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DOJ announces official takedown of AlphaBay, world’s largest Dark Web market

Department of Justice officials announced Thursday in Washington, DC that they had shut down notorious online Dark Web marketplace AlphaBay in conjunc...

Security guard robot ends it all by throwing itself into a watery grave

The automation revolution, where most of our jobs are replaced by robots and we spend the rest of our days floating around on rubber rings sippin...

Elon Musk knows what’s ailing NASA—costly contracting

The seas were calm in early December 2010 when a spacecraft fell out of the sky, deployed its parachutes, and splashed into the Pacific Ocean. No Amer...

This giant crocodile was an apex predator 166 million years ago

For decades, paleontologists have wondered about a mysterious, toothy jaw fragment discovered on the island of Madagascar. Dating to the mid-Jurassic ...

China’s crazy car-straddling elevated bus is just a giant scam, police say

Last August, we wrote about a crazy elevated bus that straddles road traffic in the Chinese city of Qinhuangdao near Beijing. In the we...

Windows 10 will try to combat ransomware by locking up your data

The latest Windows 10 build, today's 16232, contains a few new security features. In addition to the richer control over exploit mitigat...

In attempt to achieve YouTube stardom, woman accidentally kills her boyfriend

A Minnesota woman has been charged with manslaughter after she shot and killed her boyfriend as part of the pair’s attempt to become Y...

Walmart sued after teen steals machete and kills her Uber driver

There has been a lot of media coverage about Uber driver misdeeds—drunk driving, drivers stealing from their passengers, and even ...

Right to speak freely about engineering is subject of 1st Amendment lawsuit

An Oregon engineer who has been trying for years to convince state officials to elongate yellow traffic light times has a new cause: the First Amendme...

Reflecting on One Very Very Strange Year at Uber

I did not write this blog post.  This blog post is something by feminist aligned Susan J. Fowler. I have reposted her content to commemorate...

Killer antibiotic now 25,000× more potent—and resistant to drug resistance

With clever chemical tweaks, an old antibiotic can dole out any of three lethal blows to some of the deadliest bacteria—and give evolution one n...

Intel’s Itanium CPUs, once a play for 64-bit servers and desktops, are dead

Remember Itanium? Intel's first crack at 64-bit server processors from circa the turn of the millennium? Well, two things: Intel is releasing ...

FCC helps AT&T and Verizon charge more

The Federal Communications Commission today voted to eliminate price caps in much of the business broadband market by imposing a new standar...

Russian man gets longest-ever US hacking sentence, 27 years in prison

Russian hacker Roman Seleznev was sentenced to 27 years in prison today. He was convicted of causing more than $169 million in dam...

US nabs a hacker in the Maldives, but Russia sees it as “kidnapping”

The recent arrest of a Russian hacker by the US Department of Homeland Security is stirring up diplomatic difficulties. The suspect, 30-year-o...

Trump launches attack on Syria with 59 Tomahawk missiles

The U.S. military attacked a Syria-government airfield with 59 Tomahawk missiles on Thursday evening. The missiles targeted the Shayrat air ba...

For the first time, we know what Tyrannosaur faces really looked like

New scientific discoveries about Tyrannosaurs have upended our understanding of the giant predators whose massive populations extended from Asia to th...

eBay can’t be sued over seller accused of patent infringement

It's game over for an Alabama man who claims his patent on "Carpenter Bee Traps" is being infringed by competing products on eBay. Ro...

Man sentenced to 3 years for Facebook threat to kill Obama

A Wisconsin man lost his bid before a federal appeals court to set aside his 3-year prison sentence for threatening to kill then-President Barack Obam...

World Speech Day: Thoughts for a Better World

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” ~ Mahatma  Gandhi If you had an opportunity to address the entire world, what ex...

Man accused of sending a seizure-inducing tweet charged with cyberstalking

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Maryland man, and charged him with cyberstalking, for allegedly sending a seizure-inducing tweet to...

It's Texas Independence Day! 3/2/2017

This article is not written by me - the content has been provided from this Wikipedia page. The convention was convened on March 1 with Richar...

It’s time to get rid of the Facebook “news feed,” because it’s not news

In the wake of the US election, critics have blamed Facebook for bringing about—at least in part—Trump's surprise ...

Scientists investigate death of 10,000 endangered 'scrotum' frogs in Peru

Scientists are investigating the mysterious deaths of at least 10,000 endangered frogs, in a river which leads into South America’s most famous ...

USA DEFCON LEVEL INCREASES TO DEFCON LEVEL 3 - NOT!

   FALSE This has been determined as false.  We are not and have not been in DEFCON 3.  It is a rumor spread by conspiracy t...

One striking chart shows why pharma companies are fighting legal marijuana

I did not write this article.  The original article can be found here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/13/one-striking-c...

