Yahoo! Just Bought Tumblr for $1.1 Billion

Reuters

That rumored $1 billion offer from Yahoo! to buy Tumblr? It's looking like a forgone conclusion at this point. But things are messy and speculative and there are already doomsayers predicting this is a bad idea for everyone involved. But mostly they're predicting it's bad for Yahoo!

By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 6, 2012

Apple Will Be Made in America, Finally

Hoping to achieve what even Steve Jobs once considered the impossible, the largest company in American history will attempt to actually make a major product in America, says Apple CEO Tim Cook in a new interview.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 5, 2012

How to Get Over the Twitter-Instagram War on Photos

Instagram made sharing its photos a lot more annoying for Twitter users Wednesday in what's being called a "brewing war." We're here to help with a handy three-step program to getting over this terrible ordeal.

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By David Wagner

Dec 5, 2012

Today in Research

What James Cameron Found in the Sea; Cannibal Lobsters

Discovered: James Cameron comes up for air; savage lobsters are eating each other; French men are becoming more impotent; is this the new oldest dinosaur?

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 5, 2012

John McAfee Reveals His Murder Alibi in This Super Weird 'Vice' Video

Of course John McAfee has revealed his alibi for the murder of his neighbor in this super-bizarre Vice video, which begins as more of a reality-TV clip and ends with an alleged press conference.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 5, 2012

There's No Such Thing as Free Texting

Text messaging is rapidly becoming old-school, The New York Times's Brian X. Chen reports today, as people begin to prefer what he calls "free" over-the-Internet messaging services like iMessage and What's App. But how free are they, really?

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 5, 2012

Why You Can't See Instagram Photos on Twitter Anymore

Instagram has suddenly — and suspiciously — removed its photos from your Twitter stream. What does Facebook have to do with all this?

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 5, 2012

AT&T Needs a Video to Explain Your Phone Bill to You Now

Those new data-share plans are so complicated — and often infuriating — that AT&T now offers a personalized video to break down your plan.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 4, 2012

Admit It: You're a Little Disappointed with NASA's New Rover Plan

There are a lot of reasons to be excited about NASA's plan to send yet another rover to land on the Red Planet in 2020. But don't kid yourself. You wish it were a human heading to Mars instead.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 4, 2012

Thus Begins the Odd Era of John McAfee, Political Refugee

This John McAfee saga sure is a nail-biter. Just when you thought the crazy bath salt aficionado couldn't get any more perplexing, McAfee revealed that he's seeking political asylum in Guatemala.

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By David Wagner

Dec 4, 2012

Today in Research

The Mother-and-Child Brain Connection; Nostalgia's New Secret

Discovered: How mothers become one with their offspring; why elderly people are easier to scam; the past warms the bones; the hidden truth inside ancient rainfall.

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By David Wagner

Dec 4, 2012

Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Still Stoking the Mayan Believers About Doomsday

The beloved astrophysicist's tweets about Mayans ruffled some feathers. And now he's very sorry that so many people misunderstood him. For the most part, anyway.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 4, 2012

Netflix Looks a Lot More Like HBO Now

A big, juicy new deal with Disney means that Netflix will be the first and only place to show its new releases — a privilege generally reserved for places like HBO, Starz, and Showtime.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 4, 2012

The Verdict on Gmail's New iPhone App

After the first two versions didn't go so well, Google released a third edition of its email app today — and it seems to be a serious upgrade. (We think.)

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 4, 2012

Does the iPad Mini's Screen Still Matter?

The iPad Mini's screen doesn't have the same "resolutionary" Retina display as its bigger brother, but don't worry: the Apple snobs appear to have gotten over that.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 4, 2012

Is John McAfee About to Come Clean?

Ever since tech entrepreneur turned potential murder suspect John McAfee hooked up with Vice magazine on the lam, his saga has taken such a turn for the unbelievable that, today, it's made its way almost back toward sanity.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 4, 2012

Here's What the New Yahoo Homepage Might Look Like

One of Marissa Mayer's big moves to bring Yahoo back includes a sorely needed homepage redesign, which might launch as early as this week, reports AllThingsD's Kara Swisher.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 3, 2012

The 3D-Printed Gun For the Masses Doesn't Actually Work Very Well

Just a couple of months after everybody freaked out at the idea of some guys in Texas inventing a 3D-printed gun for the masses, those crazy guys finally produced a working prototype. "Working" might be an overstatement.

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By David Wagner

Dec 3, 2012

Today's Best

Worms Learn Better Drunk; NASA's Organic Mars Mystery

Discovered: Alcoholic maggots learn just as well as sober ones; a new theory in athletic head injuries; city spiders getting fatter; Curiosity found something on its first trip across Mars.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 3, 2012

Vice Accidentally Reveals John McAfee's Secret Whereabouts from on the Lam

Who are the suckers now? While bragging about hanging out with tech guru turned murder suspect John McAfee, Vice accidentally revealed his location today by leaving the meta-data on a photo taken with him.

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By Cora Currier, ProPublica

Dec 3, 2012

Cellphone Companies Are Ignoring the Rules of Natural Disaster

The carriers instead insist that emergency standards should be voluntary, an approach the Federal Communications Commission has gone along with.

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By Jen Doll

Dec 3, 2012

To a Text Message, on its 20th Birthday

The text message is a real grownup now, turning 20 years old on this very day. How can it be?!

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Dec 3, 2012

Tumblr Hacked by Foul-Mouthed Hackers

Is this wacky picture and the borderline offensive message accompanying it (left) showing up on your Tumblr? Then, yes, you've been hacked.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 3, 2012

Has John McAffee Really Escaped Now?

With the help of a double, John McAfee has made it out of Belize, though "not out of the woods," he claims on his blog.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 3, 2012

Is This the End of Same-Day Delivery?

Don't get too used to the instant online shopping gratification that abounds this holiday season, as super-quick deliveries might prove too expensive for companies like Walmart, eBay, and Amazon to keep going for much longer.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Dec 3, 2012

The Pope Already Has More Twitter Followers Than You

The Vatican officially unveiled the new personal Twitter account of Pope Benedict XVI this morning, and he hasn't even had to tweet anything to blow past your puny follower count.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 3, 2012

Uber Faces Down Legal Trouble Pretty Much Everywhere

Uber, the little on-demand car service app that could, isn't catching any breaks from local regulators in cities where it's trying to grow its business. In fact, it never has.

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By Connor Simpson

Dec 2, 2012

False Alarm: John McAfee Is Still on the Run

John McAfee is still living the life a of a fugitive, apparently. The reality is no one seems to know where McAfee is.

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By Connor Simpson

Dec 2, 2012

Hunter Moore's Gross New Site Will Be Slightly Less Gross than Advertised

Don't worry, though. It's still going to be pretty gross. Moore is now walking back on his claim the new site will feature adresses for every nude picture he posts. He will only post the addresses of people he trolls personally. 

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By Connor Simpson

Dec 1, 2012

John McAfee's Life as an Outlaw Might Be Over

John McAfee's blog was one of the funniest, weirdest, and most fascinating parts of his life on the run from Belize authorities looking to question him about the murder of his neighbor, so it's fitting the news of his capture was reported there first. 

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By David Wagner

Nov 30, 2012

Today in Research

Bread That Keeps for Two Months; The Truth About Body Language

Discovered: Mold-less bread could lower food waste; Grand Canyon is millions of years older than we previously thought; facial expressions are hard to parse without body language; superbugs can be reigned in through genetics.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 30, 2012

A Guide to SnapChat, the App That's Kind of Like Instagram, Only with More Boobs

SnapChat, the "sexting app," has reached the point in an app's life where it is too popular for you not to know about.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 30, 2012

Should We Be Able to Patent Human Genes?

Depending on how the Supreme Court decides on the case it decided to take up Friday afternoon, biotech companies might soon be able to patent ownership of essential parts of our bodies.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 30, 2012

Apple Dominating Google in the War Over ... Topical Baby Names

Is it possible that the popularity of babies named after tech companies says something about that company's overall appeal? Maybe.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 30, 2012

Is BitTorrent About to Sell Out?

