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today we're worried about terminator casts targeting rich mac users via their facebook email addresses I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNN update as you may already know Google's got this super secret lair the X laboratory where employees push the limits of Technology the X labs produced the self-driving car and those augmented reality google glasses well these mad scientists just may have activated Skynet that's right google engineers strung 16,000 computer processors together and set the network free on the internet on its own the system taught itself how to recognize cats the scientists never told the system what a cat was it just saw so many YouTube videos it could tell which ones were cat videos and yes that's how it starts today it can hunt down cats tomorrow mankind mac users tend to spend more on things because well they buy max so travel website orbits took advantage of that little factoid and began showcasing more expensive hotel room choices to mac users than it was showing to Windows users and orbitz admitted this to the Wall Street Journal saying it was just something they were testing out since they saw mac users paying about thirty dollars more night for hotel rooms now if you sort your search by price everyone sees the same thing it's all fair and square it's just one more factor that online marketers can use now to target customers these days Facebook has finally put a woman on its board of directors and surprise surprise it's Sheryl Sandberg Facebook's chief operating officer and Zuckerberg right-hand woman most people online have been asking wait she wasn't on the board already the announcement comes after months of public criticism of Facebook's all white male board and now that Facebook is public there was pressure to make a change Sandberg has long been a vocal advocate of empowering women in technology and in the workplace but that's not the only news out of Facebook the network quietly changed the email address displayed on your profile to be the Facebook email address and if you haven't made a custom facebook username your email is just a ridiculous string of numbers at facebook.com/ now you can change it by going to the About section of your profile facebook made this sneaky change so more people can you their inbox messaging system and you know help the company grow the makers of the video game mass effect have released a new extended ending after fans complained about how the epic trilogy ended you can download the new endings on your console today but judging from the comments folks are just still not satisfied that is your tech news update for today be sure to come back tomorrow for coverage of Google's IO developers conference we'll hear more about new google products like a new 7-inch tablet for more on the stories in today's show visit cnet com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey