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Friday, June 19, 2015

Saturday, June 13, 2015

The Lily drone seeks to carve its niche as the easy-to-use flying camera. Rather than pilot the craft with a controller, Lily flies autonomously. You simply throw the 2.8 pound drone into the air and it will fly off, following its owner through a wristband tracker. Either through an app or the waterproof wristband, Lily can be commanded to hover, follow, loop around...

Sunday, May 17, 2015

FailArmy Presents: Street Troller

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Sunday, May 10, 2015

It's Mothers' Day!

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Mother's Day is annually held on the second Sunday of May. It celebrates motherhood and it is a time to appreciate mothers and mother figures. Many people give gifts, cards, flowers, candy, a meal in a restaurant or other treats to their mother and mother figures, including grandmothers, great-grandmothers, stepmothers, and foster mothers. Flowers and other gifts are given to mothers on Mother's...

US court says NSA phone data program is illegal

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The US government has long argued that the program is legal under the controversial Patriot Act, but a federal appeals court sees things differently. A US Appeals court has sent shockwaves through the government and security industry after ruling that the National Security Agency's wholesale collection of phone call data is illegal. The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled on Thursday...

Yahoo sues former staffer for alleged leaks to writer

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Yahoo is going after a former employee the company claims was spilling its secrets. The lawsuit alleges that Cecile Lal, who was chief of staff to a vice president at Yahoo, leaked information about the company to journalist Nicholas Carlson for his book "Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!" The suit was filed in Santa Clara County in California on Wednesday and was first reported by...

'Incredible shrinking car' drives sideways to park in tiny spaces

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As cities continue to grow at a dizzying rate, commuters are constantly battling ever-increasing congestion on the roads and a lack of parking, just to get to work. But now a team of German engineers have come up with an ingenious solution -- a "flexible" electric vehicle capable of shrinking, driving sideways (think like a crab) and turning on a dime. The EO Smart Connecting Car 2 is...