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7 years ago+22 22 0Space Photos of the Week: So Long, Cassini. Thanks for All the Pics
This week, all eyes are on Saturn and, more specifically, the Cassini spacecraft which circled the planet one last time before crashing into its murky surface on Friday. It left behind thousands of images, including some final shots like the photo of ...
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7 years ago+1 1 0Comments by Jemele Hill of ESPN a ‘Fireable Offense,’ White House Says
ESPN, under intense pressure again in the hypercharged terrain of social media, elicited a rebuke from a White House official on Wednesday in response to a series of tweets posted by a “SportsCenter” host. Jemele Hill, who co-hosts the 6 p.m. “Sports ...
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7 years ago+13 13 0Israeli police enforce court order to evict Palestinians from longtime home
Israeli police evicted a Palestinian family from a home in east Jerusalem Tuesday to make way for new Jewish tenants who claimed ownership. Municipality officials backed by armed police officers enforced a court order to remove the six-member Shamasn ...
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7 years ago+10 10 0Researchers say Intel's Management Engine feature can be switched off
It seems some government customers can request Intel's always-on Management Engine (ME) 'master controller' for its CPUs to be disabled.
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7 years ago+10 10 0Apple Patents 911 Finger, Call for Help Discretely
Apple patents way to call 911 emergency with fingerprint without assailant knowing. The patent abstract is as follows: “A device has a touch processing module that processes touch screen input to determine if the manner in which the input was entered ...
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7 years ago0 1 1Big 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 ...
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7 years ago+16 16 0Cable'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 stu ...
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7 years ago+25 25 0In 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 ...
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7 years ago+8 8 0Trump 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 Nie ...
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7 years ago+11 11 0The 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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7 years ago+1 1 01 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-Tim ...
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7 years ago+10 11 1USS 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 m ...
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7 years ago+17 17 0The 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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7 years ago+13 13 0U.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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7 years ago+11 11 0Monster 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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7 years ago+28 28 0 x 1Americans Are Paying $38 to Collect $1 of Student Debt
Student loan defaults are a bonanza for the debt collection industry.
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7 years ago+14 14 0Travel 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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7 years ago+12 12 0Trump 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’ ...
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7 years ago+1 1 0Ten 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 le ...
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7 years ago+3 3 0Cryogenically 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 ...