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Best Buy Geek Squad agent Josh Sorensen replaces a motherboard on a laptop at Geek Squad City in Brooks, Ky., in a 2012 file photo. A child pornography case launched at the facility led to the discovery that eight Geek Squad technicians had served as paid informants for the FBI. (Ken James/BLOOMBERG…

Attendees wear Oculus Rift virtual reality at CES 2017. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg Facebook Inc. bet early on virtual reality, buying Oculus VR 2 1/2 years ago to get its groundbreaking headset. Now it’s fighting claims that the Oculus Rift…

A 300-foot-wide rift in Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf, as seen in November 2016. John Sonntag/IceBridge/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center A slab of ice nearly twice the size of Rhode Island is cracking off of an Antarctic glacier, and one scientist says rapid growth in the giant rift between it and…

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ON DECEMBER 31st the world’s oldest coffeeshop, Mellow Yellow, in Amsterdam, was forced to roll down its bright yellow shutters one last time. Over the past half-century, many a foreigner has smoked their first spliff at this cosy cafe, which sat perfectly on the route between two tourist…

Lawrence Yeo Jan 3, 2017 Depression doesn’t discriminate. Everyone is a potential target for it, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, geographical location, or income. We are all subject to its grasp, and remember, it’s not the same thing as sadness. Sadness is when you feel down because things…

Physics Light particles normally do not “feel” each other because there is no interaction acting between them. Researchers at ETH have now succeeded in manipulating photons inside a semiconductor material in such a way as to make them repel each other nevertheless. Two light beams crossing each…

Pete Souza/White House President Barack Obama with then Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, September 2013. At a joint press conference with then Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt the same day, Obama discussed surveillance by the NSA. On April 24, 2013, just…

The tale of how an amateur archaeologist’s hunch led him to uncover a lost medieval town and spend £32,000 of his own money to buy the land, would stand to be the archaeological discovery of any year. On the border between England and Wales, the site of the medieval town of Trellech reveals much…

Octopuses are known for their complex brains, intelligence and mischievous temperament. But are they aware of what they are doing? (PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images) Callum Roberts is a professor of marine conservation at the University of York in Britain and the author of “The Ocean of Life: The…

Image: greatease / Imgur Look, I love my Macbook, but Apple’s products are often (rightly) criticized for being too expensive. We finally have an explanation for the huge price gouge customers have come to expect: they’re made with literal money! Earlier this week, an Imgur user named Greatease…

Media Burn , by John Turner © John Turner On a bright, clear Fourth of July in 1975, a crowd of onlookers and reporters assembled in the vast parking lot of the Cow Palace, a convention center just outside San Francisco. They had been summoned by a curious press release that read in part: “On July…

The first time you heard the word “Oneida,” it was probably in the context of silverware. Perhaps it was before a Christmas dinner, when your mom or grandmother instructed you get out the “good silver” made by Oneida Limited. Even though it was only silverplate rather than sterling, your family…

Norway is set to become the first nation to start switching off its FM radio network next week, in a risky and unpopular leap to digital technology that will be closely watched by other countries considering whether to follow suit. Critics say the government is rushing the move and many people may…

Image Gallery (Photo: Raisa Crespo / @RaisaFOX5 / Twitter) (Photo: Raisa Crespo / @RaisaFOX5 / Twitter) (Screengrab image from expresslanes.com/on-the-road) WASHINGTON - We all know traffic in the D.C. region can be a trying experience with long commutes and delays, especially with precipitation…

A former Snapchat employee alleges that the company has been faking its growth numbers in order to boost its value in an IPO, according to a lawsuit filed in L.A. Superior Court. Anthony Pompliano , who was the company’s growth lead, alleges that he was fired after just three weeks with the company…

In recent years, Wi-Fi networks are usually secured with the Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2), a security protocol which leverages a strong cryptographic hash function (PBKDF2 with the network’s ESSID as salt) to protect the pre-shared key (PSK). Breaking into a WPA-2 network can be a great…

Nvidia announced several new partners for its efforts to bring autonomous cars to public roads in a production capacity today, but the biggest by far was Audi. Nvidia is working with the carmaker to bring its AI driving tech, which is available thanks to its latest in-car autonomous computing…

In 2004, Ford Motor Co.’s resident futurist, Sheryl Connelly, led a team that imagined what would happen if an economic shock and a rapid increase in the price of gasoline led to a crash in automotive sales. With the 2008 economic crash and subsequent bailout of the U.S. auto industry, it seemed as…

