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• SlashGear’s Best of the 2017 New York Auto Show

  13-04-2017 23:59
  The 2017 New York Auto Show saw its fair share of intriguing new car and truck debuts, but as always there are a handful that stand out from the pack. We spent two days scouring the halls of the Javits Center to bring you our best of show wrap-up and show you the vehicles that got us the most exciting … Continue reading
  
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• United passenger dragged from plane has concussion, broken nose: lawyer

  13-04-2017 23:57
  
  By Timothy Mclaughlin and Karen PierogCHICAGO (Reuters) - The United Airlines passenger dragged from a plane in Chicago in an incident that sparked international outrage and turned into a corporate public relations nightmare suffered a concussion and broken nose and will likely sue, his attorney said on Thursday."For a long time airlines, United in particular, have bullied us," Thomas Demetrio told a news conference in Chicago, outlining the potential causes of action they may pursue against Uni
  
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• Trump says N. Korea 'will be taken care of'

  13-04-2017 23:56
  
  US President Donald Trump vowed Thursday that the "problem" of North Korea "will be taken care of," as speculation mounted that Pyongyang might be preparing another nuclear or missile test."North Korea is a problem, the problem will be taken care of," Trump told reporters.The ominous comments came the same day Trump ordered the dropping of the biggest non-nuclear bomb the US military possesses on Afghanistan, targeting a complex used by the Islamic State group.
  
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• Gunshots Miss 4-Year-Old Girl by Inches in Horrifying Surveillance Video

  13-04-2017 23:51
  
  The child was watching television in her grandfather's barbershop when the shots rang out, police said.
  
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• President Trump praises dropping ‘mother of all bombs’ in Afghanistan

  13-04-2017 23:45
  
  President Trump praised the military that dropped the “mother of all bombs” on an ISIS target in Afghanistan — the largest non-nuclear bomb in the U.S. arsenal. The bomb was created and tested in 2003, but was never used until now.
  
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• First commercially available flying car will debut at Monaco supercar show

  13-04-2017 23:37 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Slovakian automaker AeroMobil has announced that it’s unveiling the world's first commercially available flying car at a Monaco supercar show this month. Here's what we know so far.
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• Ooho aims to replace plastic and change the future of on-the-go hydration

  13-04-2017 23:34 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Skipping Rocks Lab introduces the Ooho, an environmentally friendly water pouch that serves to eliminate plastic bottle consumption with edible seaweed -- making for an innovative sustainable water source that you can eat, too.
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• Star Wars Battlefront 2 leak reveals Darth Maul and Yoda

  13-04-2017 23:31
  Star Wars Battlefront 2 will be officially unveiled on April 15, but the trailer has leaked early, and it reveals a bunch of details about the game. As expected, the original trailer leak has already been pulled, but not before hundreds of copies were uploaded to YouTube in its place. After looking through it a few times, some details become … Continue reading
  
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• Trump signs resolution allowing U.S. states to block family planning funds

  13-04-2017 23:30
  
  By Lisa LambertWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a resolution that will allow U.S. states to restrict how federal funds for contraception and reproductive health are spent, a move cheered by anti-abortion campaigners."This is a major pro-life victory," said the most powerful Republican in the House of Representatives, Speaker Paul Ryan, adding that a regulation enacted under Democratic former President Barack Obama had forced states to fund Planned Parenthood, a na
  
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• 'Drop United' Chrome Extension Will Block United Flights From Your Search

  13-04-2017 23:28
  
  The new Chrome extension "Drop United" will block flights from the airline when you use Google Chrome to search for flights.
  
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• US banks report solid earnings, still hopeful on Trump agenda

  13-04-2017 23:25
  
  Strong trading results, rather than lending, was the driving force behind solid earnings reported by large US banks Thursday, as executives expressed measured optimism about the prospects for President Donald Trump's pro-growth agenda.JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup reported big jumps in first-quarter net income compared with the same period of last year, while Wells Fargo continued to feel the effects of a fake accounts scandal and reported flat profits, missing analyst estimates for revenues."The
  
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• Global stocks drop on geopolitical anxiety; dollar rallies

  13-04-2017 23:23
  
  New York (AFP) - European and US stocks retreated Thursday, the final trading day of the holiday-shortened week, as the US military dropped a massive bomb in Afghanistan targeting an Islamic State complex, adding to geopolitical worries.
  
