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Libraries Are Going to Start Lending Out Internet Hotspots

Libraries in New York and Chicago are planning to start lending out Wi-Fi hotspots to people who don’t have internet access at home

The Trouble with Crowdfunding the Next Big Tech Gadget

Crowdfunding is hot right now, but a lack of regulation might leave backers at risk of falling prey to a swindle

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“WildLeaks” Is Like WikiLeaks for Poaching—And It’s Working to Stop Wildlife Crime

The site has received more than twenty tips so far, including about elephant and tiger poachings

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In Wales, Traveling by Dragon Is Now an Option, According to Google Maps

You can also commute by carriage or Loch Ness monster, depending on your location in the U.K.

The project could provide high speed internet to the remote Cook Islands, for example.

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Google Is Launching 180 Satellites to Bring the Internet to Remote Corners of the World

Google is acquiring satellite companies and hiring experts to find solutions for bringing internet to remote corners of the world

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You Can Now Get High-Speed Internet on the Moon

Last fall NASA and MIT researchers demonstrated a new laser-based long-distance data transmission system

The remote Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic is just one of the wilderness sites that will soon have wifi.

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Canada’s Installing High Speed Wifi at Remote National Parks

Wireless internet will no longer be confined to visitor centers at an assortment of trial National Park wilderness sites

New Research

Facebook Users Most Often Unfriend People They Knew From High School

And how does that make the victim of the unfriending feel? Surprised, usually

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An Effort to Crack Down on Fake Yelp Reviews Goes to Supreme Court

About 20 percent of reviews on Yelp might be fraudulent. But should Yelp have to disclose the identities of its reviewers?

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The Majority of Web Traffic Comes From Robots

While humans may be very good at surfing the internet, this is yet another thing that robots do better

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Google Play Kicks Porn of All Types Out of Its Store

The store has never allowed straight-up pornography, but it’s now getting even stricter about what’s allowed

Steve Perlman hopes his invention, the pCell, will transform how we transmit data from our smartphones.

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Checking The Claim: A Wireless Network That Streams A Thousand Times Faster?

As wireless data networks face more congestion, will entrepreneur Steve Perlman’s latest idea be the ultimate fix?

What Emotion Goes Viral the Fastest?

On Twitter and Facebook, which spreads quickest: joy, sadness or disgust?

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The United States Is Declared an Enemy of the Internet by Reporters Without Borders

Usually this list includes countries you might expect: Saudi Arabia, China, North Korea. But this year the United States is on it, too.

A venture capital firm plans to launch hundreds of miniature satellites—capable of beaming websites to the world's most remote areas for free—into space by 2015.

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Could Mini Satellites Provide Free Internet to All?

A venture capital firm plans to make the World Wide Web available to anyone with a WiFi-enabled device

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Programmers Across the Country Are Self-Organizing to Protest NSA Surveillance

“The Day We Fight Back” campaign seeks to reform the NSA

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What Was the Internet Like the Day Facebook Was Born?

The web was already 15 years old. What else were we up to when The Facebook was born?

Threaten with emoji, go to jail.

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An Emoji Death Threat Is Still a Death Threat

Death threats are illegal. Even if they come in the form of emoji.

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Here’s the Paper That Popularized Net Neutrality

Net neutrality might be done for. Here’s a look at where it came from

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