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Did Trump just spill classified military secrets on Twitter?
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thinkprogress.org - President Donald Trump boasted in a tweet Monday evening that the United States had “more advanced” missiles than Russia, following a rocket explosion in the country that left five nuclear engineers …
SCIENCE
Epstein's Death Was On 4Chan Before Officials Announced It — And Authorities Had To Look Into It
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www.buzzfeednews.com - After publishing the post, other 4chan users egged on the author. When they expressed doubt, the original poster added more information to the discussion thread, including a detailed breakdown of the…
WORLD
What took so long? FBI raids Epstein’s Caribbean island
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www.rt.com - A group of tourists on a chartered boat off the coast of the island spotted the law enforcement on Monday and took photos and video of the raid. “We were enjoying lunch when we saw over a dozen peopl…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
'Chrisley Knows Best' star Todd Chrisley indicted on tax evasion and other charges
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www.nbcnews.com - Todd Chrisley, the star of the reality television show "Chrisley Knows Best," was indicted Tuesday on tax evasion and other charges by a federal grand jury in Atlanta. The 12-count indictment issued …
SCIENCE
This startup created compostable plastic wrap that’s made from shellfish shells
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www.fastcompany.com - Wrapping food in plastic does serve a purpose. A plastic-wrapped cucumber at a supermarket may seem egregious, but the vegetable lasts longer and is less likely to end up as food waste; throwing out …
STORIES
Landmark lawsuits accuse Jehovah's Witnesses of covering up years of child sexual abuse
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www.newsweek.com - Two lawsuits being filed this week are targeting the leadership of the Jehovah's Witnesses for what the plaintiffs claim is a history of child sexual abuse. Heather Steele, 48, and John Michael Ewing…
TECHNOLOGY
Whole Foods employees demand Amazon break all ties with ICE and Palantir
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www.theverge.com - Pressure is mounting against Amazon’s continued involvement with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with Whole Foods employees now demanding the company cease ties with the agency through …
WORLD
NATELSON: Supreme Court Considers Voiding State Rules Barring School Choice
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dailycaller.com - School choice advocates often must tiptoe around their own state constitutions. Many contain bans on aid to certain groups. Opponents cite those bans to claim school choice is unconstitutional. Court…
SPORTS
Teal Piper, Daughter Of Late WWE Legend ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper, To Make Her Wrestling Debut
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etcanada.com - There’s a new wrestling league out to steal the WWE’s thunder, and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) has landed the daughter of one of pro wrestling’s most iconic personalities. AEW will broadcast matches on…
TECHNOLOGY
"The Distortion Is Grotesque" - Google Insider Turns Over 950 Pages Documenting Bias To DoJ
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www.zerohedge.com - A former Google insider claiming the company created algorithms to hide its political bias within artificial intelligence platforms – in effect targeting particular words, phrases and contexts to pro…
BUSINESS
China Mocks Trump Tariff Delay As Proof He Is Losing The Trade War
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www.zerohedge.com - On Tuesday Trump pulled off another signature twitter shock, when just after noon, the President bowed to pressure from U.S. businesses, the stock market and concerns over the economic fallout of his…
POLITICS
Colorado state lawmakers, activists endorse Kamala Harris in presidential primary
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www.denverpost.com - A pair of Colorado state lawmakers and a cadre of influential black and Latino activists are backing U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris in the Democratic presidential primary, Harris’ campaign announced Monday.…
POLITICS
Senate GOP plans to divert health, education funds to border wall
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www.rollcall.com - Senate Republicans are looking to pay for President Donald Trump’s border wall in part by putting about $5 billion less in the largest domestic spending bill, several people with knowledge of the pro…
LEISURE
Who Drives on the Wrong Side of the Road?
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brilliantmaps.com - The map above shows which countries drive on the wrong side of the road. Those marked in red drive on the right and those in blue drive on the left. Your opinion about which is the correct side to dr…
SCIENCE
Positive effect of music and dance on dementia proven by Otago study
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www.otago.ac.nz - Stereotypically viewed as passive and immobile, a University of Otago pilot study has shown the powerful influence music and dance can have on older adults with dementia. Researchers from the Departm…
BUSINESS
Inside Koch’s Climate Denial Machine
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www.motherjones.com - Who’s behind a multi-million dollar campaign to seed doubt about climate change? It’s not just Exxon and Chevron—it’s also Koch Industries, an oil and gas giant that most people have never heard of, …
POLITICS
Chris Cuomo once referred to himself as ‘Fredo’ in radio interview
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nypost.com - CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, who was captured on a viral video getting into a profanity-laced exchange with a person who called him “Fredo,” once referred to himself as the hapless “The Godfather” charact…
LEISURE
Chris Cuomo Crashed Car into Mercedes While Drag Racing After Booze Party – True Pundit
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truepundit.com - CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was boozing at his wife’s swanky magazine party in Southampton before he crashed his classic convertible into a parked SUV during a drag race, sources told The Post in the summ…
BUSINESS
Labor Unions Divided on Medicare for All
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www.breitbart.com - Former Vice President Joe Biden and other moderate 2020 Democrat presidential candidates have attempted to cast Medicare for All as harmful to the American worker, although some labor unions have bac…
BUSINESS
45% of ICOs met their maker: Rise and fall of the ICO era
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eng.ambcrypto.com - Bitcoin pushed the boundaries of technological innovations in the payments sector. There were trends that evolved with Bitcoin, such as ICOs; it was a revolutionary way to raise capital for your proj…
POLITICS
Trump Administration Moves to Deter Immigrants From Welfare Programs
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www.dailysignal.com - Federal officials will consider an immigrant’s use of welfare benefits such as food stamps and Medicaid as a negative factor in deciding on the eligibility of the immigrant’s permanent legal residenc…
BUSINESS
Is the Pareto Principle Obsolete?
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loyalty360.org - Data from Nielsen suggests that we are in an era of disloyalty, with more consumers trying new brands and refraining from developing long-term buying habits. This data should prove valuable to loyalt…
TECHNOLOGY
Facebook is losing its last Oculus co-founder – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Facebook spent billions on Oculus in 2014, and in the years since the organization has been absorbed deeper into Facebook while the startup’s co-founders have stepped back in prominence. Today, the f…
WORLD
U.S. Jewish Leader Henry Siegman to Israel: Stop Killing Palestinians and End the Occupation
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www.democracynow.org - AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. As we continue our coverage of the Israeli offensive on Gaza, we turn to part two of our conversation…
SPORTS
The Olympics Are Coming To Tokyo, And So Is The Movement To Kill The Games Forever
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deadspin.com - TOKYO, JAPAN — In the lobby of the Marunouchi Nijubashi Building, which is undergoing final preparations to host the 2020 Olympics, a robot is on patrol. A combination of information kiosk and survei…
SCIENCE
The simple practice that can help you make better decisions
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www.fastcompany.com - We credit Socrates with the insight that “the unexamined life is not worth living” and that to “know thyself” is the path to true wisdom. But is there a right and a wrong way to go about such self-re…
SCIENCE
Russian nuclear-powered cruise missile blows up, creating “mini-Chernobyl”
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arstechnica.com - On August 8, during testing aboard a barge in the White Sea near Nyonoksa, Russia, the nuclear engine of an experimental nuclear-armed cruise missile exploded, killing two technicians and injuring si…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Spotify’s podcast dashboard comes out of beta – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Over the last couple of years, Spotify has made a big push into podcasts. The tip of the spear has been major investments, including acquisitions of companies like Gimlet and Anchor. It’s all part of…
TECHNOLOGY
Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech
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www.wired.com - On a bright Monday in January 2017, at 2:30 in the afternoon, about a thousand Google employees—horrified, alarmed, and a little giddy—began pouring out of the company's offices in Mountain View, Cal…
BUSINESS
How the hell did Uber just lose $5 billion in three months?
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www.wired.co.uk - Uber is the largest ride-hailing app in the world – valued at upwards of $80 billion (£66bn) – but it has never turned a profit. Now, the company has posted its biggest-ever quarterly loss, a stagger…
TECHNOLOGY
Adobe’s next big bets are on AR and mixed reality software
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www.theverge.com - By the end of this year, designers will be getting three new Adobe apps, which are all part of the company’s vision for the next era of creativity. This next generation of apps will focus on mixing r…
POLITICS
CNN Declares 'Fredo' an 'Ethnic Slur'—Used by Ana Navarro, Rick Wilson
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www.breitbart.com - A video of Cuomo surfaced Monday evening, showing the CNN anchor going on an unhinged rant after a man referred to him as “Fredo.” Cuomo threatened to throw the man down the stairs and compared the u…
TECHNOLOGY
TPS Consulting Daily
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tpsconsulting.blogspot.com - POLITICS ‘We’re all in the closet’: Trump’s Hamptons supporters go underground Shared by Susan Cooper 馃挋馃寠馃啒 nypost.com - President Trump’s Hamptons supporters have gone underground. While Trump atte…
TECHNOLOGY
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (2019) First Impressions - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - The 7th generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon offers the thinnest and lightest design yet, an optional UHD HDR400 display with Dolby Vision capabilities, and an improved Dolby Atmos speaker system. In a firs…
EDUCATION
Este pueblo ofrece dar una recompensa a la pareja que tenga un hijo var贸n
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laopinion.com - Una peque帽a poblaci贸n que se encuentra en Polonia llamada Miejsce Odrza艅skie busca desesperadamente a una pareja que quiera tener un hijo y no solo eso, ofrece una jugosa recompensa si el beb茅 que na…
LEISURE
Elizabeth Cordero on Immigrant Entrepreneurs | The Rob McNealy Program
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robmcnealy.com - In this podcast interview, Rob McNealy interviews Elizabeth Cordero, a successful real estate investor, immigrant, and serial entrepreneur. Elizabeth Cordero has not traveled an easy road to success …
SCIENCE
Researchers Discover a Psychological Trick to Bond With Coworkers
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www.inverse.com - Someone we know recently told us about a team-building event that proved anything but. The chief executive who arranged it loved mountain biking. So he chose a venue to share his passion with his tea…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Miley Cyrus se separa de Liam Hemsworth y es captada con otra mujer
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www.telemundo.com - ¿Miley Cyrus en amores con otra mujer? El matrimonio de Cyrus y Liam Hemsworth no lleg贸 al primer aniversario y ahora la cantante fue captada con una mujer Acusan a Pl谩cido Domingo de acoso sexual y …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Sospechoso de vender drogas se desnuda frente a unos polic铆as
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www.telemundo.com - Un sujeto sospechoso de vender drogas en Rep煤blica Dominicana se desnud贸 frente a unos polic铆as y form贸 una conmoci贸n Exhibici贸n militar termina en una espantosa tragedia para dos soldados Cami贸n atr…
EDUCATION
Mochilas a pruebas de balas entre lo m谩s buscado para regreso a clases
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www.telemundo.com - Los m煤ltiples tiroteos en Estados Unidos han provocado que muchas personas busquen c贸mo proteger a sus hijos cuando est谩n en las escuelas. Para lograrlo, varias compa帽铆as se han dado a la tarea de pr…
TECHNOLOGY
Verizon sues city to avoid paying 5G fees, says the FCC has its back
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arstechnica.com - Verizon has sued the City of Rochester, New York, in order to avoid paying fees for deploying 5G equipment and fiber lines. Verizon's lawsuit, filed in US District Court for the Western District of N…
BUSINESS
Rocket Internet’s Caterwings acquires German business catering marketplace Lemoncat – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Caterwings, the Rocket Internet-founded corporate catering marketplace that operates in eight countries, has acquired German competitor Lemoncat. Terms remain undisclosed, although I understand from …
TECHNOLOGY
Samsung’s Note 10 game streaming arrives in early September – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - PlayGalaxy Link got fleetingly little stage time at last week’s Unpacked event. It’s true that Samsung had a lot of information to jam into the hour-long press conference, but the offering was glazed…
TECHNOLOGY
China’s largest Q&A platform, Zhihu, raises $434 million from investors including Kuaishou, Baidu and Tencent – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Zhihu, the largest question and answer platform in China, has raised a $434 million Series F. This is not only the company’s biggest round since it launched in 2011, but also one of the largest secur…
POLITICS
Would you rent out your living room for a few hours? This startup is counting on it – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Recharge, a startup that tried convincing hotels to let its customers rent their rooms by the hour and even minute, has revamped and rebranded. Now Globe, the company is hoping to convince guests to …
TECHNOLOGY
Pete Buttigieg echoes Warren with $80B rural broadband plan – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg has unveiled his plan to address the broadband gap in this country: an $80 billion “Internet For All” initiative and set of related reforms. It echoes S…
SCIENCE
Y Combinator bets on a startup building a weed breathalyzer for cops – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Y Combinator has kept an eye on cannabis startups over the years, but it’s their latest investment that’s sure to attract the attention of both marijuana users and law enforcement. SannTek Labs, whic…
SCIENCE
Google details AI work behind Project Euphonia’s more inclusive speech recognition – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - As part of new efforts towards accessibility, Google announced Project Euphonia at I/O in May: An attempt to make speech recognition capable of understanding people with non-standard speaking voices …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
CBS and Viacom are merging into a combined company called ViacomCBS – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - In a widely-anticipated move, CBS and Viacom have agreed to reunite. The two media giants split back in 2006, although the Redstone family maintained control through National Amusements, a privately-…
TECHNOLOGY
Daily Crunch: Verizon is selling Tumblr – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Veriz…
TECHNOLOGY
Axios’ Dan Primack on ‘the most polarizing startup that exists’ – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week was a bit special. Instead of meeting up at the TechCrunch …
BUSINESS
Confidence: The currency of acceleration – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Imagine you’re a billionaire starting a new company. You’re happy to bet your entire fortune on it. As a result, capital is no constraint. How fast should you burn money? You probably wouldn’t use th…
TECHNOLOGY
DirecTV Now’s rebranding to ‘AT&T TV NOW’ is officially rolling out – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - AT&T’s live TV streaming service, DirecTV Now, is getting a new name. The company in July announced that the service would soon be rebranded to AT&T TV NOW at some point later in the summer. The comp…
TECHNOLOGY
Xiaomi tops Indian smartphone market for eighth straight quarter – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Xiaomi has now been the top smartphone maker in India for eight straight quarters, becoming a constant headache for Samsung in the key overseas market that continues to show strong appetite for hands…
TECHNOLOGY
How Roblox avoided the gaming graveyard and grew into a $2.5B company – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - There are successful companies that grow fast and garner tons of press. Then there’s Roblox, a company which took at least a decade to hit its stride and has, relative to its current level of success…
WORLD
Tech leaders condemn tech’s role in elevating white supremacy – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - A group of tech leaders has banned together to speak out against white supremacy and rampant hate speech on tech platforms. The group, Build Tech We Trust, refers to itself as a collective of tech CE…
SCIENCE
$600M Cray supercomputer will tower above the rest — to build better nukes – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Cray has been commissioned by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to create a supercomputer head and shoulders above all the rest, with the contract valued at some $600 million. Disappointingly, E…
TECHNOLOGY
Facebook denies making contradictory claims on Cambridge Analytica and other ‘sketchy’ apps – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Facebook has denied contradicting itself in evidence to the UK parliament and a US public prosecutor. Last month the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee wrote to the com…
TECHNOLOGY
Singularity 6 raises $16.5M from Andreessen Horowitz to create a ‘virtual society’ – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - When Fortnite reached stratospheric popularity early last year, there were undoubtedly an awful lot of VCs on the sidelines looking enviously at the massive platform and wondering what opportunities …
BUSINESS
Dostavista, the ‘crowdsourced’ same-day delivery service, raises $15M Series B – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Dostavista, the “crowdsourced” same-day delivery service founded in Russia but operating in several countries, has raised a $15 million Series B. Leading the round is Vostok New Ventures, with partic…
BUSINESS
Roku expands its free, live TV selection with 5 more channels, including fubo’s Sports Network – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - The Roku Channel continues to expand beyond ad-supported movies and premium subscriptions with today’s announcement of the addition of several more live TV channels available to anyone with a Roku st…
TECHNOLOGY
Clumio raises $51M to bring enterprise backup into the 21st century – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Creating backups for massive enterprise deployments may feel like a solved problem, but for the most part, we’re still talking about complex hardware and software setups. Clumio, which is coming out …
EDUCATION
MasterClass founder launches Outlier, offering online courses for college credit – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Aaron Rasmussen, co-founder and former creative director of MasterClass, has a new startup called Outlier.org. Like MasterClass, Outlier is bringing education online, but with a key difference — thes…
EDUCATION
Actijoy founder talks up the benefits of TechCrunch Disrupt – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - TechCrunch’s flagship tech conference — Disrupt San Francisco 2019 — takes place on October 2-4. Disrupt is the OG of tech startup conferences, and it rolls old school in keeping with the feisty, do-…
TECHNOLOGY
How even the best marketplace startups get paralyzed – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Over the past 15 years, I’ve seen a pernicious disease infect a number of marketplace startups. I call it Marketplace Paralysis. The root cause of the disease is quite innocent and seemingly harmless…
BUSINESS
Darren Bechtel (yes, of those Bechtels) has raised $97.5 million for his firm, Brick & Mortar Ventures – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Brick & Mortar Ventures, a young, San Francisco-based venture firm that’s focused on startups innovating in or around architecture, engineering, construction, and facilities management, has closed wi…
TECHNOLOGY
The ClockworkPi GameShell is a super fun DIY spin on portable gaming – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Portable consoles are hardly new, and thanks to the Switch, they’re basically the most popular gaming devices in the world. But ClockworkPi’s GameShell is something totally unique, and entirely refre…
TECHNOLOGY
Apple brings contactless student IDs to a dozen more universities – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Ahead of the upcoming school year, Apple this morning announced it’s bringing contactless student IDs in Apple Wallet to several more U.S. universities. The expansion will allow more than 100,000 col…
BUSINESS
Oregon joins lawsuit opposing T-Mobile/Sprint merger – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Oregon this week became the 15th state (plus the District of Columbia) to sign onto a lawsuit seeking to stop a T-Mobile/Sprint merger. The suit, co-signed by 16 attorneys general, argues that a merg…
TECHNOLOGY
Phones, laptops and game consoles get tariff reprieve until December – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Electronics manufacturers are no doubt breathing a collective sigh of relief this morning at the news that the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has delayed tariffs on a number of categories.…
BUSINESS
WeChat Pay and Alipay partner QFPay raises $20 million to develop new digital payment solutions – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Digital payments startup QFPay announced today that it has raised $20 million in new funding led by returning investors Sequoia Capital China and Matrix Partners. MDI Ventures (the investment arm of …
LEISURE
Domino’s launches e-bike delivery to compete with UberEats, DoorDash – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Domino’s will start using custom electric bikes for pizza delivery through a partnership with Rad Power Bikes, as it aims to become more competitive with on-demand apps like DoorDash, GrubHub and Ube…
BUSINESS
Walmart tops US online grocery market, with 62% more customers than next nearest rival – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Walmart is dominating the U.S. online grocery market, according to new research out this week from the analysts at Second Measure. The nationwide retailer today offers grocery pickup and delivery in …
HEALTH
Paid Family Leave Is a Game Changer for New Parents’ Health, Not Just Their Economic Security
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www.thenation.com - Following the birth of her son, Avi, Jaclyn Cohen experienced postpartum depression. She has since become an advocate for establishing a national paid family leave policy in the US. (Courtesy of Jacl…
SCIENCE
Sleep hacking: How to control your mitochondrial clocks
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bigthink.com - DAVE ASPREY: One of the biggest things you can do that isn't going to cost you anything is improve the quality of your sleep. It's funny, because when you get a good night's sleep regularly at the ri…
TECHNOLOGY
How to follow up after a job interview without being annoying
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www.fastcompany.com - For many people, the entire job interview process can feel like blind dating: Do you like them? Do they like you? Is there a future? And just like with dating, even if that first meeting went well, i…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Robert Reich: The myth of the rugged individual
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www.salon.com - The American dream promises that anyone can make it if they work hard enough and play by the rules. Anyone can make it by pulling themselves up by their “bootstraps.” The truth is: In America today, …
BUSINESS
Targeted in Mississippi immigration raids, poultry company holds job fair just down the road
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www.cnn.com - Koch Foods wasn't sure how many of its employees were arrested in the operation because authorities also seized all of its employment records, it said in a statement. No managers or supervisors were …
LEISURE
Founders should stop freaking out about maintaining a startup culture
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www.fastcompany.com - Editor’s Note: Each week, Fast Company presents an advice column by Maynard Webb, former CEO of LiveOps and the former COO of eBay. Webb offers candid, practical, and sometimes surprising advice to e…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
What "GLOW" knows about migraines and women's pain
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www.salon.com - It's a familiar trope of movies and television. A hot male and a female character are unclad and ecstatic in bed. A scene or two later, the woman has come down with a sudden case of the pukes. Her co…
LEISURE
A glimpse inside the Central Processing Center, at the heart of the border crisis
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www.washingtonpost.com - Men sit on a bench with other fathers of young children in the U.S. Border Patrol Central Processing Center in McAllen, Tex., on Monday. Border Patrol officials said that approximately 1,300 people w…
POLITICS
Immigration Chief: 'Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor Who Can Stand On Their Own 2 Feet'
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www.npr.org - Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said Monday at the White House that immigrants legally in the U.S. may no longer be eligible for green cards if they …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Cuccinelli rewrites Statue of Liberty poem to make case for limiting immigration
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www.cnn.com - "I was answering a question. I wasn't writing poetry, Erin. Don't change the facts. You're twisting this like everybody else on the left has done all day today," Cuccinelli said on "Erin Burnett OutF…
LEISURE
Why Washing Machines Are Learning to Play the Harp
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www.theatlantic.com - Arbeeny contrasts the layered, polyphonic compositions she’s created for these appliances with the grating bleeps of microwaves past. They’re softer, for one, and more personal. “It makes you feel li…
BUSINESS
TheStreet.com is being sold to The Maven for $16.5 million - Talking Biz News
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talkingbiznews.com - Financial news site TheStreet.com has agreed to a deal where it will be acquired by The Maven Inc. for $16.5 million. The Maven is a group of media brands operating on a shared digital publishing, ad…
SPORTS
Half-million in jewelry, electronics stolen from A-Rod's SUV in San Francisco, sources say
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www.sfchronicle.com - A thief smashed into baseball legend Alex “A-Rod” Rodriguez’s rental vehicle Sunday night in San Francisco, making off with an estimated half-million dollars worth of jewelry and electronics, sources…
SCIENCE
Investment managers don’t understand how to rate funds managed by black people
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arstechnica.com - Science has struggled to increase the diversity of the research community, trying to ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity to contribute to humanity's advances. But science's struggles are no…
TECHNOLOGY
Hacker site’s incriminating database published online by rival group
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arstechnica.com - Hackers from Raidforums recently breached the site of rival hacking forum Cracked.to and spilled data for more than 321,000 of its members. The hackers did so while some of their victims were discuss…
SCIENCE
Alabama space center will manage NASA’s lunar lander program
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arstechnica.com - On Friday, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will visit the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. At 3pm local time, he will address employees in an "all hands" meeting in Morris Auditorium to ma…
POLITICS
Four wormable bugs in newer versions of Windows need your attention now
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arstechnica.com - Microsoft is warning of a four new Windows vulnerabilities that are “wormable,” meaning they can be exploited to spread malware from one vulnerable computer to another without any user action in much…
ADULT
Twitch backtracks after accidentally showing porn on Ninja’s old page
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arstechnica.com - Most defunct, offline streamer pages on Twitch revert to a kind of permanent archival form, where streamers can point their followers to new locations and viewers can access old streams and clips. Af…
SCIENCE
Elon Musk’s Neuralink: Both an evolution and a plan for radical change
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arstechnica.com - Neuralink's magic will start with this small (4mm x 4mm) chip... ...which the company hopes to implant (along with its associated wiring) into the brain of patients/customers. When Elon Musk first st…
SCIENCE
Trump administration announces changes to Endangered Species Act rules
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arstechnica.com - By Andy Morffew, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61980497 After two years of review and revision, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced a set of changes to the regulat…
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A look at LibreOffice’s new 6.3.0 “fresh” release
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arstechnica.com - An Ubuntu Xenial LTS system, showing the system base version of LibreOffice (5.1.6) as well as the newly snap-installed 6.3.0. Installing the LibreOffice snap from the command line, in Ubuntu Xenial …
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Hurricane forecasts may be running headlong into the butterfly effect
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arstechnica.com - Not that they're ones to brag about it, but hurricane forecasters have gotten a lot better at their jobs in recent years, especially when it comes to predicting where tropical cyclones will go. From …
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“Blast processing” in 2019: How an SNES emulator solved overclocking
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arstechnica.com - When it comes to emulator design, there's something to be said for trying to capture the workings of the original system as accurately as possible, warts and all. But there's also something to the id…
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Hack in the box: hacking into companies with “warshipping”
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arstechnica.com - LAS VEGAS—Penetration testers have long gone to great lengths to demonstrate the potential chinks in their clients' networks before less friendly attackers exploit them. But in recent tests by IBM's …
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Novel “invisibility cloaks” for water waves leave no telltale wakes or drag
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arstechnica.com - Two separate teams of scientists have devised novel hydrodynamic "invisibility cloaks"—instead of shielding objects from light, the cloacks would shield them from fluid flows. The scientists describe…
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Dealmaster: Get an MFi-certified Anker USB-C to Lightning cable for $12
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arstechnica.com - Greetings, Arsians! The Dealmaster is back with another round of deals to share. Today's list is headlined by a nice discount on Anker's PowerLine II USB-C to Lightning cable, the three-foot variant …
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Apple is now selling the AirPower, basically, only it’s not made by Apple
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arstechnica.com - The mophie 3-in-1 mat with AirPods, an Apple Watch, and an iPhone on it. Apple is also selling a mophie-made mat that just handles two devices. You'll have to charge your Watch separately with that o…
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Trump University and the art of the get-rich seminar
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arstechnica.com - Editor's note: Though this isn't usual Ars Technica fare, we're publishing a non-tech story because we had a reporter with deep personal experience relevant to a topic of national interest. In 2005, …
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Senators demand Amazon explain how junk winds up in “Choice” listings
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arstechnica.com - Amazon is a gigantic international marketplace filled with all sorts of goods from countless manufacturers and vendors—a selection so broad, it can easily overwhelm shoppers. Though the company doesn…
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Playtime to the max: Snapshots from the 2019 New York Toy Fair
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arstechnica.com - Welcome to the 2019 New York Toy Fair, the happiest place on Earth for both adults and kids! The Javits Center got its own Lego model to mark the occasion. This particularly ferocious Unikitty Lego s…
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Sigourney Weaver, Mark Hamill lend voices to Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
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arstechnica.com - Netflix has released the first full trailer for its new fantasy series, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. It's a prequel to the 1982 cult classic fantasy/adventure film The Dark Crystal and featur…
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I tried to pay with bitcoin at a Mexico City bar—it didn’t go well
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arstechnica.com - I traveled to Mexico City last week to have a relaxing vacation with my wife—not to find stories for Ars Technica. But our Airbnb apartment happened to be around the corner from a bar called Bitcoin …
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Wiseguy changes license plate to “NULL”, gets $12k in parking tickets
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arstechnica.com - The relationship between Americans and their automobiles is a complicated one. More than mere transport, they can become extensions of one's personality—think of stereotypes about drivers of a partic…
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Familia inmigrante ruega que no deporten a su abuela guatemalteca
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www.telemundo.com - Una familia en California suplica que no deporten a su abuela guatemalteca quien cruz贸 la frontera con sus dos nietos Los ni帽os son los m谩s afectados por las redadas masivas de ICE Redadas masivas de…
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Un inodoro explota como bomba durante una tormenta el茅ctrica
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www.telemundo.com - El inodoro de una casa en la Florida explot贸 como una bomba cuando un rayo cay贸 en el pozo s茅ptico durante una tormenta el茅ctrica Empresario se cose la boca por protesta frente al Palacio Nacional Lo…
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Seguidores de "La Luz del Mundo" siguen en apoyo a su l铆der
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www.telemundo.com - Miembros de la iglesia "La Luz del Mundo" defienden y apoyan su l铆der a pesar de las serias acusaciones de abuso sexual Mujer choca su veh铆culo y se enfurece agrediendo a varios polic铆as Padres recib…
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Carro se estrella y termina dentro de la piscina de un gimnasio
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www.telemundo.com - El chofer de un auto perdi贸 el control y se estrello contra un gimnasio en Seattle terminando dentro de la piscina Bandera de Puerto Rico causa controversia en vecindario de Florida Tiroteo en una au…
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Crece la alarma mundial por un hongo que se resiste a medicamentos
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www.telemundo.com - Se dispersa por el mundo un hongo muy peligroso y que resiste los medicamentos Hombre ataca a una multitud con un "cuchillo de carnicero" Cocodrilo descansa sobre el techo de una casa inundada Mochil…
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Buscan a peligroso preso que escap贸 de prisi贸n en un supuesto tractor
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www.telemundo.com - Cacer铆a humana para capturar a un peligroso preso que se escap贸 de prisi贸n en un supuesto tractor, y ofrecen una gran recompensa por su paradero Carro se estrella y termina dentro de la piscina de un…
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Jenni Rivera sigue arrasando con su l铆nea de maquillaje
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www.telemundo.com - A 7 a帽os de la muerte de Jenni Rivera su l铆nea de maquillajes fue todo un 茅xito en la convenci贸n de "Beauty Con" "Betty en New York" llega a su gran cap铆tulo final Miley Cyrus se separa de Liam Hemsw…
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Empresario se cose la boca por protesta frente al Palacio Nacional
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www.telemundo.com - Empresario mexicano protest贸 frente al Palacio Nacional y lo que hizo para llamar la atenci贸n fue espeluznante Este es el animal que aumenta su poblaci贸n y amenaza al mundo entero El "Chapo" quer铆a a…
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Ni帽a pastora causa ternura y sensaci贸n en las redes sociales
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www.telemundo.com - Una ni帽a pastora de 10 a帽os fue grabada mientras cuidaba a sus ovejas y causa una sensaci贸n de ternura en los usuarios de las redes sociales Ni帽o el谩stico gira sus piernas y brazos como si fuera de g…
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Borracho destruye una tienda en Florida por no querer venderle licor
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www.telemundo.com - Captan im谩genes de un borracho enfurecido destruyendo una tienda de Florida porque el encargado se neg贸 a venderle licor Carro se estrella y termina dentro de la piscina de un gimnasio Conductor apla…
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New Jersey Governor Signs Bill to Establish Blockchain Task Force
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cointelegraph.com - Governor of New Jersey Phil Murphy recently signed bill S2297, which is an act to create a so-dubbed New Jersey Blockchain Initiative Task Force. The purpose of the task force is purportedly to study…
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How to Evaluate Opportunities - Brendon Burchard
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brendon.com - Free Book! My blog readers get a complimentary copy of my new book High Performance Habits, while supplies last! I bought 1000 for you – so no charge for the book itself – but I do ask you pay your s…
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Thirty Seven Steps to Heaven
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boldanddetermined.com - From the desk of Victor Pride Location: Albuquerque, NM — She said time runs fast like the sun burns hot. The past ten years went by in the blink of an eye. Just a moment ago I was 27 and I was lost.…
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Litecoin Founder Charlie Lee Addresses Project Abandonment Allegations
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cointelegraph.com - Litecoin (LTC) founder Charlie Lee has addressed recent project abandonment allegations. In a series of tweets published on Aug. 10, Litecoin founder Charlie Lee addressed allegations that Litecoin d…
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What Are Crypto Banks and How Do They Work?
