Yesterday, the online coupon website Groupon announced yesterday that it had fired founder and CEO Andrew Mason. His letter to employees included an arcane reference to the notoriously difficult 1991 Nintendo game Battletoads.
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Fired Groupon CEO compares career to Battletoads game
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Yesterday, the online coupon website Groupon announced yesterday that it had fired founder and CEO Andrew Mason. Physicists find Spider-Man's webs could stop runaway train
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In a paper titled 'Doing Whatever a Spider Can', three physics students from the University of Leicester calculated that the strength of Spider-Man's webbing could actually bring a runaway train to a screeching halt.
Does superhero science make physics more interesting? Add your own questions to our social poll!
Will Google Glass ever be stylish?
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Yesterday, Google released a new video again touting its Google Glass
head-mounted display and speech recognition system, which is now out of
its "project" phase and ready to be released as a beta product. 
Last week, we told you about the online poll that astronomers are having to pick names for two of Pluto's most recently discovered moons. But William Shatner wanted to celebrate his Star Trek roots by naming one of the moons after a fictional planet in the science fiction series: Vulcan.
Gamers share PlayStation memories ahead of Sony launch event
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Sony is expected to launch its next generation of the PlayStation gaming console at a glitzy media event tonight in New York City. To mark the day, gamers have been sharing their memories of PlayStations past.
Cupid's algorithm: the great online dating debate
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As Cupid's algorithms grow in popularity, so too must daters learn how to navigate the increasingly complex world of online dating.
We're interested in three key debates about the "right" dating formula: paid or free sites? General or niche? Serendipity or strategy?
We're interested in three key debates about the "right" dating formula: paid or free sites? General or niche? Serendipity or strategy?
Apple iWatch rumours put Dick Tracy fans on alert
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Rumours of an Apple wristwatch capable of everything from taking calls to paying for coffee has tech reporters in a tizzy today after years of quiet speculation that such a device could actually be in the works.Pluto fans champion underworld names for mini-moons
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Pluto's tiniest moons, hastily dubbed "P4" and "P5" when they were discovered, are in need of some permanent, significantly darker new names -- and astronomers are turning to the public for help in finding some.Climate change worries rise and fall with temperature: UBC study
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If you think local weather patterns are in a constant state of flux, consider public opinion on global warming.
New research out of the University of British Columbia suggests that climate change concerns rise with the heat, but cool during cold snaps.
New research out of the University of British Columbia suggests that climate change concerns rise with the heat, but cool during cold snaps.
King Richard III discovery unearths CBC history buffs
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The discovery of the long lost British monarch found under a parking lot
in Leicester, U.K. has stimulated the imaginations of CBCNews.ca
readers - many of who have revealed themselves to be history buffs.
King Richard III was identified yesterday through modern DNA testing with the help of a Canadian carpenter.
King Richard III was identified yesterday through modern DNA testing with the help of a Canadian carpenter.
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