Phone Scams Plague Consumers, Authorities Scrambling (video)

Telephone scammers posing as tech support, lottery reps or even government officials are inundating U.S. homes as cheap technology and the rapid rise in Internet access globally makes it easier to set up an unlawful phone operation. Published May 27, 2016

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Spaces, Allo, Duo, Hangouts: How Many Messaging Apps?

Google’s new Allo and Duo chat apps: first look:

"Google has announced three new communication apps this week: Spaces, Allo and Duo. That's in addition to the three it already has."--Why Google can't stop making messaging apps | engadget.com

2013: Google kills Reader because "we’re pouring all of our energy into fewer products.”

2016: Here’s 10,000 messaging apps.

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Antarctica Mission Finds 71-Million-Year-Old Fossils (video)

Antarctica Mission Finds 71-Million-Year-Old Fossils:

Scientists released video footage of some of the findings from an Antarctica expedition where more than a ton of fossils were discovered. The fossils range from giant shark vertebrae to dinosaur fossils. Published on May 5, 2016

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Gaming in the Name of Science (video)

Gaming in the Name of Science:

Scientists are recruiting videogamers to help crowdsource answers to research issues. The videogames -- designed to emulate popular games -- ask players to solve puzzles and complete other tasks to help sort through data and identify patterns. Published on May 4, 2016.

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Where All Your Facebook Photos Really Go (video)

Where All Your Facebook Photos Really Go:

Facebook has built one of the world's largest and most efficient data centers at the edge of the world. Here's the engineering behind its massive cloud system in Lulea, Sweden. Published April 27, 2016

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