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Following 40 percent jump in digital incursions between 2011 and 2013, the Canadian government has announced the formation of a national cyber-crimes unit. The 40-member unit will be comprised of a mix of officers and civilian technicians. It will be...

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Humble Bundle unveiled its latest book pack on Wednesday and, hoo boy, is it a doozy. The pay-what-you-want charity is teaming up with Make for a huge book pack that teaches the basics of Arduino and Pi programming. Pay anything you want for six Make...

A Michigan woman's photo of a Meijer cake went viral, but the retailer is oddly silent and the story hasn't been verified.

Walking in a wispy wonderland
#sunsetporn #marvista #losangeles #california #sunset (at Los Angeles, California)

If you've ever used a ridesharing service, you've probably had that moment where you had to guess which car was your ride. Yes, you have the model and license plate, but what good are those on a dark and busy street? Thankfully, Uber might soon take...

The claim that there were 350 mass shootings in the first 334 days of 2015 hinges upon a disputable definition of "mass shooting."

If Seiko Epson has its way, your office paper recycling bin could soon become obsolete. The company's PaperLab, an 8.5-foot-wide device that turns used paper into clean white sheets, is set to go on sale next year. The machine strips paper into fiber...

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“In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.”

- Buddha (via nyclocale)

If you're looking for a free iOS game, an interesting new option has just opened up. Puzzle-adventure game Monument Valley managed to pull off the hat trick of being fun, zen and beautiful all at the same time -- which helped garner it Apple's Game o...

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#thegrandpalace #bangkok #thailand #asia #gold #art #travels #rtw #worldtour #2009 (at Grand Palace)

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#bangkok #thailand #advertising #asia #worldtour #2009 #travels #trip #rtw (at Bangkok Thailand)

It might take a while before we see SpaceX make another attempt to land a Falcon 9 rocket on a barge. According to Florida Today, Elon Musk and his cohorts have decided try ground landing next time. The publication even says that they've already leas...

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Video: Santa Dog Rides a Roomba

Tapping into unlived memories, Kylli Sparre (previously here and here) produces conceptual photographs that seem to be pulled from dark fairytales and otherworldly settings. The images are always focused on a lone woman in a dramatically staged pose, a reference to her past as a professionally trained ballet dancer. The environment surrounding the women is often hazy— barren landscapes that seem to isolate the women in both space and time.

Sparre’s work was featured at this year’s Art The Hague art fair in Amsterdam by Qlick Editions. You can see more of the Estonia-based artist’s thoughtfully composed images on her Facebook and portfolio site.

For nearly a decade, PayPal, JPMorgan Chase, Visa/MasterCard, and now Square, have systematically denied or closed accounts of small businesses, artists and independent contractors whose business happens to be about sex. These payment processing auth...

maybe david karp is driving tumblr into the ground on purpose.

maybe he knows that yahoo is tanking. maybe he wants to make tumblr look like a worthless property so that he can snatch it back up at fire sale prices when yahoo finally falls apart.

maybe this is all just a brilliant ploy.

*taps her tin beanie knowingly*

Orange is the new cat.

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If you've noticed that solid-state drives (and the PCs that include them) no longer cost an arm and a leg, you're not alone. Researchers at DRAMeXchange understand that the price per gigabyte of an SSD has fallen off a cliff in the past three years,...

by Plank_Sinatra & Joseph Faill

Yahoo's attempt at turning around its fortunes hasn't gone that well: on top of sagging profits and departing execs, it's still heavily dependent on both its Japanese business as well as its stake in Chinese internet giant Alibaba. And now, it sounds...

The IRS will no longer use "Stingray" cellphone-tracking devices unless the agency receives a search warrant supported by probable cause, in accordance with the Department of Justice's Policy Guidance, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen says in a letter....

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“So my friend gave her rabbit a cherry” … - Imgur

the best thing I have ever seen.

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Love at first sight. (photo by cma2277)