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May 27, 2014, 7:05 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 and App Advice

Tweets: @xor, @qthrul and @pkedrosky

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: The Verge, CNET News, NEWS.com.au, Inquirer, iMore, BetaNews, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Softpedia News, Mobile Magazine, Naked Security, Ubergizmo, ITProPortal, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, iTnews.com.au and The Safe Mac. Tweets: @theagebreaking

MIT Technology Review:

Dating Mining Reddit Posts Reveals How to Ask For a Favor—And Get it — There's a secret to asking strangers for something and getting it. Now data scientists say they've discovered it by studying successful requests on the web — One of the more extraordinary phenomena on the internet …

Tweets: @kdnuggets

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, Ubergizmo, Softpedia News, Electronista, App Advice, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Google, SecurityWeek, The Register, iMore, AmongTech, MacRumors and VentureBeat

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 …

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

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

Torrentz.eu Domain Unsuspended and Back In Action — With millions of visitors per day Torrentz is one of the largest torrent sites on the Internet. — Yesterday many of its regular users were in for a surprise though, after their favorite search engine suddenly became unreachable.

More: Guardian and Gizmodo UK

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

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

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

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

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