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• Only Oculus can prevent face fires

  11-10-2016 23:55 via cnet.com
  
  As replacement Galaxy Note 7s prove unsafe, Oculus officially disables the Gear VR headset from working with Samsung's unfortunate phone.
  
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• Hhgregg, otras tiendas cerrarán sus puertas en Thanksgiving

  11-10-2016 23:54 via cnet.com
  
  Dando marcha atrás a la tendencia de abrir durante el Día de Acción de Gracias para las ofertas de 'Black Friday', algunas minoristas prefieren dejar a sus empleados disfrutar del feriado con su familia.
  
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• Nobel winner says CEO pay too complex, echoing investor gripe

  11-10-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A 2016 Nobel Prize winner said executive pay plans have grown too complex and cited the overuse of consultants, remarks that pay specialists on Tuesday said echoed the complaints of many investors about ever-more detailed compensation statements. Finland's Bengt Holmstrom, a co-winner of the Nobel Economics Prize for his work on contract theory, said that too many pay plans include contingencies or long-term performance goals that make them unwieldy. "They have got to get to something simpler,"
  
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• Some Galaxy Note 7 superfans are holding onto their phones

  11-10-2016 23:43 via cnet.com
  
  Samsung has created a device that's too good for some users to drop, even with the risk of overheating.
  
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• Moonves needs five years free reign if CBS merged with Viacom: Gabelli

  11-10-2016 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Redstone family's National Amusements Inc holds 80 percent of the voting shares in CBS and Viacom, and has urged the two companies to consider a merger. "Give him five years," said Gabelli, who is the second-largest owner of voting shares of both Viacom and CBS after the Redstone family. "Say I will stay off your case," he said, referring to Shari Redstone, daughter of the media magnate, who has been taking a more active role in her father's business interests in the past year.
  
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• TSX barely changed as oil retreats; Wall Street plunges on corporate earnings

  11-10-2016 23:35 via cbc.ca
  
  The Toronto Stock Exchange fell flat Tuesday, as crude oil retreated from its highest level in more than a year and Wall Street slid on disappointing corporate news that put a damper to the start of earnings season.
  
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• ​Appliance Science: How your circuit breaker protects you from fires

  11-10-2016 23:17 via cnet.com
  
  Your circuit breakers are some of the most important but least understood parts of your home's electrical system, keeping you safe from electrical fires. Let's take a look at how they work.
  
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• What Happened To Blaine Gabbert? Colin Kaepernick To Replace San Francisco 49ers Starting Quarterback

  11-10-2016 23:08 via ibtimes.com
  
  Colin Kaepernick might not stand for the national anthem, but he will take the field for the first time since Week 8 of the 2015 NFL season. The contentious quarterback will start for the San Francisco 49ers when they hit the road to face the Buffalo Bills at Ralph Wilson Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
  Kaepernick garnered national attention when he refused to stand for the national anthem to protest social injustice and police brutality. Since his stance, many other athletes have joined in the pro
  
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• Samsung's crazy return kit for the Galaxy Note 7 may scare you

  11-10-2016 23:07 via cnet.com
  
  How dangerous are the defective batteries in the Galaxy Note 7? It seems the return box is fireproof and can be shipped only by truck.
  
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• Yom Kippur Atonement 2016: What Gifts To Buy For Jewish Holiday

  11-10-2016 22:46 via ibtimes.com
  
  Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in the Jewish faith. That’s because it is the Day of Atonement for followers. It is traditional for observers to celebrate the holiday through fasting and prayer, but some might like to give presents, too. Here’s a quick gift guide for Yom Kippur, even though it’s not customary.
  
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• ‘Scream’ Halloween Special Synopsis May Hint At Season 3 Renewal [PHOTOS & VIDEO]

  11-10-2016 22:46 via ibtimes.com
  
  Get ready to “Scream” again! The two-hour Halloween special is airing on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 9 p.m. ET, and MTV has finally released the synopsis for the highly anticipated episode.
  
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• Cassini Saturn Photo 2016: Spectacular New NASA Image Shows Rings In The Shadow Of The Planet

  11-10-2016 22:39 via ibtimes.com
  
  NASA’s Cassini spacecraft sent back its latest photo of Saturn this week and the results are stunning.
  The image, posted on NASA’s website Monday, shows the view from above the dark side of Saturn. The rings are bright, reflecting the light back onto Saturn to keep it from going totally dark when the sun is on the other side.
  
