By Helen A.S. Popkin
via BuzzFeed
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee today.
Opponents of controversial federal anti-piracy legislation known as SOPA seem to be picking up steam.? Supporters of the legislation in both houses of Congress appear have backed off, the Obama administration has expressed concerns with the legislation, and an Internet blackout slated for Wednesday is picking up supporters.
Monday, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales announced that his website will go dark for 24 hours starting at midnight ET Tuesday.? Reddit.com will go black from 8 a.m.- 8 p.m. on Wednesday. The hacker group Anonymous also encouraged others to join in the 12-hour blackout, and garnered a lot of attention with its Twitter post using the hashtag #BlackoutSOPA.
Wednesday also means a big announcement from Facebook -- "Facebook Actions" -- which means you'll be able to share even more of your off-Facebook activies on Facebook. Because that's not creepy.
On Thursday, Apple will make a big announcement about a platform that will "digitally destroy" textbook publishing.
Speaking of Apple, remember?that incredibly realistic (and incredibly unofficial) Steve Jobs action figure?that was supposed to become available in February? The one that Apple tried to ban by making legal threats??It is now?officially canceled .
Oh! And?Woz kinda sorta said Android is better than iPhone.
Meanwhile, Android is expected to outsell PCs in 2012, and iOS the year after that.
And? next month, Twitter will hit 500 million accounts.
Bought any shoe online lately??Zappos.com is telling 24 million customers that their personal information has been hacked, and forcing all of them to reset their passwords.?
In closing, here's the cast of "Community" as X-Men. (You knew Abed would be Prof. X, right?)
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