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Bannon: Biden must release tax returns to address China connections

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nypost.com - WASHINGTON – President Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon said Sunday that former Vice President Joe Biden must release his tax returns to prove that he’s not benefiting economically from C…
SPORTS
Ex-wrestler says Rep. Jim Jordan witnessed lewd shower acts while a coach at Ohio State

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sports.yahoo.com - Multiple former Ohio State wrestlers have accused U.S. Representative Jim Jordan of turning a blind eye to alleged sexual abuse committed by team doctor Richard Strauss while he was was a coach for t…
BUSINESS
4 Ways to Give Your Employees Encouragement That Actually Makes a Difference

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www.inc.com - When I look back on some of my biggest successes, I'm incredibly aware that I wouldn't have accomplished even a fraction of what I did if I hadn't had supportive people encouraging me along the way. …
LEISURE
News from around our 50 states

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www.usatoday.com - Visitors to the High Link park gather near “Brick House,” a bronze bust of a black woman by Chicago artist Simone Leigh, in New York. K'vaughn Dildy of Paleowest Archeology surveys homes and historic…
WORLD
Cable: 09STATE85588_a

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wikileaks.org - 2009 AMBASSADOR BEYRLE E-MAIL D. 08 MOSCOW 521 Classified By: EUR/PRA: KATHLEEN MORENSKI PER E.O. 12958: REASONS 1.4 (A) AND (G). 1. (SBU) This is an action request: Embassy Moscow please see para 6 …
POLITICS
WATCH: Matt Gaetz Shreds CNN Contributor John Dean During Hearing

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www.dailywire.com - Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) ripped convicted felon and CNN contributor John Dean on Monday during a hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee, suggesting that Dean has made a career and has financ…
POLITICS
Michael Avenatti: Joe Biden Using ‘My Slogan And Theme’

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dailycaller.com - Embattled attorney Michael Avenatti said former Vice President Joe Biden is using his “slogan and theme” with the “make America America again” line Biden used on the campaign trail Thursday. Biden un…
WORLD
Trump officials pushing to strip convicted jihad terrorists of citizenship

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www.jihadwatch.org - “There’s only two ways to lose your citizenship: one is when a person voluntarily gives it up and two is when there’s some fraud or illegality in its procurement…” “The government’s key argument was …
BUSINESS
GM/Cruise Leaks Show Them Ridiculously Behind Waymo. It's Time For Better, More Public Metrics

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www.forbes.com - General Motors Last week, my colleagues at The Information published some interesting leaks from GM/Cruise, about how they are failing to meet important internal milestones (Paywall.) In particular, …
LEISURE
Five Great Ways to Beat Back Job Stress

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www.waynedupree.com - By Lynn Everatt | June 3, 2019 Do you want to meditate but never seem to be able to find the time? Don’t give up. Meditation’s many benefits are worth pursuing, even if you have to use your so-called…
SPORTS
NBA Finals: Warriors top Raptors with late surge to force Game 6

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www.usatoday.com - TORONTO — The intensity and drama of the NBA Finals and the pressure on the Toronto Raptors just got turned up to maximum volume. One way or another, Game 5 promised to be interesting, with Kevin Dur…
POLITICS
Trump Needs a Target to Stay Interested in His Campaign. For Now, It’s Biden.

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www.nytimes.com - Mr. Trump has been uninterested in the campaign’s mammoth online advertising efforts, which have surpassed $4.5 million. When it comes to digital advertising in general, his response is to ask aides,…
BUSINESS
Wage gap widens between working moms and dads, reports NWLC

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www.usatoday.com - What if you lost $18,000 a year? Sure would help toward home ownership, saving for retirement and your kid's college. For Moms Equal Pay Day on June 10, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) draws a…
BUSINESS
Salesforce - About - Exchange Offer Legend

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investor.salesforce.com - The exchange offer referenced in this communication has not yet commenced. This communication is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to …
BUSINESS
Salesforce Announces Record First Quarter Fiscal 2020 Results - Salesforce.com

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www.salesforce.com - World’s #1 CRM and #1 analytics platform come together to supercharge customers’ digital transformations Combination to accelerate Salesforce’s opportunity in the $1.8 trillion digital transformation…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Suzyn Waldman Nominated For Radio Hall of Fame

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wfan.radio.com - Suzyn Waldman, a longtime WFAN personality who went on to become the first full-time female color commentator in Major League Baseball, has been nominated for the Radio Hall of Fame. Waldman is nomin…
ENVIRONMENT
Glacier National Park Quietly Removes Its "Gone By 2020" Signs

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www.zerohedge.com - This article was written by Roger I. Roots and originally published at RogerRoots.com May 30, 2019. St. Mary, Montana. Officials at Glacier National Park (GNP) have begun quietly removing and alterin…
SCIENCE
Amazon wants to use AI to recommend you clothing — again

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www.technologyreview.com - StyleSnap is Amazon’s latest attempt to use machine learning to peddle fashion. How it works: Announced at Amazon’s AI and robotics conference re:MARS 2019, the tool lets you upload photos and screen…
BUSINESS
Buyer's Remorse: High Debt and Low Pay Leave Some College Grads Rueful

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www.bloomberg.com - In the U.S., a college degree has usually meant financial security. But increased competition and overwhelming student debt are making that outcome less of a given. That has spurred a feeling among m…
POLITICS
Trump-era anxiety inspires Better Angels, others to push civil discourse

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www.usatoday.com - Democrat Lynn Heady of Nashville avoids politics with family members because it's a topic that often leads to arguments. When the retired school administrator who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 is…
BUSINESS
Trump and DeVos Seek to Take Back $1,900,000,000 of Low-Income Student Pell Grants

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smartdissent.com - The Trump admin wants to shift money for Pell Grants for college education to fund Trump's other pet projects. Pell Grants help low-income students pay for college. The Trump administration is hoping…
POLITICS
7 ways to build a sustainable and vibrant online community - The Digital Transformation People

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www.thedigitaltransformationpeople.com - Building online communities has exploded. Everyone wants to build one for many different reasons, but vying for people’s spare time is getting harder and competition is fierce. So many communities fa…
LEISURE
Best Things to Do in Prague

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www.traveldudes.org - If you have never before been to Prague, this year is your chance to remedy that. The city itself has so much to offer, from history, to adventure, to food and beer and some amazing wines. It is easy…
LEISURE
My Stuff And I

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gracefull.touchedbygraceministry.com - I have been packing boxes and bins feverishly and here’s what I know now: TOO MUCH STUFF! Entirely too much. I know you’re thinking what do I know about your stuff when I have so much of my own to so…
BUSINESS
ZeroDown is constructing a new path to home ownership – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Even rich San Francisco residents can’t buy a home. Sure, if your startup just went public, you might be amongst a small class of people able to put in all-cash offers over the asking price. But most…
POLITICS
U.S. gov't agency posted photo of Trump's Sterling club

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zacheverson.substack.com - Recently at Trump’s Sterling, Virginia golf course, National Credit Union Administration chairman Rodney E. Hood thanked President Trump for “his leadership in enacting policies that grow the economy…
EDUCATION
Mick Mulvaney fires all 25 members of consumer watchdog’s advisory board

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www.washingtonpost.com - Mick Mulvaney is acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP) By Renae Merle Renae Merle Reporter covering white-collar crime and Wall Street Email Bio Follow Ju…
TECHNOLOGY
How Manufacturers Become Digital Companies | Rob Llewellyn

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robllewellyn.com - While some manufacturers have made progress on the digital journey, how manufacturers become digital companies is unclear to many, despite the opportunity that some leaders know is there. If a $20 bi…
SCIENCE
Medical marijuana does not reduce opioid deaths, study finds

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medicalxpress.com - Legalizing medical marijuana does not reduce the rate of fatal opioid overdoses, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding contradicts a 2014 study that lega…
TECHNOLOGY
Why API-first commerce grows business faster

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www.getelastic.com - Application programming interface (API), comprises an array of tools and protocols that connect one software to another; and there are currently more than 20,000 APIs running and supporting everyday …
SCIENCE
Changes to Facebook Graph Search leaves online investigators in a lurch – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - When Facebook Graph Search launched six years ago, it was meant to help users discover content across public posts on the platform. Since then, the feature stayed relatively low-profile for many user…
TECHNOLOGY
Facebook ads aren't what they used to be, so it's time for smarter social ad buying - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - SEATTLE – Where Facebook ads were once a hotbed for Lookalike audiences and bottom-of-the-funnel conversion actions, it’s now a crowded space that enables ad blindness and brand apathy on a foundatio…
BUSINESS
The Reinvention of steel could make car bodies 30% lighter

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www.impactlab.net - To keep clients, Nippon Steel is developing super-strong metal Cars must get lighter to meet new emissions rules or electrify. Imagine the weight of 24 elephants bearing down on a tiny spot the size …
WORLD
How Trump's 'fake news' rhetoric has gotten out of control

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www.cnn.com - Hicks had offered an insight into Trump's thinking. When the President called the press "fake news," Hicks was essentially saying this was just an expression, part of the act, something I apparently …
TECHNOLOGY
Lenovo Announces New ThinkPad Portable Workstations - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Today at its NXT BLD conference in London, Lenovo announced its latest generation of portable workstations, the ThinkPad P-series. “At Lenovo, our goal is for our industry-leading workstations to pow…
TECHNOLOGY
TPS Consulting Daily

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tpsconsulting.blogspot.com - Video Gaming Around the Globe | Hearthstone is LIT! | Video | stupidDOPE.com Shared by LeVar Thomas stupiddope.com - Every now and again, we here at stupidDOPE are known to venture out of our comfort…
BUSINESS
Infarm closes $100M Series B to scale its ‘urban farming platform’ – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Infarm, the Berlin-based startup that has developed vertical farming tech for grocery stores and restaurants, is disclosing $100 in in Series B investment. The round is led by London VC Atomico, and …
BUSINESS
Insurance startup Lemonade expands into Europe – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Lemonade, the insurance company that’s raised $780 million, is today expanding into Europe with the launch of Lemonade in Germany. As part of the launch, Lemonade is officially unveiling Policy 2.0, …
TECHNOLOGY
Alyce picks up $11.5 million Series A to help companies give better corporate gifts – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Alyce, an AI-powered platform that helps sales people, marketers and event planners give better corporate gifts, has today announced the close of an $11.5 million Series A funding. The round was led …
EDUCATION
Sanders y otros siete senadores piden equidad en Medicaid para Puerto Rico

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www.elnuevodia.com - Washington - El independiente Bernie Sanders (Vermont) y siete colegas demócratas presentaron hoy en el Senado de Estados Unidos legislación que propone equidad con los estados en el acceso al progra…
TECHNOLOGY
Waze finally gets Google Assistant integration

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androidcommunity.com - While Google has been bringing all sorts of bells and whistles to their own Maps app, their other owned navigation app Waze isn’t being left behind. A lot of drivers still prefer to use it to help th…
TECHNOLOGY
How to Use the Google Drive API with JavaScript

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medium.com - Google has a huge collection of APIs, and sooner-or-later in your development career, you’re likely to encounter one or more of them: from Google Maps to Google Calendar, YouTube to Google Analytics,…
TECHNOLOGY
Nintendo teases ‘Breath of the Wild’ sequel, raising Zelda hype to new levels – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - The capstone to an eventful Nintendo’s E3 Direct was an unexpected joy: A sequel to the modern classic in the Zelda series, Breath of the Wild. Of course, all they said was that it’s “in development,…
POLITICS
Sanders, Co-sponsors Unveil Legislation to Put Territories on Par with States for Medicaid

