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2015's biggest tech turkeys

The year's most notable embarrassments in technology run the gamut from the industry's inability to secure our personal data to the blunders of Airbnb, Twitter and Tinder.

Firefox maker: We don't need Google's money anymore

Mozilla once banked on the millions that Google paid for search traffic from the Firefox browser. Now it relies on Yahoo, Baidu and others and expects revenue to increase.

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Snoop Dogg wants you to light up

Marijuana companies are ditching the stoner image as they use technology to shoot for broad appeal. Goodbye, tie-­dye. Hello, cannabis-infused salmon.

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