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California Passes Law Preventing Employers From Demanding Social Media Access [Privacy]

11 May 2012

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With the passage of AB 1844, the California State Assembly has effectively banned employers from requiring access to their workers’ social media accounts. Several states already outlawing the practice and a national ban is in the works, employers will soon have a much harder time snooping through your online life.

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Quantum Object Teleported 100 Kilometers by Chinese Scientists [Physics]

11 May 2012

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Though quantum teleportation has existed for well over 10 years, it has never actually happened at a distance that would be of any use to people in the real world. But for the first time, Chinese researchers were able to teleport a quantum object nearly 100 kilometers, ramping up the real world applications for the idea.

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iOS’ Reminders and Notes Apps Will Likely Appear in iCloud [Apple]

11 May 2012

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Considering that the Notes and Reminders apps on iOS will soon appear on OS X Mountain Lion, it probably shouldn’t come as a huge shock that they’ll probably be part of iCloud’s suite of web apps. Today, the two utilities have popped up in screens for the beta version of iCloud, which nobody can seem to login to

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You Won’t Believe This Colorful Glass Gem Corn Is Freaking Real Corn [Food]

11 May 2012

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This is corn. No, it’s not photoshopped

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This 204-Piece Tool Kit Is Your Fixed-That-For-You Deal of the Day [Dealzmodo]

11 May 2012

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“Welcome to my repair shop. What’s that? Can I help you with your brake lights?

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Philadelphia’s Subway Trains Are Becoming Rolling Power Factories [Monster Machines]

11 May 2012

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The transportation sector accounts for nearly half of United State’s total energy consumption. With fuel prices continually climbing, those energy costs are cutting into already-strained state budgets

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This Is Objectively the Best Prom Photo Ever [Image Cache]

11 May 2012

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Everyone say “PROM!” Prrrrrom…

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How To Make Your Mom Feel Loved with Technology [User Manual]

11 May 2012

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Your mom will always love you, and you’ll always love your mom, but now that moms are comfortably geeky, maternal interactions can get weird and frustrating very quickly. How do we manage? You need a plan—especially with Mother’s day coming so soon

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A Large Hadron Collider Would Be Easy to Build If Ikea Made It [Image Cache]

11 May 2012

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So why exactly did CERN spend billions and billions of dollars building the Large Hadron Collider when Ikea sells a perfectly good alternative, the Hädrönn Cjölidder, for considerably less cash? Sure, its Compact Muon Solenoid is made from ugly particle board, but think of the money you’ll save by building it yourself. More

Moms Spray Dirty-Dancing Teens with Lysol in Real-Life Footloose Fiasco [WTFriday]

11 May 2012

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On April 22nd, the hormonal teenagers of Manitou Springs High School gathered at City Hall to engage in the rites of prom. There was music, there punch, there was (probably) crying in bathroom stalls.

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