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An inside look at a treatment center in Beijing for internet addiction, which China classified as a mental disorder and a public health threat in 2008 (Celia Chen/South China Morning Post)

Celia Chen / South China Morning Post: An inside look at a treatment center in Beijing for internet addiction, which China classified as a mental disorder and a public health threat in 2008  —  There are many internet addiction treatment centres in China that provide ‘detox’ services mostly for young people China’s video-gaming industry …

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A profile of Jeff Jordan, managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, who became a VC in his fifties and invested early in Airbnb, Instacart, and Pinterest (Polina Marinova/Fortune)

Polina Marinova / Fortune: A profile of Jeff Jordan, managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, who became a VC in his fifties and invested early in Airbnb, Instacart, and Pinterest  —  How Jeff Jordan is applying what he learned during his time at Disney, eBay, and OpenTable to help founders at Airbnb, Pinterest, and Instacart. A

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Researchers demonstrate how the US Wireless Emergency Alert system, which uses LTE networks, can be easily spoofed with "pirate" cell towers to cause mass panic (Karl Bode/VICE)

Karl Bode / VICE: Researchers demonstrate how the US Wireless Emergency Alert system, which uses LTE networks, can be easily spoofed with “pirate” cell towers to cause mass panic  —  With a pirate cell tower, it’s easy to send fake emergency alerts warning of a terrorist attack, nuclear bomb, or other disaster. Researchers demonstrate how

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Smart Bike Helmet Is Wireless

If you ride a bike, you probably share the road with a lot of cars. Unfortunately, they don’t always share the road very well with you. [Mech Tools] took a helmet, a few Arduinos, and some wireless transceivers and made headgear that shows when you stop and also shows turn signals. We were a little

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company could have acted more quickly to flag a doctored Nancy Pelosi video but defended its decision to leave it up (Queenie Wong/CNET)

Queenie Wong / CNET: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company could have acted more quickly to flag a doctored Nancy Pelosi video but defended its decision to leave it up  —  Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday that the social network could have acted more quickly to flag a doctored video …

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