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cointelegraph.com - Bitcoin once promised that it would help realize the lofty goal of making individuals “their own bank.” To understand the many services that banks truly provide is also to realize how preposterous th…
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Telegram Vs. Facebook: The Ultimate Showdown for Crypto Supremacy
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cointelegraph.com - Last month, Facebook rocked the world with its blockbuster Libra announcement. Even a year ago, the idea that an iconic United States company would launch a digital currency or that a sitting preside…
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Crypto Exchange Binance Points out a Dusting Attack Against Litecoin
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cointelegraph.com - Cryptocurrency exchange Binance claims that a dusting attack occurred against fourth-biggest altcoin, Litecoin (LTC). The official Twitter exchange of cryptocurrency exchange Binance claimed that a m…
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8 Website Homepage Design Rules You Should Never Break
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line25.com - Homepages are the first thing a visitor sees when they come to your website. It makes or breaks the impression of your website. Every year companies spend thousands of dollars to design a space that …
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All the New ES2019 Tips and Tricks | CSS-Tricks
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css-tricks.com - The ECMAScript standard has been updated yet again with the addition of new features in ES2019. Now officially available in node, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari you can also use Babel to compile these f…
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Using Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization in UI Design
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uxplanet.org - Quick note: Symmetrical layouts can look boring. Thus, you might want to introduce some asymmetry in design to make it more dynamic. Elements tend to be perceived into groups if they are sharing an a…
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Best Developer Tools and Services in 2019
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line25.com - Just what you’ve been waiting for; a one-stop resource for the best developer tools and services 2019 has to offer. Choosing which tools and services are needed and selecting the best that are curren…
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24 Common Mistakes You Made In Website Testing | LambdaTest
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www.lambdatest.com - Website testing sounds simple, yet is complex, based on the nature of the website. Testing a single webpage is simple and can be done manually. But with the nature of web applications becoming comple…
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In defense of Functional CSS - Minid.net – Diego Martin Lafuente's personal website & blog
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minid.net - Summary: Functional CSS is a new concept and like any new concept, it requires adoption and practice, but it also requires understanding all the situations for which we have been programming ineffici…
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The great wall of development 馃П
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uxdesign.cc - This is not an article about “Should designers code?” neither about designer titles nor about what UI/UX stands for. However, there is a problem out there with so many titles and misconceptions. They…
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Google's hate speech-detecting AI is biased against black people
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futurism.com - Artificial intelligence algorithms meant to detect and moderate hate speech online, including the Perspective algorithm built by Google, have built-in biases against black people. Scientists from the…
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US government quietly kills autonomous vehicle committee
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www.engadget.com - However, the committee was formed at the end of Obama's term and met only once in 2017 before President Trump's inauguration. It has remained dormant since then and probably wasn't able to carry out …
SCIENCE
The word "robot" originated in this 1921 Czech play
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boingboing.net - Like many of his peers, (膶apek) was appalled by the carnage wrought by the mechanical and chemical weapons that marked World War I as a departure from previous combat. He was also deeply skeptical of…
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Blue Brain Team Discovers a Multi-Dimensional Universe in Brain Networks
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neurosciencenews.com - Summary: Blue Brain Project shows our brains operate on many different dimensions, not just the three we are accustomed to. Using mathematics in a novel way in neuroscience, the Blue Brain Project de…
POLITICS
Wyden at DEF CON: Mitch McConnell Wants Foreign Hackers to Help Republicans Win Elections
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gizmodo.com - Before a crowd of hacking conference goers, Senator Ron Wyden on Friday took aim at Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, accusing him of blocking election security legislation because, he sai…
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China media: Hong Kong protesters 'asking for self-destruction' as military gathers
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www.cnbc.com - On Monday, Chinese officials focused on what they described as "deranged acts" by the protesters, including throwing gasoline bombs, saying they marked the emergence of terrorism in the Chinese city.…
POLITICS
Alarmed White House officials just leaked a disturbing Trump executive order draft
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washingtonpress.com - Without social media, it’s likely that Donald Trump would never have been elected president. After all, without Russian bots pushing highly targeted propaganda on Facebook using data passed to them b…
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To Help Migrants at the Border, Aid Groups Deploy Tech
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www.wired.com - Last month, a young transgender woman from Central America applied for asylum in the US. Unlike thousands of others requesting asylum at the US-Mexico border, this person was especially fortunate. Sh…
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Agathocles of Syracuse: The Original Machiavellian Tyrant
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www.ancient-origins.net - Agathocles of Syracuse came from fairly humble beginnings but his focus and ambition brought him to the tyrannical rule of the city where he grew up. But his tyranny was not merciless and uncalculate…
SCIENCE
Golden Varna Plate Linked To Daring Sea Voyage Between Black Sea and Egypt 7,000 Years Ago
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www.ancient-origins.net - There’s an odd-looking design on an ancient ceramic vessel that was found in Varna, Bulgaria that one expert believes is linked to another kind of vessel – a woven, seafaring kind. Many years ago, To…
TECHNOLOGY
Cyber security 101: Protect your privacy from hackers, spies, and the government | ZDNet
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www.zdnet.com - "I have nothing to hide" was once the standard response to the occasional surveillance experience by way of cameras, border checks, or casual questioning by law enforcement. Ransomware: An executive …
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Genius 'Rise of Skywalker' Theory Explains Palpatine, Rey, Zorri, and More
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www.inverse.com - The most comprehensive Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker fan theory in recent memory hit Reddit on Tuesday, and it’s got everything you could possibly want out of theoretical spoilers. Who was Snoke? …
BUSINESS
The Hidden Retirement Crisis: Older Americans' Debt
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www.forbes.com - Swelling numbers of Americans these days are working in retirement, taking part-time jobs and launching businesses. And retirees are increasingly staying in their homes rather than moving to retireme…
SCIENCE
"Wake-Up Call?" --Massive Object Smacks Jupiter Recalling Pacific-Sized 2009 Impact | The Daily Galaxy
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dailygalaxy.com - An object massive enough to see from Earth just slammed into Jupiter on Wednesday, recalling an event in July of 2009, when a comet or asteroid ripped another hole in the gas giant the size of the Pa…
SCIENCE
Pablo Hidalgo Midi-Chlorian Comment Fuels Rumors About Rey's Origins
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www.inverse.com - Ever since George Lucas retconned how Jedi get their powers in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace by introducing midi-chlorians into the mix, fans have put a lot of effort into analyzing how the Force wor…
BUSINESS
Quebec Workers Have a Right to Refuse Unsafe Work
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www.shrm.org - Employees in Quebec, Canada, don't have to perform tasks they believe would endanger their health. An employer cannot dismiss, suspend, transfer or penalize an employee because he or she exercises th…
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The Top 10 Changes Employees Would Make at Work If They Were in Charge
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finance.yahoo.com - Many workers wish they were in charge at the office instead of their bosses. But it's not just the better title and corner office individual contributors are after; many workers say they'd make serio…
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Exclusive: Google's jobs search draws antitrust complaints from rivals - Reuters
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www.reuters.com - BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google’s fast-growing tool for searching job listings has been a boon for employers and job boards starving for candidates, but several rival job-finding services c…
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Russell Wilson, Ciara, Macklemore, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and more join Sounders ownership
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www.seattletimes.com - It took 15 months to finalize, but the Sounders woke up Tuesday morning with one of the world’s most diverse soccer ownership groups. The Sounders announced 11 families have become owners, forming th…
TECHNOLOGY
HTC about to enter India once again, new product teaser out
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androidcommunity.com - HTC is not giving up the mobile business. No, we don’t think it will anytime soon especially that it has plans to make a comeback in India–a market it once left. It remains in the mobile industry wit…
TECHNOLOGY
Razer Phone 2 with THX audio spotted in the wild
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androidcommunity.com - The Razer Phone series is just a little over two years old but it has proven its worth especially in the mobile gaming industry. It’s probably the first ultimate gaming phone we never knew we needed.…
TECHNOLOGY
Samsung gets 40% share in European market for Q2 2019
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androidcommunity.com - Huawei’s continued loss is now Samsung’s gain. Well, at least when it comes to the European markets. As the former continues to face issues resulting from the “political restrictions” placed by the U…
TECHNOLOGY
Samsung Galaxy A10s to help usher in the Era of Live
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androidcommunity.com - In this ‘Era of Live’, Samsung has a lot of new things to offer. It’s always ‘Ready to Go Live’ with new products. After the Galaxy Note 10 series, there is the Galaxy Fold to look forward to. We als…
TECHNOLOGY
GLAS thermostat receives Alexa, Google Assistant; no more Cortana
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androidcommunity.com - Smart thermostats are a thing. We know quite a few smart thermostats like the Honeywell Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat, Ecobee, Ecobee3 Lite, Honeywell Lyric, and the Nest Learning Thermostat. There’s also t…
TECHNOLOGY
Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 gets HDR10+ certification
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androidcommunity.com - Android tablets have been noticeably lacking in innovation the past few years and so it isn’t really all that exciting when a new one is announced. Samsung, however, is hoping that will change with t…
TECHNOLOGY
Google verification takes advantage of FIDO2 standards
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androidcommunity.com - Not many may realize this but Google has earlier joined FIDO in its fight to strengthen and replace passwords. It’s been several years but the alliance continues to improve in the area of mobile auth…
TECHNOLOGY
Barry Ritchey, Founder of ViceGeek Digital Media | The Rob McNealy Program
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robmcnealy.com - In this podcast interview, Rob McNealy interviews Barry D Ritchey II, Founder of ViceGeek, Founder of ViceGeek Digital Media, a full service digital marketing agency specializing in “alternative” pro…
BUSINESS
$3,727,014,000,000: Federal Spending Sets Record Through July; Treasury Runs $866,812,000,000 Deficit
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www.cnsnews.com - (CNSNews.com) - The federal government spent a record $3,727,014,000,000 in the first ten months of fiscal 2019 (October through July), according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released today. Whi…
ADULT
Florida Girl Treed by Alligator, Saved by a Shot From an AR-15 Rifle - The Truth About Guns
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www.thetruthaboutguns.com - Last week, a 15-year-old girl, Jordan Broderick, was floating on a raft in a creek in the Ocala National Forest north of Orlando, Florida when an alligator approached her. She quickly climbed a nearb…
BUSINESS
University of Minnesota digs into why people with generous unemployment benefits take longer to find work
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www.startribune.com - Unemployment insurance is designed as a safety net for people who lost their jobs through no fault of their own. Economic studies show that when people are offered more generous unemployment benefits…
POLITICS
Joe Biden made quite a few flubs last week, but voters don't seem to care
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www.newsweek.com - Former vice president Joe Biden is surging in polls, and he may have President Donald Trump to thank for it. Last week the 2020 presidential candidate said that "poor kids" were as smart and talented…
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Yotpo Unveils The State of D2C Marketing in 2019
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loyalty360.org - Yotpo, the provider of integrated commerce marketing solutions, recently released The State of D2C Marketing in 2019, a report based on survey data from hundreds of marketing professionals in the D2C…
TECHNOLOGY
Nike and Foot Locker Collaborate for a New Power Store Experience
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loyalty360.org - Foot Locker has not resigned itself to the so-called “Retail Apocalypse.” Instead, the brand is using an innovative store model to drive customer engagement in a way that incorporates both physical a…
POLITICS
The Morning Briefing: Fredo Lives!
