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Google launches SOS Alerts to help keep you safe

When something goes wrong, the internet is likely your first stop for information. Google's SOS Alerts aim to make emergency updates easy to find.

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<p>Armor Games' Crush the Castle is one of thousands of games written in Adobe Systems' Flash Player that's being squeezed off the web.</p>

Flash loses final appeal: Adobe sentences its web tech to death

The pioneering software paved the way for YouTube and countless games, but Adobe will kill Flash in 2020. Here's what it means for you.

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<p>Investors have thrown billions of dollars at on-demand companies.</p>

On-demand companies like Uber and Airbnb rake in the cash

A report by Juniper Research estimates on-demand economy revenues will double by 2022. That means they'll reach more than $40 billion.

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Zuckerberg fires up the Zuckergrill live on Facebook

Talk about multitasking. Facebook's CEO talks affordable internet and cancer research while cooking up a storm.

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Someone strapped a 360-degree camera to a rocket

What an owl would see if he were an astronaut.

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YouTube's built-in video editor is going away in September

And YouTube's photo slideshows will vanish too.

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<p>Get the look. Get the swagger.</p>

Want to look as tech-sexy as Zuckerberg? You can, for $46

Commentary: You've long wanted one of those gray T-shirts, haven't you? Now you can own one. Well, you always could, but now someone's marketing a knockoff.

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An even better deal on this unique service, which gives you 500GB of Dropbox-like space and 500GB for backups. Plus: Get Shadow Warrior: Special Edition for free (normally $50) and a huge assortment of free Microsoft ebooks!

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Google doodle honors media visionary Marshall McLuhan

The media professor and philosopher foresaw the invention of the World Wide Web nearly 30 years before the medium was created.

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<p>FCC Chairman Ajit Pai wants to reboot the rules governing the internet. But critics say that will just destroy the regulations protecting net neutrality.</p>

FCC gets more than 10 million comments on net neutrality

A record has been set in an FCC proceeding, as millions make their voices heard in proposal to roll back net neutrality regulations.

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<p>Mozilla offers its Firefox browser for iOS devices.</p>

Firefox for iOS now wants you to browse in the dark

Mozilla's browser can automatically dim the screen for iPhones and iPads at night. Also new: full-screen video in the Focus browser for Android.

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Tour the International Space Station with Google Street View

This 360-degree tour makes it easy to feel like an astronaut. Just don't look if you're claustrophobic.

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