Obama hears panel: Stop NSA bulk phone data collection

The White House has released a lengthy report written by a five-member panel recommending sweeping reforms of the NSA. Included among the 46 recommendations by the “Review Group on Intelligence … Continue reading

Taming Adrenaline for Better Workouts

Taming Adrenaline for Better Workouts

Do you have trouble sticking to workout regimens? Maybe you start off strong for the first couple weeks, but then you start missing them here and there until, eventually, you realize there’s a you-shaped cavern in your couch. You’re in good company. But there’s a tool that our own bodies produce that might just be the missing ingredient. In fact, it can literally make you addicted to your workouts.

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Money & Betrayal Play Key Roles In Silicon Valley Tomes

Money & Betrayal Play Key Roles In Silicon Valley TomesIt appears when Ben Mezrich penned his tell-all book about the
early beginnings of Facebook and included the bon mots "money" and
"betrayal" in its title, he had paved a path for another to follow.
After all if one social network could be launched on greed and
deception, couldn’t others? Good ole Machiavellian ethics may be as old
as time, but it appears to be the common denominator for both…

Study proves that you can secretly hijack an older Mac’s webcam

If you believe common wisdom, it shouldn’t be possible to take over most webcams without alerting users. The indicator LED is supposed to be hack-proof, after all. However, a pair of Johns Hopkins researchers have recently published a research paper …

Oh my! George Takei loses gaming virginity to Felicia Day

(Credit: Video screenshot by Leslie Katz/CNET)

Watching George Takei play a video game is just about as adorable as watching a newborn fawn walk for the first time — only a lot more entertaining.

The “Star Trek” actor laughs his way through multiple levels of Maro Party 4 on actress Felicia Day’s retro-gaming show “Co-Optitude” on Geek and Sundry’s YouTube channel.

After Takei had Day as a guest on “Takei’s Take,” his new YouTube talk show about social media and technology, it was only fitting that he co-star on the YouTube show that Day normally co-hosts with her brother Ryon Day.

Playing in co-op mode for 10 rounds against the computer, Takei is Yoshi and Day is Peach. Highlights include Day wearing her Toad hat; Takei reading the dialog aloud in character as only he can; and Takei getting excited that the game controller vibrates.

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Astronomers may have detected the first moon outside a star system

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The New Oscars Logo Is Illuminati Catnip

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New DNA sequence shows that Neanderthals liked incest

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