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Hacking Team Breach Reveals Firm Sold Spying Tools To Repressive Regimes

2:39pm July 08, 2015

by Elise Hu

What happens when one of the most notorious hacking companies gets hacked? That's the situation unfolding for one Italian company, which sells surveillance software to governments across the globe.

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The new spacecraft, called LightSail, is orbiting Earth. Future versions could travel to the moon and beyond.

Science

Solar Sail Unfurls In Space

3:47pm July 07, 2015

by Geoff Brumfiel

A nonprofit has successfully tested technology that could one day be used to explore the solar system on a budget.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (right) stars opposite Rob Corddry in the HBO series Ballers.

Arts

USA's 'Mr. Robot,' HBO's 'Ballers' Among Picks For Best Summer TV Series

3:29pm July 07, 2015

by Eric Deggans

A flood of some 120 series, both new and returning, are coming to TV sets this summer. So, how to choose which ones to binge-watch by the pool? Our TV critic picks his four favorite new shows.

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Interim CEO Ellen Pao says Reddit is working on improved tools for the site's moderators.

Reddit CEO Says Miscommunication Led To Blackout Protest

3:19pm July 07, 2015

by Steve Mullis

A user revolt briefly shut down the social-site last week after a key employee was dismissed. Interim CEO Ellen Pao says the company has "apologized for not communicating better" with site moderators.

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The components of a Google Carboard VR viewer.

Want A Taste Of Virtual Reality? Step One: Find Some Cardboard

9:29am July 07, 2015

by Linda Poon

Fancy headsets can cost between $200 and $500. But if you have a smartphone, some extra time and an empty pizza box, you can make your own.

Hackers Target Controversial Italian Cyber Espionage Company

7:44am July 07, 2015

by Aarti Shahani

Spyware belonging to the security firm Hacking Team has been detected in many countries with repressive regimes. The firm's client list is secret, but a hack has made thousands of documents public.

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The popular reddit question-and-answer section /r/IAmA, along with hundreds of others, has shut down in an apparent protest over the dismissal of a key figure at the social sharing site.

National

Reddit CEO Apologizes Days After User Revolt Over Firing Of Popular Figure

5:57pm July 06, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Ellen Pao said the company had "screwed up ... over the past several years," leading up to the way it handled the dismissal of Victoria Taylor, the key figure in the r/IAmA section.

Parts Of Social-Sharing Site Reddit Go Dark In Apparent User Revolt

5:46pm July 06, 2015

by Steve Mullis

After the firing of a key figure at the website, moderators of many of reddit's most popular sections have gone private in apparent protest.

A Hacker Is Hacked: Controversial Italian Cyber Espionage Company Is Targeted

4:22pm July 06, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Hacking Team's spyware has been detected in many countries with repressive regimes. The company has never revealed its client list, but a hack has made thousands of documents public.

In A Twist, Tech Companies Are Outsourcing Computer Work To ... Humans

2:41pm July 06, 2015

A new trend is sweeping the tech world: hiring real people. NPR's Arun Rath talks to Wired reporter Julia Greenberg about why tech giants are learning to trust human instinct instead of algorithms.

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