Man arrested after flying his drone into Empire State Building

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A man using a drone to take pictures of the Manhattan skyline accidentally crashed it into the Empire State Building. Then he went in to ask security for his drone back. Instead of helping, they called the cops.

27-year-old Sean Riddle, of Jersey City, NJ, was arrested yesterday sometime before 8:00pm, according to the New York City Police Department.

Riddle was charged with reckless endangerment, misdemeanor criminal mischief, and illegally navigating an aircraft over the city.

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Profs protest “invasive” cybersecurity measures at University of California campuses

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BERKELEY, CALIF.—Days after a group of concerned professors raised alarm bells over a new network monitoring system installed at the University of California, Berkeley and the other nine campuses of the University of California system, a separate committee of system-wide faculty have now given their blessing. Some Berkeley faculty remain concerned that their academic freedom has been threatened by the new full packet capture system that sits on each campus network’s edge, however. They say that retaining such information could be used as a way to constrain legitimate discussion or research on controversial topics.

Last summer, the University of California Office of the President ordered that a Fidelis XPS system be installed at all 10 campuses, at a total estimated cost of at least a few million dollars. The Fidelis hardware and software is designed to “detect attacks” and analyze “every single packet that traverses the network.”

The move came in response to a July 2015 attack against the University of California Los Angeles Health System, which resulted in 4.5 million records being stolen. Following that attack, University of California President Janet Napolitano, the former Secretary of Homeland Security, moved quickly to bring more digital monitoring onto the campuses, which stretch from Berkeley to San Diego. The UC Regents, the governing board of the entire UC system, now face 17 separate lawsuits as a result of the breach at UCLA. Similar network monitoring hardware has also been installed at other universities nationwide.

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Sharp may go to iPhone manufacturer Foxconn

Foxconn, known formally as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, has been given preferred negotiating rights and most remaining issues to be resolved were legal and regulatory.

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School announces snow day with brilliant 'Hello' parody

Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, has a strong track record for announcing snow days.

Last year they racked up millions of views with their epic parody of Frozen’s “Let it Go,” and this year they’ve gone and done it again — only this time it’s Adele’s “Hello” that’s getting the snow day treatment.

See also: I listened to ‘Hello’ by Adele all day, every day for a week and it was honestly OK

You’ve got to hand it to Head of School Matt Glendinning, who’s been the star of both videos — that guy really doesn’t mind going the extra mile.

This is the most gloriously British incident of road rage you will ever witness

New Zealand politician hit in the face with a flying, pink dildo

See a guy summon his Tesla with an Apple Watch

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10 great images captured with smartphones #114

We’re back with the 114th post in our special photographic-centric series

where we present you with a number of awesome images taken by… well,

you (and your cell phones).

So, which picture did you like most last time? The answer is Danny Coultrup’s photo, taken with the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. And a pretty well-deserved first place it is, we should say!

Of

course, there are many other incredible images left to be seen. Let’s

continue with another set of 10 pics, each of which can easily convince

even the most professionally-inclined photographer that cell phones are

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New Zealand politician hit in the face with a flying, pink dildo

If you thought you were having a bad day, spare a thought for New Zealand politician Steven Joyce.

The economic development minister had a dildo thrown at him on Friday. The large, pink sex toy was launched by a woman in the crowd as Joyce spoke to media in Waitangi. She hit him squarely in the face. Such aim takes skill

“That’s for raping our sovereignty. That’s for raping our country, because of the TPPA and selling away our rights and our freedom,” the angry, penis-wielding woman screamed, referring to the controversial …

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'Colony' producer breaks down tense episode 4 face off

In just its first four episodes, USA’s Colony has featured a number of standout scenes, and Thursday night’s “Blind Spot” was no exception to the trend

Below, executive producer Ryan Condal breaks down one of them — a tense exchange between Katie (Sarah Wayne Callies) and Phyllis (Kathy Baker).

See also: The creators of USA’s ‘Colony’ explain how their show is (and isn’t) like ‘Lost’

The scene happens in Phyllis’ office as the two proceed to play a verbal chess match

Check out Condal’s notes on the scene:

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Zola's infamous stripper saga is coming to the big screen in 'Zola Tells All'

Praise the Hollywood gods for this amazing news.

Aziah ‘Zola’ Wells, a stripper who wrote one of the best stories of all time on Twitter, is about to see her Florida experience on the big screen.

See also: Dakota Johnson watched her parents film sex scenes as a kid

The film, according to The Wrap is mostly based on David Kushner’s Rolling Stone article ‘Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind The Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted,’ which provided an exclusive account of the saga through interviews with Zola and her cast of characters.

James Franco is set to direct the script, which is penned by Neel and Mike Roberts. We can only hope he also acts as ‘white boy Jarrett.’ …

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Chief Justice sells at least $250K of Microsoft stock in advance of hearing

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has sold between $250,000 and $500,000 worth of Microsoft stock, according to an Associated Press report out today. It’s the largest single stock sale by anyone on the court in more than a decade.

The large stock sale is news in part because the high court agreed a few weeks ago to take a case involving alleged defects in Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console. Assuming that Roberts sold all his Microsoft stock, that means he won’t have to withdraw from the case.

The last time Microsoft had a case in front of the Supreme Court was 2011, in which the software giant made a last-ditch attempt to fend off a patent claim brought by i4i, a small Canadian firm. Microsoft asked the court to reconsider the standard of proof used to invalidate patents, but the justices sided with i4i in an 8-0 vote, cementing the firm’s $290 million payday. Roberts recused himself from that case.

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Jerry Rice goes undercover as Lyft driver in San Francisco and nobody notices

NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice took on a new job when he drove a Lyft car all around San Francisco for a day.

Plenty of his riders were 49ers fans (Rice’s former team) but none managed to recognize him until he revealed his identity as a grid iron idol at the very end

Bravo, Jerry Rice. Excellent acting.

Disney medley sung in a cappella is here to make you tear up at your desk

Kid dubbing ridiculous Marshawn Lynch moments will make your Super Bowl weekend

This is not a photograph of Emma Watson

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Baby goats are wearing sweaters to support the Denver Broncos

It turns out that baby goats root for broncos.

Farmer Rebecca Herberg resides in Montrose, Colorado with 150 kids. And by kids, we mean baby goats.

See also: Tiny goat jumps on top of her sheep friend, is sort of a jerk about it

The goat mama spoke to CBS Denver about her kids and told a reporter all about their current fashion choice: blue and orange sweaters to represent the Denver Broncos.

She even knits the sweaters herself.

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