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There’s a $400 million market for sneaker-collecting on eBay

Collecting sneakers is actually a popular hobby. It's so popular, in fact, that there's currently a $400 million market for them on eBay. Back in the olden days, these collectors...

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How can an 80-year-old law completely alter the future of television?

Television as we know it is changing at a ridiculous pace as more and more people transition to Internet-based alternatives to the cable and satellite providers that have dominated the...

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Huawei is spending more on R&D than Apple, IBM, and Facebook

American technology giants are known for pouring ridiculous sums of money into research and development, something that many people don't expect from Chinese companies. However, not only does Huawei appear...

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How is social media helping kids cheat on standardized tests?

It's almost worth it to allow kids to cheat just to see the creative ways they go about doing it. The latest such incident comes from Maryland where two students...

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Ellen Pao has lost her big gender-discrimination case on all counts

It's finally over guys, the gender-discrimination case that's been shaking up Silicon Valley for the past few months has finally come to a close. A California jury has ruled against Ellen...

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Why can people like Mark Zuckerberg get away with dressing down?

Considering how most people would probably be rejected out of principle if they ever walked into an interview for a serious job wearing casual clothes, you would think the same...

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The future of spacecraft can be seen in NASA’s ion engine

After more than seven years of travelling across the solar system, NASA's Dawn spacecraft has finally reached the last part of its mission which involves orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres...

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Psh, who needs physical keyboards? Apparently not Google

Computers and their peripherals have undergone numerous changes over the past few decades, except for the keyboard. The keyboard's design has remain relatively unchanged over the years aside from a...

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Microsoft Office Excel is one of the most important job skills out there

There's a portion of the job market that hires the millions of Americans out there that have an education higher than a high school diploma but lower than a bachelor's...

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Online privacy has become a selling point for companies

It wasn't that long ago that the issue of online privacy wasn't one that was talked about very often, at least not as often as other issues. People just didn't...

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Apple says Apple Pay fraud isn’t its fault or its problem

Remember the massive iCloud breach last year that resulted in hundreds of nude photos of celebrities being leaked? The same methods that hackers used to breach iCloud are being used...

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Apple’s latest groundbreaking patent is for… a lanyard?

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, a "lanyard" is one of those straps that wraps around your wrist to ensure that whatever you're holding, such as...

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