10 years of podcasting: Code, comedy, and patent lawsuits
“Thank you very much for taking the time to download this MP3 file.”

August 14, 2014 at 6:34PM
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Mark Zuckerberg Would Rather Drench Himself than Give $100 to Charity
A new viral sensation is sweeping our nation’s billionaire technologists: Daring their rich friends to either donate $100 to ALS research, or dump a bucketful of ice water over their heads. The latest mogul to save a hundred bucks is none other than our frugal friend Mark.

August 14, 2014 at 4:09PM
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Why Are You Spending $200 on Headphones?
You can get virtually the same sound for a tenth of the price.

August 14, 2014 at 2:20PM
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Quarantine for Cyberbullies: The Latest Strategy in the Fight Against Offensive Social Media Content
If people post offensive content, cutting off their contact to the network can prevent their messages from spreading, say network theorists.

August 14, 2014 at 8:03AM
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VCs Have Basically No Confidence in U.S. Government Doing Anything Useful
The U.S. ranks below Taiwan and Brazil in VC’s confidence in fed’s ability to adopt investment-friendly policies, annual survey finds.

August 14, 2014 at 7:01AM
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Why Advertisers Can’t Wait to Get Their Hands on Your Selfies
By one estimate, consumers share some 1.8 billion photos every day. Hidden among many of those are hints about interest and brand affiliation. Advertisers and media companies are just waking up to this fact and are looking at ways to glean data from that trove of information.

August 14, 2014 at 1:44AM
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Why one of cybersecurity’s thought leaders uses a pager instead of a smart phone
“Part of my personal opinion about all this is that I don’t trust a situation where I have not only no control about its use, but no visibility about whether it is being used.”

August 13, 2014 at 4:30PM
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The Guy Behind Garbage Pail Kids Has Been Cartooning With Code for 20 Years
John Pound lives in Eureka, California. He’s either 62 or 63 and he’s been a cartoonist his whole life. But in the late 1980s, the purchase of his first computer, an Amiga, set Pound’s artistic pursuits on a slightly different course.

August 13, 2014 at 1:22PM
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CGP Grey Wants Us To Know We’re Being Replaced By Robots
“It can’t possibly replace my job,” is a lie we keep telling ourselves. Robots are getting cheaper and faster every year, and we’re not prepared for the implications.

August 13, 2014 at 9:28AM
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Football Manager computer game to help Premier League clubs buy players
Premier League clubs are to start using the database belonging to the computer game “Football Manager” to help identify and recruit new signings.

August 12, 2014 at 11:21PM
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