- The robots are here to save us now: A new Navy training ground has tracked robots fighting fires and surviving jungles. If robots can conquer fire and jungle, where are we safe? [Wired, lead image: Mark Riffee/Wired ]
- Groupon is screwed. While that’s not surprising to anyone who followed the firm’s idiotic bumbling throughout their IPO, it looks like Groupon’s shady accounting practices have yet to cease. The daily deal model may be dead. [Slate]
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- Reuters was kicked out of Iran for mentioning ninjas in a headline. [Death and Taxes]
- The Daily Beast has a great piece on the breakdown between Keith Olbermann and Al Gore’s Current TV. As per usual in media spats, neither side comes out looking so hot. [Daily Beast]
- If Facebook was invented in the 90s, it would be a lot more texty, according to the guys at Squirrel-Monkey. But considering how wildly cluttered it is now, that might be a good thing. [Mashable ]
- Ai Weiwei has started spying on himself. Following along at http://weiweicam.com. [via @aliklay]
- Chinese blogger Han Han says that, despite blocks and censors being lifted on Weibo, it’s still nowhere near an open forum. [Wall Street Journal, via @ChinaRealTime]
- paidContent was bought by GigaOM. Here’s an explainer by paidContent on the change, but rest assured, your favorite widely-spread formulaic stories are safe. [paidContent]
- Let’s end this with some fun: Here’s a list of the 10 worst Captcha systems. Calculus, anyone? [John M Willis]