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Zoomdata raises $17 million to help visualize your data

Zoomdata, a startup with software that visualizes a wide variety of data both historically and in real time, as well as generates reports, revealed a $17 million round of funding...

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FCC unanimously votes to put an end to its sport blackout rules

The Federal Communications Commission today unanimously voted to eliminate its sports blackout rules, challenging the National Football League to end its own policies that sometimes prevent fans from watching home...

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The FAA is reportedly preparing to allow filmmakers to operate drones

Multiple reports suggest the Federal Aviation Administration will begin issuing drone-operating permits to filmmakers. The Associated Press, Washington Post, and Forbes report the FAA is expected to announce the permits...

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India has become one of the few nations to make it to Mars

India just cemented its place as a space power, and put NASA's billions to shame, with the news that its $74 million space probe just entered Mars orbit. The orbiter,...

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Google pulls support from political group for denying climate change

Google is to stop funding a major conservative group over its stance on climate change. Speaking in a radio interview with NPR's Diane Rehm, Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt said...

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Google is making data encryption a default feature of Android

Google is turning on data encryption by default in the next version of Android, a step that mirrors broad moves in the technology industry to ensure better data security. Android...

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US Senator demands the restoration of 10 years of online public records

The head of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee is urging the federal bureaucracy to restore a decade's worth of electronic court documents that were deleted last month from online viewing...

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Yahoo was threatened with a daily $250,000 fine for protecting user data

Back in 2008, in the days of the BlackBerry Storm, netbooks and well, yes, Yahoo, the internet company was threatened with a hefty $250,000 per day fine from the US...

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Google has agreed to refund $19 million in app purchases made by children

Google has agreed to issue at least $19 million in refunds to consumers whose children made app purchases from its Google Play store without parental consent. The United States Federal...

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Why does the decade-old TI-84 Plus still dominate the US market?

The TI-84 Plus graphing calculator has a 15 MHz processor, 24 kilobytes of RAM, and a 96x64 black and white screen. It has an Amazon list price of $190. The...

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