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• PartyBOT is an AI that uses facial recognition and other tech to get your toes tapping

  13-04-2017 23:20 via digitaltrends.com
  
  PartyBOT is an AI who loves to party. You know that because it totally says so in his name. And he uses some pretty darn smart artificial intelligence to make sure you'll enjoy partying, too.
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• Mexico to extradite accused gunman to U.S. for 'Fast and Furious' slaying

  13-04-2017 23:20
  
  Mexico's government said on Thursday it planned to extradite the man accused of pulling the trigger in the 2010 killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a case tied to the U.S. government's ill-fated "Fast and Furious" gun-running sting.Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes was arrested on Wednesday on the border of the northern Mexican states of Sinaloa and Chihuahua for the shooting of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, according to the U.S. Marshal for Arizona.Identifying the suspect only as Heraclio "N",
  
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• US says chemical weapons attack in Syria was 'war crime'

  13-04-2017 23:15
  
  The Syrian government's suspected chemical weapons attack on civilians last week amounts to a "war crime," the US State Department said Thursday.It also ridiculed comments by President Bashar al-Assad in an interview with AFP to the effect that the alleged attack was fabricated by the United States to justify an American military strike.It is an attempt by him to throw up false flags, create confusion," said department spokesman Mark Toner, alluding to what Assad said in the interview Wednesday.
  
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• Score up to 69 percent off on these top Amazon tech deals of the day

  13-04-2017 23:14 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Thursday's Amazon Gold Box deals include a security alarm to protect your driveway, a multipurpose electronics stand to save you desk space, and a pocket-sized but powerful external battery charger.
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• Facebook camera will let users experience augmented reality

  13-04-2017 23:10 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Facebook did indeed mimic Snapchat Stories, the company tells us, but get ready for more interesting stuff. Augmented reality is just around the corner, starting with an upcoming update to the Camera app that will be the first way to experience AR on the social site.
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• This season's must-have gadgets to kick your beauty game into high gear - KTRK-TV

  13-04-2017 23:08
  
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  This season's must-have gadgets to kick your beauty game into high gear
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  Rebecca Spera has a look at some of this season's must-have beauty gadgets. (KTRK). KTRK. By Rebecca Spera. Thursday, April 13, 2017 04:08PM. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) --. It's always fun getting a new gadget, and some of this season's must-haves ...
  
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• This new bill would legalize weed in Canada

  13-04-2017 23:06
  
  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is trying to change the maple leaf at the center of his nation's flag into a pot leaf.  That's not true. Although you could see how it might happen? There's a leaf there already? Anyway, for real, Trudeau's march to legal recreational weed has officially begun.  SEE ALSO: Colorado town caters to the lazy with its first drive-thru pot shop The prime minister revealed legislation on Thursday that would make it legal to recreationally smoke marijuana
  
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• The 'Orphan Black' season 5 trailer is the beginning of the end for the show

  13-04-2017 23:04 via digitaltrends.com
  
  The sestras are united and they are going to fight until the end. That is the message BBC America's new Orphan Black trailer offers as the series heads into its fifth and final season.
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• Samsung's new app replies to your messages so your eyes can stay on the road

  13-04-2017 23:04 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Samsung Netherlands has built a new app that could help keep the roads a little safer -- by automatically detecting when you're driving or cycling and replying to your calls and messages.
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• New ‘Orphan Black’ season 5 trailer teases a fight until the end

  13-04-2017 23:04 via digitaltrends.com
  
  The sestras are united and they are going to fight until the end. That is the message BBC America's new Orphan Black trailer offers as the series heads into its fifth and final season.
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• Eyes on the road! Samsung’s latest app replies to messages when you’re driving

  13-04-2017 23:04 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Samsung Netherlands has built a new app that could help keep the roads a little safer -- by automatically detecting when you're driving or cycling and replying to your calls and messages.
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• Mining The Moon

  13-04-2017 22:54
  
  Trump's transition team asked NASA how its technology can be used for the private industry — and about mining on the moon.
  
