Latest articles by Chris Gayomali
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Reports: The NSA has supercomputers that can read your encrypted messages
feature A massive new report from the New York Times, ProPublica, and the Guardian reveals alarming new details about the agency's surveillance capabilities
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Coffee made from cat poop: Preserving the integrity of the world's priciest beans
feature Scientists have created a new test to determine whether Kopi Luwak beans have truly passed through a civet's digestive tract
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Ghetto Tracker: A website that helps rich people avoid poor people [Updated]
feature This is a real thing that sadly exists
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What is Molly? Everything you need to know about the party drug
feature Two young festivalgoers in New York reportedly overdosed on designer MDMA over the weekend. That's not normal.
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Samsung's Galaxy Gear: All you need to know about the sporty new smartwatch
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PSA: Swallowing a tapeworm to lose weight is still not a good idea
feature An Iowa woman had to learn the hard way
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Yahoo hasn't really dethroned Google as king of the internet... yet
feature Marissa Mayer's resurgent company placed number one in web traffic for July. But a coronation might be premature.
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The 7 best Batmans, as ranked by their chins
feature Ben Affleck is a fine choice to play the Caped Crusader
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It's time for Emojis to be more diverse
feature "If these Emoji are going to be the texting and Twitter standard, we think it'd be cool if they better reflected the diversity of the people using them"
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The science of getting a bartender's attention
feature What's the most effective way to get a drink? Behavioral scientists may have found the answer.
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Keep calm: The iPhone 5s' fingerprint reader has been 'hacked'
feature Here's why you're probably safe
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Sleep could help you overcome your worst fear
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Early humans probably saw a super-massive black hole in the night sky
feature At the heart of the Milky Way lurks a snoozing monster
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BitTorrent: The key to Netflix's taste-making success?
feature Prison Break is one of the most pirated TV series in the Netherlands. Apparently, that's why Netflix decided to license it.
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Digital etiquette: 5 simple tips for not tweeting like a racist
feature Does your tweet start with "I'm not racist, but…"? Yeah. Don't tweet that.
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Google Nexus 5: Leaked video, Android KitKat, and more
feature A brief glimpse of what sure looks like a new LG smartphone running Google's new operating system
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What the painful bites of 6 different deadly creatures feel like
feature From the black widow to the bullet ant, these bites are best experienced vicariously
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Apple's new iPhones: The only 6 things you need to know
feature Here are the key takeaways from today's big reveal
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Why you hate the sound of your own voice
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Meet the blobfish: The newly crowned 'ugliest animal in the world'
feature Ugly animals need love, too
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iOS 7: A 90-second primer
feature Everything you need to know about Apple's new mobile operating system
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iOS 7 battery life: 6 simple ways to keep your iPhone powered up
feature A lot of apps are silently sucking all the juice from your fancy phone. It doesn't have to be that way.
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In defense of hashtags
feature Saying exactly what you want to say on a screen is hard. Hashtags help.
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Apple iPhone 5s: Review roundup
feature An abridged guide to what the tech circuit's top critics are saying
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