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Teen pleads guilty to 23 charges of swatting, harassing online game rivals | Ars Technica

Sam Machkovech11 years ago11 years ago05 mins

cache hit 1364:single/related:6abeb56ae84d2f5321c752d6aa1700a7 empty On Wednesday, a Canadian 17-year-old pleaded guilty to 23 charges relating to swatting calls and other false police reports, many of which had targeted his online opponents in the video game League of Legends.According to a lengthy report by Canadian publication Tri-City News, the prosecution’s case against the Coquitlam, British Columbia teenager asserted that…

What’s Going On At Medium – BuzzFeed News

Charlie Warzel11 years ago11 years ago015 mins

Late last night, Medium CEO Ev Williams published a blog post about the company’s future. As is often the case when discussing the sleek publishing platform/publisher/startup founder’s soapbox, Williams’ post was somewhat hard to parse. In the post, Williams writes that “Medium is not a publishing tool. It’s a network. A network of ideas that…

Why I Gave Up a $95,000 Job to Move to an Island and Scoop Ice Cream

Noelle Hancock11 years ago11 years ago016 mins

There is a chicken in my shower. It’s 8:30 a.m., I’ve just sat down on the toilet to pee. I casually glance around and there it is, drinking some of the residual water puddled on my shower floor. This is not the first creature to make an appearance in my bathroom. Since I moved to…

You’re fired!: Thanks a lot, Facebook – Salon.com

David Palumbo-Liu11 years ago11 years ago022 mins

There is no doubt about it, new communications technologies are forcing us to reassess whether privacy and free speech laws and conventions, invented way before such technologies could ever have been imagined, can be updated usefully, or whether we need to rethink some fairly fundamental notions we have about privacy and freedom. Social media cases,…

Spotify To Add Video, Podcast And Radio Streaming Services

Barbara Ortutay11 years ago11 years ago02 mins

Entry Text NEW YORK (AP) — While saying that it still a music company at heart, Spotify says it is expanding is lineup to include podcasts, news radio and video streaming.The company says it wants to help people create a soundtrack for their day that includes not only music but videos, newscasts and other content….

Tinder On My Apple Watch Is Making Me Sadder And More Lonely – BuzzFeed News

Joseph Bernstein11 years ago11 years ago04 mins

Among singles and those who enjoy judging them, there is now a consensus: Tinder is gross and should not be used in public. Sure, lots of people do use it, but by themselves, or sneakily. Our Tinder habits are sad, contextless, and unforgivably thirsty, the accepted wisdom goes. It’s an activity we keep mostly to…

Lack Of Scientific Evidence Doesn’t Stop New Law Warning Of Cell Phone Risks

Alexander Howard11 years ago11 years ago03 mins

Entry Text Last week, the City Council of Berkeley, California, unanimously voted for a new ordinance that would require cell phone retailers to advise customers to keep their handset out of pockets or bras when the device is connected to a wireless network. The rationale for the warning, which is based upon federal guidelines for…

Cortana for all: Microsoft’s plan to put voice recognition behind anything | Ars Technica

Sean Gallagher11 years ago11 years ago011 mins

Rampancy? No. All these Cortanas are coming to put artificial intelligence in all your things if Microsoft’s Project Oxford pays off.Microsoft cache hit 1131:single/related:dddab36ab28d02765c76f914daac1d70 empty When Microsoft introduced the Cortana digital personal assistant last year at the company’s Build developer conference, the company already left hints of its future ambitions for the technology. Cortana was built…

6 Reasons Modern Movie CGI Looks Surprisingly Crappy | Cracked.com

David Christopher Bell11 years ago11 years ago033 mins

It’s been over two decades since CGI came careening through the silver screen to murder cops, lawyers, and other civil servants in Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park. Since then, both films have been praised for their inexplicably realistic effects, even though both movies have birthed a handful of sequels with much more powerful special effects…

The New York Times’ Facebook Deal May Prove to Be ‘Growth Hacking’ at Its Best | Adweek

Ana Andjelic11 years ago11 years ago07 mins

The New York Times, among a small cadre of other outlets, today announced it will start publishing selected articles directly into Facebook’s News Feed. Some think the move historic; others deem it unremarkable. Either way, the intriguing part is to understand how to make sense of this deal and what it means for the future….

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Teen pleads guilty to 23 charges of swatting, harassing online game rivals | Ars Technica

What’s Going On At Medium – BuzzFeed News

Why I Gave Up a $95,000 Job to Move to an Island and Scoop Ice Cream

Spotify To Add Video, Podcast And Radio Streaming Services

Tinder On My Apple Watch Is Making Me Sadder And More Lonely – BuzzFeed News

Lack Of Scientific Evidence Doesn’t Stop New Law Warning Of Cell Phone Risks

Cortana for all: Microsoft’s plan to put voice recognition behind anything | Ars Technica

6 Reasons Modern Movie CGI Looks Surprisingly Crappy | Cracked.com