The median salary at Amazon is just above $28,000 per year — Quartz
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos disclosed on Wednesday that the Prime program has more than 100 million members. But buried in the company’s latest financial disclosures was an even more revealing figure.

April 19, 2018 at 04:27PM
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Video Emerges Of Theranos Employees Playing ‘Shoot The Journalist’ Video Game
The game is called “Haters’ gonna Hate v1.5,” and singles out the reporter that initially exposed the blood-testing company.

April 19, 2018 at 01:21PM
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Despite Zuckerberg’s Testimony, Facebook Is Moving The World Away From European Data Protections
Facebook will be transitioning 1.5 billion non-European users around the world away from their existing agreements with Facebook’s Irish headquarters, placing them outside of the protections of the GDPR.

April 19, 2018 at 09:57AM
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Everything You Could Want To Know About The TRS80, (Un)Affectionately Known As The ‘Trash 80’
It’s an old workhorse that “leaned towards business” — in other words, there weren’t many games written for it.

April 19, 2018 at 08:19AM
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‘No Company Is So Important Its Existence Justifies Setting Up a Police State’
A conversation with legendary programmer Richard Stallman on the real meaning of “privacy rights” and why he only ever uses cash.

April 19, 2018 at 07:32AM
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What Actually Happens When a Plane Loses an Engine
With less power, a plane will be unable to maintain its maximum altitude, and so might drift down somewhat into thicker air. Otherwise, airliners can fly safely without suffering a great loss of performance.

April 19, 2018 at 07:32AM
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Palantir Knows Everything About You
Peter Thiel’s data-mining company is using War on Terror tools to track American citizens. The scary thing? Palantir is desperate for new customers.

April 19, 2018 at 07:32AM
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PornHub Banned Deepfake Celebrity Sex Videos, But The Site Is Still Full Of Them
More than 70 deepfake videos — depicting graphic fake sex scenes with Emma Watson, Scarlett Johansson, and other celebrities — were easily searchable from the site’s homepage using the search term

April 18, 2018 at 06:52PM
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Four U.S. senators seek details on unusual cellular surveillance in…
Four US senators on Wednesday urged Homeland Security to disclose additional information about unusual cellular surveillance activity that has been detected around the nation’s capital.

April 18, 2018 at 06:52PM
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Electric Scooters Are Giving U.S. Cities Uber Déjà Vu
A disruptive transportation industry isn’t playing nice with city officials. Sound familiar?

April 18, 2018 at 05:34PM
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