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www.sanders.senate.gov - WASHINGTON, June 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) along with seven other cosponsors in the Senate, introduced legislation Tuesday to address the immediate humanitarian needs in the territories, inclu…
TECHNOLOGY
Tesla says solar roof is on its third iteration, currently installing in 8 states – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Tesla is currently installing its solar roof product in eight states, according to Elon Musk speaking at the Tesla Annual Shareholders Meeting on Tuesday. The solar roof tile project has had a relati…
TECHNOLOGY
Yubo is a social network about socializing – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Meet Yubo, a French startup that wants to make social networks a bit more… social. Yubo is an app designed for teenagers, and it’s all about meeting people, making new friends and belonging to a comm…
TECHNOLOGY
UK carriers warn over ongoing Huawei 5G uncertainty: Report – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - UK mobile network operators have drafted a letter urging the government for greater clarity on Chinese tech giant Huawei’s involvement in domestic 5G infrastructure, according to a report by the BBC.…
TECHNOLOGY
Square’s The Avengers stars vaguely familiar versions of Marvel’s iconic heroes – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - This evening’s Square E3 press was…something. After more than an hour of Final Fantasy remasters, the publisher closed things out with far and away its most eagerly awaited game. Licensing some white…
TECHNOLOGY
Dropbox relaunches as an enterprise collaboration workspace – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Dropbox is evolving from a file-storage system to an enterprise software portal, where you can coordinate work with your team. Today the company launches a new version of Dropbox that allows you to l…
BUSINESS
Crane, a new early-stage London VC focused on ‘intelligent’ enterprise startups, raises $90M fund – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Crane Venture Partners, a newish London-based early-stage VC targeting what it calls “intelligent” enterprise startups, is officially outing today. Founded by Scott Sage and Krishna Visvanathan, who …
TECHNOLOGY
Salesforce’s Tableau acquisition is huge, but not the hugest – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - When you’re talking about 16 billion smackeroos, it’s easy to get lost in the big number. When Salesforce acquired Tableau this morning for $15.7 billion, while it was among the biggest enterprise de…
BUSINESS
Telegram’s crypto tokens are (kind of) going on sale to the public for the first time – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Telegram, the most hyped ICO in the history of ICOs, is finally making its tokens available to retail investors through a limited listing that will precede a full sale later this year — but there are…
SCIENCE
Modern Fertility raises $15 million to sell its hormone tests — and gather more fertility data from its users – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Modern Fertility is a San Francisco-based company that sells fertility tests directly to consumers, but increasingly, those customers will be educating the company, too. Indeed, the two-year-old star…
TECHNOLOGY
Facebook’s new Study app pays adults for data after teen scandal – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Facebook shut down its Research and Onavo programs after TechCrunch exposed how the company paid teenagers for root access to their phones to gain market data on competitors. Now Facebook is relaunch…
TECHNOLOGY
Mobile games now account for 33% of installs, 10% of time and 74% of consumer spend – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Mobile gaming continues to hold its own, accounting for 10% of the time users spend in apps — a percentage that has remained steady over the years, even though our time in apps overall has grown by 5…
WORLD
Liberty’s challenge to UK state surveillance powers reveals shocking failures – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - A legal challenge to the UK’s controversial mass surveillance regime has revealed shocking failures by the main state intelligence agency, which has broad powers to hack computers and phones and inte…
TECHNOLOGY
WhatsApp is finally going after outside firms that are abusing its platform – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - WhatsApp has so far relied on past dealings with bad players within its platform to ramp up its efforts to curtail spam and other automated behavior. The Facebook -owned giant has now announced an ad…
WORLD
Europe publishes common drone rules, giving operators a year to prepare – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Europe has today published common rules for the use of drones. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) says the regulations, which will apply universally across the region, are intended to h…
ENVIRONMENT
Providing supplemental educational videos online nets Osmosis $4 million – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - With over one million YouTube subscribers and 500,000 registered users for its supplemental educational videos, Osmosis, which bills itself as the Khan Academy of healthcare, has raised $4 million in…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Misfits Market raises $16.5 million for their ‘ugly’ produce subscription box – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - As grocery shopping moves online, one piece of the puzzle hasn’t been directly addressed: fresh fruits and vegetables. That also happens to be a category in which there is a ton of food waste, with a…
BUSINESS
Colombian point-of-sale lender ADDI nabs $12.5 million from Andreessen Horowitz – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Latin America is the only region outside of the U.S. where the venture firm is routinely investing capital, and it just made another commitment, doubling down on its early-stage support for the point…
TECHNOLOGY
AWS is now making Amazon Personalize available to all customers – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Amazon Personalize, first announced during AWS re:Invent last November, is now available to all Amazon Web Services customers. The API enables developers to add custom machine learning models to thei…
TECHNOLOGY
Have I Been Pwned is looking for a new owner – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Troy Hunt has revealed he’s looking for an acquirer for the breach notification service he set up more than five years ago — aka: Have I Been Pwned. In a blog post discussing the future of the servic…
SCIENCE
As Alzheimer’s costs soar, startups like Neurotrack raise cash to diagnose and treat the disease – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - As studies show that early diagnosis and preventative therapies can help prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s, startups that are working to diagnose the disease earlier are gaining more attention and fun…
TECHNOLOGY
Lyft deploys its pink-wheeled bikes and rebrands Ford GoBike as Bay Wheels – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Lyft is ditching Ford’s branding for its own with the launch of its new pink-wheeled pedal-assist bikes in the San Francisco Bay Area. Instead of Ford GoBike, these bikes will now be known as Bay Whe…
SCIENCE
NASA moves to final planning stages for mission to explore 16 Psyche’s full metal asteroid – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - The value of all the nickel and iron that scientists believe make up 16-Psyche’s potato-shaped asteroid in the outer reaches of the asteroid belt totals some $10,000 quadrillion. It’s an astronomical…
TECHNOLOGY
Nintendo reimagines a Zelda classic with Link’s Awakening for the Switch – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - It’s going to be a while before players can get their hands on the Breath of the Wild sequel teased at the end of Nintendo’s E3 Direct earlier today. The good news, however, is that Nintendo’s got a …
SCIENCE
Transit city navigation app seeks to solve bad public transit ETAs with machine learning – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Transit, a company that has spent its entire life trying to make it easier to get around cities, is unveiling a new machine-learning powered estimated time of arrival prediction feature to help addre…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Some sage security advice after Radiohead’s unreleased music hack – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Last week, a hacker stole the band’s lead singer Thom Yorke’s private minidisk archive from the band’s third album and subsequent major worldwide hit, “OK Computer.” The hacker demanded $150,000 or t…
TECHNOLOGY
Most US mobile banking apps have security and privacy flaws, researchers say – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - You might figure the biggest U.S. banks would have some of the most secure mobile apps. Spoiler alert: not so much. New findings from security firm Zimperium, shared exclusively with TechCrunch, say …
SCIENCE
Embraer’s new EmbraerX eVTOL concept is accessible, autonomous and courteous – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Short-distance commuter air travel has come a long way in the past few years – at least when it comes to concepts. The latest vision of how we’ll get around in the city skies of the (near?) future fr…
BUSINESS
Verified Expert Growth Marketing Agency: Growth Pilots – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Growth Pilots is one of the more exclusive performance marketing agencies in San Francisco, but they know how to help high-growth startups excel at paid marketing. CEO and founder Soso Sazesh credits…
LEISURE
Foodles raises another $10 million for its cloud canteen – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - French startup Foodles is raising a $10 million funding round (€9 million). The company provides canteen-like services using connected fridges and daily deliveries. Creadev, DN capital and Adelie are…
BUSINESS
Brex valued at $2.6B with new cash from Kleiner Perkins – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Reports published late last month indicated Brex, the fast-growing fintech startup, was raising yet another round. Today, the San Francisco-based company is confirming it’s closed on $100 million in …
SCIENCE
Relativity is building a 3D-printing rocket manufacturing hub in Mississippi – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - The future of rocket manufacturing has touched down in Mississippi. At NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center, nestled in Hancock County, Miss., right on the border of Louisiana, the Los Angeles-based 3…
TECHNOLOGY
Apple joins the open-source Cloud Native Computing Foundation – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), the home of open-source projects like Kubernetes, today announced that Apple is joining it as a top-level Platinum End User Member. With this, Apple is j…
TECHNOLOGY
RapidAPI nabs $25M led by Microsoft as its API marketplace cracks 10K APIs and 1M users – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - APIs — the lightweight programming interfaces used by developers to integrate other applications with theirs, or to help their apps integrate with others — have become an essential building block of …
TECHNOLOGY
What can cities learn from Amazon HQ? – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Aliya Bhatia is a recent graduate from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs with a Master's of Public Administration. She is particularly interested in the intersection of…
BUSINESS
Korean hotel platform Yanolja raises $180M at a valuation of over $1B – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - The travel tech industry has got another unicorn. Following the likes of Airbnb, OYO, Traveloka and Klook, Korea’s Yanolja said today it has closed a $180 million Series D round that takes it valuati…
SCIENCE
Sense Photonics flashes onto the lidar scene with a new approach and $26M – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Lidar is a critical part of many autonomous cars and robotic systems, but the technology is also evolving quickly. A new company called Sense Photonics just emerged from stealth mode today with a $26…
TECHNOLOGY
GitHub hires former Bitnami co-founder Erica Brescia as COO – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - It’s been just over a year since Microsoft bought GitHub for $7.5 billion, but the company has grown in that time, and today it announced that it has hired former Bitnami COO and cofounder, Erica Bre…
TECHNOLOGY
Mozilla gives Firefox a new logo as it looks beyond the browser – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Mozilla’s Firefox is getting a new logo that is meant to reflect that the brand now stands for more than a browser. With products like its password manager Lockwise, private file-sharing service Send…
TECHNOLOGY
72 hours left on early-bird savings for TC Sessions: Mobility 2019 – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - We’re totally stoked to see all of you at TC Sessions: Mobility 2019 on July 10 in San Jose, Calif. That’s slightly less than a month away, and if you want to save on the price of admission, you need…
TECHNOLOGY
Tesla might get into the mining business to secure minerals for electric batteries – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Tesla might get into the business of mining minerals used in electric vehicle batteries if it wants to expand its product lineup and scale production, CEO Elon Musk said during the company’s annual s…
TECHNOLOGY
Shazam for Android now recognizes music played through headphones – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Shazam, the Apple-owned app that helps users identify songs playing around them, can now recognize songs you’re listening to through your headphones when using an Android phone or tablet. Acquired by…
SCIENCE
Amazon Alexa team uses machine learning to better handle regional language differences – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant faces a massive challenge: Operating not only as a multi-lingual product, but also ensuring that all regional variants of languages it supports are well understood by A…
BUSINESS
Over 100 Goodwill stores are bringing their inventory to OfferUp – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Goodwill and mobile marketplace app OfferUp have announced a new partnership focused on bringing Goodwill’s secondhand inventory to the millions of OfferUp shoppers, for both local pickup and deliver…
SCIENCE
Twitter Developer Labs opens to all with release of first APIs – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - In May, Twitter announced plans to launch its Twitter Developer Labs program, a way for app developers to sign up to experiment with pre-released beta APIs. The idea, the company explained at the tim…
TECHNOLOGY
Opera launches a ‘gaming browser’ with Twitch integration – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - “You’re probably asking, ‘what is a gaming browser?’ ” Opera PM Maciek Kocemba says in the opening of the Opera GX introduction video. Fair enough. My first thought when the Norwegian browser company…
TECHNOLOGY
Elon Musk calls it ‘financially insane’ to buy a car that isn’t an EV capable of full self-driving – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - During the Tesla Annual Shareholders Meeting that took place on Tuesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk didn’t mince words when he talked about what he thinks of the value proposition of traditional fossil fuel…
TECHNOLOGY
Card readers at electric vehicle charging stations will weaken security, researchers say – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Electric vehicle charging stations could become one of the next big targets for fraudsters — thanks to proposals in several state that researchers say would weaken their security. Most electric vehic…
SCIENCE
DJI gets into the battling robot business – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - A little less than a month ago, DJI branched out from the world of gimbals and drones with the release of the Osmo Action, a new action camera that put GoPro firmly in the company’s sites. Now it’s b…
LEISURE
Welcome’s new app will do your travel planning for you – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Welcome is a new app that CEO Matthew Rosenberg said is designed for a more spontaneous approach to traveling. “What we’re going after is these millennials [and] Gen Z travelers who feel comfortable …
BUSINESS
Over 1,400 self-driving vehicles are now in testing by 80+ companies across the U.S. – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - In a talk at the Uber Elevate summit in Washington, DC today, US Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao shared a total overall figure for ongoing testing of autonomous vehicles on U.S roa…
POLITICS
A Republican Explains Why Clinton Was Guilty and Trump Is Not

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www.theatlantic.com - Chabot: Certainly I think anybody who reads the report is going to see that there were things that he or anyone could have done differently. But we weren’t in that same situation that he was. And the…
POLITICS
Opinion | This is worse than Watergate

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www.washingtonpost.com - By Dana Milbank Dana Milbank Op-ed columnist covering national politics Email Bio Follow Columnist June 10 at 8:00 PM Pull up your bell bottoms, slip on your clogs, and turn up the Roberta Flack: Tod…
EDUCATION
For decades, students at an elite school published a map with seniors’ college plans. This year, they decided it fed a ‘toxic’ school culture.

