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The North Korean IT Workers Stole more than 80 American Identities

In this hyper-connected world, stealing someone's identity is not just cybercrime; it’s now becoming a source of profit and power. The US Justice Department recently exposed an identity theft operation...

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Here's how to use Spotify to its full potential

Spotify is pretty much a must-have for anyone who even remotely enjoys music, which is basically everyone, but even those of you who have been using the music-streaming service for...

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New Orleans has actually become a fairly lively tech hub

It's hard to imagine New Orleans popping up in any conversation about tech hubs in the United States, but that's starting to change. Poverty, rampant crime, and a severe shortage of...

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TuneIn thinks Internet radio still has a chance against Spotify

Radio was dying well before the rise of music streaming services like Spotify, but their rise has definitely hastened its death, or have they? According to TuneIn, not only is radio...

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Bill Gates wants to bring electricity and water to Africa using... poop?

Sanitation in some of the world's least developed nations is a serious issue, one that Bill Gates wants to solve in the least expensive, most productive way possible. His solution comes in...

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This new app alters your friends whenever you're free to hang out

Have you ever been stuck in a position where you don't have plans and you want to hang out with some friends but you're not sure which friends are available?...

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Netflix is finally redesigning its God-awful website

You know that carousel system that Netflix uses to help people navigate through recommendations? The one that everyone hates because its as inefficient a system as Netflix could make? Yeah, that's getting replaced. Starting in a few...

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Netflix is taking a completely new approach to documentaries

There's no shortage of cooking and food shows on traditional television, but Netflix is taking a different approach from the tried and true formula that most of these shows follow. With...

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Onboard hacker allegedly took control of an airplane

If there was any way to make people more fearful of flying, it would be to let them know that someone could bring a computer on a plane, hack into...

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Women are playing a much larger role in venture capital

The technology industry's severe gender imbalance in favor of men is both well documented and well discussed, but so too is the re-balance that's been occurring over the past few years. Women haven't just been...

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