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Yahoo Japan Corp. has said it suspects up to 22 million user IDs may have been stolen during an unauthorised attempt to access the administrative system of its Yahoo! Japan portal.

US authorities seized the accounts of a Bitcoin digital currency exchange operator, claiming it was functioning as an "unlicensed money service business," court documents showed Friday.

(AP)—Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is promising to unveil "something special" Monday in New York as she tries to attract more traffic and advertising to the Internet company.

NBA player Nick Young has been accused in a lawsuit of drugging and raping a woman following an encounter two years ago at a Hollywood bar, but the Philadelphia 76ers shooting guard says, it wasn’t me. More »

Continuing on her journey to being famous for being famous (hey, somebody’s gotta take over when Kim Kardashian gets all old and nasty) America’s sweetheart Courtney Stodden wants everyone to know that Farrah Abraham isn’t the only one with a “sex tape.”

The barely legal reality star, who became famous in 2011 after she married 52-year-old “Green Mile” actor Doug Hutchinson when she was just 16 years old, confirmed to E! More »

Oh Kimberly. Kimberly, Kimberly, Kimberly. Why must you provide so much fodder for these blogs?

We have absolutely zero words for this, so we’ll just let our homegirl Fresh over at Crunk + Disorderly tell it:

Kim Kardashian stuffed her swollen feet inside a $2,950 pair of Givenchy Albertina podium heels for an afternoon out with mom Kris Jenner in Los Angeles yesterday. More »

Beyoncé is notoriously tight-lipped about the inner workings of her life, and more often than not, her family falls right in line. More »

Michael Jackson‘s nephew, Taj Jackson (Tito’s son), has taken to Twitter to tell Wade Robson, “You’s a lie.”

Responding directly to Wade Robson’s allegations that he was molested by Michael Jackson, the former 3T member says that he was around when Wade used to hang out at Neverland Ranch and denied anything foul was going on. More »

(AP)—Over the past two years, publishers have been steadily filling one of the largest gaps in the e-book catalogue—poetry.

America’s favorite fashionista and raging rapper Kanye West launched into one of his infamous rants at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC during a performance at the Adult Swim Upfront. More »

Now that E! News is reporting that Blue Ivy Carter is about to be a big sister, I guess we can figure out what kept Beyoncé from performing the other night. More »

Citing “multiple sources,” E! News is reporting that Beyoncé is 100% PREGNANT with her and Jay-Z’s second child! More »

Italian police on Friday arrested four alleged hackers believed to belong to the activist group Anonymous for attacking websites, including those of the Vatican and the parliament in Rome.

Tweets containing hateful words are coming in larger proportions from people living in the eastern half of the United States, according to a new map that tracked hate speech on Twitter.

Google says it's still figuring out the best ways to use Glass, but the company announced Thursday that Facebook, Twitter and several other media firms have built their own applications for the futuristic-looking wearable computer.

(AP)—The Canadian government is trying to lure Silicon Valley tech workers who are frustrated by U.S. visa policies, just as Congress wrestles with a long-sought overhaul of America's immigration system.

(Phys.org) —Researchers from the University of Glasgow and the University of Cambridge have devised a unique method of capturing three-dimensional images. As described in a paper published in the journal Science, they used an ordinary light projector, four single-pixel photodetectors, an analog-to-digital converter, and a computer to capture 3-D images of a mannequin head.

(AP)—Bloomberg LP, the financial news and information service, says it's appointing Samuel Palmisano, the former CEO of IBM, as an independent advisor on its privacy and data standards.

Apple and US lawmakers are gearing up for a showdown over taxes—specifically how to deal with the huge stockpile of cash held by Apple and other multinational firms offshore.

Yahoo! has begun talks with the popular blogging platform Tumblr about an acquisition or strategic alliance, the technology website AllThingsD reported Friday.

A group of US lawmakers has asked Google to answer questions on the privacy implications and possible "misuse of information" of its Google Glass project.

(AP)—Tableau Software shares soared in their trading debut Friday after the company and some of its investors raised about $254.2 million in its initial public offering.

(AP)—Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo.

(Phys.org) —A team of scientists, led by ecologist Lucas Joppa of Microsoft Research, has published a commentary piece in the journal Science, highlighting what they say is a growing problem in research efforts. They suggest that an overreliance on source code that has not been properly vetted is increasingly leading to incorrect research effort results.

Earlier this week, the adorable and relatable protagonist from the animated film “Brave” was turned into a sex kitten for Disney’s princess website and hoards of people were like, “oh no you didn’t!”