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pjmedia.com - Finally, someone at CNN did something worth watching. Just when Monday was looking like it would be a cliche irredeemable bore, the internet gods bequeathed a gift unto us in the form of one Christop…
ADULT
Barstool Sports Founder Challenges Triggered AOC to a Debate: 'Welcome to Thunderdome'
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pjmedia.com - Dave Portnoy is the founder of the internet funhouse known as Barstool Sports and he -- like a great many Americans -- is not a fan of organized labor. He is also not shy about the fact, and that has…
LEISURE
Petition to Let Joe Rogan Moderate a Presidential Debate Is What America Needs
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pjmedia.com - On the surface, this may seem like a stunt. Someone created a petition to lobby the Commission on Presidential Debates to get Joe Rogan to moderate a debate, which would be a welcome relief from the …
LEISURE
Dream Homes Do Come True | JOY TO THE HOME JOURNAL: All Things Real Estate & Design
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joytothehomejournal.com - Joy to the Home Journal’s inspiration for #AffordableLuxury A post shared by Jeanette JOY Fisher (@joytothehomejournal) on Apr 1, 2017 at 11:12am PDT Joy to the Home Journal’s inspiration for #Afford…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Scott Disick's new playhouse for his kids costs an absolute fortune
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metro.co.uk - Tired of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Scott Disick now has a reality show of his own and we’re already hooked. Scott’s show Flip It Like Disick premiered this month on hayu and follows Kourtney K…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
The Case That Made an Ex-ICE Attorney Realize the Government Was Relying on False “Evidence” Against Migrants
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www.propublica.org - Laura Pe帽a could see that her 36-year-old client was wasting away. Gaunt and haggard after nearly two months in jail, he ran his fingers through his hair and opened his hands to show her the clumps t…
TECHNOLOGY
Spotify Testing New Nearby Device Feature - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Spotify is testing a new feature on mobile devices. The company is working on a new nearby device feature that will make it easier for users to switch playback to their most-used device whenever they…
TECHNOLOGY
Spotify and Siri Might Finally Be Friends - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Ever since Spotify started firing at Apple for anti-competitive tactics, things haven’t gone too well between the two companies. Spotify being the world’s most popular music streaming service and App…
TECHNOLOGY
Google Enlists Bill Nye to Push Chromebooks - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Google has published a new long-form ad featuring science educator Bill Nye that pushes Chromebook as a replacement for Windows. The irony? Few probably remember this, but Nye was the host of Microso…
BUSINESS
How to Build Value | Bruce Turkel
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bruceturkel.com - An article in AdWeek Magazine titled “The Survivors” promised to teach readers, “How to make it as an indie agency in the merger era.” (For those of you not in the advertising agency business, that m…
BUSINESS
How Leaders Around the World Build Trust Across Cultures
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hbr.org - Many managerial positions require frequent communication with employees from around the world, but building trust across cultures can be difficult. Still, it is vitally important; when individuals tr…
SPORTS
How Humility Serves You Well
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leadershipfreak.blog - I sent the following text message to a leader I’m mentoring. He’s scheduled for a job interview and I thought I’d give him something to think about. “I wonder what humility looks like in a job interv…
ADULT
08-13-2019 - [X&Y] Break The Ice AND Trigger Attraction...All With One Sentence
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archive.aweber.com - ===== IN THIS EDITION: What if you could say one sentence to a woman that would "break the ice" and psychologically trigger attraction at the same time? Would you say it? Of course you would. ===== T…
SCIENCE
Four tools your business needs for better metric reporting
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searchenginewatch.com - Technology has helped businesses in endless ways. But one of the most important benefits it offers to companies is the ability to monitor and measure success, and sequentially, plan for the future. I…
LEISURE
Paddington Bear to visit London landmarks on new 50p coins
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news.sky.com - Peru's most famous bear is about to start appearing in people's pockets. Two new 50p coins to be released by the Royal Mint will show Paddington Bear visiting the Tower of London and St Paul's Cathed…
SPORTS
Fortnite World Cup champion Bugha 'swatted' as armed police descend on his home
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news.sky.com - The newly-crowned winner of the Fortnite World Cup has become the latest victim of an online craze that sees pranksters call armed police to interrupt gamers during a live-stream. The practice of "sw…
SPORTS
Murder investigation after boy, 16, stabbed to death in northwest London
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news.sky.com - A 16-year-old boy stabbed to death in northwest London was being chased by three young men armed with a machete, according to a witness. They were "screaming and laughing" as they pursued the victim …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Nora Quoirin: Family identify body found in Malaysia as missing teen
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news.sky.com - The family of Nora Quoirin have said the body found is that of the missing London teenager. Nora, 15, was reported missing 10 days ago while on a family holiday at a jungle resort of Dasun, near Sere…
SCIENCE
How we train Repeat Sprint Ability
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fitforfutbol.com - Here’s a response I wrote for an interview I did over at SpeedEndurance.com as part of their “Friday Five” Series. To read the entire interview please click here and be sure to share and like on face…
SPORTS
Return to Play in Elite Sport Following ACL Injury of the Knee - Complementary Training
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complementarytraining.net - Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries of the knee represent a serious concern in sports, not only because of time loss from sport but also because of the long-term health consequences, including …
SPORTS
More Dunks, Less Pain: Two Daily ISOs for High Performance Jumping - 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 …
SPORTS
S3 Episode 5 | Smart Speed and Power Training with Mike Young – Vertical Jump
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www.fusionsport.com - The Vertical Jump is the quintessential test in NFL training for lower extremity explosiveness and power, and is a great indicator of athletic ability. Using the Fusion Sport Smartjump Mat we are abl…
SPORTS
Protecting the rugby player's head - the paradox of tackler height and head injury | The Science of Sport
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sportsscientists.com - Why a red card? The tackle shown to the right saw New Zealand’s Scott Barrett sent off this past weekend against Australia, and it has triggered substantial discussion. The red card was the result of…
BUSINESS
Trump on Tariffs: 'Prices Not Up,' US 'Receiving a Gift from China'
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www.newsmax.com - President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted that prices on Chinese goods were not going up in the U.S. despite his tariffs, saying that “the tens of billions of dollars that the U.S. is receiving is a…
WORLD
Aussie heroes: Bad guy with a knife gets stopped by good guys with ... a milkcrate?
