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This Small Box Will Stop Hackers from Turning Your Smart Home Against You
Numa is new device promising to keep bad traffic from getting in—or out—of your home network.
Matthew Braga
1.21.15
nba

Despite All His Rage, Tom Thibodeau Is Still Just a Rat In a Cage
The impotent rage of Tom Thibodeau is a sight to behold, mostly because it captures the impotent rage of the fans who lionize coaches.
Colin McGowan
1.21.15
bahrain

Video Appears to Show Bahraini Security Forces Shooting Opposition Activist in the Face
Graphic footage purportedly shows a protester being shot in the head at close range from an armored police vehicle. According to activists, however, this is not an isolated incident in the Gulf state.
Sally Hayden
1.21.15
flopping

You Love the NBA's Flopping Problem, Admit It
Everyone agrees that flopping in the NBA is shameful and bad. Everyone is pretty much lying to themselves about flopping.
John Wilmes
1.21.15
VICE Reports

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Australia's Biker Crisis
It's now tougher than ever to be a biker in Australia (or "bikie" as they're called Down Under).
Social Media

Your Future Credit Score May Depend on Who You Know on Social Media
Hong Kong startup Lenddo wants to give you money in exchange for friendship data.
Carl Franzen
1.21.15
bad science

The Bad Science Fueling a New Wave of Sports Analytics
Facial analytics and team chemistry formulas have become a trend in sports analytics, but science and a bit of logic show the trend is just that.
Jack Moore
1.21.15
israel

Ten Wounded In Tel Aviv Stabbing Attack
A knife-wielding Palestinian man injured at least 10 passengers on a bus in the Israeli city on Wednesday morning, before being shot by a security officer as he fled the scene, according to local police.
John Beck
1.21.15
Stuff

Someone's Been Using My Facebook Photos to 'Catfish' People for Nearly a Decade
They keep talking to men, and I keep meeting these men, and they're always angry, and it really has to stop.
Ellie Flynn
1.21.15
war

Happy Birthday to the Cold War's Most Eerie Technology: The 'Atom Sub'
The ghosts that haunt Earth's last remaining hiding places.
Michael Byrne
1.21.15
You Need to Hear This

This Beatmaking Icelandic Grandma Has Made More Albums than The Based God and is Adored by Bjork
Exploring the legend of Grandma Lo-Fi.
Dan Wilkinson
1.21.15
asia & pacific

Australia's Rebels Motorcycle Gang Rejected the Sydney Siege Gunman for Being Irrational
The erratic character of Man Haron Monis has taken a new turn with revelations he tried to join Australia's biggest outlaw motorcycle gang.
Max Rann
1.21.15
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