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As violence intensifies in Gaza, San Francisco protesters took to the streets. A report on the most miserable cities in the U.S. Researchers discover a nightmarish flying aquatic insect. Welcome to this week's TopFinds.
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Twenty-two years after beginning his famous parodies of popular music, "Weird Al" Yankovic has hit number one on the charts. A look at why this entertainer has, at age 54, entered the limelight.
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Paris -
The deadly Israeli offensive in Gaza has let loose an unprecedented wave of hate on media websites and social networks in France that moderators say they are struggling to contain.
In the Media
by Laurence Benhamou (AFP) - 1 comment
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Washington, D. C. -
More than 1 million US residents are expected to weigh in on a controversial federal proposal to allow some paid Internet traffic to have priority over free messages and the public comment period still has nearly two months to go.
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Our country is famous for giving its people freedoms, then slowly over time it takes them away one by one.
And next on the list of freedoms we may start to lose is Internet access. And in some ways, it has already begun.
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A Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down yesterday, killing everyone on board. Researchers create the darkest material ever. Bruno Mars electrifies Madison Square Gardens. Welcome to this week's TopFinds.
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Santa Cruz -
An alleged high-priced call girl accused of killing a Google executive with a lethal dose of heroin and then fleeing his yacht has pleaded not guilty.
In the Media
by AFP
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San Fransisco -
A San Francisco police officer has become the newest Internet viral photo sensation after his photo was posted on Facebook by an admirer.
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Bell Labs is celebrating breaking the Internet speed record. Bell Labs researchers transmitted data at 10 gigabits per second. This feat was undertaken using copper lines.
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The Go-Go's pack a punch at The Paramount in New York. The "Super Moon" returns. A 98-year-old woman is evicted from her home of 50 years. Welcome to this week's TopFinds.
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From today, the mobile network provider FreedomPop is extending its completely free internet and phone access into Europe on a pilot program, initially in Belgium only.
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A photo essay takes us through London's Pride festivities. The truth behind the "perfect Aryan" baby. The strange journey of a good-looking alleged felon. Welcome to this week's TopFinds.
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When Kevin Ma founded Hypebeast in 2005, its incarnation was as nothing more than a simple, yet quite elegant, sneaker blog.
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A recently released open-source software, created in response to the controversy surrounding Edward Snowden's release of classified NSA documents, claims to allow users to securely send large files over the internet with complete anonymity.
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The country with the best health care system revealed. A man claims to have lived on Mars for the past 17 years. A thorough interview on Russia's relationship with the Middle East. Welcome to this week's TopFinds.
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London -
Some came in suits, some came in stilettos, and some came in sci-fi t-shirts, but together they could shape the future of the Internet.
In the Media
by Naomi O'Leary (AFP)
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Allegations of laboratory fraud in the ongoing Amanda Knox case. Pope Francis asks bankers and the super-rich to find some ethics. A bizarre car crash caused by a threesome. Welcome to this week's TopFinds.
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Wikipedia has had a problem with people putting misleading or false edits on pages for some time. They have now changed the rules so that editors must disclose whether they are being paid.
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A look at the goings-on in Syria from a citizen's perspective. Germany sees its first "package-free" grocery store. A rare wolf is gunned down by Florida wildlife officers. Welcome to this week's TopFinds.
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According to a new study, 1 million minutes of video will cross the net every second in 2018. This will amount to 131 exabytes of data per month.
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Bangkok -
Thailand's military is bolstering its self-designated role as protector of the monarchy with increased "cyber patrols" to root out critics of the king following last month's coup.
In the Media
by Delphine Thouvenot (AFP)
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Facebook has recently started a program to read your browser history and preferences. This data will be sent to major companies so they can market products towards you.
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The largest online community and dating website for people with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) has announced a new iOS app. Launched in 2001, PositiveSingles.com is for people who live with STDs like HIV, Herpes (HSV), or HPV.
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Los Angeles holds a two-day hackathon within City Hall. A Swedish student designs a potentially revolutionary payment method. A Moncton, NB man shoots several RCMP officers. Welcome to this week's TopFinds.
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"Cyberchondria" is a take on "hypochondriac." In this case it is about people looking up medical symptoms on-line, and then thinking that they have one condition or another. The average U.S. citizen spends 52 hours per year looking up health information.
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The fight for net neutrality is something that our children and our children's children will still be fighting. Sound strange? Here are some hard facts to back it up.
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What happens if you're offered the promotion of a lifetime but it's in a different country? To some this'll be a no-brainer but to others, children need to be considered. So what's the best way of ensuring they integrate as well as you do?
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Ibadan -
A Nigerian man who allegedly conned an Australian pensioner out of $90,000 in an online dating scam has appeared in court charged with deception, the country's anti-graft agency said on Thursday.
In the Media
by AFP
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A new report from VICE says that while many U.S. cities have a fiber optic cable network that could provide much faster Internet, large Telecom companies are actively lobbying to make sure average citizens can't access them.
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New York -
The shortest path to the Internet for some remote corners of the world may be through the skies.That is the message from US tech giants seeking to spread the online gospel to hard-to-reach regions.
In the Media
by Sophie Estienne (AFP)
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Brian Quinn mixing cocktails at Sidetour during WalkaboutNYC 2012
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Photo-coverage from mesh13, Canada's premier digital conference
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In this June, 2013 photo released by Google, solar panels and electronics are prepared for launch in Tekapo, New Zealand. Google is testing balloons which sail in the stratosphere and beam the Internet to Earth
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David Michel Davies, Internet Week NY 2012 Co-chair
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Tom Rafferty
Someone's inbox when Hotmail didn't load all his emails
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"Tastemaking Through Curated Communities" panel (L-R): Skipper Chong Warson, Julie Anixter, Brad Davis, Shane Rahmani, Kimberly Stone, Duncan Alney
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Photo-coverage from mesh13, Canada's premier digital conference
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Photo by Google / Andrea Dunlap
In this June, 2013 photo released by Google, solar panels and electronics are prepared for launch in Tekapo, New Zealand. Google is testing balloons which sail in the stratosphere and beam the Internet to Earth
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Photo illustration by DigitalJournal.com
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Cybersecurity.
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Hosts Persia Tatar of the Social Media Society and Dan Wittmers of the Mobile Leaders Alliance welcome attendees and speakers to the Emerging Media Convergence conference September 12 in New York.
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Photo-coverage from mesh13, Canada's premier digital conference
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