China’s internet is not exactly famous for its freedom, but it takes a lot of effort to keep it tied down. Folks have done math to suggest there are thousands of government employees censoring China’s Twitter-clone Weibo alone. Now the Beijing News is pegging that total at more like two million.
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Throughout the months of September and October, HuffPost Teen is highlighting the way teens think and feel about sex through anecdotes written for our series, “Teen Sex: It’s Complicated.” All of the authors are teenagers who have agreed to be published anonymously. If you want to share your thoughts, join the conversation here.
By Paige, 17
To me, sex means a lot of different things to a lot of different people, and yet we don’t acknowledge that. We treat it as if it’s simply “okay” or “not okay.”
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official tells The Associated Press that Navy SEALs have raided a Somali coastal town looking for an al-Qaida suspect in connection with the Nairobi shopping mall attack, but did not get their target.
Two U.S. officials who discussed the raid spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be identified.
It was one thing when Google’s Chrome apps managed to break out of the browser
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So this is what CrunchWeek is like without adult supervision.
Leena Rao and Colleen Taylor, the show’s two regular hosts, were both out of town this week, but there was still plenty of news for TechCrunch writers — specifically Greg Kumparak, Alex Wilhelm, and me — to talk about. We weighed in on the anticipation around Twitter’s IPO filing (and what was revealed in its S-1 filing), the shutdown of anonymous Bitcoin marketplace Silk Road, and reports that Amazon is developing its own smartphones (one of them with a whopping four cameras).
By the way, apologies for the occasional bursts of random background noise. I blame the gremlins hiding in the TCTV studio.
Alt-week takes a look at the best science and alternative tech stories from the last seven days.
Your Facebook status updates may seem like witty prose to you, but to a bunch of scientists they’re nothing but typographical DNA, waiting to reveal everything about you. Less sinister sounding …
Italian design company FACE is looking for designers from around the
world to design the visual interface for their upcoming automatic door
control system. If they really like your touch keys and layouts, you’ll
earn the grand prize of €1,250!
The man alleged to be "Dread Pirate Roberts," the founder and operator of the Silk Road—an online marketplace where bitcoins were traded for a range of goods and services, including drugs—was arrested by the FBI in San Francisco Wednesday. The criminal complaint, released today, provides many details about how the site and its users relied on widespread anonymity technology, including Tor and Bitcoin.
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It would appear that Samsung will be bringing on another advanced version of the Samsung Galaxy S4, this time working with the Active version – waterproof, that is. Like the original Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-A, this version looks to carry the more advanced processor in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core SoC. This version also works […]
So you have been trying to catch all of the Pokémon you can, but you have found one that is that special someone. What better way to say, “I choose you!” then to give them this Poké Ball engagement ring? This is the height of class for Pokémon fans who want to end the chase and settle down.
This Pokéball engagement ring was designed by jeweler Arts & Gems. It is the Pokémon trainer’s ring.
It has a ruby and cubic zirconium Pokéball as the center stone with green gems on either side to represent health at the beginning of a battle. Sadly for all of you Poké-nerds this is just a concept, but the artist says that due to demand they will be producing it soon.
Let’s face it you can’t catch them all. For one thing they just keep creating new Pokémon and upping the price of merchandise. It’s better just to catch one very special Pokémon and stick with it.
[via Cheezburger via Fashionably Geek]
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