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HealthCare.gov is now running “smoothly for the vast majority of users”
Back in October when HealthCare.gov launched and then promptly became an enormous shit show, the Obama administration imposed December 1st as their deadline for getting the site's act together. And...
China is set to become the third nation to land an object on the the Moon
China's space program will be launching a six-wheeled rover called "Jade Rabbit" to the moon on Sunday. Should they succeed, China will become the third nation to land an object on the...
One Bitcoin was worth just $10 a year ago, now its worth $1000
It wasn't that long ago that one Bitcoin was worth just $10 but in just one year the value has increased by more than 10,000%. No one knows how high it...
PowerUp Toys designs iPhone-controlled paper airplanes
An inventor named Shai Goitein has designed the PowerUp 3.0, an iPhone-controlled paper airplane that can fly for over 10 minutes. His company, PowerUp Toys, hopes to raise $50,000 in a Kickstarter campaign so that...
Intel is asking for $500 million for the pay-TV service that it never launched
Intel is trying to find a buyer for OnCue, its never-launched online pay-TV service, by the end of the year. The company is ask for $500 million for its service and...
Mark Zuckerberg says that the U.S. is ‘continuing to blow it’ on privacy matters
Mark Zuckerberg believes that the U.S. government screwed up when it comes to the NSA’s surveillance techniques and hopes that the government will become more transparent. Information leaked by Edward Snowden stated that the...
Waze and Universal Pictures partner up to roll out a GPS with celebrity voices
GPS turn-by-turn directions have always been boring and even annoying a lot of times. Waze wants to change that. The company is teaming up with Universal Pictures to roll out a GPS with...
Massive study in the U.K. finds that video games have no negative impact on children
The University of Glasgow has finished a study of 11,000 kids that focused on whether TV or video games could be associated with attention disorder, anger, or other emotional problems. The...
Twitter rolls out its new trending TV show banners
Twitter has rolled out support for its new trending TV show banners to everyone currently using either the company’s native iOS or Android applications. For Twitter, it’s not enough to...
Scientists develop a new “liquid metal” that will let you print circuits
Three Chinese scientists have developed a new liquid metal that can be printed as if it was ink in a normal printer. The metal stays liquid at room temperature and will adhere...
89% of public Wi-Fi connections are not safe
Its no secret that public Wi-Fi isn’t the as secure as the private connection you get at home. In fact, around 89% of public Wi-Fi connections are unsecured and open to bad...
Why Steve Ballmer failed
The less-cynical might point to all of the numbers and positives that happened at Microsoft during Steve Ballmer's stay as CEO, but the reality is that he missed the boat...
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