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Begin: WordPress Article Content The Chromecast is already a damned great little device. Pretty much the only thing* that would make it better is if Google randomly gave you free money for owning one. (*except for 5ghz WiFi support, that’d be good too.) What do you know! That’s what they’re doing today. As noted by…
Believe it or not, there are a lot of fake photos on the internet. And the explosion in the number of spammy Twitter accounts like OldPicsArchive and HistoryInPics help them spread like wildfire. Today we’re taking a look at 10 more fake-ish photos you may have seen in your social media streams recently. They’re all…
Bill Pugliano / GettyElon Musk Tesla sold only 120 cars in China in January, a Tesla source told Reuters. CEO Elon Musk is now prepared to fire overseas executives as the number was well below company targets, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Reuters, citing sources who have seen the email, says that Musk “threatened to fire…
Written by Luna of Cairo, illustrated by Leela Corman The Bellydancer’s President: Struggle and sexism on the streets of Sisi’s Egypt — The Nib — Medium.
Another solid suggestion toward news we can trust Okay, Jeff Jarvis is pushing ahead, along with the folks in the Trust Project, toward measures that can help news consumers find news we can trust. Getting to the point: Start here: What if news organizations labeled their original reporting and what if Google had a service…
Entry Text WASHINGTON — While Republican presidential contenders are waffling on the issue of vaccinations, a bipartisan group of senators sought on Tuesday to squash bunk medical science that has led parents not to vaccinate their children.The conversation around vaccination has risen to national prominence recently as a measles outbreak has spread across more than…
Here’s how Marvel should introduce Peter Parker to the Marvel Cinematic Universe: by killing him off. They’ve done it in the comics. And that development in Marvel’s Ultimate Universe resulted in one of the freshest narrative branches of its Spider-Man mythos, the introduction of Miles Morales, a Black and Latino teenager who becomes an all-new…
Want 2 GB of extra space in your Google Drive account? Today, Google will give it to you for free, just for doing something you should be doing anyway: Reviewing your security. Turning on things like two-step verification and having a strong password are great, but it’s not enough to just set it and forget…
Car buyers are borrowing more money than ever to finance the purchase of new and used vehicles. Borrowing terms are growing longer and credit standards more relaxed. Delinquency rates are rising. More and more capital is being raised on securities markets to lend to borrowers with subprime credit. Is an automotive credit bubble forming, similar…
Conservatives are already howling. Of course people are angry Obama compared terrorism to local crime.