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- What's offensive? Facebook's new standards clarify what you can postWhen does hate speech or nudity become unacceptable? With updates made to Facebook's Community Standards page, users may be more certain about whether the content they are posting is "appropriate."
- Bipedal robot training to become world's fastestResearchers at Oregon State University designed the birdlike ATRIAS to maneuver over uneven terrain.
- New biography: Steve Jobs vowed that Apple would never make a TVThe upcoming biography 'Becoming Steve Jobs' looks to set the record straight over what kind of person Apple's co-founder really was.
- Microsoft's Cortana will join Siri on iOSMicrosoft will release its virtual assistant as an app for iOS and Android in the fall, according to new reports.
- Investors to Apple: buy Tesla! Musk to Apple: eh.At Apple's annual shareholder meeting Tuesday, investors made it clear they want Tesla under Apple's wing.
- While iPad sales slip, Windows tablets are about to take off: IDCAccording to IDC's five-year forecast for tablets, the market is expected to stay stagnant, thanks to rising competition from phablets. The one victor in the report? Windows.
- Apple Watch kicks rival fitness devices out of storesNike+ Fuel Band, Jawbone Up24, and FitBit are noticeably missing from Apple retail stores in anticipation of the Apple Watch release. What is happening to the fitness-watch industry now?
- Google defends online safety by attacking 'unwanted software'In a blog post Thursday, Google announced it would be improving its safe browsing application by targeting what the company calls 'unwanted software.'
- BBC to give away 1 million ‘Micro Bit’ PCs to help kids learn codeThe BBC's Micro Bit will introduce students to coding, after which they may graduate to devices such as the Raspberry Pi.
- FCC releases all 400 pages of its new net neutrality rulesThe FCC on Thursday released the full text of the Open Internet Order, which imposes net neutrality rules on broadband Internet providers.
- 6 inventors who regret their very successful creations Eureka! I've created a monster! Here are six inventors who wished they had kept their big ideas to themselves.
- South by Southwest festival kicks off with flying cars, robot petting zooThe South by Southwest Interactive Festival will kick off on Friday. Here are the highlights to look out for.
- World to tourists: Leave the selfie stick at homeThe popular device used by selfie lovers to get the best shot are being banned at tourist attractions around the world. France is the most recent country to prohibit the "selfie stick" in certain locations.
- After long, curious absence, Google Calendar arrives on iOSDepend on Gmail but use an iPhone? On Wednesday, Google made it possible for its digital ecosystem to live almost entirely on the iPhone with the introduction of Google Calendar for iOS.
- Apple blames iTunes outage on DNS error. What does that mean?Apple's online stores are experiencing extended outages worldwide. So what exactly is going on?
- Does the Xiaomi Mi4 LTE come preinstalled with malware? (+update)According mobile security company Bluebox, it appears Xiaomi's Mi4 LTE comes preinstalled with 'shady' apps that leave the phone vulnerable.
- Apple's forward-looking USB-C port inspires joy, frustrationApple's new MacBook all-in-one USB-C port is innovative, streamlined, and sending fans into hysterics, as usual.
- Why Facebook changed the 'feeling fat' emojiAfter over 16,000 people signed a petition to remove the 'feeling fat' emoji on the grounds that fat is not an emotion, Facebook changed the name to 'feeling stuffed.'
- After negative press, Uber promises 1 million new female drivers by 2020Uber announced it is partnering with UN Women to increase the diversity of its staff.Â
- CIA spent the last decade attempting to break into iPhones: reportCIA efforts began a year before the iPhone was released, according to The Intercept, citing documents released by whistleblower Edward Snowden.