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February marks 25 years for Photoshop

This year, the ultimate photo editing resource turns 25. Photoshop was first created and designed by Thomas Knoll and his brother, making the program for their own mutual use and enjoyment. They would never have known how large their program…

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Starbucks to discontinue selling CDs

One of the things I’ll always remember doing at Starbucks while I waited to order was flipping through the CD rack. Sometimes you would find new artists like Taylor Swift or Selena Gomez, or other times you would see a…

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Apple to potentially unveil new vehicle

Apple appears to be raising the genius bar from phones and computers to automobiles with its new plans to produce an electronic, possibly self-driving, Apple car as early as 2020, according to tech site MacRumors. The world is familiar with…

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DLC in gaming can lead to bigger issues

Downloadable content in video games is a riveting innovation that has captivated gamers all over the world as you are able to extend a game’s content without leaving your home. It is a groundbreaking modernization that keeps a game fresh…

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Marvel Studios gains rights to Spider-Man

Since the late 1990s, Marvel Comics’ most popular superhero, Spider-Man, has been one of the few comic book properties (other than the X-Men, Fantastic Four and Wolverine), which has had its film rights owned by a Hollywood Studio. Sony, the…

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Europa, humanity’s future raises questions

As of Feb. 2, a budget proposal was introduced that has given NASA the green-light from the White House to proceed with a mission to visit the icy moon Europa. The smallest of Jupiter’s four Galilean satellites, Europa, along with…

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Being gay on television

If you watched the episode of “The Flash” last December with Arrow, you were among the four million others to do so. In the episode, two of the characters were talking to the police chief when he said, “My boyfriend…

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Remaining in good shape while in college can be challenging feat

We have all heard of the “Freshman 15” and it is a scary reality to face while attending college for the first time. With so many temptations it is easy to go up for seconds, have soda with meals and…

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Journalism can lead to success; stick with what you love

On Monday, Feb. 9 and Tuesday, Feb. 10, #AdviceForYoungJournalists trended on Twitter nationwide after an article by former Reuters finance writer, now employed by Fusion, Felix Salmon published an article bashing college students who are planning for a career in…

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Chapel Hill shooting raises doubt

On Feb. 10 Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor Mohammad, 21, and Muhammad’s 19-year-old sister Razan Muhammad Abu-Salha were all fatally shot in the head by Craig Stephen Hicks in their condominium complex in Chapel Hill, N.C. I first…