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NSA tracks our social connections

Just when you thought that the extent of the NSA’s spying on American citizens was fully known, more keeps popping up. Since 2010, the National Security Agencyhas been exploiting its huge collections of data to create sophisticated graphs of some Americans’ social connections that can identify

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The Star Wars games that never left space port

It’s common for games to go through development and prepare for launch, only to be shelved at the last moment. A new report shows that Star Wars themed games were commonly left in gaming limbo. Here are some of the titles. In the wake of LucasArts’ closure earlier this year, new details

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Cars will be 4G but connection will still be a problem

The automotive industry had been behind for quite a while when it came to emerging technologies. Over the last decade, the industry in general has gone from behind the times to cutting edge. Now, they might be too far ahead of the rest of the infrastructure necessary to make their technologies effec

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Are smart rifles a smart idea?

There is little question about the killing power of rifles when in the wrong hands. Politically speaking, it’s been a hot topic for a year. Now, one might not need to be a sharpshooter to be dangerous. Smart rifles make it easy for a novice to be deadly. Is this a good idea? As Hillman [&helli

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One take on tube travel

As short histories go, this is one of the most interesting that you’ll read all day. It starts with a current day concept from Elon Musk and continues back the past, then onward into the future. As Elon Musk announces the next in a series of increasingly ambitious projects, Hyperloop, I though

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Artist builds UFO to provoke thought

Technically speaking, Peter Coffin’s “UFO” isn’t a UFO at all since it’s an “Identified Flying Object”, but that’s not the point. The artist isn’t making a political statement, nor is he trying to spook people. He simply wants them to think. By d

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Al Qaeda is Tweeting

With so many diverse groups fighting side-by-side some days, against each other on other days, terrorist group al qaeda has decided to take to social media. With Iran’s president doing the same thing, this might be a trend. An official al Qaeda website that is restricted to members of the terr

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Airbnb gets a partial reprieve in NYC

New York City may have initially failed when it came to the emerging technologies and relationships of sharing, but they’re trying to make up for their initial snipe against the use of Airbnb. Airbnb, a home-renting site that is one of the vanguards of the so-called “sharing economy,” has been