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Five Big Banks Plead Guilty to Rigging Currency Markets and No One Goes to Jailtherealnews.com
James S. Henry say the $5.89 billion they are collectively required to pay in penalties won't even get at 3% of their annual earnings. -
Ireland same-sex referendum set to approve gay marriage - BBC Newsbbc.co.uk
Early indications suggest the Republic of Ireland has voted to legalise same-sex marriage in a historic referendum. -
9/11 Legislation Launches Misguided Data-Mining and Domestic Surveillance Schemeseff.org
On Friday President Bush signed into law the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA; PDF), launching several flawed "security" schemes that EFF has long opposed. The media has focused on turf wars between the intelligence and d... -
Jonathan James and Aaron Swartz-Two Obituaries One Prosecutor •thehacktimes.com
Years after the suicide of two hackers, Jonathan James and Aaron Swartz, one question is still out there two obituaries one prosecutor? -
Cambodia's lucky iron fish - BBC Newsbbc.com
A fish-shaped lump of iron could be the answer to the global problem of anaemia. -
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Aubrey de Grey: Can Aging Be Cured?npr.org
Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease — and a curable one at that. -
Kamcord - Android Engineer (App)jobs.lever.co
Kamcord has raised over $25M in funding and is growing like crazy! We’re building a social network centered around gameplay videos for the world’s 1 billion mobile gamers. Using the world’s first mobile gameplay recording and sharing technology, we rea... -
Munchery Valued at About $300 Million Amid Food Fightblogs.wsj.com
Munchery is the latest food-delivery startup to raise cash from hungry venture capitalists. -
I.R.S. Look at Spinoffs May Affect Yahoo Plannytimes.com
Marissa Mayer’s plan to spin off Yahoo’s $34 billion stake in Alibaba tax-free could run into resistance from federal tax authorities. -
Cash-strapped councils forced to switch off CCTV camerasindependent.co.uk
CCTV cameras in towns and cities across the country are being switched off by councils who cannot afford to keep them running, making it “increasingly difficult” for police to investigate serious crimes, the Government’s surveillance camera watchdog ha... -
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Senate Blocks Patriot Act Extensionnpr.org
The Senate struggled to prevent an interruption in critical government surveillance programs early Saturday, rejecting both a House-passed bill and a short-term extension of the USA Patriot Act. -
If Haskell were strict, what would the laziness be like?nikita-volkov.github.io
Recently a question by Chris Done on Reddit has spawned yet another debate on the subject of whether Haskell’s laziness is actually a good thing. -
Human Reaction Times and Fighting Games, or Why Blocking Isn’t Always Easyshoryuken.com
Frame data matters to some extent in every competitive game. Many of these games, however, lack a static framerate against which to compare these numbers, so any gathered frame values are, at best, a rough estimate of the times that players can expect... -
Losing the Signal: How BlackBerry’s bid to one-up the iPhone failedtheglobeandmail.com
Excerpt from Losing the Signal: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry by Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff -
Florida Agency Classifies Uber Driver As Employee, Says He Is Eligible For Unemploymentbuzzfeed.com
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity says former Uber driver Darrin McGillis was an employee of the company — not an independent contractor. -
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Amazon Targets Etsy With ‘Handmade’ Marketplacewsj.com
Having vanquished scores of brick-and-mortar retailers, Amazon has a new target: Etsy. The Web retailer is prepping a marketplace for artisan goods that it is calling Handmade. -
U.S. Flies Over a Chinese Project at Sea, and Beijing Objectsnytimes.com
The Chinese are unhappy that the U.S. Navy is watching a huge reclamation project to turn reefs into islands in the Spratly Islands, a group of reefs in the South China Sea.