Who Hacked Ashley Madison?
As with the social networking profiles of others who’ve been tied to high-profile cybercrimes, Zu’s online utterings appear to be filled with kernels of truth surrounded by complete malarkey– thus making it challenging to separate fact from fiction. Hence, all of this could be just one big joke by Zu and his buddies. In any case, here are a few key observations about the who, what and where of Thadeus Zu based on information he’s provided.

August 26, 2015 at 05:29PM
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First State Legalizes Taser Drones For Cops, Thanks to a Lobbyist
North Dakota police will be free to fire “less than lethal” weapons from the air thanks to the influence of Big Drone.

August 26, 2015 at 04:24PM
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Almost None of the Women in the Ashley Madison Database Ever Used the Site
This isn’t a debauched wonderland of men cheating on their wives. It isn’t even a sadscape of 31 million men competing to attract those 5.5 million women in the database. Instead, it’s like a science fictional future where every woman on Earth is dead, and some Dilbert-like engineer has replaced them with badly-designed robots.

August 26, 2015 at 03:26PM
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Facebook Launches M, Its Bold Answer to Siri and Cortana
Today, a few hundred Bay Area Facebook users will open their Messenger apps to discover M, a new virtual assistant. Facebook will prompt them to test it with examples of what M can do: Make restaurant reservations. Find a birthday gift for your spouse. Suggest — and then book — weekend getaways.

August 26, 2015 at 03:01PM
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The Fresh-Water Beast Beneath New York’s Streets
You’ve probably never heard of it, but the largest construction project in New York City history has claimed dozens of lives while chewing its way through bedrock for the past forty years — and the haunting memories are matched only by the grandeur of its ambition.

August 26, 2015 at 12:22PM
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This Tesla Went Over 450 Miles On A Single Charge
Bjørn Nyland and Morgan Tørvolt made use of “hypermiling” techniques to get the most out of their Tesla Model S, nearly doubling its expected milage.

August 26, 2015 at 12:19PM
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Why Gogo’s Infuriatingly Expensive, Slow Internet Still Owns the Skies
Since pioneering the in-flight Internet business, Gogo has dominated, commanding about 80 percent of the market. And as often happens with near monopolies, Gogo has become a name people love to hate.

August 26, 2015 at 10:54AM
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The New Adventure of Escape Rooms | Make:
Escape rooms have become a popular tourist attraction, team-building activity, and general form of entertainment in the US, powered not only by the players who can’t get enough of the real-life puzzles, but also by the makers, who pour creativity, technology, and love into every design.

August 26, 2015 at 09:41AM
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Five Tips For Faster Wifi
The more you treat your router like a crappy radio, the better your wifi strength will be.

August 26, 2015 at 09:15AM
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A Trip Inside A Vertical Farm
The world requires an area of farmland the size of South America to feed itself. What will we do when we run out of farmland? Lets visit a vertical farm and see if it could be the future of agriculture.

August 26, 2015 at 07:28AM
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