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The unlikely photo that kickstarted the social internet

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The unlikely photo that kickstarted the social internet

The unlikely photo that kickstarted the social internet

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The unlikely photo that kickstarted the social internet In 1989, Silvano de Gennaro, a computer scientist at the CERN laboratory in Switzerland, decided to start a music festival that still runs to this day. He called it the CERN Hardronic Festival and invited the CERN community to get up on stage and showcase their talents. Little did he know that his festival would lead to the creation of a girl group whose picture would be the first personal photograph to be uploaded to the web.

Just The Good Stuff From Tonight's GOP Debate

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Just The Good Stuff From Tonight's GOP Debate The last Republican debate before Super Tuesday is tonight, in Houston! Whether you're looking for a Rubio-Cruz showdown or Trump's latest incendiary remark, Digg has you covered with all the highlights.

The Rise of Weird Facebook: How the World’s Biggest Social Network Became Cool Again (and Why It Matters)

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The Rise of Weird Facebook: How the World’s Biggest Social Network Became Cool Again (and Why It Matters) Who would want to spend time on the Internet’s blandest platform? The answer, it turns out, is thousands of the web’s most innovative weirdos

The Rise of Weird Facebook: How the World’s Biggest Social Network Became Cool Again (and Why It Matters)

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The Rise of Weird Facebook: How the World’s Biggest Social Network Became Cool Again (and Why It Matters)

piquant: Word of the day for February 26, 2016

piquant , adj : Engaging; charming. Favorably stimulating to the palate; pleasantly spicy; stimulating. (archaic) Causing hurt feelings; scathing.

Exclusive: Apple CEO Tim Cook Says iPhone-Cracking Software ‘Equivalent of Cancer’

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Exclusive: Apple CEO Tim Cook Says iPhone-Cracking Software ‘Equivalent of Cancer’ In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Apple CEO Tim Cook told "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir that what the US government was asking of the tech giant — to essentially create software enabling the FBI to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters.