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Here’s Where You Can Watch Oscar-Nominated Movies Online, TIME

Following the revelation of the 2015 Oscar nominations Thursday morning, the race has begun to see the nominated films before the February 22 Academy Awards broadcast. Although many films including Birdman and American Sniper are only available on the big screen, some Academy-favorites are available to watch online.

SF’s Free Public Wi-Fi is Not Very Popular, SF Examiner

With major tech companies Twitter, Uber and Square placing their headquarters on Market Street, San Francisco has succeeded in making its main thoroughfare a tech hub. Now the city is working to make sure its citizens know Market Street is also the home of free Wi-Fi. Since 2013, Wi-Fi can be accessed for free along Market Street from Castro Street to The Embarcadero through #SFWiFi. Last fall, a $608,000 donation from Google allowed the city to blanket another 31 public spaces with free signals. But so far, residents and visitors have been slow to log on.

'Ghost Boy' Martin Pistorius Who Suffered Mysterious Virtual Coma for 12 Years Describes Hearing His Mother Tell Him: 'I hope you die', The Independent

“The rest of the world felt so far away when she said those words.” That’s how the Ghost Boy author Martin Pistorius has described his mother telling him, to his face, that she "hopes he dies" – unaware that he could understand every word. Pistorius was just an ordinary boy with an interest in playing with gadgets when, at the age of 12, he suddenly started to shut down. Defying doctors and any attempt at diagnosis, he was sent home from school with flu symptoms and never returned. He stopped eating, his muscles weakened and eventually he stopped moving, and even thinking, altogether.

Watch a Hippo Chase a Boat Full of People on Safari, TIME

Tourists on safari got up close and personal with a hippopotamus. In the description of this viral video on YouTube, user David Jackson says his son Craig Clive Jackson captured the footage from a boat on the Chobe River during a safari in Kasane, Botswana. “We were traveling on the Chobe River in Botswana, when we came across this hippo which appeared to want to charge the boat,” the user wrote. “The hippo was closer to the boat than what it appears on the video.”

Google Glass Sales Halted but Firm Says Kit is Not Dead, BBC

Google is ending sales of its Google Glass eyewear. The company insists it is still committed to launching the smart glasses as a consumer product, but will stop producing Glass in its present form. Instead it will focus on "future versions of Glass" with work carried out by a different division to before. From next week, the search firm will stop taking orders for the product but it says it will continue to support companies that are using Glass