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7 days ago
Expression ilyasBig brother is here, and his name is Facebook
In his book 1984, George Orwell detailed a dystopian world wherein a person or persona called “Big Brother” saw everything that people did and where the central government pushed its agenda through propaganda, spying, monitoring, and thought controls. That book was published in 1949. It is now 2017, and while we do not exactly have …
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11 days ago
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Cable's New Brilliant Idea: Charging You More Money To Skip Ads
We've noted for years how cable executives facing market (r)evolution just can't stop making bone-headed decisions. As cord cutting accelerates and ratings take a dive, many cable and broadcast executives have decided the solution is to stuff more ads than ever into every viewing hour, in some instances actually editing down or speeding up programs so the additional ad load will fit.
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2 weeks ago
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In October, texting at a crosswalk in Honolulu will get you fined
Honolulu pedestrians will need to start putting their phones away when they’re crossing the street later this year. Earlier this week, the city passed Bill 6, an ordinance that enacts fines against anyone crossing “a street or highway while viewing a mobile electronic device.”
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1 month ago
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Trump Says Mexico Should ‘Absolutely’ Pay for Border Wall
President Donald Trump said today that Mexico should "absolutely" pay for his proposed border wall as he sat down with Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, their first meeting as leaders after Pena Nieto scrapped a sit-down in January over the issue.
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1 month ago
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A lot of credit can go to Giphy for reviving the format and improving on it on many levels.
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1 month ago
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The world’s most beautiful house
Set among trees, rocks and a waterfall, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater was a masterpiece beset with problems. Jonathan Glancey tells its story.
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2 months ago
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1 killed, 13 wounded in Chicago during first 12 hours of weekend
At least 14 people were shot across Chicago during the first 12 hours of the weekend, leaving one man dead. More than 200 people have been shot in the first half of the month, and more than 1,500 have been shot this year, according to Chicago Sun-Times data. Of those victims, 276 have died.
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2 months ago
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USS Fitzgerald involved in collision
USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) was involved in a collision with a merchant vessel at approximately 2:30 a.m. local time, June 17, while operating about 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka, Japan. As of this time, there have been two patients requiring medical evacuation. One was Cmdr. Bryce Benson, Fitzgerald's commanding officer, who was transferred to U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka and is reportedly in stable condition. A second MEDEVAC is in progress. Other injured are being assessed.
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2 months ago
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The Whistleblower Behind Caterpillar’s Massive Tax Headache Could Make $600 Million
The construction giant faces a $2 billion IRS bill and possible criminal charges, while the accountant who tipped off the feds stands to make a windfall.
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2 months ago
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U.S. might ban laptops on all flights into and out of the country
The United States might ban laptops from aircraft cabins of all flights into and out of the country, John Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security, said on Sunday.
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2 months ago
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Monster Hunter XX coming to Switch
Monster Hunter XX is coming to Switch, Capcom has announced. More details about this version of the game will be shared at the Monster Hunter Championship 2017 on Saturday. This will include a Japanese release date for the game.
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3 months ago
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Americans Are Paying $38 to Collect $1 of Student Debt
Student loan defaults are a bonanza for the debt collection industry.
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3 months ago
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Travel blogger on the 'dirty little secrets' of Instagram users
Sara Melotti, a photographer based in Indonesia, recently shed light on the competitive environment and revealed the eye-opening tactics being used by some in the community.
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3 months ago
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Trump hasn't destroyed the environment — yet. So the fight is on
If there’s a silver lining to the toxic cloud hovering over the White House, it’s that our science-denying president hasn’t caused too much damage to the environment. Yet. But nearly four months into the Trump administration, the risks to the nation’s air, land and water are large and looming, as is the threat to the country’s belated — and still insufficient — efforts to combat catastrophic global warming. If Trump supporters believe this is an over-regulated nation, they better p...
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3 months ago
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Ten reasons millennials are backing away from God and Christianity
College-aged millennials today are far more likely than the general population to be religiously unaffiliated. This is true when they are compared to previous generations as well. In fact, the Pew Research Center documents that millennials are the least outwardly religious American generation, where “one in four are unaffiliated with any religion, far more than the share of older adults when they were ages 18 to 29.”
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3 months ago
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Cryogenically frozen brains will be 'woken up' and transplanted in donor bodies within three years, claims surgeon
People who have had their brains cryogenically frozen could be 'woken up' within three years, a pioneering Italian surgeon has claimed. Professor Sergio Canavero, Director of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, is aiming to carry out the first human head transplant within 10 months and then wants to begin trials on brain transplants.