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hotair.com - You make do with what you have, and these four Australian men made the most of the tools at their disposal. They subdued and detained a lunatic with a knife on the streets of Sydney, but unfortunatel…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Op-Ed: Freedom For You Means Misery For Others, So Give It Up
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bearingarms.com - Few anti-gun op-eds acknowledge that gun rights are part of being a free society. In fact, some even try to argue that gun right somehow makes us less free. Apparently, they took the wrong lessons fr…
SPORTS
‘Terrific!’ President Trump Urges Former MLB Star Curt Schilling to Run for Congress in Arizona
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www.breitbart.com - Schilling, who had a long Major League Baseball career and appeared in the World Series for both the Diamondbacks and the Boston Red Sox, recently told the Arizona Republic that he is “absolutely” co…
ADULT
Donald Trump Piles On 'Fredo' Chris Cuomo: 'The Truth Hurts'
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www.breitbart.com - “I thought Chris was Fredo also. The truth hurts. Totally lost it!” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Low ratings CNN.” The video, first published by “THAT’S THE POINT with Brandon” featured Cuomo in a profan…
STORIES
Archbishop: Abortion Is ‘Most Important Human Rights Effort’ | Breitbart
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Chris From WI
www.breitbart.com - Pro-life work is especially critical now, the Kansas City archbishop said, “at a time of pro-life promise with the current composition of the U.S. Supreme Court and a time when supporters of legalize…
WORLD
Man Who Took AR-15 Into MO Walmart Claims He Was Testing 2A Rights
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Chris From WI
bearingarms.com - Last week, a man carried an AR-15 into a Walmart in Missouri while wearing “tactical” equipment. It caused a major disruption, sending people running for their lives as they feared a repeat of El Pas…
ADULT
CNN's Chris Cuomo Threatens Violence After Man Calls Him 'Fredo'
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www.breitbart.com - The video, which surfaced Monday evening, shows the CNN anchor flipping out on an individual who referred to him as “Fredo” – a nickname coined by Breitbart News’s John Nolte. “No. Punk ass bitches o…
BUSINESS
GDP Growth Has Slowed Down Despite Stimulus
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www.newsmax.com - The U.S. economy is slowing, not accelerating, despite hundreds of billions in deficit spending combined with trillions in tax cuts, Axios reported on Tuesday. The sharp increase in spending that has…
SCIENCE
Watch Live: Epstein Death Continues to Puzzle the World
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WORLD
Mike Cernovich on Epstein: 'No Press Conference,' 'Footage,' or 'Explanation'
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www.breitbart.com - “We know that one of the most high-profile people held in federal custody mysteriously died,” said Cernovich of Epstein in a Monday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.…
ADULT
Scaramucci: 'Very Proud' of Chris Cuomo, 'Fredo' Nickname 'Quite Racist'
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www.breitbart.com - “[V]ery proud of @ChrisCuomo this happens all the time. It’s quite racist,” Scaramucci tweeted Monday. Chris Cuomo Threatens Man Who Hurled Italian Slur 'Fredo' at Him very proud of @ChrisCuomo t…
ENVIRONMENT
Perry: Dems Pushing Emissions Control in 'Fantasy World'
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www.newsmax.com - Democrats who are pushing for a more aggressive approach to climate change and emissions control "live in a fantasy world," Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Tuesday. "The United States …
WORLD
Boris refuses to apologise for saying women in burkas look like letterboxes
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metro.co.uk - Boris Johnson refused to bow to pressure from the prime minister and the Conservative Party leadership to apologise for his ‘offensive’ comments about burkas. Former foreign secretary Mr Johnson has …
ADULT
Don Jr. to Chris Cuomo: 'Fredo' Just Means ‘You're the Dumb Brother'
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www.breitbart.com - “Hey @ChrisCuomo, take it from me, ‘Fredo’ isn’t the N word for Italians, it just means you’re the dumb brother,” President Donald Trump’s eldest son tweeted to Cuomo on Monday evening. Hey @ChrisCuo…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Fredo Round-Up: Chris Matthews, Joy Reid, Cher, and NYT Used the Term
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Chris From WI
www.breitbart.com - Cuomo raged after a man referred to him as “Fredo,” threatening violence and comparing the nickname – popularized by Breitbart News’ John Nolte – to the “N-word.” “No. Punk ass bitches on the right c…
POLITICS
North Carolina Governor Demands Passage Of Gun Control Bills
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bearingarms.com - North Carolina Governor Rory Cooper on Monday issued a series of directives that he says are designed to bolster the existing background check system in the state and improve access to mental health …
POLITICS
John Legend: 'The NRA Doesn't Represent America'
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www.breitbart.com - Legend’s performance came a week after an attacker opened fire on patrons of bars in the area, killing nine. The Washington Post reports that Legend sang “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” He described th…
BUSINESS
The Christian Science Monitor Gets Buybacks All Wrong
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bearingarms.com - It doesn’t surprise me to see the Christian Science Monitor come out with an editorial endorsing gun “buyback” programs. Nor was I shocked to see the media outlet praise New Zealand’s mandatory buyba…
POLITICS
Houston Chronicle begs Beto: Drop out. Run against Cornyn, not Trump
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Chris From WI
hotair.com - The Houston Chronicle editorial board published an op-ed last weekend pleading with Beto O’Rourke to quit his campaign to be the 2020 Democrat presidential nominee and come back home to Texas. The Ch…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
How Creative Director And Designer Jide Osifeso Is Bridging Fashion And Music
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www.forbes.com - Creative director, designer, and streetwear label Hymne founder Jide Osifeso. Ryan Moraga There’s an underrated power to concert merchandise—just seeing lyrics on a T-shirt from a show can transport …
ADULT
Chris Cuomo's 'Fredo' Meltdown Breaks the Internet with Memes Galore | Breitbart
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Chris From WI
www.breitbart.com - “Punk ass bitches from the right call me ‘Fredo,’ my name is Chris Cuomo, I’m an anchor on CNN,” affirmed Cuomo to the man who allegedly referred to him as a fictional character from The Godfather. “…
POLITICS
Harry Reid Says Filibuster Should Be Abolished
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www.newsmax.com - The legislative filibuster in the U.S. Senate should be abolished, former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wrote in an op-ed appearing in The New York Times. The Nevada Democrat said the Senate has …
WORLD
MSNBC goes after Trump for saying what they already said about Epstein
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hotair.com - MSNBC Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough lit into the President yesterday for retweeting a conspiracy theory suggesting that Jeffrey Epstein had some help in shuffling off this mortal coil on Saturday.…
BUSINESS
Pew Survey: Majority in US Holds Dim View of China
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www.newsmax.com - Rising tensions over trade have dimmed Americans' opinions of China. A new Pew Research Center poll finds that 60% say they have an unfavorable view of China — up from 47% last year to the highest pr…
WORLD
Jennifer Lopez Defies Calls to Cancel Egypt Gig Over BDS Calls | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - The Egyptian Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr, the Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali, and the Minister of Planning and Administrative Reform Hala Al-Saeed were a…
POLITICS
California town leaves flags at half staff to protest lack of gun grabbing
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Chris From WI
hotair.com - Following the mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso, the President ordered the nation’s flags to be flown at half staff for a period of time to honor the victims. This order was followed pretty much u…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
I Twitter you some love and gratitude!
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marcome.com - February 17, 2010 by Marcom茅 Filed under Ambient Music I simply must say thank you to all my wonderful friends and fans – both old and new. Since 2009, I have been touched deeply by your kindness and…
WORLD
Thiel: ‘Globalist’ Google Is In Bed With Chinese Military; Must Be Investigated By FBI and CIA
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www.infowars.com - Billionaire Tech investor Peter Thiel has warned that Google is aiding the Chinese military, and that the company needs to be investigated by the FBI and the CIA because it is manned by “globalists” …
POLITICS
Friend of Dayton Gunman Arrested On Federal Gun Charges
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bearingarms.com - While much of the press is still fixated on El Paso, Americans still haven’t forgotten about Dayton. Not just yet anyway. On Monday, police made an arrest in their investigation into the deadly shoot…
POLITICS
August 13th – 2019 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #936
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theconservativetreehouse.com - 馃 “—- **USA * 馃嚭馃嚫 —-” Summer of MAGA ** ” —- 馃嚭馃嚫 * USA** —- —– 1 more days… then President Trump Rally Day in NH —– (Thursday, August 15, 7pm ET) 馃憤 Thumbs up moment–Kamala Harris visited a nursin…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
WaPo: Four Pinocchios to Harris, Warren over Ferguson murder claim
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hotair.com - Vox tried teeing this up yesterday while distancing themselves from the truth, but the Washington Post delivers on its fact-check against Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren. Both Democratic president…
POLITICS
NY Times Executive Editor: Trump Headline a 'Mess'
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www.newsmax.com - New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet admitted to the newspaper's staff Monday that the headline proclaiming President Donald Trump urged "Unity Against Racism" was a "f-ing mess," but still to…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
NY Times columnist: Jeffrey Epstein told me he had dirt on powerful people
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Chris From WI
hotair.com - NY Times columnist James B. Stewart had his first and only meeting with Jeffrey Epstein last August at the billionaire’s New York mansion. Stewart says Epstein agreed to the 90-minute interview on th…
WORLD
Bolton Criticises EU for Making 'Peasants Vote Until They Get It Right'
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www.breitbart.com - Mr Bolton is in the United Kingdom to meet with Prime Minister Boris Johnson to discuss security and post-Brexit trade, announcing that the U.S. and President Trump will back Britain whether it leave…
WORLD
Police Say Knifeman Who Yelled “Allahu Akbar” Motivated by “Mental Health Issues”
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www.infowars.com - Police say a knifeman who killed a woman then attempted to stab numerous other people in Sydney while yelling “Allahu Akbar” was motivated by “mental health issues.” One woman was taken to hospital w…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
C'mon, Universal isn't really going to shelve "The Hunt"
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hotair.com - There’s just no way. Three days ago they were handed a promo hook that any movie producer would kill for: “THE FILM THE PRESIDENT DOESN’T WANT YOU TO SEE.” It’s inconceivable that they’d leave that u…
POLITICS
NRA Scores First Win In Battle With City of Los Angeles
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bearingarms.com - The city of Los Angeles did something that should alarm the hell out of everyone. It wanted anyone bidding for contracts within the city to be required to disclose any relationship they had with the …
ADULT
YouTube Temporarily Deletes Chris Cuomo's 'Fredo' Meltdown, Claims 'Bullying' Label Was a Mistake | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - Watch the reinstated video, posted by YouTuber “THAT’S THE POINT with Brandon:” Google-owned video-sharing platform YouTube recently removed footage of an altercation between CNN host Chris Cuomo and…
SPORTS
Spike's Tactical, Pipe Hitter's Union Join Forces To Help Injured SEAL - Bearing Arms - Guns, Navy SEAL, Pipe Hitters Union, Pipe Hitters Union Motorcycle Club, Spike's Tactical
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bearingarms.com - As a Navy man, I have a soft spot in my heart for fellow sailors. As a child of the 80s who grew up watching Charlie Sheen in Navy SEALs, I always had a fondness for the frogmen. My experiences with …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Tuesday August 13th – Open Thread
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theconservativetreehouse.com - When to this world I say goodbye, Whether Christ shall come or I shall die; I shall not fear my future state, Nor yet resign my soul to fate; ‘Tis neither boast no carnal pride, Nor natural worth I h…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
'Like Bach in music': Alfred Hitchcock's towering influence | DW | 13.08.2019
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www.dw.com - Even in the digital age, Hitchcock is a household name. In the worldwide listings of Amazon and Netflix, one is likely to stumble across a Hitchcock film, which is unusual for the business model of t…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Meghan McCain trashes Elle magazine for trashing Meghan McCain
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hotair.com - Women’s magazines are the worst when it comes to criticizing conservative women. Meghan McCain discovered this fact known to other conservative women everywhere only recently. Elle magazine was grant…
POLITICS
Nolte: Chris Cuomo's Guns Must Be Red-Flagged After 'Fredo' Meltdown
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www.breitbart.com - Back in May, after he mocked a rape victim, Kimberly Coban, for publicly supporting her Second Amendment right to own a firearm, Cuomo tried to dig his way out of the mess by admitting he is himself …
CRIME
Dear CBP: Don't shy away from calling them "raids"
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Chris From WI
hotair.com - Customs and Border Protection (CBP, which I still keep calling the Border Patrol for some reason) has been coming under fire from liberals over immigration enforcement, though probably not as frequen…
WORLD
MSNBC Analyst Likens Trump Supporters to Members of a 'Terrorist Organization'
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www.newsbusters.org - Different host, same deranged hatred for all things Trump . . . On MSNBC on Monday afternoon, Chris Jansing sat in for Nicolle Wallace on Deadline: White House. As our Bill D'Agostino has documented,…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
FLASHBACK: New York Times Calls Trump’s Sons Fredo
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www.breitbart.com - The unearthed commentary and tweet followed a viral video of CNN anchor Chris Cuomo threatening a man for calling him Fredo, which Cuomo said is an Italian slur similar to the N-word insulting blacks.
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Free New Age MP3 music Downloads
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marcome.com - January 15, 2010 by Marcom茅 Filed under New Age Music Looking for relaxing music? Want to know where to find it on the Internet? You are in luck! New Age MP3 downloads are easier to accomplish than a…
POLITICS
Trump official accidentally implies that politicians like Ted Cruz have no right to US citizenship
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thinkprogress.org - Ken Cuccinelli presented a very narrow view of who has a legitimate right to be a U.S. citizen on Tuesday, as he attempted to justify the administration’s new public charge rule for immigrants. In th…
LEISURE
The Best Food and Drink Events in August and September
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www.sandiegomagazine.com - Where: Herb & Wood, 2210 Kettner Blvd., Little Italy Full disclosure. I know Beau MacMillan. He and I have been judges on Guy’s Grocery Games for a few years now. But I should also disclose that this…
WORLD
'Dying of whiteness': why racism is at the heart of America's gun inaction
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www.theguardian.com - Why does the United States refuse to pass new gun control laws? It’s the question that people around the world keep asking. According to Dr Jonathan Metzl, a psychiatrist and sociologist at Vanderbil…
WORLD
Versace is the latest major brand to express its “deepest apologies” to China
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qz.com - This innocent-looking t-shirt has become so controversial in China that Versace, the company that made it, has today apologized for it publicly, stopped selling the shirt, and destroyed all of the on…
SCIENCE
Fast-food availability near commute route linked to BMI: New research examines links between BMI, multiple food environments
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www.sciencedaily.com - Previous research has revealed links between the food stores available in residential neighborhoods and residents' health outcomes, including BMI. However, few prior studies have also included food s…
SCIENCE
When working with animals can hurt your mental health: Veterinarians, others who work with animals, face stressors that may contribute to poor mental health, compassion fatigue, burnout
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www.sciencedaily.com - "People who work or volunteer with animals are often drawn to it because they see it as a personal calling," said Angela K. Fournier, PhD, of Bemidji State University, who presented at the meeting. "…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
AP: Women accuse opera legend Domingo of sexual harassment
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apnews.com - For decades, Placido Domingo, one of the most celebrated and powerful men in opera, has tried to pressure women into sexual relationships by dangling jobs and then sometimes punishing the women profe…
SCIENCE
Mankai duckweed plant found to offer health benefits
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www.sciencedaily.com - Hila Zelicha, a registered dietician (R.D.) and Ph.D. student in the BGU Department of Public Health and her BGU colleagues researched the glycemic aspect of Mankai duckweed. Her research was just pu…
LEISURE
Nike’s first shoe subscription, two years in the making, is here
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www.fastcompany.com - Companies know that many parents don’t have a lot of time to shop for their kids new outfits—which is why subscription services designed to make the process more automated and less time consuming are…
WORLD
Making America White Again
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www.newyorker.com - This is a serious project. All immigrants to the United States know (and knew) that if they want to become real, authentic Americans they must reduce their fealty to their native country and regard i…
BUSINESS
Uber lost over $5 billion in one quarter, but don’t worry, it gets worse
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Gerd Leonhard
www.theverge.com - Uber just reported its second quarterly earnings ever as a public company, and hoo boy! That’s a lot of red ink! The ride-hailing giant reported losing a whopping $5.2 billion in the last three month…
SCIENCE
Taking the Guesswork Out of Self-Injection Devices
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www.mddionline.com - Chronic illnesses are on the rise, which means there are more and more patients who need to self-inject treatments at home. The problem is that patients who lack confidence in using their drug-delive…
SCIENCE
The Future of AI Will Be About Less Data, Not More
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Gerd Leonhard
hbr.org - Companies considering how to invest in AI capabilities should first understand that over the coming five years applications and machines will become less artificial and more intelligent. They will re…
LEISURE
Meet the next generation of entrepreneurs. They’re all over 65.
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Gerd Leonhard
www.technologyreview.com - “All these microaggressions people talk about?” Tom Kamber says. “Just imagine what it’s like when you’re 75.” People knock you out of the way on the street, he says. They attend to the younger guy s…
TECHNOLOGY
The secret of content marketing: avoid high bounce rates – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Advice on content marketing always talks about getting people to your blog. But, what about once they’re there — how do you get them to then buy from you? That’s the conversion half of content market…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
The Soul Integration Process explained..... - Michelle Casto
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coachmichellecasto.com - “There is no greater gift to yourself and to those around you than your deciding to dump struggle.” – Stuart Wilde What if the evolution of our SOUL is our life’s purpose? What I have seen in my two …
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