Following news that the lovable redhead Merida was turned from a positive childlike figure to some kind of Jessica Rabbit-looking thing, Carolyn Danckaert, co-founder of the site A Mighty Girl launched a Change.org petition to protest the “makeover.”

Well, it looks like that petition worked, because Danckaert took to the Mighty Girl Facebook page to announced that the new version of the character was pulled from Disney’s website. More »

(AP)—A clutch of blogs and Twitter accounts maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-government group which often attacks media organizations it sees as sympathetic to the country's rebels.

Taking pictures with 3D cameras may start catching on thanks to an innovation by Brigham Young University computer scientists and developers at Adobe.

Almost a quarter of jurors (23 per cent) are unclear about the rules surrounding internet use during a trial, according to preliminary research led by Professor Cheryl Thomas (UCL Laws).

Researchers have shown that, by using global positioning systems (GPS) to measure ground deformation caused by a large underwater earthquake, they can provide accurate warning of the resulting tsunami in just a few minutes after the earthquake onset. F...

Buildings can be air-conditioned using entirely natural means, without mechanical ventilation systems. This is the claim made by 78-year-old Benjamin Bronsema, who will be awarded his PhD for his thesis on the subject at TU Delft on Thursday 7 June. He wants to create an energy-positive office environment using sun, wind and cascading water. Bronsema is now looking for a building in which to carry out a large-scale trial of his Earth, Wind & Fire concept.

Their system uses simple, cheap detectors which have just a single pixel to sense light instead of the millions of pixels used in the imaging sensors of digital cameras.

(Phys.org) —Grant Schmitz, eyes inches from a 6.5-by-12-foot panel of ultra-high performance concrete, studied the smooth surface for tiny cracks. He and other research engineers carefully marked every one with black markers.

A year after a nightmarish share offering, Facebook still has its ardent backers and detractors.

I’m not that deep into politics, so before now, I’ve never heard of this Rob Ford guy, who is the mayor of Toronto, but all of that is beside the point. More »

So what has Chief Keef been up to since his heavily documented release from juvenile prison back in March? Well, in addition to putting out new music, Keef has been beefing with Soulja Boy, threatening to kill women who won’t have sex with him, and posting pictures of himself appearing to possess guns on Instagram (despite him just coming off a 60-day jail sentence for violating his probation on a gun charge — he’s off probation now, but still), among other things … like getting engaged? More »

The Britney Army may now rejoice following the leak of their favorite’s brand new song titled ‘Oh La La’, lifted from the The Smurfs 2 soundtrack. More »

Jessica Simpson used to get blamed every time her boyfriend Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo produced a fumble. LaLa has taken grief for distracting her husband Carmello Anthony. More »

Farrah Abraham is on the TMI train and she’s decided there’s no way she’s jumping off anytime soon.

Not content with already embarrassing the hell out of her mother (and her daughter too once she grows up and figures out what the hell is going on), Farrah is now doing media interviews to promote her “sex tape” with porn star James Deen. More »

Mariah Carey is without a doubt, one of pop music’s biggest hit makers. In an effort to show off the breadth of her catalogue, the singer made an attempt to pull of a medley of her hits. More »

The confusing and head-scratching campaign that Wade Robson is launching against the Michael Jackson estate just got kicked up another notch now that Wade has sat down for an interview with the Today Show’s Matt Lauer. More »

Congratulations are in order for Candice Glover, who took home the Season 12 title of “American Idol” Thursday night, beating out country singer Kree Harrison for a well-deserved victory. More »

With absolutely ZERO endorsements, undefeated championship boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is currently the highest paid athlete — across all American sports — for the second year in a row! More »

He’s never been considered the best soccer player in the world, but it’s safe to say that David Beckham has most certainly become the most recognizable player in the sport known as “football” in every part of the world except the U.S. More »

Yahoo! announced on Thursday that a Mexican appeals court tossed out a $2.7 billion dollar damages award in a breach of contract lawsuit.

(AP)—A labor group Apple Inc. joined to assess working conditions at three manufacturing plants in China, where its products are made, says conditions are improving. But employees are still working more hours than the country's legal limit.

Facebook and Twitter launched applications Thursday for Google glasses as developers rushed to learn more about tailoring software for the Internet-linked eyewear yet to hit the market.

Dell's earnings plunged 79 percent in the latest quarter as the shift to smartphones and tablets reduced demand for the company's personal computers.

Baltimore police arrested a 31-year-old man who tried to pimp his teen wife out to an undercover cop for $100 at a hotel, which would have been a pretty common news story had the husband-pimp not been a Baltimore City cop himself. More »