In a move that might scare pirates, BitTorrent now says it plans to buddy up with the entertainment industry to get into the legal side of streaming video.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 30, 2012

The Xbox 720 Is Coming Sooner Than Anyone Anticipated

After almost three years without an update, and with Windows 8 sales flailing, Microsoft will release a new Xbox just in time for Christmas next year.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Nov 30, 2012

See How Syria's Internet Disappeared

It's been almost a full day now and the nation of Syria remains completely cut off from the rest of the Internet (and by extension, the outside world.) Internet analysts who watched the collapse in real-time think they've figured out how it was done.

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By David Wagner

Nov 29, 2012

Today in Research

Stomach Staples Don't Stop Diabetes; A New Source o E. Coli

Discovered: Weight loss surgery fails to reduce diabetes; E. coli often comes from cities, not cattle; big guts could mean brittle bones for men; sea levels rose nearly half an inch over past 20 years.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 29, 2012

Does Anyone Care That iTunes 11 Looks Nice if It Still Isn't Spotify?

The tech masses are applauding Apple for its latest update to iTunes, which strips away the service's bloated, feature-heavy past without delivering a much anticipated streaming music service.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 29, 2012

The Senate Decided It's Not Okay to Spy on Email without a Warrant

Following a leaked report that set off not one but two rounds of speculation into the future of digital privacy, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill Thursday that requires a warrant to access e-mail and any other private communications stored over the cloud.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 29, 2012

Hunter Moore's New Revenge Porn Site Is Even More Repulsive Than His Old One

Tip-toeing the laws of Internet privacy with creepier backstabbing than usual, Hunter Moore says he this time will do his revenge porn site "right" — as in, now with geolocated stalking!

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 29, 2012

How America Can Steal Manufacturing Back from Foxconn (Really)

When it comes to manufacturing, China is the new America, meaning America might be the new China?

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 29, 2012

Meet Apple's Steve Jobs 2.0 (Sort of)

A profile in The Wall Street Journal pretty much gives Eddy Cue the guru title — if only because he's the closest thing Apple has to a genius at its leadership bar right now.

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By David Wagner

Nov 28, 2012

Today in Research

The Biggest Black Hole in the Universe?

Discovered: The black hole that takes up the most space, proportionally speaking; how running can be bad for you; why "keep your eye on the ball" is good advice after all; developing a universal cancer blood test.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 28, 2012

'Scroogled' Is Microsoft's Latest Lame Attack on Google's Search Dominance

The new Microsoft marketing push to get users to switch to Bing is more anti-Google than pro-anything, and it's not exactly working at all.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 28, 2012

The Cyber Monday Record Is More About Online Shopping Than Fake Holidays

This Monday broke the single-day record for American online shopping, according to comScore. But it's still to soon to tell if that's because we're shopping more in general, or just when the sales (!) are most pronounced.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 28, 2012

Marissa Mayer Hints at Plans for a Yahoo Magic App

In her first public interview since taking over as Yahoo's CEO, Marissa Mayer gave a little insight into the company's plans going forward, and her strategy sounds like that of a lot of other tech companies these days: mobile first.

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By Richard Lawson

Nov 27, 2012

The Call Sheet

New 'X-Men' Will Travel in Time, Superheroism

Today in show business news: the X-Men prequel gets all Avengers-y, Matthew McConaughey gets an actual acting nomination, and AMC gets to work on two new shows. Also: Brody must die.

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By David Wagner

Nov 27, 2012

Today in Research

Air Pollution's Link to Autism; Bickering Siblings Become Sick Adults

Discovered: Mothers living near freeways more likely to have autistic kids; siblings that get along turn out healthier; high fructose corn syrup linked to diabetes; strange ancient life in Antarctic ice. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 27, 2012

What Silicon Valley's Middle-Aged Men Look Like When They Try to Look Young

The alleged age-ism of the tech scene hasn't just pushed older men to dress like the youngins running the start-ups, it's created a whole new culture of trying to look young.

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