Uber data breach could have affected thousands of drivers
Thousands of Uber driver names and driver’s license numbers may be in the hands of an unauthorized third party due to a data breach that occurred last year, the ride-hailing company announced today.
February 27, 2015 at 04:11PM
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BuzzFeed Tech Blog
It’s all about the company culture, folks. Here’s how it all went down (or didn’t) last night.
February 27, 2015 at 03:58PM
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Here’s How Google Wants To Build Their New Campus
Vice President of Real Estate Dave Radcliffe and architects Thomas Heatherwick and Bjarke Ingels discuss Google’s proposed plan for their new campus in Mountain View, California.
February 27, 2015 at 02:19PM
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I Played A Video Game On A Friggin’ Rotary Phone
At last night’s Itty Bitty Bash, an event to get Chicagoans in the same room to play games, I encountered something very strange. I’ve fought off an alien invasion millions of times, but I’ve never fired my lasers by entering numbers onto a rotary phone dial. This, friends, is “Afterglow.”
February 27, 2015 at 01:52PM
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Does Venmo have a security problem?
The payment app defends its security practices after a hacking story.
February 27, 2015 at 12:38PM
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Surveillance-based manipulation: How Facebook or Google could tilt elections
When you’re scrolling through your Facebook feed, you don’t see every post by every friend; what you see has been selected by an automatic algorithm that’s not made public. The potential for manipulation here is enormous.
February 27, 2015 at 10:33AM
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Many Drones Were Harmed In The Making Of This Film
The volcano and content Gods thank you for your service.
February 27, 2015 at 10:11AM
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The First Hair Plug Machine Looks Absolutely Horrifying
Think people going bald here in the 21st century have it tough? Just imagine what the folks of 100 years ago went through. Balding men were apparently so desperate for hair that they’d let a doctor near them with this terrifying machine.
February 26, 2015 at 06:58PM
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Twitter starts tracking phone numbers to prevent its worst users from creating new accounts
Email addresses are relatively easy to obtain, but phone numbers are harder — and by checking phone numbers against a list of banned users, Twitter could be able to keep more abusers and harassers from creating accounts.
February 26, 2015 at 05:54PM
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Should Californians Resurrect a Plan to Pipe in Water From Alaska?
Alaska is weeping snowmelt into the North Pacific. Nobody’s using it. It’s close to California, relatively speaking. And a pipe wouldn’t have to cross over any continental divides. It’s so crazy it just might work!
February 26, 2015 at 03:34PM
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