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Apple's streaming-media gadget gets ESPN and HBO programming, Facebook for iOS adds emoticons, and Sony works to fix a buggy PS3 update.

Rob Rhinehart says that his company will leverage $635,000 in crowd-funding to get manufacturing up-and-running for Soylent, his food replacement product. With years of shelf-life, the dry powder is easy to store and transport, and it has everything a body needs to survive. Rhinehart's early adopters are quantified-self hipsters, but he has much, much bigger plans -- like solving the global food crisis.

President Obama talks to Charlie Rose in an exclusive, wide-ranging interview. The president discussed the rapid rise of China and what he calls a "very blunt conversation about cybersecurity."

Consumer Alert: Brothers fall victim to investment scam

Yahoo says government made 13,000 requests for data

The first woman to win the Fleche Wallone prize, Evelyn Stevens' road racing, pro-cycling success has left her Wall Street career in the dust. Ben Tracy reports.

Apple's recently released iOS 7 Beta is mostly an aesthetic upgrade but also boasts some new features and capabilities (and a few bugs, too). Music: "Plea From the Cosmos" by C. Masta