Archives for December 2014

Monthly Archives: December 2014

Celebrity News

Facebook stock hits another all-time high

It’s understandable. People like getting mail. But the subscription box industry — those startups that periodically ship a “curated” collection of products to ...
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World

JPMorgan Chase could have avoided massive data breach with simple fix

The cyberattack on JPMorgan Chase that enabled the largest known American bank intrusion to date could have been prevented with a simple security ...
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World

Facebook apologizes after ‘Year in Review’ stirs up bad memories for some users

While scrolling through your Facebook News Feed this holiday season, you probably encountered the typical statuses from friends: photographs of families opening gifts ...
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10 authors of color to keep an eye on in 2015

Your book list is going to get a bit longer. For 2015, we want to shine a light on a few diverse authors ...
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‘Doctor Who’ dreams up a Christmas masterpiece

Were you fooled? I certainly was. Steven Moffat, erstwhile trickster and Doctor Who showrunner, led us to believe we were in for our ...
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Oculus Rift Leaders Say You’ll Buy Both Their Virtual Reality Headsets

Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey doesn’t think the just-announced Gear VR mobile virtual reality headset he’s building for Samsung is going to compete ...
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Entertainment

New York Jets coach Rex Ryan fired

Ryan was 46-50 in six seasons — not including 4-2 in the postseason — but remained popular with his players, and they dumped ...
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Entertainment

Fallon’s #ChristmasFails can knock out your holiday spirit

Jimmy Fallon loves a good #ChristmasFail. On Thursday night’s Tonight Show, Fallon shared a few of his favorite tales of bad gifts, toppled ...
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Entertainment

Howard the Duck’s Comeback Is Complete With This Mondo Portrait

Not since Robert Downey Jr. got the Iron Man gig has anyone had an improbable career rebound via a Marvel movie quite like ...
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Entertainment

Former LBJ adviser slams ‘Selma’ for painting the President in a poor light

LOS ANGELES — This year’s Oscar whisper campaigns got off with more of an angry cry of foul. We hadn’t seen much potshotting ...
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