Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening around the world. Today, we're looking at five important stories

• The former supervisor of a SWAT team in Beverly Hills, Calif., has filed a lawsuit, claiming he was demoted for reporting misconduct at the scene of Whitney Houston’s death, NBC News reports

• Intel plans to bring 800 Gbps cables to the market this year, to be used for supercomputers and data centers.

• After the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, authorities are still scrambling for answers. At this point, authorities are aware of two passengers who boarded the plane using stolen passports, but Interpol doesn't believe the incident is linked to terrorism.

• Audi and AT&T are partnering up to bring 4G LTE connectivity to cars Read more...

The disaster at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in Japan on March 11, 2011, destroyed tens of thousands of lives and had ripple effects around the world as nations reliant upon or considering nuclear power rethought their plans

The meltdown of three of the six nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, about 130 miles north of Tokyo, was the worst nuclear disaster since the Chernobyl accident in Ukraine in 1986. The result of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and associated tsunami waves that reached heights exceeding 100 feet, the disaster demonstrated that nuclear power plant operators may not have anticipated the full range of worst-case scenarios that could beset their facilities Read more...

Jawbone's newest fitness tracking wristband, the UP24, is finally available to Android users.

The long-awaited change rolled out Tuesday as an update to the Android version of Jawbone's UP app.

The UP24, Jawbone's second-generation fitness tracker, first launched last November. Until now, it was only compatible with iOS devices

"We believe that helping people understand the context and meaning of their data is key in helping to make sustained behavior changes," said Travis Bogard, Jawbone's vice president of product management and strategy, in a statement. "Through our investment in data science we have been able to provide personalized insights to help nudge people to meet their sleep or activity goals. Now, our entire community can enjoy the benefits of these insights in real-time." Read more...

Two men traveling with stolen passports on board Malaysia Airlines flight 370 have no links to terrorist networks, authorities confirmed Tuesday

Malaysian police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said 18-year-old Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad, who is Iranian, was likely migrating to Germany. He was traveling with Delavar Seyed Mohammadreza, 29, according to Interpol. The men flew from Doha, India using their Iranian passports. However, they boarded the Malaysia Airlines flight with stolen passports from Austria and Italy

Pictures of the two men, a 19-year old Iranian, identified by Malaysian police as Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad, left, and the man on the right, his identity still not released, who boarded the now missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 with stolen passports, is held up by a Malaysian policewoman during a press conference, Tuesday, March 11, 2014 in Sepang, Malaysia. One of the two men traveling on a missing Malaysian Airlines jetliner was an Iranian asylum seeker, officials said

In an episode of his celebrity interview parody, "Between Two Ferns," Zach Galifianakis slapped fellow actor Bradley Cooper — more than once. It is therefore somewhat hard to believe that U.S. President Barack Obama agreed to be part of the short online show, but he did — and the result is awesome

The new episode, which just went live on Funny or Die's website, has Obama taking quite a hard stance on Galifianakis, cracking jokes about the third Hangover movie (it didn't work out well, says Obama), and generally making fun of his career, stature and looks.

You can't celebrate your success without admiring your failure. Similarly, we as a civilization cannot recognize our monumental achievements in technology without remembering our more questionable ideas.

Below we've collected some of the wackier designs to cross the U.S. Patent Office in the 19th century. Ranging from an animatronic creeping baby to a diving dress that transforms you into a deep-sea bullet, these patents will make you wonder what their creators were thinking

The patents distinctly symbolize an optimistic America — one that thought you could send a man soaring through the air with just a little fabric and wire. These patent drawings reveal what a strange time the 19th century was for American innovation. Read more...

Often, great photography takes a trained eye and some mad skills. While most of us don’t need to be professional-caliber shutterbugs, even the most amateur photographers should be able to snap lovely shots of the important times in their lives

Learning about photography doesn’t mean expensive classes or complicated equipment. In fact, spending just a little time on Tumblr can teach you about both the technical and the creative sides of the art

Whether you want to break into the biz or just capture selfies to rival Ellen DeGeneres’ Oscar hit, here’s how Tumblr can teach you to be a better photographer. Read more...

Whether you're working at a startup, in school, cheap or just flat broke, everyone can benefit from an inexpensive, yet delicious meal.

Simply because you're eating on the cheap, doesn't mean you have to eat like a dog. There are plenty of appetizing and enjoyable meals that will leave you satisfied without breaking the bank

One of the most valuable skills someone can learn is the ability to cook. You'll save time and money by shopping at the grocery store instead of getting takeout or eating prepared foods, and your friends will appreciate your newfound passion for the culinary arts. With a little bit of practice, you'll be judging everyone else's cooking in no time. Read more...

Mouse, cookie, spam — all of these words are double agents

The common terms take on a second meaning when it comes to the tech world. Everyday words are lifted from the dictionary and crafted to have entirely different meanings to represent their computer counterparts

Then there's the terminology flip-side, where words like "meme" or "weblog" are completely made up to define new Internet advancements

Do you ever wonder how those terms came to be? We do. Here are seven backstories behind popular tech terms we constantly use

1. Mouse

Jimmy Fallon, that old rascal, is at it againThe Tonight Show host teamed up with Mad Men star Jon Hamm to photobomb a bunch of unsuspecting folks getting their picture taken at Top of the Rock

The Top of the Rock observation deck at Rockefeller Center in New York City is one of the best spots to see a beautiful panorama of the Big Apple. Getting photobombed there is usually not a good thing, but we guess it's not that bad when you get Fallon and Hamm sharing a gigantic sandwich in your photo.

Jimmy Fallon has been rocking the world of viral videos in his Late Night days, and he's not showing signs of stopping now that he's replaced Jay Leno on the The Tonight Show. His photobombing accomplice Jon Hamm will be reprising his role as Don Draper in the seventh (and last) season of Mad Men, the first episode of which will air April 13, 2014 Read more...

Some find amusement in peculiar ways.

In the south-east section of Berlin lies Plänterwald, a borough that sits along the Spree river. This wooded area is home to Spreepark, an old amusement park that once attracted hundreds of thousands. Today, the ferris wheel is at an eerie standstill, and the rollercoaster that used to thrill attendees is now covered in graffiti

The attraction is well-known in Berlin by its original name, Kulturpark Plänterwald. The park has been left to ruins since its owners announced bankruptcy in 2002 — but that hasn't stopped the public from enjoying the creepy rides and headless dinosaurs that remain along the ground Read more...

There were two times in my life when I was literally brought to my knees by the beauty of the night sky. Once was on a camping trip in the Nevada desert in my late 20s, when I looked up, caught the Milky Way shining brighter and clearer than ever I'd seen, like a river of a billion diamonds. My legs started to buckle, apparently realizing their insignificance in the scheme of things. I sat down rather rapidly on the desert floor.

The other time was when I was a child and first watched the late Carl Sagan's 1980 PBS series, Cosmos, and had the exact same reaction standing in front of a TV set. Sagan's "ship of the imagination" and the galaxies it span through — well, they weren't quite state of the art special effects, even in 1980, the year of Empire Strikes Back. But it was enough, with Sagan's hypnotically confident narration, to send millions of minds spinning into the stars. Mouth agape, head shaking, barely able to stand: this was how we watched Cosmos. Read more...