Corey Blake

Apple iPad Air 2 And Mini 3 Not Universal Due To AT&T

Apple iPad Air 2 and Mini 3 come with new Apple SIM cards that allow customers to switch phone carriers after buying an iPad. Previously, Apple iPad and other products were locked in to one specific phone carrier from the moment it was purchased. The new Apple SIM card on the iPad Air 2 and […]

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Joko Widodo Appoints First Female Foreign Minister For Indonesia

Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced his new cabinet today, including Retno Marsudi, the country’s first female foreign minister. Widodo, who was elected president of Indonesia in July, unveiled his choices for the 34 member cabinet Sunday morning. It includes positions for eight women total, higher than any previous cabinet. Joko’s selection of Retno Marsudi as […]

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Dilma Rousseff Re-Elected President of Brazil percent

President Dilma Rousseff has won today’s election in Brazil against conservative challenger Senator Aecio Neves. The victory marks the conclusion of a heated campaign filled with controversy and scandal on both sides. Rousseff of the Workers Party won 51.45 percent of the vote, reports BBC News. Neves of the Social Democracy party was close behind […]

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Traffic At Los Angeles Ports Backed Up For 2 Weeks, Threatens Holiday Season

Mirroring the legendary reputation of terrible Los Angeles traffic, a bottleneck has caused a two-week delay at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in LA county. The harbor traffic could create problems for retail outlets during the holiday shopping season. “This is really a perfect storm,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director […]

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Google Inbox Launches, May Replace Gmail

Google Inbox was launched in beta last week from the Gmail development team. It’s meant to change the way we read email, and it may be the first step in replacing their own Gmail. On Wednesday, Google rolled out a new email app they call Inbox. At first, some news outlets thought Google Inbox was […]

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Science Fiction Right Again: NASA Considering Deep Sleep Stasis For Mars Mission

Borrowing a page from classic science fiction stories, NASA is considering the use of a deep sleep process for crews to travel to Mars in stasis, according to Discovery News. The long travel time to get to Mars would demand a high number of resources, and putting the crew in deep sleep for all or […]

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Danny MacAskill Video Shows Heart-Stopping Mountain Biking On Narrow Scottish Ridges

In Danny MacAskill’s video, you may not breathe for about seven minutes. Cut Media recently released a short film on YouTube called The Ridge, depicting trials cyclist MacAskill casually riding a mountain bike through the precarious ridges of the rocky Cuillin mountain range in Scotland. Danny MacAskill’s video shows him returning home to the Isle […]

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Ebola Outbreak In Dallas May Be Contained: No New Cases, Says CDC

None of the 114 people who came in contact with a Dallas man diagnosed with Ebola have exhibited any symptoms, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which may indicate the virus is contained in the area for now. As of late Saturday, the CDC and the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas have found […]

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‘Sims 4’ Joins ‘It’s On Us’ Campaign, Releases Free Virtual Tee Shirts

The Sims 4 has joined the White House’s “It’s On Us” campaign against sexual assault, and has made free tee shirts available within the virtual world. EA Maxis announced yesterday that the “It’s On Us” campaign now exists within The Sims 4. Players’ Sims can now be dressed in a free “It’s On Us” tee […]

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‘Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor’ Slays With Innovative Nemesis System

New release Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is taking the video game world by storm, winning rave reviews and enthusiastic player feedback. The innovative Nemesis System, which alters the outcome of the game, is frequently cited in each review as a game-changer. Shadow of Mordor has been getting positively compared to recent hits Assassin’s Creed and […]

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India’s Prime Minister Rock Star Narendra Modi Returns To New York

After 20 years, Narendra Modi is back in New York. As India’s new Prime Minister, he was greeted at a star-studded event at Madison Square Garden today (September 28). Despite some controversy, most Indian-Americans welcome his visit, and look to Modi to inject new hope into India. Narendra Modi spoke for an hour on a […]

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Ebola Kills 3,000 While Scientists Scramble For Vaccine

Over 3,000 people have died from the Ebola virus in West Africa, according to the World Health Organization. With no signs of the deadly virus slowing down, scientists and pharmaceutical companies are scrambling to find a vaccine. The WHO announced that 3,091 deaths have occurred in the region due to confirmed, suspected, or probable cases […]

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Two Florida Teens Found Dead, Naked, Hog-Tied On Side Of Road

Two teenaged young women were found dead, Thursday, September 18. They had been tossed on the side of a road in Jacksonville, Florida, where they were discovered naked and hog-tied together in a pool of blood. Authorities quickly suspected foul play, and investigations continue but no arrests have been made. The bodies were first spotted […]

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Did Anti-Facebook, Ad-Free Social Network Ello Already Sell Out?

Corners of the internet have been abuzz about the arrival of Ello, an ad-free and privacy-respecting alternative to Facebook and other big social networks. Their bold manifesto unambiguously rejects selling user data to advertisers. And yet, they have already received venture capital funding that could hand control of the upstart Ello to others unconcerned about […]

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‘Game Of Thrones’ Fan Spears Home Intruder

If this happened during a Game of Thrones wedding, it would’ve ended much worse. As he recounted to KFDX, while wearing a Night’s Watch t-shirt, a Game of Thrones fan, Jimmy Morgan Jr., used a spear to defend himself against a man who had broken into his trailer home in Wichita Falls, Texas. Morgan stabbed […]

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World Record For Most Fire Retardant Broken By California’s King Fire

The fast-growing King Fire may not be the biggest fire, but it is proving to be one of the most difficult to extinguish. To combat the blaze, firefighters have dropped a record-setting 500,000 gallons of fire retardant on King Fire, with more being dumped every day. “We’re literally setting a world record with respect to […]

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‘Maze Runner’ And ‘Fault In Our Stars’ Producers Riding High

This weekend topped off an excellent summer for producers Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey. Their movies, The Fault In Our Stars and The Maze Runner, have both passed significant milestones sure to cement the duo’s reputation in Hollywood as smart spenders that turn in hits under modest budgets. The Maze Runner easily debuted at the […]

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Google Search Somewhere Else, Says Apple

The gradual banishment of Google Search from Apple products increased with the recent release of iOS 8. Apple’s latest upgrade to their software makes it no longer possible to get Google results by using your iPhone’s Spotlight. Instead, Apple’s Spotlight now uses Microsoft’s Bing search engine, according to International Business Times. The change is also […]

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Taste Test: Burger King’s Black Burger

Burger King Japan released their Kuro Burger yesterday. The black burger has been turning heads with its unique look: a cheeseburger with a black bun and black cheese. But how does it actually taste? Urijah Faber, bantamweight mixed martial artist for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, is in Japan for UFC Fight Night, so USA Today […]

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California Fires Break Out During Triple-Digit Heat

Southern California is struggling with triple-digit temperatures during what is expected to be a record-breaking heatwave lasting until Tuesday, while two major fires broke out across the state. Approximately 200 homes were evacuated over the weekend due to a wildfire in Silverado Canyon near the Cleveland National Forest of the Santa Ana Mountains. The fire […]

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