Quantum computers aren't for browsing the Internet, checking email, or running standard software.

Instead, they rely on the underpinnings of quantum mechanics, a branch of physics that's defied conventional understanding for about 100 years, to manipulate individual particles and solve previously unsolvable problems.

If you wanted to say that a quantum computer runs on magic, you wouldn't be too far off. Science fiction daydreams like time travel and teleportation are run of the mill when we're dealing with objects this tiny (think: smaller than an individual atom). The "rules" don't apply.

This opens up some exciting possibilities, especially in a branch of mathematics known as optimization, which is pretty much what it sounds like: finding the best answer from a large set of potential answers. For such a specific slice of math, this field addresses some of the most tangible problems in the real world. What's the best route for a UPS truck to make its deliveries? How do you schedule flights at an airport to keep things running smoothly?

Conventional computers are ill-equipped to handle certain optimization calculations. Professor Daniel Lidar, scientific director at the USC Lockheed-Martin Center for Quantum Computing, says that "it would take many times the age of the universe to try to identify the folded states of a protein, and yet nature can do this in seconds, maybe minutes. It's had billions of years to think about it."

In a way, quantum computing taps into nature's ability to interact with the world. That might be a tough thought to comprehend, but it's only the tip of the iceberg.

Quantum computers rely on quantum mechanics to work, and quantum mechanics is CRAZY.

The rules for the microscopic particles that make up atoms are drastically different from the rules for macroscopic objects that we can see with the naked eye.

For example, quantum particles can exist in two places at once, move forwards or backwards in time, and even "teleport" by way of what physicists call "quantum tunneling."

This is the stuff of science fiction to us, but in the quantum world it's business as usual. And scientists can't really explain it.

No one knows for sure what happens inside a quantum computer.

A widely-known tenet of quantum mechanics (and science in general) is that the simple act of observation changes the outcome of an event. We are limited by the precision of our instruments, and this is especially true of a scientist's inquisitive eyeballs. A quantum particle observed or otherwise measured is a quantum particle changed forever.

Forget the digital bits of ones and zeroes – quantum computers use qubits, and these things are wild.

At your personal computer's core, it is manipulating bits – digital representations of zero and one, nothing else.

A quantum computer uses quantum bits, called qubits, to crunch through its operations. Just like bits, qubits can represent either a zero or one, but the real juice is in their third state, called the "superposition"– they can represent both one and zero at the same time.

This quirky ability means that the same string of qubits can represent lots of different things simultaneously. For example, a set of two qubits in superposition represents four possible situations at the same time– [0, 0]; [0, 1]; [1, 0]; or [1, 1].

Is this starting to get hard to follow? It's okay! Some of the very intelligent people who study it for a living are just as perplexed.

There is a full-blown shopping mall right on the grounds of Microsoft's sprawling campus in Redmond, Washington. 

The Commons, as its called, opened in 2009. It's on Microsoft's West Campus and its near the buildings that house the Xbox group. 

When we recently visited Microsoft's campus we spent some time walking through the Commons. If you're at work and you need to knock out some chores like banking, or a hair cut, the Commons is a pretty neat. 

Here's an overview of the Commons, and its outdoor space.

Outside of the building, there's a big soccer field.

And here's The Commons.

NEW YORK — 7-Eleven has gone high-tech.

The chain's expansive new Financial District outpost, which sits at the corner of John and Pearl streets, boasts touch-screen ordering, free Wi-Fi, a huge flat-screen TV and even an Amazon Locker — a kiosk where Amazon customers can pick up their online-ordered goods.

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The new 7-Eleven opened last week —  just in time to celebrate the chain's annual"Free Slurpee Day" on July 11 — and looks more like a cafe than a convenience store, with enough space to seat about 25 people.

“It’s really, really cool, and it feels very different from the other 7-Elevens,” said 29-year-old Rachel Stallworth, a Fort Greene resident who works nearby.

Stallworth enjoyed a coffee in the back seating area on the second day the 7-Eleven was open and said she was impressed with unusual features including beer tap-style beverage dispensers.

“It makes for a more exciting experience,” she said.

The sleeker outpost also offers some healthier menu options, including multi-grain sandwiches, egg whites and specialty salads. And customers can order all of the store's food with just the touch of a screen.

“I like anything that you can browse on the screen and not have to talk to employees,” joked Darci Ratliff, an East Village resident.

The John Street 7-Eleven also has a large-screen television that displays the weather, subway delays, sports statistics and stock information. 

