Sometimes it seems like no one’s keeping your data safe; this is one of those times. A hacker just leaked 300,000 Verizon customer records , and that’s only a sample of the 3 million he claims to have gotten in his little raid. More »
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Hacker Leaks 300,000 Verizon Customer Records and Claims to Have Millions More
Have you ever been told you have a great radio voice? People might be insulting you. If they’re not and you haven’t quite gotten your foot in the door at NPR, download Mixlr and hijack the system. More »
The Lost Treasures of Infocom collection is now available for iPad and iPhone, boasting 27 classic adventure games and more than 350 hours of gameplay for a mere $10. More »
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Twenty-Seven Classic Infocom Text Adventures All At Once, All For iOS
In his largest donation to date, the social network’s CEO donates nearly $500 million to a local foundation to focus on projects in health and education. [Read more]
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Facebook’s Zuckerberg gives a boatload of cash to charity
The social network is rumored to be amping up its video ads by adding in autoplay, audience targeting, and video expansion. [Read more]
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Facebook said to launch autoplay video ads in news feed
Time Machine should by default back up all internal hard drives on a Mac; however, some people are experiencing a problem in which drives appear to be automatically excluded from being backed up. [Read more]
“We’re lowering prices for S3 by 24 percent to 27 percent in all regions,” says Andy Jassy, senior VP of Amazon Web Services; he also knocks old-guard tech rivals. [Read more]
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Amazon Web Services slices S3 prices
Users can now send files from Google Drive that are 400 times larger than is possible in a traditional attachment. [Read more]
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Gmail, meet Google Drive — and behold 10GB file transfers
In Saudi Arabia, if a woman leaves the country, her husband or male “guardian” will receive a text message to let him know that, even if she’s traveling with him, ho boy! His woman is on the loose. Saudi Arabia: where technology and misogyny unite! More »
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Saudi Arabian Men Now Get Text Alerts When Their Women Leave the Country
After the US and Israel cooked up Stuxnet—a potent cyber weapon aimed at Iran’s nuclear facilities—whenever a virus targets Iran, it could be something major. This time around, the web threat wants to erase Iranian banks . More »
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New Money-Destroying Virus Attacks Iran