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• Darpa's Self-Learning Software Knows Who You Are

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  Pentagon-backed software systems teach themselves how to analyze everything from blurry war-zone footage to the subtle sarcasm in a written paragraph. It only takes these algorithms a fraction of a second to learn about you.
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• Weekend Movie Roundup: 'MacGruber' Milks Moron Adventurer for Laughs

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  The latest in a long line of Saturday Night Live -spawned comedies hits theaters Friday when moronic rogue agent MacGruber takes to the big screen. Also opening this weekend: Shrek Forever After , fourth in Mike Myer's 3-D animated ogre franchise.
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• White Light Solar Flares Finally Explained

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  Solar flares that light up the face of the sun have finally been explained. It turns out the sun is one hell of a particle accelerator.
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• Crowds Embrace DIY Spirit at Fifth Annual Maker Faire

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  Check out the highlights of Maker Faire -- sort of a combination science fair / county fair, with a hefty dose of Burning Man thrown in -- that happens once a year in a suburb on the outskirts of Silicon Valley.
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• Congress Opens Investigation Into Genetic Testing Companies

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  A Congressional committee is starting what could be a wide-ranging investigation into companies like 23andme that do genetic testing.
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• 'Firefly' Takes Flight Again With 'Browncoats: Redemption'

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  Trekkie-like diehards called Browncoats, fans of the grounded Joss Whedon sci-fi western Firefly launching their own fan film Browncoats: Redemption based in the Whedon universe. The film starts showing on the con circuit, starting with GraniteCon on May 23.
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• Toyota, Tesla Team Up on EVs

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  Toyota is teaming up with Tesla Motors to develop and build electric vehicles, and the Japanese automaker will buy $50 million worth of common stock when Tesla goes public.
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• Overpriced Reader Underdelivers, Despite Dual Screens

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  Two screens. One for ebooks one for surfing the net. Neither competent. Meet the Alexa.
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• First Hints of Comets Circling Other Stars

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  New observations of cold rings surrounding nearby sunlike stars may be the first direct evidence that other solar systems have orbiting comets like our own.
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• Pennsylvania AG Dropping Twitter Subpoena

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  Pennsylvania's attorney general is dropping a grand jury subpoena that sought to unmask the identity of his critics. Civil rights groups decried the subpoena as an affront to political speech rights.
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