“I’m hoping they turn more of the stores into something like this,” Ratliff added.

Lena Huang, manager of 7-Eleven’s Digital Guest Experience, said the new ordering screens, television and Amazon Locker were part of a strategy meant to enhance the store's "hangout" vibe. 

“I want to make sure that people want to come back," Huang said. "We want to make it everyone’s neighborhood store — that’s the idea.”

Frank Krug, a project manager with The Promotion Network, enjoys a sandwich and hashbrowns for breakfast at the new 7-Eleven.

The line for free slurpees on opening day at the new 7-Eleven on John Street.

One of the new touch-screen ordering computers.

As frustrating as Major League Baseball's All-Star game can be, it is still the best All-Star game going and last night was no exception.

From the mix-up during introductions to Prince Fielder's reaction to hitting a triple, there were plenty of entertaining and memorable moments brought to us by the Mets, the city of New York, and Fox Sports.

On the next few pages we will take a look at our favorite images and GIFs.

Erin Andrews made her Fox debut during last year's All-Star game and she was back this year

Well, this was a disturbing image during the pregame show

Matt Moore reacts to the realization that he and Ben Zobrist were not standing in the right order during introductions

AMC has released more than 50 new photos for the final eight episodes of "Breaking Bad."

From the images, one thing's clear. This isn't going to be a happy ending.

After releasing two teasers and an ominous poster, these are some of the grimmest photos we've seen from the AMC series, and they're leaving us with a bunch of questions about the final episodes.

Most of the images are character stills and duplicates of other photos. We're showcasing the 13 best. 

You can check out all of the photos over at Hitfix.

"Breaking Bad" returns to AMC August 11 at 9 p.m. 

The last time we saw these two, Hank (Dean Norris) just learned his brother-in-law Walt (Bryan Cranston) is the drug lord he's been hunting down.

Jesse (Aaron Paul) was trying to cut ties from Walt.

But Walt just dropped him off a whole duffel bag of cash — $5 million to be exact.

If Yelp is correct, Brooklyn has close to 1,500 restaurants that serve Japanese food.

And now Japan has exactly one restaurant dedicated to Brooklyn.

Aptly named Fort Greene is chef Makoto Asamoto's newest restaurant on Tokyo's west side. According to an article by Jason Jenkins in Bon Appetit, the environment is entirely reminiscent of the hipster borough where Asamoto lived for a year.

"I wanted [this place] to have the same mood I felt in the cafes around Fort Greene," he told Bon Appetit. "My food is mostly French, but the restaurant itself is my interpretation of Brooklyn."

Typewriters and antique jars line the walls while guests sit around the communal wooden table that can hold 10 to 12 diners. Asamoto cooks in the same room on a four-burner gas stove, using the same ingredients that "decorate" the walls.

And — just to drive the point home — Fort Greene restaurant also serves its own organic wine and sells homemade granola.

See a picture the restaurant's interior posted to its blog below.

SEE ALSO: The 20 Best Restaurants In Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Disneyland, arguably the most famous theme park in the world, had an invitation-only soft opening 58 years ago today.

A few thousand guests flocked to the new theme park in Anaheim, Calif. on July 17, 1955.

Due to the Disney brand's massive popularity, however, 28,000 visitors showed up that day — most with counterfeit tickets in hand.

But that was the least of the park officials' worries. There was also a July heat wave to contend with, only a handful of water fountains working due to a plumbers' strike, and the problem of women's shoes sinking into the soft asphalt that had been laid only hours before.

Despite these preliminary issues, Disneyland still opened to the public officially the following day for the admission cost of $1 — a far cry from today's average adult price of $92.

The blog Disney History Institute (not affiliated with the company or theme park) has compiled shots from color home movies guests took of the park during its first year.

Though many of the rides you see have since been closed and/or updated, the classic Main Street USA entrance still looks virtually unchanged.

Disney History Institute also has a great rundown of what to pay attention to in the video. Below are a few of our favorite tidbits, but check out the rest and full explanations over at the website:

• There are no costumed Disney characters in the 1950s, so you won't see Mickey or Minnie Mouse anywhere in the video.

• The "Hollywood Maxwell's Intimate Apparel" shop at the 1:20 mark was a real shop at Disneyland that was there for only six months. It had a history of women's underwear in one room with miniature displays, and another room where you could buy modern bras. At Disneyland!

