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• WeChat To Become China's Official Electronic ID System (scmp.com)
  Mobile · China · 2017-12-26 19:00 · posted by BeauHD · from the always-watching dept. · 54 comments
• Consumers In Germany Were Paid To Use Electricity This Holiday Season (inhabitat.com)
  Hardware · Power · 2017-12-26 15:30 · posted by BeauHD · from the free-energy dept. · 262 comments
• Elon Musk Confirms Tesla Pickup Truck Coming 'After Model Y' (electrek.co)
  Tech · Transportation · 2017-12-26 12:45 · posted by BeauHD · from the next-in-line dept. · 200 comments
• Beware: 'Digmine' Cryptocurrency Bot Is Spreading Via Facebook Messenger (techspot.com)
  Yro · Bitcoin · 2017-12-26 12:03 · posted by BeauHD · from the suspicious-links dept. · 96 comments
• Analysts Cut iPhone X Shipment Forecasts, Citing Lukewarm Demand (bloomberg.com)
  Hardware · Iphone · 2017-12-26 11:20 · posted by BeauHD · from the nickel-and-dimed dept. · 168 comments
• Bitcoin Recovers Some Losses After Its Worst Week Since 2013 (reuters.com)
  Bitcoin · 2017-12-26 10:40 · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the backwards-and-forwards-and-upside-down dept. · 150 comments
• Uber Is Selling Its Money-Losing Car Lease Business (engadget.com)
  News · Business · 2017-12-26 10:03 · posted by BeauHD · from the cut-costs dept. · 22 comments
• Is Google Home Fit For Elderly and Disabled Users? (vortex.com)
  Hardware · Google_Fb · 2017-12-26 09:25 · posted by BeauHD · from the ageist-technology dept. · 93 comments
• The Library of Congress Will Stop Archiving Every Public Tweet On January 1st (gizmodo.com)
  Yro · Communications · 2017-12-26 08:45 · posted by BeauHD · from the end-of-an-era dept. · 79 comments
• Flying in Airplanes Exposes People To More Radiation Than Standing Next To a Nuclear Reactor (businessinsider.com)
  Science · Science · 2017-12-26 06:40 · posted by msmash · from the my-way-or-highway dept. · 275 comments
• Net Neutrality Complaints Rise Amid FCC Repeal (axios.com)
  Yro · Government · 2017-12-26 06:00 · posted by msmash · from the tussle-continues dept. · 183 comments
• What Amazon's Alexa Economy Pays the People Building Its Skills (cnet.com)
  Developers · Business · 2017-12-26 04:50 · posted by msmash · from the big-money dept. · 101 comments
• Thunderbird Will Phase Out Legacy Add-Ons, Will Support WebExtensions (bleepingcomputer.com)
  Tech · Mozilla · 2017-12-26 04:00 · posted by msmash · from the next-up dept. · 171 comments
• Cash Might Be King, but They Don't Care (nytimes.com)
  News · Business · 2017-12-26 03:20 · posted by msmash · from the where-are-we-now dept. · 679 comments
• Cities With Uber Have Lower Rates Of Ambulance Usage (npr.org)
  Tech · Transportation · 2017-12-26 02:40 · posted by msmash · from the changing-lives dept. · 165 comments
• China's Shanghai Sets Population at 25 Million To Avoid 'Big City Disease' (theguardian.com)
  News · China · 2017-12-26 02:00 · posted by msmash · from the next-up dept. · 83 comments
• Researchers Fooled a Google AI Into Thinking a Rifle Was a Helicopter (wired.com)
  Ai · 2017-12-25 23:30 · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the closer-look dept. · 160 comments
• Movie Theaters Were Already in Trouble. With Disney's Fox Deal, It's Double (bloomberg.com)
  Entertainment · Business · 2017-12-25 19:30 · posted by msmash · from the road-ahead dept. · 193 comments
• People Still Aren't Buying Smartwatches -- and It's Only Going To Get Worse (businessinsider.com)
  Hardware · Hardware · 2017-12-25 16:00 · posted by msmash · from the beat-it dept. · 331 comments
• China Closes More Than 13,000 Websites in Past Three Years (reuters.com)
  Yro · China · 2017-12-25 13:30 · posted by msmash · from the my-way-or-highway dept. · 73 comments
• UK Companies Facing Cyber Security Staff Shortage (theguardian.com)
  News · Uk · 2017-12-25 11:01 · posted by msmash · from the reality-check dept. · 138 comments
• Estimates of Bitcoin's Soaring Energy Use Are Likely Overstating the Electric Power Required To Mine the Cryptocurrency (cnbc.com)
  Hardware · Bitcoin · 2017-12-25 10:00 · posted by msmash · from the closer-look dept. · 115 comments
• Established Players in Tech Industry Are Displaced By New Technologies and Companies Often When They Are Operating At Their Peak (learningbyshipping.com)
  Tech · Business · 2017-12-25 09:01 · posted by msmash · from the history-lessons dept. · 57 comments
• Russia's Putin Calls For Web Activities of Some Firms To Be Monitored (reuters.com)
  Politics · Social · 2017-12-25 08:01 · posted by msmash · from the umm-okay dept. · 57 comments
• The Majority of Americans Prefer To Be Greeted With 'Merry Christmas' Over 'Happy Holidays', a Poll Finds
  News · Stats · 2017-12-25 07:40 · posted by msmash · from the to-each-their-own dept. · 410 comments