2015年8月28日 星期五

2015-08-29 U.S. Spotlight


John McAfee: Ashley Madison database stolen by lone female who worked for Avid ...   
International Business Times UK
Yes, it is true. Ashley Madison was not hacked - the data was stolen by a woman operating on her own who worked for Avid Life Media. The reason that I am so late to the second act of the Ashley Madison affair is that, without a supercomputer, it has ...

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Having Won Over VCs, Y Combinator Turns To LPs   
TechCrunch
Last week, Y Combinator ran investors through 105 presentations by early-stage startups in a two-day show it calls Demo Day. The pace of deal-making for such events, staged every summer and winter, has grown so feverish that the incubator introduced a ...


   


Newsweek
   
What Do Women Named Ashley Madison Think of the Ashley Madison Hack?   
Newsweek
Hackers recently leaked sensitive data from the infidelity hook-up site AshleyMadison.com. Jason Katzenstein. Filed Under: Culture, Ashley Madison, same name, Hackers, Leaks, hook-up sites, ashleymadison.com. Previously: What It's Like to Share a Name ...


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InfoWorld
   
10 reasons you shouldn't upgrade to Windows 10   
InfoWorld
Back when Windows 10 officially launched, I ran down 10 reasons you should upgrade to the latest incarnation of Windows. Win10 may not yet offer any killer apps, but it provides a compelling combination of features that may tempt you to take the plunge ...


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New York Times
   
A Volcanic Eruption That Reverberates 200 Years Later   
New York Times
In April 1815, the most powerful volcanic blast in recorded history shook the planet in a catastrophe so vast that 200 years later, investigators are still struggling to grasp its repercussions. It played a role, they now understand, in icy weather ...

   


NPR
   
Why Phone Fraud Starts With A Silent Call   
NPR
Here's an experience some of us have had. The phone rings. You pick it up and say "Hello. Hello. Helloooo." But nobody answers. It turns out there could be someone on the other end of the line: an automated computer system that's calling your number ...


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Today.com
   
Brooke Burke-Charvet's secret to a killer body: No 'trendy Hollywood diets'   
Today.com
Brooke Burke-Charvet has been a TV host, model, clothing designer and more, but the thing she's most proud of is being a mom and wife. The 43-year-old mother of four, who has balanced an impressive career with raising a large family, seems to live by ...

   


The New Yorker
   
The Terrible Teens   
The New Yorker
In adolescence, the brain is wired to experience pleasure more intensely than before or after. Credit Illustration by Édith Carron. C57BL/6J mice are black, with pink ears and long pink tails. Inbred for the purposes of experimentation, they exhibit a ...

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Variety
   
Maker Studios Content Chief Erin McPherson Exits   
Variety
Erin McPherson is leaving Disney's Maker Studios, after nearly two years as chief content officer at the multichannel network, while head of marketing Jeremy Welt also is out. A rep for Maker confirmed McPherson's departure. “We generally do not ...

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The Awl
   
Literary Magazines for Socialists Funded by the CIA, Ranked   
The Awl
In May of 1967, a former CIA officer named Tom Braden published a confession in the Saturday Evening Post under the headline, “I'm glad the CIA is 'immoral.'” Braden confirmed what journalists had begun to uncover over the previous year or so: The CIA ...


   

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