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• Need Cheap Flights For Thanksgiving And Christmas 2016? Here’s When You Should Book

  11-10-2016 22:35 via ibtimes.com
  
  The holidays may be a joyous time, but they can also be really expensive, especially for families who may be traveling during the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. If you plan accordingly, however, traveling during the holidays doesn’t necessarily have to be so costly.
  
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• Wall Street sells off on weak earnings, election fears

  11-10-2016 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Illumina shares plummeted 24.8 percent and were among biggest drags on the S&P 500 after the diagnostic test maker's weak quarterly update. Although overall S&P 500 earnings are currently expected to fall 0.7 percent in the third quarter, according to Thomson Reuters data, a typical number of better-than-expected reports would result in a positive quarter. At the same time, investors are bracing for the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by the end of the year.
  
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• 'Luke Cage' goes '90s with 'Family Matters' theme song mashup

  11-10-2016 22:25 via cnet.com
  
  Super-nerd Steve Urkel is absent from a Luke Cage-ified version of the "Family Matters" sitcom opening credits.
  
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• Toyota raises concerns about California self-driving oversight

  11-10-2016 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hilary Cain, director of technology and innovation policy at Toyota Motor North America, criticized California's proposal to require automakers to submit the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) 15-point safety check list before testing vehicles. "If we don't do what's being asked of us voluntarily by NHTSA, we cannot test an automated system in the state of California.
  
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• Oil down on OPEC doubts as it floats six-month output cap plan

  11-10-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices on Tuesday retreated from one-year highs, after OPEC said it was trying to reach a global agreement to cap production for at least six months amid doubts about how much that would reduce a crude glut. The International Energy Agency, the energy watchdog of the West, said it was unclear how rapidly global oil supply could fall in line with demand even if the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and major producer Russia agreed on a s
  
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• Google buys digital marketing company FameBit

  11-10-2016 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said it has bought FameBit, an online technology platform that connects brands with YouTube stars to create promotional content. In a blogpost on Tuesday, Google said the combination would help increase the number of branded content opportunities available, bringing more revenue to YouTube. (http://bit.ly/22KeLVl) Google did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. FameBit will remain a standalone operation for now, it said in a blog post. (http://bit.ly/2d
  
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• Top 10 Best Games For Sony PlayStation VR

  11-10-2016 22:14 via ibtimes.com
  
  You’ll soon get to play some of the most highly anticipated titles coming to PlayStation VR including the all-new Star WARS Battlefront and games like PlayStation VR Worlds, Farpoint and RIGS Mechanized Combat League. Here’s a list of the top 10 best Games for Sony’s PlayStation VR.
  1. Star Wars Battlefront Rogue One: X-Wing VR 
  
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• John McAfee's MGT revises D-Vasive deal, shares surge 40 percent

  11-10-2016 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MGT Capital Investments surged 40 percent on Tuesday after it said it was revising its plan to acquire anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee's D-Vasive. MGT said that under a new deal structure, it was terminating its asset purchase agreement and instead will license technology from D-Vasive, and make McAfee its chief executive as planned. On Sept. 20, MGT said the New York Stock Exchange denied approval of the listing of 43.8 million shares that were central to its plan to buy D-Vasive.
  
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• See fruits and veggies blow up in stunning slow motion

  11-10-2016 21:51 via cnet.com
  
  Pineapples exploding are kind of beautiful when YouTube star Crazy Russian Hacker films the happening at 25,000 frames per second.
  
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• Children In Space? Kid Astronauts Could Become Interstellar Travelers By 2026

  11-10-2016 21:49 via ibtimes.com
  
  We all know that, in Elton John's opinion, Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids. But what if they were the astronauts?
  
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• ‘Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood’ Star Moniece Slaughter Goes On Twitter Rant Following Episode About Her Rumored Sex Tape

  11-10-2016 21:48 via ibtimes.com
  Moniece Slaughter is not happy her sex tape has become a storyline on Season 3 of VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood.” On Monday’s episode 9, Princess Love met up with blogger Jason Lee to see if he would release the X-rated video to her and Brandi Boyd.
  
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• Drake And Rihanna's Open Relationship: Do Polygamous Arrangements Actually Work?

  11-10-2016 21:43 via ibtimes.com
  
  Relationships can be a lot of "work, work, work, work, work." Sometimes it is easier to do things a little differently. 
  After multiple reports claimed that pop stars Drake and Rihanna had split after a much publicized and long-rumored summer romance, now it seems that the couple might not have broken up after all.
  
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• 2017 cybercrime trends: Expect a fresh wave of ransomware and IoT hacks

  11-10-2016 21:43 via techrepublic.com
  
  This year companies were rocked by over 90 million cyberattacks. In 2017 the number could double. Cybersecurity expert Sameer Dixit explains how new innovation leads to increased vulnerability.
  
