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Can you really call eSports a sport? ESPN thinks so
Products sales don't account for all of the $111 billion that the video game industry generates, eSports play a big role as well, a big enough role that ESPN brought eSports...
Twitter's new homepage is great but it doesn't solve the big issues
Less than a fourth of American adults use Twitter, far less than the 71% who use Facebook. While trailing behind Facebook in user numbers doesn't really mean much, the fact...
China used a cyber super weapons to take down GitHub
Remember that prolonged cyberattack that GitHub suffered last month, the one that was suspected to have been conducted by the Chinese government? Well, researchers are suggesting that this wasn't an...
HRW is suing the DEA for decades of bulk data collection
It looks like the NSA isn't the only government agency in the United States that's collecting vast amounts of data on American citizens, the DEA is doing it too. In...
Twitter is the next tech company to get hit with a discrimination lawsuit
It doesn't look like any tech company is safe from the explosion of gender discrimination lawsuits in Silicon Valley right now, not even Twitter. Hot on the heels of Facebook's...
CrowdFlower has raised $12.5 million to keep big data nice and clean
It's nice to know that the human touch is still needed in a world where robotics and artificial intelligence are gaining momentum. CrowdFlower, which has five million so-called on-demand contributors...
Sr. Pago is bringing Spuare-like payments to Mexico's "unbanked" citizens
Sr. Pago, one of the two largest mobile point of sale services in Mexico, today announced the launch of the Sr. Pago Card System, the first service in the Americas...
Ezra Klein launches general interest site Vox.com
Vox Media, the online publisher that runs SB Nation sports blogs, launched its general news site Vox.com Sunday, providing a forum for renowned blogger Ezra Klein's experiment in broadening explanatory...
Airbnb agrees to start paying San Francisco's 14% hotel tax
Popular home rental website Airbnb will start paying San Francisco's 14% hotel tax, addressing a key regulatory concern. David Hantman, Airbnb's head of global public policy, said in a blog post that "we’ll soon be collecting and...
Peel smart remote app reaches 50 million activations
Several apps out there can turn your smartphone into a smart remote control with the help of some other hardware. One of those apps is the Peel Smart Remote app. Peel has...