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There’s an insult associated with unfollowing people on social media, but what if you could stop following them without knowing it? Most social sites have a solution for this. Now, Vine does as well. With great revining power comes great revining responsibility. No one wants you flooding their
The hot water keeps getting hotter for the US intelligence community. They have gone on the defensive about their recent actions to track world leaders. U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday defended surveillance of other countries’ leaders, saying such efforts are common practice across the
It hasn’t been getting the raving reviews that its predecessors got. Some downright hated it. Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is the latest in the excellent Arkham series, and its first handheld game. It’s also the first original game from Armature Studio since it was formed by Metroid
Prior to their IPO, Twitter is adding to their mobile technology. Twitter today shipped an updatethat adds in-stream video and image previews to the main feed in its iOS, Android and web apps. Previously you would have to tap on links for images via Twitter or video service Vine. Now you can see the
It’s going to be big. It sounds pretty darn brilliant. Are we going to finally see what Motorola can do under the new regime? Over the last six months, our MAKEwithMOTO team took Sticky, a truck wrapped entirely in velcro and filled with rooted, hackable Motorola smartphones and high-end 3D pr
The plot thickens, the mystery takes a turn, and Google is still not saying much about it all. Since it was towed into Portland Harbor on a barge earlier this month, a four-story windowless building has been a source of intrigue. Its purpose and its owner’s identity have been kept secret. Twenty-sev
Forget the stuffed animals. iPads will work just fine. Nearly two in five children have used a tablet or smartphone before they could speak in full sentences, according to a new report. Conducted by family advocacy organization Common Sense Media, the study found that 38% of children under the age o
There have been some great things to come out of Kentucky. A working healthcare website is just the latest in this long line. Kentucky did it right. The state’s online health insurance marketplace has become Obamacare’s city on a hill while the federal HealthCare.gov has been flummoxed b
It doesn’t really matter which side of the debate you’re on. This is one of the most epic exchanges between journalists in recent years. Much of the speculation about the future of news focuses on the business model: How will we generate the revenues to pay the people who gather and diss
Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing has brought about more international scrutiny for the NSA than every other revelation about the agency in the past combined. Here’s another item for the list of NSA projects that will likely make for awkward U.S. foreign relations. According to a report in
Just because many stories in science fiction are centered around the concept of robots bringing along an apocalypse and world domination doesn’t mean we should be having our kids doing the programming of them, right? Vikas Gupta lives and works among Silicon Valley’s brightest engineers,
We said that the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch was actually a not-so-smartwatch. Even Samsung has been disappointed with them. Now those who bought one are starting to see the same thing as they’re returning them frequently. It turns out Samsung’s “next big thing” isn’
