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Pedophiles Seem to Make Up a Huge Chunk of Anonymized Web Traffic

The bulk of Dark Web traffic seems to flow to child pornography sites

Kids in a small Nigerian village line up to learn at the Hello Hub.

How Do Kids Learn Where There Are No Teachers? It May Take a Village…Computer

A non-profit called Projects for All has a plan for educating children without schools: Turn them loose on outdoor computer kiosks in their community

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Goodbye CAPTCHA: Just Click a Box to Prove You’re Not a Robot

Google is getting rid of spam bots and annoying squiggly text at the same time

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Do Social Media Death Threats Count as Real Threats Or Just as Venting?

The Supreme Court is weighting the complex issue of free speech online

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Some Plants Eavesdrop (And Steal) Via an Underground Fungal Network

An underground network can be used for friendly communication—or for evil

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40 Percent of Adult Internet Users Have Been Harassed Online

Harassment runs rampant online

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This Google Glass Owner Only Took His Device Off to Sleep And Shower

And when he checked into rehab, he couldn’t stop touching his right temple

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In the U.K., Posting Nude Pictures of Another Person Is About to Become a Jailable Offense

This year, 28 states introduced or proposed legislation pertaining to revenge porn, though many are still pending

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Twitter Payments Will Put Hashtag Activists on the Spot

Maybe it’s time to actually #DoSomething

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People Will Give Away Their Personal Information for an Actual Cookie

I’ll take two oatmeal raisin and a high risk of identity theft

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Movie Theaters Boycott Netflix’s First Feature Film

AMC, Regal, Carmike and Cinemark thumb their nose at Netflix’s upcoming sequel to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”

The Debate Over Net Neutrality Has Its Roots in the Fight Over Radio Freedom

Today’s epic battle has been fought before, when radio took to the air a century ago

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A New Search Engine For Metaphors

Yossarian offers a new way of searching for inspiration online

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The Social Media Fight Between the U.S. and ISIS Is Weirder Than You’d Imagine

The U.S. has decided to fight propaganda with propaganda

Khufu Pyramid at Giza.

Google Street View Brings Egypt’s Pyramids To A Computer Near You

From ancient citadels to the Great Sphinx, you can now explore Egypt’s wonders in the digital world

Artist Roman Muradov's interpretation of a scene from Tolstoy's Anna Karenina for Google Doodle.

Google Doodle Honors the Genius of Leo Tolstoy

On what would be his 186th birthday, see the author’s famous works digitally brought to life

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Even on Social Media, People Keep Quiet About Opposing Views

Only 42 percent of Americans said they were willing to post about a controversial topic online whereas 86 percent said they would talk about it in person

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Creepy Internet-Style Tracking and Targeting Analytics Are Moving into Real Life

A company is using cameras and heat sensors to track people in their store

An amateur photograph of galaxy NGC 5907 by Flickr user korborh. On its own it doesn't look like much, but combined with hundreds more it can reveal new secrets about the universe.

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Astronomers Are Doing Real Science With Space Photos They Found on Flickr

Want to help research? Grab a camera and point it to the heavens

Patients at an internet addiction boot camp in Guangzhou practice gardening.

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China Now Has Up to 250 Boot Camps to Cure Teens of Internet Addiction

One of these facilities recently opened in the US, too

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