlow for Bytram:For the first time, scientists have...
Regular Expression Crosswords
On February 2nd, 2016 with 26 comments
tonyPick writes:Spotted at Hackaday is a link to the rather neat regular...
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