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• Oculus removes Gear VR, Note 7 compatibility

  11-10-2016 21:38 via cnet.com
  
  As replacement Galaxy Note 7's prove to be unsafe, Oculus officially disables VR compatability with the phone.
  
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• Activists arrested after trying to shut Canada-U.S. pipelines

  11-10-2016 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Several climate-change activists were arrested on Tuesday after they attempted to shut five oil pipelines from Canada that can carry nearly 15 percent of daily U.S. consumption, in the latest move by environmental groups to disrupt movement of oil across North America to heighten awareness of the dangers of pollution. Protesters in Montana, Minnesota, North Dakota and Washington state were arrested after turning off valves on pipelines that flow from Canada's oil sands into the United States, sa
  
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• 'Fraggle Rock' dances back onto HBO, this time in high-def

  11-10-2016 21:29 via cnet.com
  
  Calling all Fraggles and Doozers: Travel back in time with a digitally remastered version of your 1980s pals.
  
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• FCC fines Comcast $2.3M for wrongful customer charges

  11-10-2016 21:24 via cnet.com
  
  Media company Comcast will pay $2.3 million to settle an investigation into whether customers were wrongfully charged for products and services.
  
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• How to get a refund for a Samsung Galaxy Note7

  11-10-2016 21:18 via techrepublic.com
  
  Samsung recently killed production of its Galaxy Note7 devices for good. Here's how you can get a refund, or exchange your Note7.
  
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• Wall Street sells off amid weak earnings, election jitters

  11-10-2016 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Illumina shares plummeted 25.6 percent and were among biggest drags on the S&P 500 after the diagnostic test maker's weak quarterly update. Investors have been looking for U.S. corporate earnings to strengthen after four quarters of declines, in order to support relatively high valuations for stocks. Although overall earnings of S&P 500 companies are currently expected to fall 0.7 percent in the third quarter, according to Thomson Reuters data, a typical number of better-than-expected re
  
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• GM to add 650 jobs at Spring Hill factory to meet SUV demand

  11-10-2016 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - General Motors said it would add a third shift and 650 jobs at its factory in Spring Hill, Tennessee to meet higher demand for its recently launched Cadillac XT5 and GMC Acadia crossover SUVs. GM is finalizing details to fill positions in the current quarter, while the additional shift will be introduced in January 2017, the company said on Tuesday. Launched in April, the XT5 has become Cadillac's best-selling model with more than 22,000 sales in the United States, and about 37,500 g
  
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• Kylie Jenner Reveals Why She Rekindled Relationship With Tyga After Split, Talks Dating PartyNextDoor

  11-10-2016 21:05 via ibtimes.com
  
  Kylie Jenner is spilling some major details about her dating life in a new interview with Complex magazine. The “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star and lip kit creator graces the publication’s latest cover, and dishes on a number of topics including her relationship with Tyga and brief fling with rapper PartyNextDoor.
  
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• Did Al Gore Invent The Internet? Ahead Of Clinton Campaign Event, The Story Behind The Quote That Started An Online Meme

  11-10-2016 21:02 via ibtimes.com
  
  With less than a month until voters head to the polls on Election Day, Former Vice President Al Gore is scheduled Tuesday to make his first appearance with the woman who was first lady while he was in Washington back in the '90s.
  
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• Pac-Man ghost lamp chases down 16 different colors

  11-10-2016 20:57 via cnet.com
  
  Waka-waka. This new glowing ghost offers up a-maze-ing option paralysis with its rainbow of color choices.
  
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• Apple-Samsung iPhone patent feud leaves U.S. top court struggling

  11-10-2016 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fierce, big-money patent fight between Apple and Samsung left the U.S. Supreme Court groping for a solution on Tuesday, as the justices puzzled over how to discern the value of individual design elements in a complex product like an iPhone. The eight justices heard arguments in Samsung's bid to pare back $399 million of $548 million it paid Apple in December following a 2012 jury verdict finding that it infringed Apple's iPhone patents and copied its di
  
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• Hillary Clinton DOJ Email Controversy: Donald Trump Cries Foul After WikiLeaks Find

  11-10-2016 20:51 via ibtimes.com
  
  Donald Trump's campaign accused the Department of Justice Tuesday of having too cozy a relationship with the Hillary Clinton campaign. The accusation followed the surfacing of an email, via WikiLeaks, that showed a Clinton spokesman saying he spoke with people in the DOJ during the investigation into Clinton's private email server used during her tenure as secretary of state.
  
