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Mat Luschek
Executive producer for Geek News Central. Photographer of cons and host of Robot Underpants.
Stan Lee to Teach Online Course
The online course is open to all ages, and is delivered via video lectures and interviews, interactive exercises, curated links and readings, and online discussion with course faculty and students from around the world.
Facebook to Add Suicide Reporting
Let's face it, social media has become the main way we communicate with each other today. We have all seen posts from friends in good times but also in bad. When it comes to bad, it's hard to say how bad things are, but places like Facebook can often be where troubled people reach out. Now Facebook intends to do something to
This Week in Watch News
There are two major leaders in the smart watch world these days, and one hasn't even released its product yet. Apple and Pebble both are in the news this week, getting everyone all excited about what's to come in wearables. Pebble launched a new Kickstarter this week to raise funds for its latest smart watch. One with color e-paper, longer battery
Google Flip Flops on Adult Blogger Content
"This week, we announced a change to Blogger's porn policy. We've had a ton of feedback, in particular about the introduction of a retroactive change (some people have had accounts for 10+ years), but also about the negative impact on individuals who post sexually explicit content to express their identities."
Uber’s data breached in 2014
In late 2014, we identified a one-time access of an Uber database by an unauthorized third party. A small percentage of current and former Uber driver partner names and driver’s license numbers were contained in the database. Immediately upon discovery we changed the access protocols for the database, removing the possibility of unauthorized access. We are notifying impacted drivers, but we have not received any reports of actual misuse of information as a result of this incident.
So long, Leonard Nimoy
Perhaps one of history's most famous, and loved, aliens, Spock trained himself to let go of human emotion. But upon the passing of Leonard Nimoy, the Internet is full of "the feels." Countless posts have been made since it was released that Nimoy had passed, and never has anyone seen so many emotion-filled comments by fans around the world. "I