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www.washingtonpost.com - The 2018-19 student editors of the Campanile, Palo Alto High School's newspaper. Top row from left: Ethan Nissim, Waverly Long, Leyton Ho. Bottom row from left, Ujwal Srivastava and Kaylie Nguyen. (U…
TECHNOLOGY
How to deal with Big Tech regulation, smartly

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om.co - Cory Doctorow, in an opinion piece for the Economist, makes some salient points about challenges and unintended consequences of regulating tech companies. Instead, he proposes what needs to happen. I…
TECHNOLOGY
Apple’s iCloud has been a poor experience in Windows, but a new update seeks to fix that

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arstechnica.com - The main iCloud interface in Windows; this part hasn't changed too much. Apple has released a new version of iCloud for Windows 10 in the Microsoft Store, according to a recent blog post by Microsoft…
TECHNOLOGY
After 8Chan-gate, THQN unveils stirring anti-Nazi game set in 1930s Germany

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arstechnica.com - SANTA MONICA—If you'd asked me ahead of E3 2019 which publisher I expected to surprise me the most this year, I wouldn't have answered "THQ Nordic." Austrian publisher Nordic changed its name in 2016…
TECHNOLOGY
It watches you drive: Subaru Forester review

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arstechnica.com - Front, side, and rear underguards are standard across the Forester lineup. The wheelbase in the 2019 Forester is about an inch longer, which translates into about 1.4 inches of extra legroom in the b…
SPORTS
War Stories: How Subnautica made players love being hunted by sea creatures

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arstechnica.com - In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting, game designer Charlie Cleveland had a goal: he wanted to make a game that wasn't built around guns and combat. The underwater exploration game he a…
SCIENCE
US report finds sky is the limit for geothermal energy beneath us

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arstechnica.com - With all attention focused on the plummeting prices and soaring popularity of solar and wind, geothermal energy is probably under-appreciated. Sure, you might think, it’s great where you can get it—i…
TECHNOLOGY
Huawei’s export ban is wider in scope than most people imagine

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arstechnica.com - The tech industry is still trying to wrap its collective head around the Trump administration's export ban on Huawei. We've seen Huawei be de-listed and then re-listed from industry groups like the W…
SCIENCE
The Catch-22 that broke the Internet

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www.wired.com - Would someone in the comments care to explain what happened in more detail? On Sunday 2 June, 2019, Google Cloud projects running services in multiple US regions experienced elevated packet loss as a…
TECHNOLOGY
AMD launches Navi as the $449 Radeon RX 5700 XT

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arstechnica.com - The Radeon RX 5700 XT. It has a funny dent in the top. AMD also has a special gold "50th-anniversary edition" it will sell on AMD.com for $499. The new RDNA architecture promises better performance p…
TECHNOLOGY
Feds lose control of thousands of traveler photos in data breach

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arstechnica.com - Hackers have stolen thousands of photos of travelers and their license plates from a subcontractor of Customs and Border Protection, the agency announced on Monday. A source told the Washington Post …
SCIENCE
Where will the world’s first autonomous rocket factory be built? Mississippi

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arstechnica.com - Relativity Space has signed an agreement with NASA to convert a large industrial building in southern Mississippi into what may become the world's first autonomous rocket factory. The factory is conv…
SCIENCE
Researchers use Rowhammer bit flips to steal 2048-bit crypto key

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arstechnica.com - The Rowhammer exploit that lets unprivileged attackers corrupt or change data stored in vulnerable memory chips has evolved over the past four years to take on a range of malicious capabilities, incl…
TECHNOLOGY
Comcast’s fight against racial-bias lawsuit is taken up by Supreme Court

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arstechnica.com - The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Comcast appeal in a case centering on whether the telecommunications giant discriminated against an African American-owned TV network operator by refusing to…
TECHNOLOGY
Volkswagen snubs self-driving startup Aurora, eyes Ford partnership

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arstechnica.com - Aurora—a self-driving startup founded by former leaders of self-driving projects at Tesla, Uber, and Google's Waymo—aims to make its self-driving technology an industry standard by licensing it to mu…
TECHNOLOGY
Guidemaster: Ars picks 11 gifts you can get Dad for Father’s Day 2019

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arstechnica.com - The annual day devoted to dads is approaching yet again, so it's time to start thinking (if you haven't already) about what you can do to make your father figure feel special. In addition to spending…
WORLD
Massive Ebola outbreak spreads across DRC border, infected 5-year-old in Uganda

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arstechnica.com - Health officials in Uganda have confirmed the country’s first case of Ebola stemming from a massive outbreak that has been raging across the border in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since Augus…
TECHNOLOGY
Xbox at E3: Halo Infinite leads massive first-party deluge of Xbox, PC games

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arstechnica.com - LOS ANGELES—Without its direct console rival Sony anywhere in sight at this year's E3, the team behind Xbox took advantage with a Sunday press conference that revolved around games, games, and more g…
TECHNOLOGY
BGP event sends European mobile traffic through China Telecom for 2 hours

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arstechnica.com - Traffic destined for some of Europe's biggest mobile providers was misdirected in a roundabout path through the Chinese-government-controlled China Telecom on Thursday, in some cases for more than tw…
TECHNOLOGY
The secretive nonprofit that made millions suing companies over cancer warnings

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arstechnica.com - Coffee is now officially free of cancer warnings in California. But the secretive organization that first brewed the legal dispute over the beloved beverage vows to keep fighting. Back in 2010, CERT …
TECHNOLOGY
Get ready for under-display smartphone cameras

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arstechnica.com - Xiaomi's under-display cameras mean more all-screen devices. This is the same way in-display optical fingerprint readers work. Xiaomi actually touts the image quality here. I don't know about that. W…
SCIENCE
Why do bats have such bizarrely long lifespans?

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arstechnica.com - In mammals, there's a relatively simple relationship among metabolism, body mass, and lifespan. For the most part, as the size of the mammal goes up, its metabolism slows down and its longevity incre…
TECHNOLOGY
Google confirms that advanced backdoor came preinstalled on Android devices

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arstechnica.com - Criminals in 2017 managed to get an advanced backdoor preinstalled on Android devices before they left the factories of manufacturers, Google researchers confirmed on Thursday. Triada first came to l…
TECHNOLOGY
Apple may have leaked the Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR release month

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arstechnica.com - Apple introduced two pricy and powerful pieces of pro-targeted hardware at its developer conference last month: the modular desktop tower Mac Pro and the creative-focused Pro Display XDR. Although Ap…
TECHNOLOGY
Stardock and Star Control creators settle lawsuits—with mead and honey

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arstechnica.com - Stardock's Brad Wardell and original Star Control creators Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III announced over the weekend that all parties have reached an amicable settlements in the tangled web of lawsuit…
TECHNOLOGY
Observations and lessons from two decades of writing about video games

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arstechnica.com - (Or “The Play’s the Thing,” originally published in The Game Beat newsletter, April 28, 2017.) If you are connected to video games professionally, you probably heard some sort of discussion over Ian …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Black Mirror is back for S5, but it might be running out of fresh ideas

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arstechnica.com - Netflix debuted the much-anticipated fifth season of its sci-fi anthology series Black Mirror last week, and while the show remains inventive and thought provoking, it's possible that, five seasons i…
TECHNOLOGY
Control pre-E3 hands-on: The modern-day X-Men video game we’ve always wanted

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arstechnica.com - SANTA MONICA, Calif.—For nearly 20 years, Remedy Entertainment has put out a streak of cinematic, weird, memorable video games. But its Alan Wake series seems to be DOA, while 2016's Quantum Break wa…
BUSINESS
Lap-dances, kick-backs, and debt: Infamous opioid maker files for bankruptcy

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arstechnica.com - Opioid manufacturer Insys Therapeutics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections Monday, just days after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges and agreeing to pay $225 million to settle civil an…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
David Ortiz a personal médico en República Dominicana: “Por favor, no me dejen morir. Soy un buen hombre”

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eldiariony.com - Mientras era trasladado a un hospital en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, el expelotero de los Medias Rojas, David Ortiz, pidió que no lo dejaran morir. “Por favor, no me dejen morir. Soy un buen…
ADULT
“¡Ayúdame, tía!”, se escuchó decir a Norberto Ronquillo por teléfono

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www.telemundo.com - Miami, Fl – Después de largos días de incertidumbre y agonía de familiares, amigos y toda una nación nuevos detalles salen a la luz. La fiscal General de Justicia de la Ciudad de México, Ernestina Go…
HEALTH
A David Ortiz le extirparon la vesícula y parte de los intestinos

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laopinion.com - El expelotero dominicano de Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, fue sometido a una segunda cirugía de la que salió estable, para continuar con su proceso de recuperación, tras ser baleado la noche del domin…
EDUCATION
Padres e hijos desaparecieron y fueron encontrados muertos en el desierto

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www.telemundo.com - - Sus cuerpos fueron encontrados en tumbas poco profundas en el desierto a más de 100 millas de distancia de su casa. - Según las autoridades, el sospechoso, mató a la familia con un martillo después…
BUSINESS
What Is a Satoshi, the Smallest Unit on the Bitcoin Blockchain?

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cointelegraph.com - From paying for pizza with satoshi (SAT) on the Lightning Network to the 10,000 satoshis being added to the Lightning Torch each time it is passed, down to the 1 sat/byte rate on the bitcoin SV netwo…
BUSINESS
G20 Finance Leaders Ask Global Regulators to Consider Multilateral Response to Crypto

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cointelegraph.com - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors have asked the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and global standard-setting organizations to monitor risks around crypto assets. The request was made i…
BUSINESS
What to Expect at G-20: Money Laundering and Crypto Discussion

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cointelegraph.com - One of the main themes to be discussed at the G-20 Financial Ministers and Central Governors Meeting this weekend has to do with money laundering and cryptocurrency. What kind of agreement would be a…
BUSINESS
Crypto Exchange Bittrex to Block US Users From Trading in 32 Cryptos

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cointelegraph.com - Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex announced that it will block its United States-based users from trading in 32 cryptocurrencies. The exchange revealed the news in a post on its blog on June 7. Per the…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
The Complicated Relationship Between Vulnerability and Leadership

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theascent.pub - I often stand in front of 100 people I don’t know and tell them one of the most personal stories I have to offer, whether it’s about trauma or gender or failures in leadership or even just my complex…
SPORTS
100 Blocks Per Day

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theascent.pub - No person would give up even an inch of their estate, and the slightest dispute with a neighbor can mean hell to pay; yet we easily let others encroach on our lives — worse, we often pave the way for…
SCIENCE
Build a Static Portfolio With Advanced CSS Bar Chart

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webdesign.tutsplus.com - In a previous post, I showed you how to build a beautiful fullscreen portfolio page. During that tutorial we also learned how to create a responsive CSS column chart. In this tutorial we’ll build ano…
BUSINESS
Freelance to Agency: Hiring Your First Employee | Webdesigner Depot

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www.webdesignerdepot.com - Many of you will eventually get to a point where it makes sense to hire an employee to join you. Just be careful, there’s much more to hiring an employee than just signing a contract and issuing paym…
SCIENCE
The problem with web components by Adam Silver, designer based in London, UK.

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adamsilver.io - Web components are becoming increasingly popular within the web community. They offer a way to standardise and encapsulate JavaScript-enhanced components without a framework. However, web components …
TECHNOLOGY
How We Redesigned Heap’s App in Three Months

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modus.medium.com - Let’s face it: The phrase “enterprise web app” doesn’t exactly conjure visions of usable, attractive software. Visual design isn’t often a priority; given finite resources and paying customers, the c…
BUSINESS
3 key tenets of successful full funnel search - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - In my first post on full funnel search, I made the case that most paid search programs focus a lot of spend on the bottom of the funnel which is misaligned to today’s reality on how consumers actuall…
SCIENCE
tc39/proposal-optional-chaining

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github.com - When looking for a property value that's deep in a tree-like structure, one often has to check whether intermediate nodes exist: Also, many API return either an object or null/undefined, and one may …
SCIENCE
Design principles to revisit for Voice UX

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uxdesign.cc - Hick’s law is a psychological principle which states that the more options are available to a person, the longer it will take for him or her to make a decision about which option is best. Where can w…
TECHNOLOGY
All US iPhones could be made outside of China if needed, says Foxconn

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www.theverge.com - A senior Foxconn executive says that the company could move production of all iPhones destined for the US out of China if the current trade war demands it. In comments reported by Bloomberg and The W…
SCIENCE
New Maps Reveal How Racial Segregation Shortens Life Expectancies Across US

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www.inverse.com - Before the 1960s, segregating residential areas by race was both legal and ubiquitous. However, after the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Fair Housing Act, doing so became illegal — technical…
LEISURE
Dracula’s Balls: Weapons of Hyper-Violence Used by Vlad III Discovered Under Bulgarian Fortress

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www.ancient-origins.net - Archaeologists excavating at the medieval Bulgarian ‘Zishtova Fortress’ have unearthed ‘stone cannonballs’ which are thought to have been used by Vlad III [Tepes], the historical inspiration for Bram…
POLITICS
What would happen to Congress if Washington, DC became the 51st state?

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theconversation.com - For years, the official motto of the District of Columbia has been “Taxation without representation.” The residents of Washington, D.C. do not have representation in the U.S. House or in the Senate. …
SCIENCE
Still Snarling After 40,000 Years, a Giant Pleistocene Wolf Discovered in Yakutia

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www.ancient-origins.net - Reports of a the sensational find of head of a toothy beast with its brain intact that has been preserved since prehistoric times in permafrost, have been a delight for archaeologists and the like. T…
LEISURE
Cycling through Water: An unconventional dip into Belgium's ponds - Unusual Places

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unusualplaces.org - Imagine riding a bicycle through the pond, under the water level, bringing you eye to eye with the calm water, and the curious ducks and swans. The innovative team of the “Cycling through Water’” tra…
LEISURE
Rare Roman Coin Found in a Field in England Sells for $700,000, Smashing New Records

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www.ancient-origins.net - A rare 1700-year-old coin depicting Roman ruler Allectus found by an amateur metal detectorist in a field in Kent, England, has been sold for a staggering price in the UK. The gold coin is very rare,…
TECHNOLOGY
YouTube Starts Banning Fake 'Rescue' Videos of Snakes Attacking Puppies and Kittens

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gizmodo.com - Warning: This post contains descriptions of videos depicting animal cruelty. Anyone who wants to see animals going after each other for some reason can just search on YouTube and find a wealth of dis…
SCIENCE
1000-Year-Old Sarcophagus Discovered Beneath One of Germany’s Oldest Churches – Who’s Inside?

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www.ancient-origins.net - A 1,000-year-old sarcophagus discovered beneath a church floor in Mainz, Germany, is thought to hold the remains of a former 11th century Archbishop. Getting to the almost 1000-year-old skeleton took…
TECHNOLOGY
New subreddit celebrates bizarre fake news written by AI

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futurism.com - A bizarre new subreddit called “newsbyAI” popped up Monday night. The idea is to post totally fake news articles written by sophisticated artificial intelligence algorithms. The posts, which range fr…
SCIENCE
Minorities face more obstacles to a lifesaving organ transplant

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theconversation.com - Patients who experience organ failure need a transplant to improve their odds of survival and to achieve a better quality of life. However, getting an organ transplant is often accompanied by several…
SCIENCE
The Great Aurora of 1859

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www.amusingplanet.com - On the evening of September 2, 1859, after the sun went down on the western hemisphere, a spectacular show of light began on the skies above. Streams of luminous cloud in blue, green, purple and some…
SCIENCE
"Chaos Central" --Huge Nebulous Ring Observed Around Milky Way's Black Hole | The Daily Galaxy

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dailygalaxy.com - Through decades of study, astronomers have developed a clearer picture of the chaotic and crowded neighborhood surrounding the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, at the center of the Milky Way …
SCIENCE
Watch The Meaning of Life: One of the Best Animated Short Films Ever Made Traces the Evolution of Life, the Universe & Beyond

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www.openculture.com - They say creativity is born of limitations. If that's true, then is any animator working today more creative than Don Hertzfeldt? "The stars of his movies are all near-featureless stickmen with dots …
TECHNOLOGY
Solve Windows 10 Issues Automatically With the New 'Recommended Troubleshooting' Feature

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lifehacker.com - You should install the recent Windows 10 May 2019 update, if you haven’t already. The update has a cool new feature, Recommended Troubleshooting, that makes diagnosing and solving common PC issues mu…
WORLD
Hackers stole a US Customs and Border Patrol facial recognition database

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boingboing.net - Data from facial recognition scans performed by US Customs and Border Patrol on travelers crossing at an unnamed lander border point (an anonymous source says it's a US-Canada crossing) have been sto…
BUSINESS
What Facebook's Cryptocurrency Means: 6 Predictions

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www.forbes.com - What does Facebook’s new cryptocurrency mean? According to news reports, Facebook will shortly launch Libra, a global cryptocurrency available to users of its suite of platforms (including Messenger …
SCIENCE
Exercise May Prove an Effective Natural Treatment for Depression & Anxiety, New Study Shows

