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Four hackers charged with stealing $100 million in intellectual property

There are a variety of reasons as to why people hack. It could be because there is a thrill in obtaining information that you’re not supposed to, or it is...

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Artist has Google remove a positive review of his work from search results

Ever since Google announced that it's complying with the European Commission's "right to be forgotten" ruling, it's been inundated with requests to take down all sorts of search results. Many...

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Google Street View now lets you explore the Great Pyramids of Giza

Have Street View, will travel. I suppose that can be considered to be the new mantra these days, especially when you consider how Google’s Street View has gone places, such...

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The MOTA Smart Ring sends mobile alerts to your fingers

Do you remember Ringly? The idea behind it was that people would use a vibrating ring to alert you about incoming calls, emails or text messages. If you can imagine...

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Europol has launched an international cybercrime task force

Europol launched a cybercrime task force Monday to fight online crime in the EU and other countries. The Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) will be piloted for six months and...

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University libraries in the US are starting to phase out physical books

Bookless libraries aren't quite so far-fetched as they used to be. Florida Polytechnic University, opening for the first time this fall, features a $60 million, Santiago Calatrava-designed main building with...

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Amazon has reportedly sold less than 35,000 Fire Phones

According to numbers crunched by The Guardian‘s Charles Arthur and based on data from Chitika and comScore, it appears as if the Amazon Fire Phone isn’t exactly setting hardly anything...

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The Premier League doesn't want soccer fans posting goals on Twitter

The soccer World Cup was a huge success for Twitter and its video offshoot Vine, but Premier League chiefs in the UK are promising a crackdown on users who attempt...

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Samsung is ditching plastic for metal with its new smartphone

Samsung is ditching plastic in favor of metal on its new smartphone, abandoning what some critics have called a cheap aesthetic. The tech company’s new high-end smartphone, the Galaxy Alpha,...

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A teenager has found a way to bypass PayPal's 2FA security measures

A teenage whitehat hacker said he has found a simple way that attackers can bypass the two-factor authentication system PayPal uses to protect user accounts. The circumvention requires little more...

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