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• Zuckerberg doubles down on Facebook’s fight against fake news, data misuse - CNET

  01-05-2018 23:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  During his biggest speech of the year, the social network’s CEO sidesteps controversy, argues Facebook is still good for the world.
  
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• Tim Cook: iPhone X pricing, strategy here to stay [UPDATE]

  01-05-2018 23:47
  This is the first time since the iPhone line was split into two devices that the more expensive unit sold more than the lesser. That’s what Apple CEO Tim Cook suggested during Apple’s fiscal Q2 financial results call this afternoon. Cook responded to a question of the current Apple strategy of releasing three phones at once – specifically on the … Continue reading
  
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• Snap's sales signal it may not be snapping back anytime soon - CNET

  01-05-2018 23:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  The social network posted big disappointments in sales and losses in its first quarter earnings. A poorly thought out redesign may be to blame.
  
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• EPA whistleblower says Pruitt knew 'secure phone booth' would cost more than $40K

  01-05-2018 23:45 via yahoo.com
  Former EPA deputy chief of staff Kevin Chmielewski tells ABC's Kyra Phillips that Administrator Scott Pruitt knew the "secure phone booth" for his office would cost more than $40,000.
  
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• Comcast is boosting internet speeds, but not for cord-cutters - CNET

  01-05-2018 23:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  The company says customers will see an increase in download speeds, but the perk is reserved only for those who pay for both internet and cable.
  
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• Judge: US can't immediately revoke man's DACA status

  01-05-2018 23:39 via yahoo.com
  SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday the government cannot immediately revoke a Mexican man's enrollment in a program designed to protect those brought to the United States illegally as children, saying he wants more information from lawyers before he issues a preliminary ruling.
  
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• CNET Asks: Who are your favorite Avengers? - CNET

  01-05-2018 23:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Has Infinity War given you a case of Marvel fever? This poll should help.
  
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• The US is funding 100-hour batteries because water won't fix the grid - CNET

  01-05-2018 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  The US Department of Energy is putting up to $30 million into long-lasting battery research.
  
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• The Latest: AP, others seek warrants in serial killer case

  01-05-2018 23:18 via yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a decades-old serial killing and rape case in California (all times local):
  
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• California and 17 other states have banded together to sue the EPA - Roadshow

  01-05-2018 23:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is leading the charge against EPA boss Scott Pruitt's decision to relax emissions and fuel economy standards.
  
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• Trump Dictated 'Astonishingly Excellent' Health Letter: Bornstein

  01-05-2018 23:16 via yahoo.com
  Anna Schecter talks about new reporting on Donald Trump's former doctor, Harold Bornstein, who now says Donald Trump dictated his own health letter and that men representing Trump forcibly took Trump's medical files from Bornstein's office.
  
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• F8 2018, day 1: Everything Facebook just announced - CNET

  01-05-2018 23:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Oculus Go VR, Clear History, better Instagram and WhatsApp features, and new ways to date on Facebook. Here's everything that was just announced at F8.
  
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• Tiger cub found in duffel bag at US-Mexico border

  01-05-2018 23:10 via yahoo.com
  A live tiger cub was found curled up in a duffel bag at the US-Mexico border on Monday after smugglers abandoned an attempt to cross into the US.  Smugglers left behind the bag containing the animal and fled back to Mexico after attempting to cross the Rio Grande into Texas. Border Patrol agents spotted three people trying to enter the US illegally along the river near Brownsville. An agency statement says the trio abandoned a bag and returned to Mexico. Officers discove
  
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• Avengers: Infinity War Characters: Where were Ant-Man and Hawkeye?

  01-05-2018 23:07
  Today we’re having a peek at Avengers: Infinity War from a post-viewing perspective, with specific regard to Ant-Man. Perhaps the biggest questions we’ve got about the film center on the characters that did not make it into the film. Why not Ant-Man? Why would Marvel spend so much time setting Ant-Man up with previous appearances to keep him out of … Continue reading
  
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• Apple Q2 2018: When “doomed” is actually $61.1bn in revenue

  01-05-2018 22:58
  Apple has published the financial results for its fiscal Q2 2018, revealing a 16-percent increase in quarterly revenue to $61.1 billion. The company primarily has international sales to thank for the success — 65-percent of Q2 2018’s sales were overseas. Overall, Apple saw its strongest March quarter ever, giving the company another record milestone. The company saw particularly strong growth … Continue reading
  
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• Fortnite season 4 is here and it's literally a blast - CNET

  01-05-2018 22:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  The meteors have struck our little island. And even though predictions were off on where, there's plenty new to check out in the latest update.
  
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• Michigan Catholic school ends prom 'modesty poncho' plan

  01-05-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A principal at a Michigan Catholic high school has rescinded a plan to require female students to wear "modesty ponchos" at prom if their dresses are too revealing.
  
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• The iPhone X just silenced its critics

  01-05-2018 22:46
  iPhone sales rose year on year by 3-percent, Apple announced today as part of the company’s Q2 2018 financial results, conclusively answering critics predicting a slump in smartphone demand. The Cupertino firm had been expected to admit dwindling interest in the iPhone X, from some quarters at least, after reports that customers had balked at its $1k+ price tag and … Continue reading
  
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• 2019 Ram 1500 pickup is in its own 'production hell' - Roadshow

  01-05-2018 22:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  FCA's main profit center, the Ram 1500, is behind schedule and it's costing the company hundreds of millions.
  
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• Instagram adds Spotify, GoPro integration, video chat, AR camera effects - CNET

  01-05-2018 22:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  The updates aim to make it a better way to communicate and build stronger relationships with friends, family and followers.
  
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• Kanye West Calls Slavery A ‘Choice,’ Gets Schooled On History

  01-05-2018 22:42 via yahoo.com
  Kanye West dropped by TMZ on Tuesday to tell the newsroom staff that he loves
  
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• Rosenstein unintimidated by threats from Congress to remove him

  01-05-2018 22:41 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow shares video of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's dismissive treatment of a threat by Republicans in Congress to impeach him, and notes that the case those members of Congress are making hinges on the dubious merits of Carter Page.
  
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• Westworld renewed by HBO for season 3 - CNET

  01-05-2018 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Currently in its second season, the show likely won't be back for round three anytime soon, but it's nice to know it'll definitely return.
  
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• Sling TV Cloud DVR now supports Chromecast and Xbox One

  01-05-2018 22:32
  Online live television streaming service Sling TV has expanded Cloud DVR support, adding Chromecast, Chrome, and the Xbox One to the list of supported devices. As well, the company is also adding support for select smart TVs, enabling users to take advantage of the platform’s DVR service. The support covers some older smart TV models, but new Samsung smart TV … Continue reading
  
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• Japanese PM pledges not to move Israel embassy: Palestinian official media

  01-05-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas Tuesday his country would not move its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem, official media reported, two weeks before the United States completes its controversial relocation.Meeting in the Palestinian city of Ramallah, Abe told Abbas his country "will not move its embassy to Jerusalem," a readout on Palestinian official news agency Wafa said.The United States is due to transfer its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on May 14 i
  
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• Cecile Richards' message: Now is the time to get involved

  01-05-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Cecile Richards, who stepped down from the helm of Planned Parenthood this week after 12 years as one of the nation's most visible activists, has a message for her fellow women: Now is the time to get involved. Not soon, not next year. Now.
  
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• Benjamin Netanyahu's Big Speech On Iran Was Aimed Directly At Trump

  01-05-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a dramatic speech on
  
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• Vance: Mueller Subpoena Talk Unlikely Without Rosenstein Blessing

  01-05-2018 22:18 via yahoo.com
  Joyce Vance, talks about news that Robert Mueller suggested possibly issuing a subpoena for Donald Trump to appear before a grand jury, and points out that Mueller wouldn't have presented that option without first having cleared with Rod Rosenstein.
  
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• Mueller Floated Possibility of Issuing Subpoena to Trump

  01-05-2018 22:17 via yahoo.com
  Carol Leonnig, reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about new reporting that Robert Mueller threatened the possibility of using a subpoena to get answers from Donald Trump if Trump would not submit for an interview voluntarily.
  
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• Nintendo Switch US imports are under threat

  01-05-2018 22:15
  Here we go again: the Nintendo Switch is fairly unique as far as modern consoles go, but one smart device accessory maker is claiming that the Switch’s detachable Joy-Con controllers infringe on patents it holds. That accessory maker is Gamevice, perhaps best known as the creator of the ill-fated Wikipad. Though the Wikipad hasn’t been produced for a few years … Continue reading
  
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• Two top EPA staffers resign amid ethics probes

  01-05-2018 22:04 via yahoo.com
  By Valerie VolcoviciWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two high-level Environmental Protection Agency employees whose names have come up in investigations of Administrator Scott Pruitt's ethics and travel have resigned from the agency, the EPA confirmed on Tuesday.Pasquale "Nino" Perrotta, a former Secret Service agent who served as the head of Pruitt's security team, resigned on Monday but said he will continue to cooperate in a U.S. House of Representatives investigation of his role in costly decisions ar
  
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• Rare eye cancer detected in 18 people from two small communities in North Carolina and Alabama

  01-05-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  Eighteen people have been diagnosed with the same type of rare eye cancer - including three university friends - leading researchers to push for funding to find connections, a cause, and a cure.The melanoma, a type of cancer that develops in melanin - the pigment that gives skin its colour, only occurs in about six out of one million people but at least 18 people have been diagnosed with ocular melanoma recently - curiously all have ties to one or both of the communities in Huntersville, North C
  
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• Morocco cuts Iran ties over alleged Polisario arms delivery

  01-05-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  Morocco on Tuesday cut diplomatic ties with Iran, accusing the Islamic republic of using its ally Hezbollah to deliver weapons to the separatist Polisario Front in Western Sahara.Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said the decision had nothing to do with "current regional or international developments", referring to rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and its allies on one side and Shiite Iran its camp on the other.The Lebanese Hezbollah quickly rejected Rabat's accusations, blaming the d
  
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• Republicans are still running against Hillary Clinton

  01-05-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  Former U.S. secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has vowed she's "not going to run again," but that's not stopping several candidates from portraying her as their de facto opponent in the fall.
  