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www.openculture.com - Image by cuegalos, via Flickr Commons Image by cuegalos, via Flickr Commons Maybe it seems intuitive that exercise would be prescribed to treat anxiety and depression, lower stress levels, and make p…
TECHNOLOGY
AMD blows minds with a 16-core 7nm gaming CPU that works like any other Ryzen

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www.theverge.com - “I don’t think there’s any reason people would buy an Intel processor after we do this,” says AMD’s Travis Kirsch. It’s not the first time during my weekend in Los Angeles that I’ve heard such hubris…
EDUCATION
Oberlin College mass email criticizing Jurors could influence Punitive Damages Hearing in Gibson's Bakery case

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legalinsurrection.com - There are a lot of things about the way Oberlin College handled the Gibson’s Bakery dispute and lawsuit that have had me wondering who, if anyone, is in control over there. As mentioned numerous time…
ENVIRONMENT
Bullitt Foundation, a heavy hitter in the NW’s environmental movement, will wind down its giving

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www.seattletimes.com - The Bullitt Foundation, an agenda-setting funder of the Northwest environmental movement, plans to wind down a quarter-century of grant-giving that has pumped more than $200 million into efforts rang…
TECHNOLOGY
Gears POP! pre-order now open, release happening soon

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androidcommunity.com - The first time we mentioned funko pop here was over three years ago. No, we didn’t try selling you those toys but we just noted how much you love them. We know a lot of geeks that have these collecti…
TECHNOLOGY
Huawei starts inviting devs to publish their apps on AppGallery

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androidcommunity.com - It has been a crazy month not only for Huawei and Google but also for some of the biggest OEMs and tech firms in the United States. Ever since Google first announced its decision to cut ties with Hua…
TECHNOLOGY
Google Pixel 4 image renders show a unique square camera module

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androidcommunity.com - Renders are always welcome because such images give us an idea of what to expect from the next-gen phone offering. After the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 concept photos, here’s OnLeaks working with Priceba…
TECHNOLOGY
Become a Data-Crunching Master For Under $40 With The 2019 Microsoft Excel Bootcamp Bundle [DEALS]

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androidcommunity.com - Not only is a working knowledge of Microsoft Excel an absolute necessity for everything from data tracking to bookkeeping to project management, it also contains a treasure trove of features you had …
TECHNOLOGY
Seemingly powerful Galaxy Tab S5 specs leaked

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androidcommunity.com - If you’ve been waiting for Samsung to finally release a premium tablet that can finally compete with Apple’s iPad Pro, you might causally get your wish soon. The specs of a new device have shown up o…
TECHNOLOGY
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Pro may only have a 25W-charging battery

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androidcommunity.com - A couple of months before the official announcement, expect more information about the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 to roll out. We’re taking things with a pinch of salt but there are things we want to bel…
TECHNOLOGY
Pop Up Shazam lets you discover music from other apps too

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androidcommunity.com - Apps that tell you what song it is that you’re hearing without having to take down the lyrics and Google it have been heaven sent for those of us who can’t sleep not knowing what that song was. One o…
TECHNOLOGY
LG X6 debuts in South Korea with triple rear shooters

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androidcommunity.com - Aside from the LG Stylo 5, the other South Korean tech giant also has another new device under its sleeve. The new LG X phone has just been announced. It’s ready to make an impression with the triple…
TECHNOLOGY
Samsung Galaxy XCover 4s rolling out in Italy next month

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androidcommunity.com - The new Samsung Galaxy XCover is finally out. The XCover 4 follow-up is not the Galaxy XCover 5 as we noted earlier. A couple of months ago, an XCover model was also spotted on Samsung New Zealand. T…
TECHNOLOGY
Google Maps testing out off-route alert in India

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androidcommunity.com - When you’re in an unfamiliar place and you’re taking a taxi, sometimes it’s best to have Google Maps open on your phone so you can be sure that you’re going the right way. Sometimes, the drivers get …
TECHNOLOGY
Samsung Galaxy Fold release happening very soon

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androidcommunity.com - The foldable phone category may finally take its flight after several weeks of being canceled. The Samsung Galaxy Fold is said to be released in the coming weeks although there is no exact date provi…
SCIENCE
Consumers Failing to Embrace AI Benefits, Says Research

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loyalty360.org - Pega study highlights the need for greater empathy in artificial intelligence systems LAS VEGAS – June 4, 2019 – Consumers lack trust in artificial intelligence (AI) and don’t understand the extent t…
LEISURE
Owner of Chili’s Bar and Grill Improves Customer Experience

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loyalty360.org - As most marketers know, customer experience is extremely important in the current environment. Customers want convenience, ease of access, perks, and simplicity at every touchpoint. Because of this f…
BUSINESS
Three in Four Companies Plan to Expand Creative Teams in Second Half of 2019

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loyalty360.org - Loyalty marketers shouldn’t be surprised to hear that there is a need to add employees in their departments, particularly talent with a knowledge of web and mobile. Still, some might be might not und…
TECHNOLOGY
The Boom (or Bubble) of Podcasting?

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www.smartpassiveincome.com - Somebody recently asked me the question, “Pat, do you think podcasting is in a boom . . . or a bubble? . . . One that’s perhaps about to pop?” I’m about to answer that question in this post. Now, it’…
LEISURE
Opulent S. S. Kresge Mansion, perhaps Detroit’s largest, is for sale

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detroit.curbed.com - The sheer size of the home is imposing: over 20,000 square feet, 14 bedrooms, 10 fireplaces, garage space for nine cars, six full bathrooms, two carriage houses with their own apartments, all on an a…
POLITICS
‘Space Force’ Shrinks in House Proposal

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www.defenseone.com - Lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee are expected to approve a trimmed version of the Pentagon’s proposal to sweep space-related personnel into a new component of the Air Force. Under a de…
TECHNOLOGY
HP EliteBook x360 1040 G5 Review - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - The HP EliteBook x360 1040 G5 is a superb business-class convertible PC. It’s nearly perfect for my needs, and for those of many mobile professionals. I’m not usually this distracted by any laptop. B…
TECHNOLOGY
Report Details Huawei’s Plans for an Android Alternative - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - A new report provides our best look yet at Huawei’s plans to circumvent Android and replace it with its own in-house operating system. As you may know, these plans have taken on a new urgency thanks …
TECHNOLOGY
Android Studio Will Be 64-Bit Only Going Forward - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Google announced today that the future versions of Android Studio and its Android emulators will only support 64-bit OSes. This change mostly impacts Windows. “We will only support 64-bit operating s…
SCIENCE
Dr. Denise McDermott, M.D. - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Anxiety

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www.drdenisemd.com - Did you know that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) affects 2-4% of adolescents and that 80% of people who have OCD experience symptoms before age 18? I value science and the need for a uniform way…
LEISURE
What Prevents You from a Breakthrough by Randy Gage

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www.randygage.com - Home | Blog | What Prevents You from a Breakthrough Last post we talked about changing other people. This post let’s explore how other people can change you, or more specifically, prevent you from ch…
TECHNOLOGY
Elon Musk's Tesla, SpaceX top list of most attractive employers for engineering students

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www.teslarati.com - Employer branding specialist Universum has released its 2019 rankings for the most attractive employers in the United States. Based on the firm’s findings, which were tabulated from a survey of tens …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Ariana Grande apologizes to fans for a homophobic protest outside her show

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www.yahoo.com - One might think there’s been enough hate spread at Ariana Grande concerts for a lifetime — but that didn’t stop a small group with a homophobic message over the weekend. Some concertgoers at Grande’s…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Meet the man who cracked one of Britain's biggest heists

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news.sky.com - The robbery of £26m of gold bars from a warehouse near Heathrow airport is one of Britain's most notorious - and biggest - heists. Until now, little has been known about the dogged methods police use…
SPORTS
NBA Finals: Why Kevin Durant should not have played in Game 5

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www.usatoday.com - TORONTO — He was brilliant, and then he was broken. He was valiant and then, in the split-second of one false move on a fragile muscle, he was a cautionary tale. Kevin Durant should not have played i…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Breastfeeding mom booted from Texas public pool and moms protest

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www.usatoday.com - A Texas mom was ejected from a public pool by a police officer after she dared breastfeed her son. Misty Daugereaux was understandably "hurt, embarrassed and ASHAMED" she said on Facebook, and other …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Joseph Baena wishes half-sister Katherine on her wedding day

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www.dailymail.co.uk - Arnold Schwarzenegger's son Joseph Baena shared a sweet message of congratulations to his half-sister Katherine on social media over the weekend, after seemingly being left out of her lavish nuptials.
LEISURE
Ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow convicted of rape

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www.dailymail.co.uk - Former NFL star Kellen Winslow Jr., 35, was convicted on Monday of raping a 58-year-old homeless woman in Encinitas last May by a jury in Southern California. Winslow was also found guilty of indecen…
TECHNOLOGY
Google's How News Works, aimed at clarifying news transparency - Search Engine Watch

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searchenginewatch.com - In May, Google announced the launch of a new website aimed at explaining how they serve and address news across Google properties and platforms. The site, How News Works, states Google’s mission as i…
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Bordeaux 2018 releases: Margaux enters the campaign - Decanter

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www.decanter.com - Margaux 2018, rated 98 points by Decanter’s Jane Anson, has been released en primeur at €408 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, according to analysis group Wine Lister. That is down on a release price of €420 f…
BUSINESS
Can "Big Content" Link Building Campaigns Really Work?

