Childhood home of Steve Jobs gets 'historic' label
The Silicon Valley home where Apple co-founder Steve Jobs grew up and built some of his first computers is now on the Los Altos, Calif., list of historic properties.
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The New York Times endorsed a secretive trade agreement that the public can’t read.
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The Onion goes all digital. Washington Post continues to distribute news printed on dead trees.
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Patent trolls get the spotlight
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The Switchboard: Twitter stock price up over 70% on first day of trading
Twitter’s IPO, the legality of CIA payments to AT&T, and Tesla on fire -- not in a good way.
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All eyes are on the New York Stock Exchange after the social media firm debuts as a public company.
No, Bitcoin isn’t broken
Two Cornell researchers say Bitcoin is fundamentally broken. Here’s why they’re wrong.
Amazon to bookstores: Help us make you irrelevant
Amazon wants to get independent bookstores to stock their e-readers and tablets. That seems like a hard sell.
The Army’s cyber command facility with a Star Trek-inspired showroom may be falling apart
Army Cyber Command’s Star Trek-based “Information Dominance Center” is at Fort Belvoir -- a report says current facilities are in “poor condition.“
Report: CIA paid AT&T $10 million a year for metadata
The CIA doesn’t appear to have broken any surveillance rules. But the deal certainly falls into a legal gray area.
Twitter will need to be insanely profitable just to hit its valuation
Twitter will need double-digit growth rates for a decade to meet investors’ expectations.
Boiling down Twitter’s brilliance
Twitter has never turned a profit, but is worth billions. Here’s why not to scoff at the company’s value.
Dark matter: Why you should care
The next frontier in science is finding something that we know exists, but can’t see, smell or touch. That’s dark matter.
How we protect ourselves from the NSA
Users say they spend less time on Gmail, use more encryption software, and much more.
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Thursday’s edition includes includes Ken Cuccinelli, drama after a parent’s death, and commentary on the hair of New York’s first family.
Switchboard: Silk Road is back
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New FCC chief gets to work in a familiar place
Tom Wheeler, well known at the agency because of years as a lobbyist, is weathering criticism.
Clean/Exhaust
Diesel technology and fuel have gone through transformations that make them cleaner than gas.
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