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• Facebook is building a virtual memory palace out of your photos - CNET

  01-05-2018 21:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  3D photos are coming to Facebook, and after that...maybe a whole virtual "you" museum.
  
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• These Dreamers' Future in America Is in Doubt. But They're Headed to College Anyway

  01-05-2018 21:48 via yahoo.com
  "One of the safest places for an undocumented student is on a college campus"
  
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• Facebook's smart speaker might skip the US for now - CNET

  01-05-2018 21:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  Other countries could get to try Facebook's (rumored) voice assistant first!
  
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• Facebook smart speakers with M assistant may launch overseas first

  01-05-2018 21:47
  Facebook may launch a pair of smart speakers featuring its M assistant internationally first, only later offering them in the US. The contemplation, according to sources, is due to the Facebook’s current privacy debacle in the US and worries that it may harm the speakers’ performance in the market. The sources also tipped some of the features these smart speakers … Continue reading
  
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• What Mueller's questions for Trump reveal about the investigation

  01-05-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  The list of questions special counsel Robert Mueller has for President Trump show that his investigation is much broader than previously realized, and touches on his business dealings in Russia and continued questions about possible collusion. If Mueller seeks to compel Trump’s testimony, the issue could wind up before the Supreme Court.
  
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• iPad Review 2018: This one’s for my kids

  01-05-2018 21:39
  This newest iteration of the iPad isn’t made for the people who buy a new iPad each time Apple makes one available. Instead, the iPad we’re reviewing here today is the Cupertino company’s continuation of a design that’s already been proven to work. People that’ve never owned an iPad, people that haven’t bought a new iPad for a half-decade, and people … Continue reading
  
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• Police probe boy's apparent beating at Indiana day care

  01-05-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 1-year-old Indianapolis boy was apparently attacked at a day care center, leaving his lips, eyes and face horribly swollen and sparking a police investigation.
  
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• Oscar Mayer bacoin cryptocurrency is way tastier than bitcoin - CNET

  01-05-2018 21:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  Meat the only cryptocurrency that really lets you bring home the bacon. But watch out for pigpockets and ham-burglars.
  
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• The Latest: Israeli claims on Iran divide US, allies

  01-05-2018 21:20 via yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the Israel's allegations that Iran concealed a nuclear weapons program before signing a deal with world powers in 2015 (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Syrian rebels surrender north of Homs

  01-05-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syria conflict (all times local):
  
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• Chaplain Ouster Shows What Version Of Christianity Controls The GOP

  01-05-2018 20:59 via yahoo.com
  There was an uproar last week among Democrats, and even some Republicans,
  
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• 57 White Supremacists In Texas Indicted In Meth, Kidnapping Cases

  01-05-2018 20:59 via yahoo.com
  Authorities have charged 57 white supremacists with crimes related to a
  
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• Facebook Messenger adds English and Spanish translation feature

  01-05-2018 20:58
  Facebook Messenger will soon automatically suggest translations between Spanish and English, though the feature will initially be limited to Marketplace, the company has announced. The feature is a convenient and rapid way to translate between the two popular languages, enabling users who would otherwise face a language barrier to engage on Facebook’s platform. Facebook announced the new feature during its … Continue reading
  
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• British wildlife park owner mauled by lion after entering enclosure in front of tourists

  01-05-2018 20:58 via yahoo.com
  The British owner of a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa has been severely mauled by a lion he hand-reared from a cub in an attack witnessed and filmed by his tourist clients. Michael Hodge, who is 71, was attacked as he walked into the enclosure of the Marakele Animal Sanctuary’s star attraction, a male lion named Shamba. Video footage of Saturday’s incident shows Mr Hodge, who moved to South Africa in 1999, walking in a relaxed manner towards the lion 
  
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• Strikes kill 23 civilians in IS-held area in Syria: monitor

  01-05-2018 20:51 via yahoo.com
  Air strikes killed at least 23 civilians including 10 children in a village held by the Islamic State group in northeastern Syria Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said."We don't know for the moment if the US-led international coalition or Iraqi forces carried out the strike" on the village of Al-Qasr in Hasakeh province, the Observatory said.The US-led coalition, which is backing a Kurdish-Arab alliance fighting IS near Syria's eastern border with Iraq, denied it carried
  
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• Two classic Mega Man games are being re-released on NES and SNES

  01-05-2018 20:50
  In case you haven’t already heard, the Mega Man franchise turned 30 years old in December. Capcom has celebrated this milestone in a number of ways, most notably revealing Mega Man 11 and announcing the Mega Man X Legacy Collection for release later this year. Capcom isn’t done celebrating Mega Man‘s 30th, though, and what is has planned next is … Continue reading
  
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