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moz.com - There’s a lot of material out there, on this site and others, about the importance of link-building. Normally, its effectiveness is either taken for granted or viewed as implied by ranking factor stu…
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Photo highlights: 2019 Decanter Bordeaux Fine Wine Encounter - Decanter

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www.decanter.com - The Decanter Bordeaux Fine Wine Encounter took place on Saturday 8th June 2019 at the Landmark hotel in Marylebone, London. See photo highlights below, or our live social media feed here. Thanks to a…
LEISURE
Wine grape DNA tests reveal new secrets of ancient vineyards - Decanter

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www.decanter.com - A 900-year-old, medieval grape seed found in Orléans, south of Paris, is genetically identical to Savagnin Blanc, famous today for its role in producing Jura’s ‘vin jaune’. ‘This means the variety ha…
LEISURE
Commuters advised not to travel as flooding prompts transport chaos

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www.standard.co.uk - Register with your social account or click here to log in Commuters were hit with severe delays on Tuesday morning after severe flooding prompted transport chaos, with dozens of trains cancelled and …
BUSINESS
Whirlpool faces tumble dryer recall notice over fire fears

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news.sky.com - In an "unprecedented" step, the government plans to order a company to recall hundreds of thousands of tumble dryers over fears they pose a fire safety risk. The announcement was made by business min…
ENVIRONMENT
UK weather: Sinkholes on M25 and rail lines blocked after heavy downpours

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news.sky.com - More than 100mm of rain is expected to fall on parts of Britain this week – double the average for the whole of June. On Monday, the South East was the worst hit as flooding in Kent closed all lines …
EDUCATION
Racism at Ohio school district prompted a federal investigation

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www.usatoday.com - CINCINNATI – The hand-drawn picture shows a barn with a noose hanging from it. A large Confederate flag covers one side of the barn, and “WELCOME TO DIXIE” is written on the roof. In front of the bar…
SPORTS
The routine LeBron James is going through to get his body ready for Game 6 is intense

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www.businessinsider.com - James is playing in his fifth straight NBA Finals. Since 2011 he has put an incredible amount of miles on his body — 2,000 more minutes than any other player in the NBA during that span— a number tha…
SPORTS
One Man’s Dive Into Extreme Isometrics - Just Fly Sports Performance

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www.just-fly-sports.com - - Find the best lifts for sprinting vs. jumping - How to peak when it counts, and more! Please allow up to 12 hour to recieve response. Email may be filtered into a spam file according to your email …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
The 5 Biggest Fitness Mistakes I've Made, and How I've Fixed Them For the Better. ~ KellyOlexa.com

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kellyolexa.com - I have been blogging and vlogging and talking about my fitness journey online since 2007. And in the past 12 years, I’ve learned a lot. I’ve learned a lot about what NOT to do that’s for sure. The tr…
SPORTS
How to Train Acceleration and Closing Speed in Cross Country - SimpliFaster

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simplifaster.com - Before the 2018 season, our coaching staff for the Downers Grove South girls high school cross country team went through our yearly evaluation of the previous season’s training plan. Immediately, we …
SCIENCE
Strength Training Manual: Exercises - Part 2 - Complementary Training

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complementarytraining.net - In case you missed the previous parts of this article series you can find them here: 1. Introduction 2. Agile Periodization and Philosophy of Training 3. Strength Training Manual: Exercises – Part 1 …
LEISURE
Why DIETING is the worst way to lose weight. - FitFluential

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fitfluential.com - Ladies, I urge you to think about the above scenario– because so many women end up there! We are striving to hard to lose weight and we end up PUNISHING ourselves and we end up with no LIFE and zero …
SCIENCE
The Learning/Doing Gap

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seths.blog - Our society separates them. Somewhere along the way, we decided that one interfered with the other. Go to school for 8 years to become a doctor–most of that time, you’re learning about doctoring, not…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
I can go for that: five essential yacht rock classics

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www.theguardian.com - With its urgent pace and aim to “make it to the border of Mexico”, Cross sums up the exhilaration of escape so essential to yacht. The power of the genre lies in the longing, so it’s most effective w…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Radiohead release hours of hacked MiniDiscs to benefit Extinction Rebellion

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www.theguardian.com - Radiohead have released a vast collection of unreleased tracks made during the sessions for 1997 album OK Computer, after a MiniDisc archive owned by frontman Thom Yorke was hacked last week by an un…
SCIENCE
The Gulf could see one of the largest dead zones in history this year

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www.cnn.com - This summer's dead zone will be in areas where fishing vessels usually work, meaning fleets will have to spend more on fuel to travel farther to chase fish. The dead zone is connected to runoff from …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Infowars to pay $15K for unauthorized Pepe the Frog posters

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www.nbcnews.com - Conspiracy-promoting website Infowars will pay $15,000 to resolve a copyright infringement lawsuit over its sales of a poster featuring the image of Pepe the Frog, a cartoon character that was hijack…
POLITICS
Meghan McCain thrilled by applause for ‘ignoring’ Mueller’s findings — only to find out it’s just her friend

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www.rawstory.com - Meghan McCain was pleasantly surprised by applause after she dismissed John Dean’s testimony, only to find out it came from a friend of hers. “The View” co-host frequently complains that her viewpoin…
LEISURE
things for kids to do at MIlwaukee's summer festivals

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www.jsonline.com - Justinn Tanem of Wauwatosa (right) watches his son climb the rock climbing wall. It was one of the hands-on activities available for children at the Lakefront Festival of Art. Summer means festival s…
WORLD
Robert Mueller exploited cellphone GPS to track Trump associates

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www.washingtontimes.com - Robert Mueller says he was able to pinpoint security company executive Erik Prince’s precise location for several hours in January 2017 by matching his mobile phone signal to a cell site near Trump T…
TECHNOLOGY
FBI docs: Study found Clinton email server hacked, info found on dark web

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www.washingtonexaminer.com - Information from Hillary Clinton's unauthorized, private email server were found on the dark web, newly released documents from the FBI show. It has long been suspected that Clinton's server, located…
TECHNOLOGY
Photos Of Travelers Coming In And Out Of The US Have Been Hacked And Stolen

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www.buzzfeednews.com - In May, The Register reported that Perceptics, the maker of vehicle license plate readers used by the US government and cities to identify and track citizens, was hacked, and its files were dumped on…
BUSINESS
You don't say! CNN's Brian Karem gets caught pushing fake news about Donald Trump and the Mexico deal

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twitchy.com - OMG, you guys. Did you hear? Donald Trump is such an idiot, he tried to pass off a blank piece of paper as the Mexico deal. Thank goodness our Guardians of Truth were there to bust him for it: Trump …
TECHNOLOGY
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg reached out to Speaker Pelosi. She hasn’t called him back.

