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Current Event robmonkCambridge Analytica's key staffers formed a new company that's working on Trump 2020
Cambridge Analytica declared bankruptcy last month, but it's not like all its evil masterminds joined a Buddhist monastery -- they've started a new company Data Propria, helmed by Cambridge Analytica alum Matt Oczkowski, who bragged in public that he and Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale were "doing the president’s work for 2020."
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1 day ago
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One Chinese city has opened a lane specifically for people walking and texting
If you’ve never run into anyone while walking down a sidewalk texting a friend or scrolling through Instagram, you’ve probably come pretty close. As a culture, we’ve become irrevocably attached to our phones, and sometimes it’s hard to look away, even for an instant. Of course, it would be great if everyone would just put their phones away while out and about, but one Chinese city has a novel solution that feels a bit like a Black Mirror episode.
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5 days ago
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Every time I see his mug I just want to punch it.
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9 days ago
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Netflix's New Season of COMEDIANS IN CARS GETTING COFFEE to Launch July 6
Jerry Seinfeld's roving talk show combines coffee, laughs, and vintage cars into quirky, caffeine-filled adventures with the sharpest minds in comedy. The series returns to Netflix for an all-new season on July 6th. Guests include: the late Jerry Lewis, Kate McKinnon, Ellen DeGeneres, Hasan Minhaj, Dana Carvey, Neil Brennan, Tracy Morgan, Brian Regan, Alec Baldwin, Zach Galifinakis, John Mulaney, and Dave Chappelle.
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2 weeks ago
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Mars goes 100% solar for six Australian factories
Mars Australia is going 100 per cent renewables, and will source all the power for its six Australian factories and two offices from a 200MW solar farm in Victoria. Mars announced on Thursday that it has signed a 20 year power-purchase agreements (PPA) with Total Eren to produce the equivalent of all its electricity needs from the new Kiamal solar farm when it is complete in mind 2019.
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2 weeks ago
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Here’s the new Apple Watch Pride face that will become available next Monday
We have posted before about Apple’s new pride face for the Apple Watch, with strings found on a beta version of iOS 11.3. After that release, Apple removed all assets related to the new face …
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2 weeks ago
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Julian Assange could be forced out of Ecuadoran embassy soon
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may have overstayed his welcome at the Ecuadoran embassy in London, where his situation is “unusually bad” and he could be forced out “any day now,” according to a report on Friday. The 46-year-old Aussie took refuge at the embassy in 2012, when a British judge ruled he should be extradited to Sweden to face sex assault charges. In December, Ecuador even made him a citizen.
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3 weeks ago
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So sad. But he lived a life to be celebrated and remembered.
Posted in: Author Philip Roth dies aged 85
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3 weeks ago
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Astronomers Discover Monster Black Hole the Size of 20 Billion Suns
Astronomers using cutting-edge skywatching devices have identified an extremely fast-growing black hole, cataloging it as a ‘monster’ that eats the mass equivalent of our sun every two days.
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1 month ago
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Las Vegas police respond to reports of man with gun at Boulevard Mall
Las Vegas police are searching for a masked gunman who entered the Boulevard Mall on Thursday evening, forcing authorities to evacuate the building. Deputy Chief Chris Jones said police received several reports just before 7 p.m. of a person with a rifle in the mall. “We did obtain video of an individual who we believe was armed with a long gun,” Jones told reporters at the scene about two hours later. “That individual has not been located yet. We have done three systematic searches of thi...
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1 month ago
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A prison technology company has a way to track almost any cell phone in the United States — and it reportedly just got hacked
Securus, a prison technology company used by law enforcement agencies across the country, has allegedly had its data breached by a hacker, reports Motherboard. The 10-year-old company came into the spotlight last week, when the New York Times reported that Cory Hutcheson, a former Missouri sheriff, was accused of allegedly using Securus services to track the whereabouts of people's cellphones, including a judge and members of the highway patrol, without warrants. Hutcheson pled not guilty.
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1 month ago
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Robotic spies among bees
Researchers are developing little robots able to interact within animal societies such as honeybees. They believe that creating mixed societies of animal and robots can be a new way to protect many endangered species and the environment. The 20th of May has been declared World Bee Day by the United Nations. Bees and wild pollinators are crucial to ecosystem biodiversity and food security, and they have been used as bioindicators of environmental pollution for decades.
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1 month ago
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Former Alabama football star graduates after 15 years in prison
Sherman Williams ran with a football for the University of Alabama and for the Dallas Cowboys. Later, he ran from the law. On Sunday, he walked to get his degree. Williams, who played for the Crimson Tide in the 1990s – and who spent 15 years in federal prison – graduated with a degree in interdisciplinary studies with a concentration in community leadership.
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1 month ago
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Giuliani: Stormy Daniels lawyer a 'complete jerk' who should turn in his law license
Rudy Giuliani jabbed the attorney for adult-film actress Stormy Daniels on Thursday, saying lawyer Michael Avenatti should turn in his license to practice law. Giuliani, a member of President Trump's legal team, called the publicity-savvy Avenatti an "ambulance chaser" and "complete jerk" over his recent comments that the president will be forced to resign over payments surrounding his alleged affair with Daniels.
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1 month ago
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North Korea to close nuclear test sites in May, Seoul says
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to shut down the country's nuclear test site in May and open the process to experts and journalists from South Korea and the United States, Seoul's presidential office said Sunday. Kim made the comments during his summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday at a border truce village, where he also expressed optimism about his anticipated meeting with Donald Trump, saying the U.S. president will learn he's "not a person&qu...