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Netflix wants to use original programming to kill television

There're no breaks on the Netflix train, and the company's not-so-secret plan to kill traditional television is moving ahead at full speed. The secret behind Netflix's ridiculous success isn't much...

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How much bribe money is Comcast putting into people’s pockets?

It doesn't matter how many people hate you, so long as you're putting enough money in the pockets that matter, you can pretty much anything you want. That's how it...

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Facebook’s chief security officer is leaving to join Uber

Joe Sullivan has worked as Facebook's Chief Security Officer for more than five years, but now he's leaving the company to join Uber as the startup's first-ever CSO. Having worked in...

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Facebook may start hosting news articles directly on its website

Facebook is second only to Google in terms of how it has changed the way we get news, which is why the company is currently in discussions with at least...

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Jay Z has officially acquired his own music streaming service

Jay Z has acquired a Swedish music streaming service by the name of Aspiro for $56 million. The company competes directly with services such as Beats Music and Spotify and rumors...

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The FCC has released its net neutrality rules to the public

It's been a couple of weeks since the FCC voted to regulate broadband Internet service as a public utility and now the agency has released a 313-page document detailing what is and...

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ISIS has an army of at least 46,000 Twitter users

In today's world, wars are fought just as much with posts and tweets as they are with bombs and guns, and ISIS has an army of at least 46,000 Twitter...

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Why did Apple disguise the Apple Watch as a Samsung smartwatch?

How do you test out a smartwatch without alerting anyone to the fact that you're working on a smartwatch? You disguise it as another company's smartwatch. That's exactly what Apple...

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Hackers have conducted the largest bank heist ever

Robbing banks used to be about busting into physical locations with Thompsons and and forcing employees to pack cash into burlap sacks. Nowadays, it's about hacking into a banks computers...

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Yahoo is spinning off its stake in Alibaba into a separate company

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced yesterday that the company will be spinning off its 15% stake in Alibaba, the Chinese equivalent of Amazon, into a separate company. Yahoo's own stock...

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Snapchat may begin offering its own original content later today

We reported a few days ago that Snapchat would soon be diversifying its offerings by expanding its ephemeral messaging app to include original content. This is a smart move for the...

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New reports reveal what the FBI was hiding about the Sony hack

The FBI was quick to blame North Korea for the recent Sony Pictures hack, and while many people assumed the same thing in the beginning, further investigation by cybersecurity experts...

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