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• Trends with Benefits: Nintendo kills the NES Classic and who will win the Robot Fight, Japan or USA?

  13-04-2017 22:48 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Why would Nintendo stop making the wildly popular NES Classic? That's question #1 for our roundtable of experts today. Question #2 will be, where can you find the remaining few still in stores.
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• Charlie Murphy Died of Leukemia, a Blood Cancer That Affects the Immune System

  13-04-2017 22:48
  
  Here are the facts on this cancer that has four main types, each a distinct disease.
  
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• Nintendo unexpectedly discontinues much-in-demand NES Classic Edition console

  13-04-2017 22:46 via digitaltrends.com
  
  In a surprising move, Nintendo has ceased production on the perpetually out-of-stock NES Classic after just five months on the market. Final shipments will arrive in stores by the end of the month.
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• Google Home can now manage flights and find fun things to do

  13-04-2017 22:46
  Google Assistant is now able to help manage your vacations via a couple new abilities, including finding fun things to do in whatever location you’re at (or heading to) and managing your existing flights. Don’t have a flight yet? Google Assistant is also now able to find flight prices on your behalf and to keep track of their prices, alerting … Continue reading
  
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• New ‘BrickerBot’ malware attack kills unsecured Internet of Things devices

  13-04-2017 22:45 via digitaltrends.com
  
  The Internet of Things has been the source of significant malware attacks in recent months, including the DDoS attack that took down the internet in October. Now a new piece of malware, dubbed BrickerBot, is targeting IoT devices.
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• Why I won't date hot women anymore

  13-04-2017 22:43
  
  When it came to dating in New York as a 20-something, entry-level social worker, I had no problem approaching the city's most beautiful women and then watching them walk away from me. I have much in common with Dan Rochkind, the 30-something, private equity executive recently profiled inThe New York Post article, "Why I won't date hot women anymore." Like Dan, I live in New York City, have a full head of hair and "realistically go for the hottest girl I can find." And also like Dan, I'm tired of
  
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• Canada unveils legislation to legalize cannabis

  13-04-2017 22:33
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government unveiled legislation Thursday to fully legalize marijuana, making Canada only the second country to do so, after Uruguay.While medical marijuana use has been regulated in this country since 2001, cannabis remains a controlled substance.Its legalization and regulation for recreational use is expected in 2018, in time for Canada's national holiday on July 1.
  
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• Samsung reports robust pre-orders for Galaxy S8 smartphone

  13-04-2017 22:15 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Also today: Be sure to hit the bathroom before taking a trip on one of Jeff Bezo's Blue Origin spaceflights, and Apple takes aim at diabetes.
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• You can buy the Galaxy S8 in 24-karat gold, platinum, and 18-karat rose gold

  13-04-2017 22:13 via digitaltrends.com
  
  A U.K.-based company is selling the Samsung Galaxy S8 in 24-karat gold, 24-karat platinum, or 18-karat rose gold colors. You also get a Samsung Gear VR and a collector's box with the phone.
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• Uber just added a feature to protect you from creepy drivers

  13-04-2017 22:09
  
  2017 hasn't exactly been kind to Uber, and while the company and its CEO can't seem to get out of each others' way, day-to-day operations continue to march on. Today, the Uber apps gets an all-new feature that, unlike almost every tidbit of Uber news so far this year, might actually make its users pretty happy. Starting today, riders who summon an Uber to their location can specify their pick-up and drop-off points without using physical street addresses, in an effort to boost user privacy and c
  
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• Pope washes feet of mafia snitches in Easter ritual

  13-04-2017 22:09
  
  Pope Francis washed the feet of former mafiosi on Thursday in a prison known for housing inmates who have informed on old mobster allies.The closed-door visit to Paliano prison outside Rome saw the 80-year-old pontiff kneel before a small group of inmates, pouring water over their feet, drying them with a towel and bending to kiss them in an age-old Easter tradition."We are all sinners, we all have our limits and our shortcomings," Francis told the prisoners.
  
