Olivia Coy reports on the stunning downfall of Neopets , a hugely-successful virtual pet community/game/toy line that was monetized so grossly and relentlessly it evaporated in a matter of hours after a site feature failed. Read the rest
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According to the Federal Trade Commission, the privacy-protecting firm Lifelock has failed to adhere to the terms of a 2010 settlement to improve its ability to protect personal data . Read the rest
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Lifelock failed to protect user data, says FTC
A zero-day exploit for Jeep Cherokees allows hackers to control everything from the engine to the air-conditioning over the Internet, overriding the driver at the dashboard. Read the rest
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Hackers can pwn a Jeep Cherokee from the brakes and steering to the AC and radio
A young man with colorblindness received a pair of EnChroma colorblind-correcting sunglasses as a gift from a friend, and when he tries them on, he is overcome with emotion at seeing certain colors for the first time. RELATED: Color for the Colorblind
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Man with colorblindness becomes overwhelmed when he tries on special glasses
How is it possible that a movie with the catchy title of Zyzzyx Road , staring Tom Sizemore and Katherine Heigl, could only gross $30 at the box office? Read the rest
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11 movies that made less than $400 at the U.S. box office
Even though the price of an 1/8th ounce of recreational cannabis in Colorado has dropped from $50-$70 to $30-$45 in the last year, revenue is up, because the number of visitors to stores has greatly increased. Read the rest
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Survey says weed prices are crashing in Colorado
Applied Hacking’s Samy Kamkar ( previously ) has released Opensesame , an app for hacked IM-ME texting toys that can open millions of fixed-code garage doors in less than a minute. Read the rest
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Open garage-doors in less than a minute with a hacked kid’s toy
Food Republic celebrates the true diversity of the hot dog with this style guide to wieners around the world. (more…)
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Here’s a chart of hot dogs around the world
The entire magazine industry has been hurt by the web, but pornographic magazines have been hit the hardest. From an essay in Quartz by Lee Quarnstrom, former editor of Hustler : In a January 2014 interview with Erin Moriarty of CBS, Flynt announced that he didn’t expect Hustler , the heart of his porn empire, to last more than two or three years. Read the rest
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Because of net porn, Hustler’s circulation has dropped 97%
Henrique Alvim Corrêa’s fantastically beautiful pen & ink drawings for a 1906 special edition of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds were a hit at Heritage Auctions’ recent illustration art auction . Read the rest
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Alien drawing from 1906 edition of War of the Worlds sells for $32k