Carl Durrek

  Carl is a gaming fanatic, forever stuck on Reddit and all-around lover of food.

   

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Google wants to help voters fact check presidential candidates

Regardless of the political party they belong to, presidential candidates will say just about anything to get themselves elected, and it can be difficult for...
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Snapchat may support audio and video calling in the future

Snapchat may be popular, but the company is struggling to make money through advertisements. It’s been searching for a new source of revenue for months,...
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Google eliminated nearly 800 million crappy ads last year

One of the downsides of running some the of the largest advertising networks on the Internet is that there’s always going to be people...
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Yahoo turned down numerous acquisition offers this month

Most people have lost all hope that Yahoo will be able to turn things around, including many of its own employees, but it looks...
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Stolen Uber accounts are worth more than stolen credit cards

Stolen credit cards are great and all, but the real money-makers on the dark web these days are stolen accounts for services like PayPal...
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Spotify’s social features are getting a boost with two new acquisitions

Hot on the heels of Deezer’s announcement that it has raised $109 million in new funding, Spotify announced that it has acquired two startups: Cord Project...
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Patreon has raised $30 million to help expand its patronage platform

Kickstarter is largely responsible for creating the crowd-funding scene as we know it today, but Patreon’s work in this area may actually be the most...
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The next iPhone might have ultra-fast Li-Fi technology

Li-Fi has attracted the attention of numerous companies and researchers because of its ability to transmit data so quickly that it makes even the...
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ISIS has developed its own encrypted messaging app

In an effort to combat terrorism online, many governments have been pushing to make encryption backdoors mandatory for private companies, and if they succeed,...
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The government wants to invest $4 billion into self-driving cars

Self-driving cars are the future of the automotive industry, and the Obama administration wants to ensure that that future is brought about as quickly as possible. Transportation Secretary...
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T-Mobile’s CEO has apologized to the EFF for freaking the hell out

T-Mobile CEO John Legere is nothing if not brazen, often to the amusement and respect of the people on the Internet, but his curse-riddled rant...
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Why is everyone talking about this new app from the founder of Vine?

Every now and then, a new social app will pop up on everyone’s radar and end up exploding in popularity. Most of them end up...
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Razer doesn’t want you to call its new smartwatch a smartwatch

Razer has made it very clear that it’s new Nabu Watch isn’t a smartwatch, it’s a regular digital watch that has some smart features, but...
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Yahoo is reportedly planning to lay off at least 10% of its workforce

We’ve been hearing a lot about Yahoo over the past couple of months, and none of what we’ve heard has been good. The latest...
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Huawei ended 2015 with more than 108 million smartphones shipped

While Xiaomi was struggling just to meet the low-end of its sales goals for last year, Huawei was blowing past its own sales goals...
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Volvo is making sure you don’t get bored while your car drives itself

Entertaining your passengers is one thing, but YOU don’t need to find a way to pass the time while you’re driving because most of your...
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Oculus Rift pre-orders open on Wednesday, but how much will it cost?

Those of you who weren’t discouraged by NVIDIA’s claims that less than one percent of the world’s computers will be powerful enough to handle...
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Activision killed MLG and is now consuming its corpse

Back before eSports was really a thing, Major League Gaming (MLG) was trying to make it a thing. Unfortunately, a series of poor marketing decision, making...
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