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May 27, 2014, 5:40 AM

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Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Rap Genius Co-Founder Moghadam Fired Over Tasteless Comments on Santa Barbara Shooting — Rap Genius co-founder Mahbod Moghadam has been fired from the annotation service after posting appalling comments on the memoir of mass murderer Elliot Rodger, who killed six people in a shooting spree earlier this week.

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Tweets: @bhorowitz, @mahbodmoghadam, @joshconstine, @loyalelectron and @jason

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Jessica E. Lessin / The Information:

Google considered acquiring connected camera maker Dropcam through its Nest division, in a push into home security — Google Eyes Home Security, Dropcam — Google's Nest division is plotting a move into the home-security market and has considered acquiring connected camera-maker Dropcam …

More: Gizmodo, Softpedia News, The Verge, Business Insider, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, AppleInsider, 9to5Google, CNET News, Mashable, Cult of Mac and App Advice

Tweets: @xor, @qthrul and @pkedrosky

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google releases VirusTotal Uploader for OS X, hopes more malware submissions will beef up Mac security — Google today announced the release of VirusTotal Uploader for OS X, allowing Mac users to upload suspicious files for scanning. You can download it now directly for OS X 10.8 and 10.9 from VirusTotal (8.52MB).

More: VirusTotal, BetaNews, AppleInsider, Softpedia News, Electronista, App Advice, 9to5Google, SecurityWeek, MacRumors, The Register, iPhone Hacks, VentureBeat, AmongTech and iMore

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Apple Said To Be Prepping Smart Home Software Platform For WWDC Reveal — Apple is going to make a big play in the connected smart home space, according to a new report from the Financial Times. The company is planning a platform that would turn its iOS devices, including the iPhone …

Ben Grubb / The Age:

Australian Apple iDevices hijacked, held to ransom — Owners of Apple devices across Australia are having them digitally held for ransom by hackers demanding payment before they will relinquish control. — iPads, iPhone and Mac owners in Queensland, NSW, Western Australia …

More: NEWS.com.au, CNET News, The Verge, MacRumors, BetaNews, AppleInsider, Ubergizmo, ITProPortal, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, I4U News, iTnews.com.au, The Safe Mac, iPhone Hacks and App Advice. Tweets: @theagebreaking

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

Torrentz.eu Domain Suspended After UK Police Request — Over the past few months City of London Police have been working together with copyright holders to topple sites that provide or link to pirated content. — The police started by sending warning letters to site owners, asking them to go legit or shut down.

More: The Independent, Guardian, The Next Web, CraveOnline, VentureBeat, theWHIR.com, Softpedia News and Beyond Search

Mother Jones:

Inside Internet Archive: the “Library of Alexandria, version two” is now home to 15 PB of data — Meet the People Behind the Wayback Machine, One of Our Favorite Things About the Internet — The Internet Archive is home to more than 15 million gigabytes of free digital information—and it's just getting started.

More: Laughing Squid and TechPresident. Tweets: @motherjones. See also Mediagazer

Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:

Line sees growing sticker adoption across Asia and Latin America, still struggling to crack US — No Time to Text? Apps Turn to Stickers — On the messaging app Line, a late-afternoon conversation between colleagues might involve a series of colorful icons, or stickers …

More: textually.org. Tweets: @jonrussell

Sean Hollister / The Verge:

Razer Blade review: 2014 model trades battery life for a high-res touchscreen, more horsepower — Razer Blade (2014) review: laptop gaming never looked so good — The resolution is high, the battery life is not — I feel spoiled. Ever since I started playing games …

More: IGN, CNET and Engadget

Katie Collins / Wired.co.uk:

Researchers transmit data from Earth to Moon at 19.44mbps, 4800 times the previous record — Wireless broadband can reach the moon, and maybe Mars — Aside from air, water and fresh vegetables, what would need to survive on the moon? One thing that would likely of feature high on the list is a decent, reliable wireless internet.

Tweets: @dannysullivan and @bfeld

Andy Greenberg / Wired:

DARPA proof-of-concept lets cyberwarriors visualize and attack networks with the Oculus Rift — Darpa Is Weaponizing Oculus Rift for Cyberwar — For the last two years, Darpa has been working to make waging cyberwar as easy as playing a video game. Now, like so many other games, it's about to get a lot more in-your-face.

More: SiliconANGLE, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, SlashGear, VentureBeat and Gizmodo

Jon Southurst / CoinDesk:

A Bot Named Willy: Did Mt. Gox's Automated Trading Pump Bitcoin's Price? — There is more speculation today that bitcoin's November 2013 surge and Mt. Gox's trading volume's were built in part on fraudulent trading activity - specifically via a bot that serious traders have dubbed “Willy”

More: The Willy Report, Gigaom, TechCrunch, CoinTelegraph.Com News, TechSpot, newsBTC, The Market Oracle, Forex Minute and CryptoCoinsNews. Tweets: @coindesk

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