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May 21, 2014
Ebay To Users: Change Your Password Right Now
A database containing encrypted passwords has been compromised by hackers.
Today in "multibillion-dollar companies getting hacked" news: The auction pioneers at eBay are alerting users that a database containing encrypted passwords and other "nonfinancial data" has been compromised by hackers. It is advising that everyone change their passwords right away.
Here's How You Can Land A Role In The New Star Wars Movie For Just $10
Director J.J. Abrams is offering geeks worldwide the chance of a lifetime: an opportunity to win a spot in the newest Star Wars movie, in exchange for donations to a new Star Wars-branded charity that will raise funds and awareness for the UNICEF Innovation Labs.
Star Wars director J.J. Abrams on Wednesday announced what some geeks would consider the chance of a lifetime: an opportunity to win a spot in the newest Star Wars movie. All you have to do is donate to Star Wars: Force for Change, a new Star Wars branded charity that will raise funds and awareness for the UNICEF Innovation Labs.
Google Could Soon Put Ads Almost Everywhere--Even On Your Face
And on your refrigerator. And in your glasses. And in your car. And...
Google's splashier investments--the self-driving cars, the cyborg face accessories, the "moonshots"--might grab all the headlines. As well they should! But it's important to remember that the search giant's more ambitious projects were all made possible by a less sexy technology that, to this day, quietly makes the company most of its billions: ads.
What Google Search Algorithm Changes Do To The Internet
Online community MetaFilter, home to one of the Internet's most loyal fanbases, just laid off much of their small staff in the wake of a sudden 40 percent dip in readership. Will the traffic ever come back?
Before there was Reddit and Quora, there was MetaFilter. The online community, which combines a popular question-and-answer site with a "best of the web" link aggregator and discussion board, was founded in 1999 and matured into one of the Internet's most popular online communities.
How It Became Cool To Dress Like A Walking Coke Ad
By collaborating with high-fashion brands like Marc Jacobs, Ashish, and Dr. Romanelli for Opening Ceremony, Coca-Cola is trying hard to be cool. And it just might work.
How did it become fashionable to turn yourself into a walking advertisement for Coca-Cola? The sugary soft drink's red and white logo, around since 1885, has been plastered all over a number of high-end designer collections recently: there's a Marc Jacobs sweatshirt featuring a familiar wavy white stripe, a $1,475 Ashish top sequined with "Enjoy Coca-Cola Classic," and a line of remixed vintage Coca-Cola tees by Dr. Romanelli for the ur-hip brand Opening Ceremony. Next up, in June, is a Coca-Cola-themed nail polish collection from OPI. Such products tend to be so stylishly executed that buyers might not even realize they're corporately endorsed.
It's officially cool to dress like a soda billboard.
Why You Aren't Doing Yourself Any Favors Using Speed Reading Apps
Speed reading on your phone may seem efficient, but it may be so efficient that it barely enters your brain at all.
It may not be the best idea to speed read through War and Peace on your smartphone.
May 20, 2014
Watch: Patagonia And Adidas Toil Away On The Next Big Breakthrough In Clothing
Waterless dyes. Bubble dresses. Clothing that grows on your skin. This is the future of fashion, from five diverse studios.
iPads and accelerometers. 3-D printers and dress forms. Green tea and Kombucha culture. A needle and thread. Each of these approaches to fashion is wildly different from the next, and yet, any and all of them represent the future of what we wear and how we wear it.
Microsoft's New Surface: Part Tablet, Part MacBook Air
Today, Microsoft unveiled its Surface Pro 3--a do-it-all tablet-laptop hybrid. But is that what consumers really want?
Microsoft believes we carry too many gadgets.
Anna Holmes On How Unconventional Career Moves Can Save You
Doing everything by the book wasn't working for digital pioneer and Jezebel founder Anna Holmes, so she wrote a new one. Here's what she learned about taking big bets on yourself.
Beyond studying journalism at NYU, Anna Holmes didn't take a traditional path to her current gig as a columnist for The New York Times Book Review. Holmes, who founded the feminist blog Jezebel in 2007, spent her first few years out of school working for gossip magazines and women's publications she grew to hate, feeling "ignored," "undervalued," and "very alone."
China Bans Windows 8 On Government Computers
There are, it seems, security concerns.
China has issued a ban on Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system on new government computers.
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