In Tennessee, some 18-year-olds will be able to receive handgun carry permits.Photograph: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images In 2017, new laws across the US will go into effect. Here are some of the new, noteworthy, and impactful policies: Guns: there may be more armed teenagers in Tennessee A…

In September, after months of organizing via smuggled cellphones and outside go-betweens, prisoners across the country launched a nationwide strike to demand better working conditions at the numerous facilities that employ inmate labor for little or no pay. The strike, which spread to dozens of…

Lorraine Chow Dec. 27, 2016 02:13PM EST Solar farm at the Topaz Solar Farm in California. Photo credit: Sarah Swenty / USFWS Renewable energy has reached an important milestone. The World Economic Forum (WEF) has determined that in many parts of the world, solar energy is now the same price or even…

Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told Murray McCully, the New Zealand foreign minister: ‘This is a scandalous decision.’Photograph: Dan Balilty/AP Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told New Zealand’s foreign minister that support for a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlement-building in the occupied…

The city of Clovis won its more than three-month-long civil trial against chemical manufacturing giant Shell Oil Co. over the cleanup of a toxic chemical found in drinking-water wells around the city of 108,000 people. The chemical is 1,2,3-trichloropropane, or TCP, which is a waste product from…

For many parts of the world, it is hard to predict which Donald Trump will enter the White House on January 20. Will it be the Donald Trump who promised to decimate ISIS in 100 days, or the Donald Trump who promised to avoid an Iraq-like quagmire? Will it be the Donald Trump who campaigned on…

The sleek, speedy cheetah is rapidly heading towards extinction according to a new study into declining numbers. The report estimates that there are just 7,100 of the world's fastest mammals now left in the wild. Cheetahs are in trouble because they range far beyond protected areas and are coming…

(CNN) Former President Jimmy Carter is calling on the Obama administration to recognize Palestinian statehood before leaving office January 20. Carter, who is strong proponent for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians, praised the Obama administration in a New…

The Customs and Border Protection has previously said it wouldn’t prohibit entry to foreigners who didn’t provide their social media account information.Photograph: Dave Einsel/Getty Images The US government has begun asking select foreign travelers to disclose their social media activities as part…

Of course President Obama should pardon Edward Snowden — and Chelsea Manning, too. But this story is not about the excellent reasons for thanking rather than locking up the two most famous whistleblowers of the post-9/11 era. Plenty of people are already calling for that in powerful ways . A new…

We Stand Like Sitting Bull LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, a Dakota historian and director of Sacred Stone Camp in Standing Rock, recounts the fateful day that Tȟatȟaŋka Iyotȟaŋka (Sitting Bull) was murdered. (With footage from AdaMedia Med Mera). . . . . My name is LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, I’m an…

Antibiotic- and growth-hormone-free cattle gather at a farm in Yamhill, Ore. Despite farmers pledging to reduce or stop antibiotics use, a new report finds that sales of antibiotics for use on farms are going up. Don Ryan/AP It's a continuing paradox of the meat industry. Every year, more…

Weather Underground Dec. 22, 2016 01:51PM EST By Jeff Masters November 2016 was Earth's fifth warmest November since record keeping began in 1880, said NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information on Monday. November 2016 was 0.7 C (1.31 F) warmer than the 20th-century November average, but…

In an exclusive interview in Russia with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric, Edward Snowden, the fugitive whistleblower who leaked information about U.S. surveillance activities, says he is “kind of encouraged” by the idea that Russian President Vladimir Putin might return him to the U.S. to…

Disney Princess dolls on the production line at Shenzhen Wei Lee Fung Plastic Products.Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain/China Labor Watch Xiao Fang thinks she’s one of the luckier workers making Barbie dolls for the Christmas market at the Mattel toy factory in Chang’an. True, she says, she works…

Allen Steam Station, Belmont (WBTV Photo) BELMONT, NC (WBTV) - The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is investigating a newly-discovered leak from a corrugated metal pipe connected to a coal ash basin at the Allen Steam Station. The department's investigation began after Duke Energy…

Why did executives from 11 of America’s biggest technology companies obediently show up when they were summoned by the president-elect to meet at Trump Tower? Some might suspect it has something to do with the $560 billion in profits those companies have stashed overseas — and refuse to bring back…

Temperatures are up and ice cover is down in the Arctic this year. Scientists say climate change is altering the region faster than other parts of the planet. Greenland Travel via Flickr Scientists released this year's so-called Arctic Report Card on Tuesday, and it is a dismal one. Researchers say…