This Week in Tech
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Mexico Explores Buying Twitter and Shutting It Down
There’s a strange idea circulating among Mexican currency traders. Instead of spending serious money to defend the peso against anti-Mexico tweets, Mexico should just buy Twitter and shut it down »
Cost of Raising a Kid Hits $233,610
And that’s just the U.S. average. In the urban Northeast, it costs $397,110. See where all that money goes »
Uber Founder Dreams of Being Indian
Under intense competition from foreign players like Amazon and Uber, Indian start-ups are considering protectionist policies. But Uber’s founder seems to have discovered a way to get around such laws »
This Guy Got Rich from a Software Glitch in a Slot Machine
John Kane struck gold—the kind of gold gamblers dream of, and casinos dread. Kane discovered a bug in a popular slot machine in Las Vegas, and he worked it for all it was worth. Jackpot! »
[Video] Your Worst Nightmare: Glass Bullets
If you might think firing glass out of a gun just wouldn't work, you should take a look at this video »