• The monkey at 1:29 performed from 1955 when the park opened to the late 1950s. Because the park did not yet have the budget for costumed characters to roam the streets, Main Street entertainment was the kind you would have found on an actual city street.

SEE ALSO: A Former 'Snow White' Dishes About Life As A Disney Park Princess

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A humongous house known as Copper Beach Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut went on sale in May for $190 million, making it the most expensive home on the U.S. market.

After seeing images of the property, there's no doubt it's incredible. But the $190 price tag is still surprising — that's nearly $60 million more than the current record price for a private home.

Now The New York Times' Elizabeth A. Harris reports that the waterfront estate's high price tag isn't because of its acreage and 15,000-square-foot living space, but because the home carries with it more than $120 million in debt.

According to Harris, the current owners — timber magnate John M. Rudey and his wife Laurie Rudey — have taken out a series of mortgages on the property through companies they own:

By the end of 2010, companies owned by the Rudey family had a $59 million mortgage on one portion of Copper Beech Farm and a $79 million mortgage on the forestland in Washington, both with Bank of America. Those loans were cross-collateralized and personally guaranteed by Mr. and Mrs. Rudey, meaning that if they fell behind in payments, the bank could force the sale of either property and, if they still came up short, the Rudeys would be personally liable. They also had $65 million worth of mortgages, again through a corporation, on another section of Copper Beech with M&T Bank, effectively bringing the total debt associated with the property to as much as $203 million.

In 2011, Bank of America started foreclosure proceedings on its portion of Copper Beech Farm. The Rudeys, meanwhile, had filed a suit against the bank, alleging “predatory lending practices,” among other accusations. The following summer, those two lawsuits were dropped.

The Rudeys have since struck a deal for the 50,000 acres of Washington forestland with Washington State Department of Natural Resource for $97 million, according to the Times, and have sold their Fifth Avenue apartment for $16.5 million.

Now, it's Copper Beech Farm's turn on the market.

Time will tell if the Rudeys get their price. But to put the astronomical $190 million asking price in perspective, the most expensive property ever sold in Greenwich was a $45 million estate that changed hands in 2004, and the most expensive home ever sold in the U.S. is believed to be a $132.5 million Montana Ranch that reportedly sold to real estate mogul Stanley Kroenke in November 2012.

Meanwhile, Mr. Rudey’s real estate broker David Ogilvy told the Times that this is just the way real estate planning works for wealthy families.

SEE ALSO: Tour The Most Expensive Mansion For Sale In America

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If you've been lucky enough to eat at The Mercer Kitchen, Tao, or Tom Colicchio's Craft, you've most likely had meat from DeBragga & Spitler.

Self-described as "New York's Butcher," DeBragga has been providing high-quality aged beef to some of New York and New Jersey's best restaurants for over 90 years.

Their unique dry-aging process was recently chronicled in Bon Appetit and is virtually unrivaled in the United States.

Last week, President Marc Sarrazin and Chief Operating Officer George Faison invited me to their 27,000-square-foot warehouse in Jersey City for a tour. Their warehouse currently holds more than 3,000 enormous pieces of beef, which are each aged anywhere from 30 to 100 days.

Sarrazin and Faison walked me through the "life" of a piece of meat aging at DeBragga and gave me the inside scoop on exactly what it takes to make said piece worth thousands of dollars.

SEE ALSO: The Most Aged Steaks In NYC

DeBragga operates out of a massive warehouse in Jersey City, NJ. Their employees arrive at 2 AM and work until 1 PM every day to ensure that steaks are shipped out on time each morning.

All of the meat comes in and out via the loading dock just outside these doors at the back of the warehouse. It's where raw, uncut pieces of meat comes in, and packaged, processed meat goes out.

The enormous pieces of meat wait under wraps until they can be processed. Each piece that comes into DeBragga has the prestigious "Certified Angus Beef" stamp, indicating high quality.

On Tuesday night, ESPN held a party to celebrate the release of this year's Body Issue.

All of these athletes look great without clothes, and some of them still looked great when it came time to get dressed up for the red carpet.

But unfortunately many of these athletes made some atrocious decisions with their outfits.

BEST: Russell Wilson's suit was shiny but it still looked sharp

WORST: Alex Morgan spiced things up a little too much with her tight leather mini skirt

BEST: Dwyane Wade's puffy sleeved jacket might have put him in the "Worst" if he didn't have his arm around Gabrielle Union

Having an MBA can give you an edge in the cutthroat world of business—but only if you pick the right school.

The wrong school could be a critical waste of time and money.

For our fourth annual survey of the World's Best Business Schools, we asked hundreds of American professionals with experience hiring MBAs to determine the best business school in the world.

They came back with a loud and clear answer: Harvard University.

Harvard pushed last year's winner, Stanford, down to number 3. In addition to the usual top American schools, international institutions like Cambridge University (#8), Oxford University (#9), and the London School of Economics (#19) also placed in the top 20.

The majority of respondents said that skills and knowledge is the most important takeaway from business school (69%), while 22% said that a network of contacts was a valuable B-school bonus.

Note that we only asked American hiring professionals to weigh in, so these 42 business schools are best for getting you a job in the U.S.

#42 INSEAD (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires)

3.2% of respondents called it a top tier school.

Location: Fontainebleau, France

Tuition and fees: $80,000

INSEAD, the "Business School for the World," has campuses in Europe, Asia, and Abu Dhabi. It was ranked third in the world by Businessweek, and sixth by The Financial Times. Last year, it took the #10 spot on our list of the Best Business Schools.

For this survey, we asked hundreds of professionals with experience hiring MBAs to select the 10 most prestigious business schools. Tuition was used as a tiebreaker, with cheaper tuition pushing a school to a higher spot. Read the full methodology.

#41 Thunderbird School of Global Management

3.2% of respondents called it a top tier school.

Location: Glendale, Ariz.

Tuition and fees: $78,000

Thunderbird is known for having the best program in the world for international business studies, but it fell from #33 on our list last year. U.S. News ranked the school number 45 in their MBA program rankings.

For this survey, we asked hundreds of professionals with experience hiring MBAs to select the 10 most prestigious business schools. Tuition was used as a tiebreaker, with cheaper tuition pushing a school to a higher spot. Read the full methodology.

#40 Babson College (Olin)

3.5%of respondents called it a top tier school.

Location: Wellesley, Mass.

Tuition and fees: $103,000

Babson's MBA program has been ranked #1 in entrepreneurship by U.S. News for the last 20 years running. Last year Babson ranked #40 on our list, but this year respondents ranked Babson higher than other news outlets. U.S. News ranked Babson #56, Businessweek ranked them #42, and The Financial Times #80.

For this survey, we asked hundreds of professionals with experience hiring MBAs to select the 10 most prestigious business schools. Tuition was used as a tiebreaker, with cheaper tuition pushing a school to a higher spot. Read the full methodology.

Suit up, entertainment enthusiasts.

San Diego Comic-Con kicks off Thursday, July 18, and this year's line-up has something for everyone.

What began in 1970 as a comic book convention that drew about 100 attendees, has morphed into a four-day celebration of all things pop culture-related.

Marvel, Fox, Sony, and Warner Bros. are slated to present some hotly anticipated superhero movie trailers, while "Breaking Bad,""Walking Dead," and "Dexter" fans can expect sneak peaks at these and other TV shows.

Out of all the panels, we've compiled what to be most excited for this year.

Panel highlights include appearances by Joss Whedon, Andrew Garfield ("The Amazing Spider-Man 2"), Harrison Ford ("Ender's Game"), Kristen Bell ("Veronica Mars" movie), Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul ("Breaking Bad"), and, rumor has it, Comic-Con newb Jennifer Lawrence ("Hunger Games: Catching Fire").

11. "Veronica Mars" cast reunion

The fan-funded film adaptation of "Veronica Mars" is still in production in Los Angeles, making a trailer debut unlikely.

But at Friday's panel, cast members Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni, Ryan Hansen, Jason Dohring, and others will spill behind-the-scenes stories about working together again.

10. "Dexter" series finale spoilers

The eighth and final season of the serial-killer drama "Dexter" is already airing on Showtime.

The panel — including Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter, and executive producers John Goldwyn and Sara Colleton — may address the spin-off buzz or rapid-fire twists expected in the remainder of the series end.

9. The "Amazing Spider Man 2" panel

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man will be front and center at Sony's presentation, also featuring panels for "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2" and the "Robocop" remake.

Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone return in the Spidey franchise reboot, joined by Jamie Foxx as Electro. Don't expect Shailene Woodley. Her introduction as Mary Jane Watson was slashed from the sequel.

The panel also includes director Marc Webb, who has been showing off plenty of teaser photos from the upcoming film.

When photographer Sam Christopher Cornwell's son Indigo was born on July 9th, 2012, he wanted to do something special.

