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2 days ago
Unspecified weekendhoboApple and Samsung fined in Italy for slowing down their phones
Both companies violated several consumer codes.
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3 days ago
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George RR Martin: ‘When I began A Game of Thrones I thought it might be a short story’
Strict instructions are issued before interviewing George RR Martin: do not ask about The Winds of Winter, the sixth book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series, the one fans keep haranguing him about and Martin has been writing since 2011. Focus on Fire and Blood, his imagined history of the Targaryen dynasty, and all will be well. So I prepare for the interview with a certain amount of trepidation.
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3 days ago
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Microsoft Studios buys 'Fallout: New Vegas' house Obsidian
With the next generation of gaming consoles on the horizon, Microsoft Studios has been gobbling up high-profile developers, and it's continuing that trend today with the acquisition of Fallout: New Vegas studio Obsidian Entertainment and Wasteland 2 company inXile Entertainment.
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6 days ago
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Republicans need to hold him accountable.
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6 days ago
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Jeff Sessions Is Forced Out as Attorney General as Trump Installs Loyalist
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8 days ago
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Tanzania announces 'surveillance squad' to hunt down homosexuals
Residents in Tanzania’s biggest city have been urged to inform on their neighbours and friends ahead of a police operation to hunt down and jail homosexuals.
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9 days ago
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Spotify now available in the Middle East and North Africa, if you have an invite
Earlier this year, it was rumored that Spotify would arrive in MENA (Middle East and North Africa) sometime in Q4 2018.
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2 weeks ago
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How To Have A Fantastic Increase In eCommerce Site's Conversions With Minimum Efforts
It is not easy to build a profitable business. You can put in efforts to build an online store with design you want, use many channels to promote your brand, and bring in more traffic. But, whether you will get the expected sales from the people visiting your store is still a question. Actually your real work begins once you have your shop up and running.
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3 weeks ago
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Elon Musk tweets that the Boring Company's first tunnel is set to open on December 10
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, tweeted on Sunday that his Boring Company, which aims to lower the cost of building high-speed transit tunnels, had almost completed its first tunnel. The tunnel will open on December 10, Musk said. The Boring Company has said the tunnel will cover about 2 miles beginning near SpaceX's headquarters in the Los Angeles suburb of Hawthorne.
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3 weeks ago
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Woman kills herself after husband's 'death'
A man in China whose wife killed herself and their two children after he allegedly faked his own death for an insurance payout has surrendered to police. The 34-year-old was presumed dead after his car was found in a river, though his body was never recovered. He did not tell his wife his alleged plan and she believed he had died. She later jumped into a pond with their children after posting a suicide note online.
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1 month ago
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Turing Recreates Scene of Iconic Lunar Landing
If you’re going to fake a moon landing, you’re going to need the world’s most advanced GPUs. Four years ago, our demo team used GPUs to debunk the myth that the Apollo 11 moon landing was a hoax. So thoroughly, in fact, that it’s become a bit of a joke that the best way to have actually faked the moon landing would’ve been to use technology that didn’t exist at the time.
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1 month ago
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So, who's going to be held accountable?
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1 month ago
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Palm's crazy comeback rides on a phone that isn't a phone
Palm is best known as a pioneer in the worlds of personal digital assistants and smartphones. Even though the company has been dead for years, the brand still boasts a cult following among techies who stared at screens before staring at screens was a thing. So it's surprising that Palm's resurrection comes in the form of a device designed to take you away from one of those screens -- to stare at an even tinier one.
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1 month ago
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Diabetic woman, 27, died after slipping into a coma when her benefits were stopped and she ‘couldn’t afford to eat’
A man says he blames the Government for the death of his partner who slipped into a diabetic coma after her benefits were stopped. Amy Driver, 27, was given a four-week sanction after she missed one appointment at the Job Centre due to a hospital appointment, Clifford Watson claims. Clifford, who cannot work due to a disability, said the halt in their income meant she couldn’t afford to eat properly – which triggered the low blood sugar attack.
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1 month ago
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Deputy Calls on Putin to Resign Before 'Being Dragged Out Feet First'
A Russian Communist lawmaker has advised Vladimir Putin to resign mere months into his latest presidential term to avoid being ousted in a violent overthrow. Putin, who was re-elected to his fourth term in office in March, has seen his trustworthiness levels drop by 20 percentage points over the past year. Observers have linked the drop to a newly signed law that will delay retirement age for working Russians by five years.
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1 month ago
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Nepal says its tiger population has almost doubled from 2009
The number of tigers roaming the jungles of Nepal has nearly doubled because of initiatives from the government, conservationists and local authorities who have worked for years to increase the tiger population in the Himalayan nation, an official said Sunday. Gopal Prakash Bhattarai of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation said that the latest tiger count showed there were 235 tigers in the jungles — almost twice as many as the 121 that were found in 2009.
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1 month ago
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He Got Schizophrenia. He Got Cancer. And Then He Got Cured.
The man was 23 when the delusions came on. He became convinced that his thoughts were leaking out of his head and that other people could hear them. When he watched television, he thought the actors were signaling him, trying to communicate. He became irritable and anxious and couldn’t sleep. Dr. Tsuyoshi Miyaoka, a psychiatrist treating him at the Shimane University School of Medicine in Japan, eventually diagnosed paranoid schizophrenia. He then prescribed a series of antipsychotic drugs. No...