New York explosion an 'intentional act'; investigators search for clues

This article is not written by me but by a journalist of CNN.  Please remember to support original work by checking out their page as well. ...

Survivors of Aurora Shooting Have to Pay at Least $700K to Cinemark Theater Chain

Survivors of the 2012 Colorado movie theater attack will have to pay the Cinemark chain $700,000 for legal fees, according to a report. The Lo...

The surgeon general just sent a worrisome letter to every doctor in America

America's doctor just knocked on the doors of every US physician across the country. Virtually, at least. On Thursday, US Surgeon General Vi...

Palm Beach teen posing as doctor arrested for posing as doctor AGAIN

Can't stop, won't stop — Malachi Love-Robinson just can't quit practicing medicine, even though he is a teenager and lacks the requi...

Apple Has A Lot Riding On The iPhone 7, Just Ask Target

It’s been something of a trying year for Apple AAPL -0.19% investors. Profits keep pouring in from the company’s massive iP...

New lawsuit against Fox News: It’s a ‘sex-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult’

Roger Ailes is out at Fox News but the troubles for the network might just be getting started. In a new lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Cou...

Paleontologists just found a 2,500-pound T. rex skull in Montana

In the rocky hills of what is now Montana, a Tyrannosaurus rex once lumbered across the land, standing as high as 20-feet tall and stretchin...

Does your WebCam Crash after Windows 10 Anniversary Update? Here’s How to Fix It

If your webcam has stopped working after installing recently-released Microsoft's big Anniversary Update for Windows 10, you are not alone. ...

When we’re happy, we actively sabotage our good moods with grim tasks

Always keeping your house tidy and spotless may earn you the label of “neat freak”—but “super happy” may be a more accur...

Apple confirms iPhone 7 release will be delayed

The release of iPhone 7 may be delayed. Tech experts have long predicted that the latest installment of the phone was due for release on September ...

Boko Haram - Deadlier than ISIS and Why the US isn't doing anything about it!

Since 2009, the militant Islamist group known as Boko Haram has wreaked havoc in northern Nigeria. Instilling terror through bombings, abductions, and...

Man arrested after wife makes grilled cheese too cheesy

CLARKE COUNTY, Ga. — A man was arrested Wednesday after police said he became violent when his wife made him a grilled cheese sandwich with t...

Billion-dollar brain training industry a sham—it's a placebo effect

Who wouldn’t want to be smarter? After all, high intelligence can help you get better grades in school, more promotions at work, fatter pay chec...

Muhammad Ali on life support as family is warned 'the end is near'

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali is in intensive care embroiled in his most courageous bout - for his life. The children of the sporting icon have r...

How video 'pranksters' are cashing in on the abuse and harassment of women

hen 22-year-old student and writer Paulina Drėgvaitė headed to Trafalgar Square last week, she was simply planning to meet a friend in central Londo...

MSNBC Now Openly Bragging About Abandoning its Liberal Brand In New Ad

Although this has been a shift that has been a long time coming, MSNBC has now launched an ad campaign seeking to build on its Trump-fueled success wi...

Nigerian troops ‘rescue 157 captives as 77 Boko Haram members surrender’

Nigerian troops deployed in Borno State have rescued several abducted persons, arrested suspected Boko Haram terrorists, and recovered weapons and equ...

Twitter suspends @DarthPutinKGB account mocking Vladimir Putin

A popular Twitter account impersonating Russian President Vladimir Putin has been suspended, the latest in a series of accounts spoofing Russia a...

#FreeAmosYee or, "How I learned to stop worrying and hate Singapore"

Amos Yee is a youtuber in Singapore who has been charged with offending Muslims and Christians. He made no threats, he made no calls to violence, he w...

Paris floods: Seine at 30-year high as galleries close

The River Seine in Paris is at its highest level for more than 30 years, with floods forcing closed parts of the metro systems and major landmarks. ...

Blue Angels pilot killed in Tennessee crash

The pilot of a Blue Angels jet was killed Thursday during practice for a weekend air show, hours after a Thunderbirds F-16 crashed following a flyover...

Children jog among graves at Verdun: Was it 'indecent'?

Sunday’s commemorations to mark the centenary of the Battle of Verdun have sparked anger among right and far right politicians in France as well...

Could the Way Americans Wipe Their Asses Be Ready for a Change?

At the turn of the 20th century, the way America pooped went through a revolution when the at-home flushing toilet became a standard part of peop...

UCLA Gunman Identified As Indian-American Techie Mainak Sarkar

The gunman who killed a UCLA professor has been identified as his former doctoral student Indian-American Mainak Sarkar, who had accused him of steali...

Tinder's CEO says the company is working to make the dating service better for transgender user

Tinder CEO Sean Rad said Thursday he is working to make the dating service more useful to those whose gender is more complex than just male or female....