TWC is About to be Sued for Violating Net Neutrality Rules and Holding Traffic for Ransom
The Federal Communications Commission’s new consumer-friendly net neutrality rules just took effect last week, and it looks like our first big lawsuit is already on the verge of being filed. That’s not surprising at all. What is surprising, perhaps, is that the target of the lawsuit isn’t Comcast or Verizon.
According to a new report, Time Warner Cable is about to be slapped with a lawsuit alleging that the ISP charged a video content provider exorbitantly high rates to avoid being throttled.
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Next-Gen Nexus Phone Details Seemingly Confirmed by Huawei Employee
A Huawei employee in the U.K. familiar with the company’s plans has seemingly confirmed that Huawei is indeed working with Google on one of the two next-generation Nexus handsets expected to be released later this year alongside Android M.
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‘Fbomb’ Site Shows You Everywhere in the World People Are Dropping F-bombs on Twitter
You you ever felt a burning desire to track f-bombs posted to Twitter on a map? No? Neither have I, but if we wanted to, we could do it because there’s a site for that.
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18-Year-Old Shot Dead After Using ‘Find My Smartphone’ App
Jeremy Cook died on Sunday in London from multiple gunshot wounds from suspects who were in possession of his lost phone, which he was able to track with an app.
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Like the S550 Mustang? Then Here’s Your Chance to Win One from Hooker Headers!
Hooker Headers’ is giving away a 2015 Mustang to one lucky winner. Find out how to enter to win!
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Watch a Crazy Person Destroy a $10,000 Gold Apple Watch for No Good Reason
Popular users can make plenty of money from the ads that run alongside their videos on YouTube, but we’re not sure “TechRax” is going to recoup the $10,000 he spent on a gold Apple Watch Edition just to smash it between two neodymium magnets.
What is the purpose of this test? Why did he smash a gold Apple Watch and not a cheap aluminum one? Why is he smashing Apple Watches in the first place? What is a neodymium magnet?
We’re not entirely sure that the answers to any of those questions really matter — the video is embedded below.
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1 Dude, 1 Dance Routine, 100 Locations: 1 Amazing Video
Sometimes you just have to tip your hat to creative people who come up with fun new ways to entertain us. Such is the case with Matt Bray, who created an incredible video that definitely deserves all of the buzz it’s been getting over the past week.
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Thanks To Snowden’s NSA revelations, DuckDuckGo’s Traffic Has Exploded
When it comes to search, there’s really been only one name that has mattered for the last 15 ears: Google. And though Google remains the top search engine on the planet by a wide, wide margin, that’s not to say that there isn’t any competition. There is, of course, Microsoft’s Bing. But also making strides in search is DuckDuckGo, a search engine which prides itself on not tracking users and valuing privacy and pertinent search results above all else.
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Video: The Cast of Silicon Valley Destroys Conan in Halo 5
Conan O’Brien’s gaming videos are always entertaining and this week’s video of him playing the upcoming Halo 5 against three cast members from HBO’s sitcom Silicon Valley is no exception. Halo 5, which is still months away from being released, has a terrific looking multiplayer mode that Conan played with Silicon Valley stars Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller and Zach Woods. Given how Conan is typically a pretty crappy gamer, you won’t be surprised to learn that he spends most of the video getting slaughtered by his rivals.
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