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• 4 dead of injuries consistent with methods used by gang

  13-04-2017 22:09
  
  CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Four young men found dead in a park from injuries inflicted by a sharp-edged object were killed in a way that is consistent with the methods of the MS-13 street gang, according to police, who declared war against gang violence in the suburbs of Long Island.
  
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• Here’s How Trump Could Forge a Coherent Russia Strategy

  13-04-2017 22:01
  
  In an attempt to learn the lessons of years past, we’ve selected five tidbits of advice.
  
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• Marshals nab last of 'cocaine cowboys,' on lam for 26 years

  13-04-2017 21:59
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A quarter-century after he vanished on the eve of a major drug indictment, the last of Miami's fabled "cocaine cowboys" was in custody Thursday, nabbed on a suburban bike ride with his wife near Disney World.
  
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• Amazon makes its awesome mic system available to third-party developers

  13-04-2017 21:58 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Amazon announced on Thursday that it would make its high-performance far-field microphone array and voice processing technology available to hardware makers who want to build the Alexa experience into their products.
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• Hover Camera Passport drone goes up for sale in Apple stores

  13-04-2017 21:56
  A small camera drone from Zero Zero Robotics has launched for sale in Apple stores and through the Apple website, the company has announced. The Hover Camera Passport is a consumer-tier autonomous drone designed for consumers who want to easily capture shots of themselves from perspectives that are more interesting than the average smartphone can produce. In addition to its … Continue reading
  
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• Instagram Stories overtakes Snapchat in active users, celebrates with stickers

  13-04-2017 21:55 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Instagram claims to have 200 million active users of its Snapchat-like Stories platform and has rung in the news with a host of new sticker-related features intended for Stories and Direct.
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• It’s Time for America to Cut South Korea Loose

  13-04-2017 21:54
  
  The first step to solving the North Korean problem is removing U.S. troops from the middle of it.
  
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• NES Classic Edition has been officially discontinued

  13-04-2017 21:53
  Bad news for those of you who have been looking for an NES Classic Edition since November: Nintendo has officially pulled the plug on the mini console. The company says that retailers will be receiving their final shipments throughout April, and after that, you’ll have to rely on third party resellers if you want to find one. Nintendo, as many … Continue reading
  
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• HTC One X10 leaks appear: will it take on OnePlus?

  13-04-2017 21:50
  This afternoon a set of images has leaked of the next HTC smartphone – or at least what appears to be HTC’s next smartphone. This is the HTC One X10, a device that leaked in a very small way a few months ago. If this phone ever makes it to market, it’ll be a disruptor to one key part of … Continue reading
  
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• Inside Reebok’s efforts to deliver the next revolution, not evolution, in sneakers

  13-04-2017 21:45 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Bill McInnis, the head of Reebok's creativity-focused division called Reebok Future, explains how the 59-year-old footwear company plans to stay innovative with technology and, of all things, corn.
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• Sean Spicer Throws In the Towel

  13-04-2017 21:36
  
  When the president of the United States makes several major shifts on policy in the course of the week, it’s bound to raise a series of questions. Luckily, there’s someone whose job is to answer those questions, giving the press information about the president’s thinking and direction: the White House press secretary.
  
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• U.S. drops 'mother of all bombs' in Afghanistan

  13-04-2017 21:33
  
  It's the first time the 22,000-pound bomb has been used in combat.
  
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• Trump changes policies and abandons campaign pledges

  13-04-2017 21:30
  
  ABC News' Amna Nawaz and Rick Klein discuss President Trump's recent flip-flopping on key policy issues and campaign promises.
  
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• Cambodian startup is 3D-printing prosthetic hands for land mine victims

  13-04-2017 21:29 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Cambodia’s only 3D-printing company teamed up with a Canadian prosthetics non-governmental organization to create 3D-printed artificial hands for Cambodian victims of land mine explosions.
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• T-Mobile just spent a massive $8 billion as part of the FCC’s latest auction

  13-04-2017 21:28 via digitaltrends.com
  
  The FCC's big Broadcast Incentive Auction has come to a close, with some pretty massive sums being spent by companies to acquire more spectrum. The most notable spender? T-Mobile, at a massive $8 billion.
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