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7 years ago+11 11 0‘Catch Me if You Can’ Scam Artist Has a Warning for Today’s Consumers
Frank Abagnale Jr., whose exploits inspired the Leonardo DiCaprio movie, says digital technology and social media only make things easier for swindlers now.
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7 years ago+29 29 0 x 1Trump: Warriors not welcome at White House
President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday morning that the Golden State Warriors are not welcome at the White House to celebrate their 2017 NBA championship.
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7 years ago+39 39 0 x 1In Breakthrough, Scientists Edit a Dangerous Mutation From Genes in Human Embryos
Researchers have found a way to reliably remove disease-causing mutations from human embryos, an achievement sure to renew concerns over so-called designer babies.
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8 years ago+18 18 0RIP LivingSocial: The fast rise and slow demise of a daily deals company
The company, which was once valued at $6 billion , sold to rival Groupon for $0.
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8 years ago+32 32 0PETA Calls for Boycott of 'A Dog’s Purpose' After On-Set Video Surfaces
The canine seen in TMZ's disturbing video posted earlier on Wednesday came from Birds & Animals Unlimited, says the animal rights' group.
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9 years ago+15 15 0U.S. Had Cyberattack Plan if Iran Nuclear Dispute Led to Conflict
In the early years of the Obama administration, the United States developed an elaborate plan for a cyberattack on Iran in case the diplomatic effort to limit its nuclear program failed and led to a military conflict, according to a coming documentar ...
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9 years ago+40 40 0How to Make History Exciting
One professor is borrowing a method from Harvard Business School to teach students about America’s past and inspire better judgment for the future. In a spacious classroom in Aldrich Hall on the Harvard Business School campus, 100 students are passio ...
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9 years ago+8 8 0The game industry of South Africa
Ruan Gates, a third-year game design student at Witwatersrand University, is lost in the dirt roads of Johannesburg. He’s trying to make it back to campus, where Wits is hosting a presentation on mobile game design. His GPS picks up the location, but ...
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9 years ago+47 47 0 x 1These RFID Tags Allow Danish Cyclists To Turn Traffic Lights Green
It really must be heaven to be a cyclist in Denmark. You get lovely, dedicated infrastructure, like this new bridge. You get cities that run analyses showing how bikes are good for people, and cars aren't. And now, if you live in Aarhus, you can ...
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9 years ago+63 63 0 x 1The US state that wants to declare porn a 'public health crisis'
Despite the wealth of studies that suggest masturbation is healthy for you, the state of Utah is considering whether to pass legislation curbing people’s ability to watch pornography for health reasons. Senator Todd Weiler filed the resolution, SCR. ...
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9 years ago+40 40 0 x 1Chicago Police Have Been Sabotaging Their Dash Cams
After the notorious video of Laquan McDonald getting shot by Chicago police officers 16 times went viral last November, investigators have been making their way through the other videos of the scene. In doing so, they've discovered that three of ...
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9 years ago+17 17 0Is Twitter doomed?
On Sunday night, following reports by our sister publication Recode, Twitter confirmed that several of its top executives were leaving the company. The list included Kevin Weil, its fifth head of product since 2009; Jason Toff, who ran Vine; and vice ...
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9 years ago+40 40 0 x 1Stephen’s ‘Winter Storm Jonas’ Tips
As Jonas bears down on the northeast, Stephen offers some helpful tips on how to make the most of your last few hours alive.
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9 years ago+38 38 0Facebook Delays Launch of Oculus Touch
Oculus Rift Remains on track for a Q1 launch, but the Touch controllers have been delayed until later in 2016.
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9 years ago+22 22 011.22.63 on Hulu Teaser Trailer #2
Hulu Original series 11.22.63 is a thriller in which high school English teacher Jake Epping (James Franco) travels back in time to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy — but his mission is threatened by Lee Harvey Oswald, falling i ...
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9 years ago+49 49 0 x 1The Artist Who Obsessed the FBI
Mark Lombardi sold his intricate drawings of global ‘hot money’—which included characters like the Bush family and the Bin Ladens—for big bucks until his suspicious suicide during the 2000 election campaign. Just after midnight on March 22, 2000, pol ...
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9 years ago+38 38 0Porsche is challenging Tesla with an electric car that goes 100 km/h in 3.5 seconds
Porsche is seriously in the mood to top the game in the field of electric cars. The company announced in a blog post that it will invest $1 billion to make the Mission E, an electric car that goes from Zero to 100km per hour(62mph) in 3.5 seconds. Ac ...
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9 years ago+27 27 0Apple's secrets: How Apple's legal fight with Samsung revealed a gold mine of top-secret information
Following a contentious patent battle that raged on for nearly five years, Samsung last week finally agreed to pay Apple $548 million in damages for infringing upon a number of iPhone and iPad patents. While Samsung may still be holding out hope that ...
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9 years ago+40 40 0 x 1Meet Access, the Google Unit That’s Taking On Comcast and the Rest of the Cable Biz
Around the launch of Google Fiber four years ago, long before Alphabet, Google’s leaders considered spinning out the high-speed Internet offering as its own business under then-CFO Patrick Pichette. The plan was scrapped, according to several former ...
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9 years ago+4 5 1Amazon Prime Air
We're excited about Prime Air — a future delivery system from Amazon designed to safely get packages to customers in 30 minutes or less using small unmanned aerial vehicles, also called drones. Prime Air has great potential to enhance the servic ...