So he decided to film Indigo for a second each day, every day — with family, first steps, crying, laughing, on the beach, in the snow, and hanging out at home.

After Indigo turned one, Cornwell and his wife strung the video together — titled A Second a Day from Birth on Vimeo— so you can literally watch him grow up. It's pretty amazing.

Check it out below.

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We were browsing through Getty Images today when we came across all these awesome vintage sports photos that we thought were wrongly labeled "2013."

It turns out that the photos — many of which look like they were taken 80 years ago — were all taken in the past few months.

These photos are really cool.

It's kind of like Instagram for professional photographers. All the photos were taken at sporting events and digitally enhanced, creating an odd, vintage effect.

A diver leaps into the pool at a competition in Barcelona

Barceloneta Beach, the site of the 2013 FINA diving championships

Two divers jump into the water in Barcelona

Paris's Musée du Louvre is consistently the world's most visited museum—and for good reason.

The grand art museum houses 35,000 masterpieces, from prehistory to contemporary works. But with over 600,000 square feet of exhibition space, navigating the enormous museum can be overwhelming if you don't know what to look out for.

Christine Kuan, the chief curator at Artsy, selected 15 must-see works of art at the Louvre. 

"The world-famous Musée du Louvre houses thousands of priceless masterpieces," Kuan said. "Every year more than 8 million people flock here to enjoy its magnificent treasures. It is one of the reasons Paris is the international arbiter of taste and culture."

Kuan also provided commentary on the works of art and told us why they're not to be missed.

"Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci (1503-1506). "The most famous painting in the world, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (aka La Gioconda or La Joconde) with her mysterious smile and cutting-edge illusionism for the early 1500s. This masterpiece has been on display at the Louvre since 1797. Millions make the pilgrimage to Paris to see the real thing each year."

"Nike of Samothrace" (c. 190 BC)."The Nike of Samothrace (or Winged Victory) depicts the Greek goddess of Victory as if soaring to new heights. Astounding in its expressive quality, it is considered a Hellenistic tour de force. Certainly would inspire anyone to want to win!"

"Raft of the Medusa" by Théodore Géricault (1818-1819). "Based on a true tabloid-like tragedy of shipwreck and cannibalism, Théodore Géricault painted this icon of French Romanticism at the age of 27. The blood and gore depicted here was based on Géricault’s tireless study in morgues. Of course, everyone then (and now) had to see the painting in the flesh."

Kickstarter has been many a startup's dream come true.

Offering the potential to truly take off, startups have flocked to the crowdfunding site in the hopes of sidestepping venture capitalists and turbo-charging their projects.

So who are the biggest Kickstarter winners, and what are they up to now?

Kickstarter breaks its funding projects down into 13 categories such as design, games, photography, and technology to name a few.

So we compiled a list of the highest funded projects from each category, telling a bit about what they are, how successful they were, and what they've been up to since taking the coveted No. 1 spot.

Design: Pebble E-Paper Smartwatch

Goal: $100,000     Raised: $10,266,845

The Pebble smartwatch is currently the most funded project on Kickstarter. Once you pair your Pebble to your iPhone or Android phone via Bluetooth, you can receive text messages and phone call notifications. The world's first widely successful smartwatch, Pebble recently announced that Best Buy will now sell the smartwatch in its stores for $150. You can pick one up today.

Technology: The Form 1 3D Printer

Goal: $100,000    Raised: $2,945,885

The Form 1 is one of the first 'affordable' high-resolution 3D printers out there, though the $3,299 price tag doesn't exactly target the casual enthusiast. But for labs, schools, and designers, the Form 1 offers a stereolithography machine capable of crafting detailed work.

Formlabs is currently letting Kickstarter backers redeem their Form 1, while new customers can pre-order a printer via their website, with an expected shipping date of October.

Publishing: Planet Money T-Shirt

Goal: $50,000     Raised: $590,807

A collaboration between NPR and This American Life, Planet Money set out to document the journey of a t-shirt, from inception to production. Naturally, they decided to fund the project with the actual t-shirts they'll be producing from scratch, offering people the chance to own a cool shirt while helping out some investigative reporting.

With the project's crowdfunding wrapping up in May, the team is hard at work figuring out the manufacturing process so that the shirts will arrive on time, sometime in September.

140 characters can be all you need to end up behind bars.

