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Lloyd traded to Sky Blue FC

On a day that saw 40 college seniors learn which cities they will call home as professional athletes, the National Women’s Soccer League draft was overshadowed by a trade involving the relocation of veteran stars Samantha Kerr, Carli Lloyd and Christen Press. women’s national team co-captain Lloyd from the Houston …

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Study: Flu Virus Can Be Spread Just by Breathing

According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, it is alarmingly easy to spread the influenza virus by simply breathing. Colorized transmission electron micrograph of negatively stained SW31 (swine strain) influenza virus particles. Image credit: NIAID / CC BY 2.0. People commonly believe …

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Uber’s big SoftBank deal has officially closed

SoftBank’s $1.2 billion primary direct investment deal has officially closed, according to Uber itself, which confirmed the deal closure and provided the following statement to TechCrunch via a spokesperson: We’re proud to have SoftBank, Dragoneer and the entire consortium in the Uber family. This is a great outcome for our …

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Bitcoin, Blockchain, and ICOs: What You Need to Know

One of the offshoots of CES this year was a CoinAgenda event. It was attended by over 1,000 folks paying about $1,000 each to hear and learn about Bitcoin and blockchain startups, and judge a variety of ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings). Bitcoin bubble or not, blockchain-based technology is here to …

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Apple Blocks App That Detects Net Neutrality Violations

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to roll back net neutrality regulations several weeks ago, leaving consumers on their own when dealing with heavy-handed ISPs. The FCC suggests that public outrage will prevent ISPs from doing truly objectionable things with data traffic, but how are we supposed to know what’s happening …

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Few Gmail Users Enable Two-Factor Authentication

Cybersecurity is an ongoing problem, with critical flaws and weaknesses ranging from ongoing research into how best to break fundamental aspects of CPU architectures to users perennial terrible choice of passwords. All in all, it’s not a cheerful situation, and new data from Google doesn’t exactly improve things. In a …

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