Monday, 12 September 2016

Gawker Media's new owner tries to wipe the slate clean - CNET

Univision, the new owner of Gawker Media, has deleted several posts that are the subject of litigation as it tries to repair the online brand's reputation.

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DNA Surveillance Is The New Stop-And-Frisk

Police in Florida and other states are building up private DNA databases, in part by collecting voluntary samples from people not charged with — or even suspected of — any particular crime.

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Deep In The Swamps, Archaeologists Are Finding How Fugitive Slaves Kept Their Freedom

The Great Dismal Swamp was once a thriving refuge for runaways.

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Medieval Longbow Faces Off Against A Steel Breastplate

At a Swedish reenactment camp, YouTuber Lindybeige witnessed an epic faceoff between a 130lb war bow with a very hard arrowhead and a steel breastplate twenty yards away.

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The Epic Flameout Of The Toy Company Behind Teddy Ruxpin

Staffed by former Atari employees and with a big hit on its hands, Worlds of Wonder tried to ride Teddy Ruxpin to the promised land. They failed, fast.

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The Drone-Racing Megastar Who Doesn’t Feel Like Racing

Carlos Puertolas might be the best drone pilot in the world. And he has absolutely no interest in the burgeoning sport of competitive drone racing.

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Samsung now says it's too dangerous to even turn on your Galaxy Note 7

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The ACLU Is About to Launch a Campaign Asking Obama to Pardon Edward Snowden - The long-expected campaign will start just two days before Oliver Stone's Snowden hits theaters

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EU to Get Tough on Chat Apps in Win for Telecoms - Proposals to subject online services, such as Skype and WhatsApp, to same rules as telecom companies

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Why GE is betting big on 3D printing

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Get amazing iTunes movie bundles for $9.99 each - CNET

From the Cheapskate: Each 10-movie bundle has a value of $100-150, and each includes some seriously good titles. Today only! Plus: a seriously sweet 2-in-1 tablet deal and equally awesome wireless mouse.

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Watch a triple spiral of 15,000 dominoes fall down - CNET

After spending 25 hours spread over eight days, YouTuber Hevesh5 set up a colorful spiral using thousands of dominoes.

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GM recalls 3.6 million cars for non-Takata airbag issue - Roadshow

The lack of relation to Takata doesn't mean the recall is any less serious, though.

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An early internet pioneer says the construction of the web is crippling our thinking

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John Oliver Has One Strongly Worded Message For Birds

Soon, birds will be migrating to their warm winter vacation locales. Oliver says good riddance.

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What The Nevada Atomic Tests Looked Like From Los Angeles

Lighting up the night sky and spouting mushroom clouds, the atomic tests at the Nevada Test Site were usually visible in LA. And the extraordinary but fairly regular events were covered in leading newspapers with photographs accompanied by nonchalant captions.

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The Death Of Howard Johnson’s

The iconic chain, which boasted more than 1,000 outlets in the 1970s, is down to just one location, in Lake George, New York. And while nostalgists mourn the looming end of the vaunted HoJo, its legacy is ubiquitous in the American landscape that it inspired.

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Full ‘Medical Records’ for Trump and Clinton? Probably Not Possible

The federal government has invested billions in helping to digitize medical records, but the process is still in its infancy, with data that is often nonstandard and hard to transfer between systems.

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Self-Driving Cars Can Learn a Lot by Playing Grand Theft Auto

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The recent headphone jack debate had me thinking about how a great smartphone should look in 2016. Here's my idea.

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