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Expedia has started accepting payments in Bitcoin

Travel site Expedia will begin accepting the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin from customers looking to book hotel rooms, the company announced Wednesday. It is the first major travel site to do...

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Over half of all cable subscribers would ditch their provider if they could

It’s no secret that a lot of cable subscribers are unhappy with their service—it’s a big reason why “cord-cutting” has gotten so much attention over the past few years. But...

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The Secret Service is looking for software that can detect sarcasm

The Secret Service, a law enforcement organization tasked with protecting the president from bullets and crazy people, may have the social skills of Sheldon Cooper. The agency appears to have...

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NASA reportedly doesn’t have enough money for a trip to Mars

It's no secret that NASA's long-term goal is to get people to Mars. But how realistic is that objective, really? Unfortunately, the prospects aren't looking good right now. The National Research...

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The FCC is considering reclassifying broadband as 10-25 Mbps

The FCC last set its definition of broadband as 4Mbps downstream, and 1Mbps upstream. That was fine for 2010, but it's arguably outdated in 2014 - you can't reliably stream HD...

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Google, Yahoo, Facebook, and Microsoft are fighting government gag orders

As it stands now, tech companies can't disclose exact figures on how many national security-related user data requests they've received from the US Government. A group of major tech companies...

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FCC Chairman continues to insist he wants to defend net neutrality

Earlier this week, many of the biggest technology companies on the planet sent a letter to FCC chairman Tom Wheeler arguing strongly in favor of an open internet. Now, Wheeler has issued...

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Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, and Google to notify users of data requests

With the Snowden reports, many are starting to become concerned that the US government could be spying on them. That and the fact that there have been rumors about how...

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Verizon attempted to challenge the NSA’s phone call surveillance program

You can’t fault a company for trying. The Washington Post reported on Friday that Verizon challenged—albeit unsuccessfully—the NSA’s phone call surveillance program. Citing declassified government documents and “individuals with knowledge of the matter,”...

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Google to begin encrypting search globally by default

Last year shocking revelations were made when top secret documents were leaked by Edward Snowden. Since then most companies have publicly stated their opposition to state backed spying, Google is one of...

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Microsoft is selling user information to get targeted political ads on Xbox Live

The gaming industry is a huge one consisting of millions upon millions of players of different races, cultures, gender, preferences, age, location, and so on. According to a report from...

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Bill Gates reclaims his place at the top of Forbes’ list of top billionaires

The annual billionaire list for Forbes has more interesting things to note this year than ever. The most important news being Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates regaining his position as the...

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