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Off topic: The next hipster cities, art in action, Thelonious Monk’s wisdom, Alan Turing’s reading list, Oscar predictions through 2017

A list of the up-and-coming hipster cities in America. (via Mental Floss) A Dutch artist invites people to watch him create. (video via MeFeedia) Advice from the late Thelonious Monk, including "a note can Read More →

Battery issues for Tesla: Claim against BBC thrown out; ‘bricked’ Roadster report

As Tesla prepares for a summer rollout of its second vehicle, the Model S sedan, a couple of battery-related issues have popped up for the electric-car maker. A judge in the U.K. has thrown out a libel case Read More →

Online-privacy train: It’s probably best not to toot the horn too soon

The California attorney general and the White House are aboard. So are Google, Apple, Microsoft and more. Where is the online-privacy train headed? Yesterday was a big day for online privacy. California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced a Read More →

Quoted: on Netflix and Hollywood

"On a scale of 1 to 10, they’re a 10." — Ron Meyer, president of Universal Studios, in response to a question about Netflix's importance to Universal. Meyer was one of a few movie executives quoted by Read More →

Off topic: Circling in the snow, sleep times, Detroit street art, illustrated news

Give five people with snowshoes and three hours and see what they come up with. (video via The Kid Should See This. Hat tip to @brainpicker.) How nighttime sleep evolved from two chunks to Read More →

In this corner, that corner: Microsoft vs. Google, Apple vs. Proview, T-Mobile vs. Verizon

Today we're rounding up developments on the countless battles in the technology world. • The Microsoft-Google lovefest — OK, hatefest — continues, this time in Europe, where Microsoft has filed a formal complaint against Motorola Mobility, the hardware maker Read More →

A peek at earnings, and other questions about HP

HP's earnings report, due after the stock markets close today, will cover the first full quarter since Meg Whitman became CEO.  The results from the world's largest PC maker will come a day after rival Read More →

Quoted: on bringing mobile news to India’s poor

"Mobile is the most democratic tool in India today." — Shubhranshu Choudhary, a journalist whose experiment in citizen journalism, called CGNet Swara, has allowed tribal people in remote parts of India to use mobile phones to record or listen Read More →

Off topic: Universe in scale, ice-age plant, doodle art, algorithms and crime

For some perspective: the scale of the universe. (via Good) An ice-age plant is regenerated, thanks to seeds from a squirrel's burrow. The Mona Lisa and other art — made out of thousands of Read More →

Netflix’s up and down day; PayPal expanding in Ireland; PlayBook gets email

Your tech news grab bag includes developments about Silicon Valley companies, with a side of BlackBerry: • After rising earlier on news of an exclusive, multiyear streaming deal with Weinstein Co., Netflix shares are now down more Read More →
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