Video: Watch Project CUPID drone stun a man with a taser

At SXSW, a man was stunned by a drone with an 80,000 volt stun-gun. This could be useful for military operations or for convicts trying to escape from jail. Mobile software company Chaotic Moon demonstrated the Chaotic Unmanned Personal Intercept Drone (CUPID) at SXSW. Chaotic Moon intern Jackson Sheehan volunteered to get zapped and received a jolt from the barbed wire dart from the stun-gun. Above is a video of the zap.
[Source: DailyDot]

BlackBerry CEO calls iPhone owners ‘wall huggers’

BlackBerry CEO John Chen has some fighting words for Apple. At the Oasis Montgomery conference in Santa Monica, California, Chen was asked about his thoughts on the success of the iPhone and then he joked about how bad the battery performance of the device is.

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HBO GO hit over an hour of downtime due to demand for True Detective finale

Yesterday night, HBO GO suffered from downtime for over an hour. The HBO GO Twitter account responded to an outcry over the downtime and requested that users tried again soon. HBO GO suffered the downtime due to the demand of the finale of the show True Detective starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. McConaughey recently won an Oscar for best actor for the movie Dallas Buyers Club.
[Source: BGR]

Samsung reportedly building Apple A8 processors in Texas

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (KRX:005930) is expected to start producing the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) next generation A8 processor at its plant in Austin, Texas, according to sources with ZDNet.
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Why Shutterstock Inc (SSTK) CEO is not worried about Getty Images’ free photo usage

One of the largest rivals of Shutterstock Inc (NYSE:SSTK) is Getty Images. Getty Images announced recently that its image library for free non-commercial usage. Getty Images will be serving ads over the top of the images. This is why Shutterstock CEO Jon Oringer is not concerned about the competition.
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eBay Inc (EBAY) rejects Icahn’s nominees for board of directors

eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) is in the midst of a major disagreement with billion activist investor Carl Icahn. One of the latest blows to Icahn in the disagreement is that eBay rejected his two nominees for the board of directors and decided to renominate every director up for re-election this year. Icahn published a criticism of eBay CEO John Donahoe in a letter to shareholders. Icahn said that the sale of Skype was mishandled and costed the shareholders $4 billion.
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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg launches ‘ban bossy’ campaign

Facebook chief operating officer and “Lean In” author Sheryl Sandberg has launched a new campaign called “ban bossy.” Sandberg argues that the word “bossy” stops girls from pursuing leadership roles. Sandberg said that these attitudes start at an early age and continues into adulthood.
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