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www.washingtonpost.com - By Robert Costa and Robert Costa National political reporter covering the White House, Congress and campaigns Email Bio Follow Elizabeth Dwoskin Elizabeth Dwoskin Silicon Valley Correspondent Email B…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Kings of Leon get Leeds rocking despite the rain - Evening Express

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www.eveningexpress.co.uk - Thousands of music lovers gathered around the main stage as rock band Kings of Leon became the first headline act to perform at Leeds Festival 2018. Despite experiencing slightly cooler temperatures …
WORLD
Trump just delivered a rage-filled rant on the White House South Lawn — here are the 5 craziest moments

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www.rawstory.com - President Donald Trump went off on an angry rant on the White House South Lawn Tuesday that included attacks on his political rivals, as well as effusive praise for North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
PICS: Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt tie the knot at San Ysidro Ranch | IOL

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www.iol.co.za - On Saturday 29-year-old author Katherine Schwarzenegger and 39-year-old actor Chris Pratt exchanged wedding vows at the San Ysidro Ranch in California. The five-star resort offers breathtaking views …
SPORTS
Women's World Cup 2019 squad lists: All the players and groups in the France tournament

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www.telegraph.co.uk - Midfielders: Miriam Anahí Mayorga (UAI Urquiza), Flavia Lorena Benítez (Boca), Dalila Belén Ippolito (River), Estefanía Romina Banini Ruiz (Levante UD), Vanesa Santana (EDF Logroño), Linda Ruth Bravo…
TECHNOLOGY
Global Competition Review

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globalcompetitionreview.com - Makan Delrahim, the head of the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, had Lady Gaga on his mind. Last summer, Delrahim appeared before a group of the world’s top music industry executives an…
POLITICS
Over 100 activist groups urge McConnell to take up net neutrality bill in the Senate

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thehill.com - A coalition of more than 100 activist groups is urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to take up a bill in the upper chamber to restore net neutrality after the House voted overwhelmi…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
When there's a disconnect in your business - Natural Born Coaches

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www.naturalborncoaches.com - I’m reading a book about Elton John at the moment, and it got me thinking about how someone can stay relevant and on top of an industry for a long time like he has. In the music world, how many one-h…
ENVIRONMENT
Canada passes 'Free Willy' bill banning whale and dolphin captivity

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www.cnn.com - (CNN)Canada's House of Commons passed a bill Monday to make it illegal to hold a whale, dolphin or porpoise captive, punishable by fines up to $150,000 USD. It's known colloquially as the "Free Willy…
SCIENCE
Red and white meats are equally bad for cholesterol

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www.sciencedaily.com - The study, led by scientists at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) -- the research arm of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland -- surprised the researchers with the discovery …
EDUCATION
Feds release broader data on socioeconomic status and college enrollment and completion

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www.insidehighered.com - The federal government on Wednesday released a wide range of updated and new data on postsecondary education, including broader measures of college completion and several indicators that show how muc…
BUSINESS
United Technologies, Raytheon to Create Aerospace Giant

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www.bloomberg.com - United Technologies Corp. agreed to buy Raytheon Co. in an all-stock deal, forming an aerospace and defense giant with $74 billion in sales in one of the industry’s biggest transactions ever. The new…
SCIENCE
Scientists Keep Warning About The Dangers of 5G; Will We Listen?

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www.gaia.com - 5G (or 5th Generation) refers to the latest advancement in wireless systems. 5G promises to bring larger channels, higher speeds, larger packets of data, exponential responsiveness, and the ability t…
SCIENCE
Amidst Calls For Reparations, Lessons In Diversity From One Georgia College To Another

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www.gpbnews.org - There's a building on the campus of the University of Georgia where the foundation rests on the bodies of enslaved people. That's Baldwin Hall on UGA's picturesque North Campus. It's been years since…
EDUCATION
A simple way to get low-income kids into better colleges didn't work

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www.chalkbeat.org - It was supposed to be “a simple way to send poor kids to top colleges.” Sending personalized college-application information and application fee waivers to high-achieving, low-income students pushed …
SCIENCE
Teens sleep longer, are more alert for homework when school starts later: Middle and high schoolers felt less sleepy and more engaged in academics

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www.sciencedaily.com - In fall 2017, the Cherry Creek School District in Greenwood Village, Colorado, delayed school start times for middle school by 50 minutes (changing from 8 a.m. to 8:50 a.m.) and for high school by 70…
TECHNOLOGY
Amazon beats Apple and Google to become the world's most valuable brand

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www.cnbc.com - Four of the BrandZ top ten were made up of more traditional brands including Visa, McDonald's and AT&T. Microsoft comes in at fourth place, as it did in 2018. Technology companies have always dominat…
SCIENCE
Transparent Solar Panels Will Turn Windows Into Green Energy Collectors

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www.the-open-mind.com - Researchers from Michigan State University developed completely transparent solar panels, which can have numerous applications in architecture, and other fields like mobile electronics or the automot…
BUSINESS
The A.I. Revolution Won't Come Easy for Companies, Execs Say

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fortune.com - No one wants to miss out on the A.I. revolution. Leery to their lose edge or fall behind competitors, companies big and small are scrambling to deploy artificial intelligence. But it isn’t easy. That…
BUSINESS
Global Treasury Leaders Summit London 2019

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events.economist.com - When a single Twitter account can spook stock markets and start trade wars, when algorithms do most of the trading in key FX markets and when social media is the biggest driver of brand recognition a…
SCIENCE
Making big tech companies share data could do more good than breaking them up

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www.technologyreview.com - Don’t break up the big tech companies, says Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, a professor of internet governance at the Oxford Internet Institute. Make them share. To him, the recent push for investigation i…
SCIENCE
» New Podcast: Discussing Proaction versus Precaution [Gerd Leonhard Futurist Humanist Author Keynote Speaker]

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www.futuristgerd.com - Here is our latest podcast based on Chapter 8 of Gerd’s best-selling book Technology vs Humanity (Now available in 11 languages!) This week Peter and I covered the topic of Proaction vs. Precaution. …
BUSINESS
Having Fun in the City of Brotherly Love

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silverdisobedience.rocks - THIS SITE MAY CONTAIN SPONSORED CONTENT WHICH COULD BE ADVERTORIAL CONTENT. Links to third-party sites are for your convenience only, and their inclusion on the SilverDisobedience™ (“Silver Disobedie…
SCIENCE
'Bias deep inside the code': the problem with AI 'ethics' in Silicon Valley

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www.theguardian.com - When Stanford announced a new artificial intelligence institute, the university said the “designers of AI must be broadly representative of humanity” and unveiled 120 faculty and tech leaders partner…
SCIENCE
Sigma Labs and Materialise sign MoU to commercialize metal AM quality assurance system - 3D Printing Industry

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3dprintingindustry.com - Sigma Labs, a Santa Fe-based developer of in-situ quality assurance systems, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Belgian 3D printing software company Materialise. According to the…
TECHNOLOGY
Intervista – Gerd Leonhard: «I robot e le tecnologie controlleranno le nostre vite, ma non riduciamo l’uomo a una macchina»

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www.domanipress.it - Il tuo ultimo libro “Technology Vs Humanity” esamina lo scontro tra tecnologia ed umanità. Alla luce di innovazioni sempre più pervasive come: l’intelligenza artificiale ed il cognitive computing qua…
BUSINESS
Is it Time to Adopt a Cat or a Dog?

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silverdisobedience.rocks - THIS SITE MAY CONTAIN SPONSORED CONTENT WHICH COULD BE ADVERTORIAL CONTENT. Links to third-party sites are for your convenience only, and their inclusion on the SilverDisobedience™ (“Silver Disobedie…
POLITICS
California Dems agree to full health benefits for many low-income illegal immigrants, in swipe at Trump

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www.foxnews.com - Attorney and host of the 'Hidden Truth Show' podcast Jim Breslo says California politicians can learn a thing or two from President Trump's 'America First' slogan. In a stance to distance itself from…
POLITICS
Chao created special path for McConnell’s favored projects

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www.politico.com - The Transportation Department under Secretary Elaine Chao designated a special liaison to help with grant applications and other priorities from her husband Mitch McConnell’s state of Kentucky, pavin…
POLITICS
DHS chief reveals startling stat on asylum seekers who skip hearings, disappear

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www.foxnews.com - Raw video: Kevin McAleenan testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the border crisis that an expedited pilot program found that 90 percent of asylum-seekers did not show up for hearings. T…
POLITICS
Jon Stewart Rips Congress During House Hearing on 9/11 Victims Fund, Gets Standing Ovation

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news.yahoo.com - Jon Stewart gave Congress an earful on Tuesday, blasting a House Judiciary subcommittee for its seeming indifference towards the plight of 9/11 first responders as he testified on their behalf for th…
LEISURE
Nunzio Di Stefano's first solo exhibition in London opens at Mazzoleni

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artdaily.com - LONDON.- Mazzoleni is presenting The Shock of Objectivity, curated by Kenneth Baker. This is Nunzio’s first solo exhibition in London and displays a new site-specific work, Avvoltoio, (Vulture), alon…

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