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• Dakota Access pipeline work to resume in protest area

  11-10-2016 20:51 via cbc.ca
  
  Construction on the four-state Dakota Access pipeline resumed Tuesday on private land in North Dakota that's near a camp where thousands of protesters supporting Indigenous rights have gathered for months.
  
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• Can Dogs Get High? Pet Owners Are Treating Animals With Medical Marijuana

  11-10-2016 20:48 via ibtimes.com
  
  Medical marijuana isn’t just providing people with pain relief. Pets are able to receive many of the same relief benefits of medical marijuana, according to a report by the New York Times published Saturday.
  
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• Yeezy Boost 350 V2 New Colorways Rumor: Will New Kanye West Sneakers Release On Black Friday?

  11-10-2016 20:46 via ibtimes.com
  
  Just in time for the holiday season, Adidas is set to release three new colorways for its extremely popular sneaker, the Yeezy Boost 350 V2. According to multiple reports, the three new colors of the recently released sneaker will be available on Black Friday.
  
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• HHGregg to customers: Stay home on Thanksgiving!

  11-10-2016 20:46 via cnet.com
  
  The midwest-based appliance and electronics chain HHGregg says that you should stay home with your family on Thanksgiving -- they are.
  
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• A 360 view of Lesvos' refugee lifejacket graveyard

  11-10-2016 20:38 via cnet.com
  
  Thousands of refugees have made the dangerous journey towards the asylum of the Greek islands. This lifejacket graveyard memorial puts those lives in perspective.
  
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• BMW concept motorcycle so safe, no helmet needed

  11-10-2016 20:31 via cnet.com
  
  With its Motorrad Vision Next 100, BMW shows off a futuristic motorcycle concept with a zero-emission powerplant and advanced safety systems that eliminate the need for protective gear.
  
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• Turn 'Trump' and 'Clinton' into poo emoji with browser extensions

  11-10-2016 20:24 via cnet.com
  
  Make your browser great again and grow stronger together by replacing references to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton with adorable poop piles.
  
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• 4 tips for mobile healthcare app success

  11-10-2016 20:24 via techrepublic.com
  
  At the Louisville Innovation Summit, three healthcare experts explained how app developers can make their product appealing to investors and clinicians. Here's what you need to know.
  
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• Yom Kippur 2016 Recipes: How To Make Honey Cake, Matzah Balls, Challah And Other Jewish Treats Before And After Fast

  11-10-2016 20:20 via ibtimes.com
  
  Yom Kippur is one of the holiest Jewish holidays that is also known as the Day of Atonement. The observance, which begins at sundown Tuesday, lasts for 25 hours, during which fasting is practiced.
  Observant families indulge in a feast prior to the fast and once again after it ends. Before the fast begins, Jewish people eat a Meal of Cessation which is also known as Seudat Mafseket.
  
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• OPEC, key producers to discuss six-month oil deal

  11-10-2016 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Rania El Gamal and Olesya Astakhova ISTANBUL (Reuters) - OPEC will hold talks with non-member oil producers on Wednesday in a bid to hammer out details of a global agreement to cap production for at least six months as Russia lent its support for the plan. Ministers from OPEC members embarked on a flurry of talks at an energy conference in Istanbul to shore up support for the OPEC deal they agreed in Algeria last month hoping to adopt it at the end of November. "I can say that many countries
  
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• Galaxy Note 7, RIP. Samsung, you've got to rebuild the trust

  11-10-2016 20:09 via cnet.com
  
  A look at some of the steps Samsung will have to take to win back the public's confidence.
  
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• PlayStation VR Price, Release Date, Games: Everything You Need To Know About Sony's PSVR Headset

  11-10-2016 20:06 via ibtimes.com
  
  Announced on March 15, 2016, Sony’s PlayStation VR headset is set to launch on October 13th for $399. The company unveiled the PlayStation VR headset during the Game Developers Conference, where Sony also showed off some of the titles coming to their VR headset. Here’s everything you need to know about Sony’s PlayStation VR headset, including price, specs and release date.
  Sony's PlayStation VR headset will cost $399 
  
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• Kate Middleton Borrows From Queen Elizabeth's Jewelry Collection During Netherlands Tour; See The Pricey Diamond Earrings

  11-10-2016 19:48 via ibtimes.com
  
  Kate Middleton looked stunning as usual during her first-ever solo trip. The Duchess of Cambridge was in the Netherlands Tuesday for a one day tour. The special occasion was the first time Middleton embarked on a royal engagement without her husband, Prince William.
  
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