Over the years, more than a dozen people – mostly teenagers – have been arrested  for tweeting. Most of the arrest-worthy tweets were violent, mentioning mass shootings, assassinations, bomb threats, and more.

Sometimes the intent behind the violent messages is pure. They were either sent sarcastically, or they were phrases taken out of context. 

The following examples serves as reminders that everything you write on social media is public. Be careful what you say, because you're always being watched.

1. Tweeting about "mass homicide"

A 15-year-old Chicago high school sophomore with the twitter handle @Mark12394995 tweeted about the Zimmerman trial before a verdict had been reached. 

“If Zimmmerman free imma shoot everybody in Zion causing a mass homicide, and ill get away wit it just like Zimmerman [all sic],” he wrote in July 2013.

Zimmerman shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin during unofficial neighborhood watch duty a year ago; in a controversial decision, the jury just found him not guilty of murder.

The Zion Police Department brought "Mark" into the station, The News-Sun reports.

But the police say they found "no credibility" to the threat. "He has no weapons and no access to weapons," an official told The News-Sun. The teen was soon let go with a Class 4 felony, disorderly conduct. 

2. Tweeting about assassinating the President.

In September 2012, one day before the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, 21-year-old Donte Jamar Sims felt need to tweet something alarming:

"Ima hit president Obama with that Lee Harvey Oswald swagg," he wrote, referencing John F. Kennedy's killer.

Followed by:

"Well Ima Assassinate president Obama this evening !...Gotta get this monkey off my chest while he's in town -_-"

And:

"The Secret Service is gonna be defenseless once I aim the Assualt Rifle at Barack's Forehead ... F* the #DNC !"

Sims was later arrested, Gawker reports. His Twitter account was active for the first time in 10 months on Tuesday, July 16.

3. Encouraging others to kill the President.

Jarvis Britton, 26, was arrested after tweeting about President Obama.

Last September he tweeted, "Let's kill the president. F.E.A.R. [a group which stands for Forever Enduring Always Ready]" Then, "Can the president stop it? He only has 36 hours."

Britton plead guilty to threatening the life of the president. He was sentenced to one year in federal prison, The Huffington Post reports.

CGTrader, a marketplace for 3D artists, modelers, and engineers, has rounded up a collection of stunning computer-generated imagery.

These are pictures created by professionals in the field, and the end results nearly look like actual photographs.

But nothing you're about to see is real.

The attention to detail is staggering.

But it's not all about making pictures of people.

Notice the subtle motion blur on the tires.

We deal with user agreements all the time. Whether it's updating iTunes or downloading a new piece of software onto your laptop, companies give a long piece of legal gibberish that might be glanced at for a second or two before clicking "Accept."

But what do those pages of legal jargon actually say?

Are you giving away any real rights when you accept the terms and conditions given to you when you use services like Google and Facebook?

That's the focus of this year's award-winning documentary, "Terms and Conditions May Apply."

The movie takes an in-depth look at what information companies and governments are able to gather about users thanks to these agreements.

Most people don't read the many user agreements they accept all the time. There's just not enough time.

That's why nearly 7,500 gamers didn't notice that they sold their soul when they bought games online from UK video gamer retailer GameStation.

On a more serious note, let's look at Google's privacy policies (which you agree to just by using the site).

One in every 324 of all U.S. housing units received a foreclosure filing in the second quarter, according to the latest foreclosure data from RealtyTrac.

This was down 27% from a year ago.

RealtyTrac's Q2 report showed a total of 404,842 U.S. properties with filings in Q2 2013.

Many local housing markets continue to struggle with foreclosures despite the "housing recovery" seen at the national level.

We drew on the report to highlight 14 metros with the highest foreclosure rate.

Note: The metros are ranked by foreclosure rate i.e. 1 in every X homes received a foreclosure filing.

Reading, Pennsylvania

1 in every 168 homes received a foreclosure filing in Q2 2013

Properties with foreclosure filings:
978

Change from Q1 2013:
+86.29%

Change from Q2 2012:
+42.15%

Source: RealtyTrac

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

1 in every 163 homes received a foreclosure filing in Q2 2013

Properties with foreclosure filings:
1,120

Change from Q1 2013:
+50.74%

Change from Q2 2012:
-7.05%

Source: RealtyTrac

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida

1 in every 161 homes received a foreclosure filing in Q2 2013

Properties with foreclosure filings:
1,242

Change from Q1 2013:
-1.43%

Change from Q2 2012:
+13.84%

Source: RealtyTrac