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• Wine Gadgets Every Wine Lover Should Own - Vogue.com

  27-04-2017 23:57
  
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  Wine Gadgets Every Wine Lover Should Own
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  Though the everyday wine drinker doesn't necessarily need a whole trove of tools, there are a few gadgets, apps, and glasses that can enhance the overall experience in a big way. Here, a few wine industry experts weigh in on their favorite tools that ...
  
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• Le Pen says voters must choose 'for or against' France

  27-04-2017 23:55
  
  Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen delivered a ferocious attack Thursday on her globalist rival Emmanuel Macron, saying voters faced a choice "for or against France".The candidates' starkly differing visions on France's future are at the heart of the May 7 election run-off -- with Macron, a 39-year-old former banker embracing free trade and the EU, while Le Pen wants to seal France's borders and quit the euro."The country Mr Macron wants is no longer France, it's a space, a wasteland
  
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• Intel will bolster high-end processor lineup with Xeon Gold and Platinum series

  27-04-2017 23:55 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Intel is launching the Xeon Gold and Platinum CPUs, which represent the company's high-end flagship processors. The lineup includes a few new processors, but what they have in common is high clock speeds and high core counts.
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• Kevin Hart will headline a remake of the 1980s comedy ‘The Great Outdoors’

  27-04-2017 23:53 via digitaltrends.com
  
  John Hughes' 1988 comedy The Great Outdoors, which starred John Candy and Dan Aykroyd, is getting a remake from Universal Pictures set to star popular comedian and actor Kevin Hart.
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• Trends with Benefits: What gaming system do you most want & did a drunk guy just start a robot war?

  27-04-2017 23:50 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Nintendo knocked it out of the park with the Switch and expects to sell 10 million consoles this year. But is the Switch the console for you?
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• Caltech scientists develop a technique for turning bones transparent

  27-04-2017 23:39 via digitaltrends.com
  
  A new technique developed at Caltech can turn bones transparent. This breakthrough will allow researchers to look at the composition of the bones, as well as the effect of different drugs on them.
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• Acer equips its gaming arsenal with a 4K HDR monitor and student-savvy laptops

  27-04-2017 23:35 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Despite the back-to-school theme, Acer isn't forgetting the PC gaming crowd in its lineup of devices arriving late this summer. The new batch includes one Nitro 5 laptop, two Predator-branded laptops, and a Predator desktop with HDR support.
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• Snag a Sony PlayStation 4 Slim with 500 GB storage for only $265 on Amazon

  27-04-2017 23:23 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Right now you can score one of the most popular gaming systems at a great price. This Sony PlayStation 4 Slim with 500 GB storage normally retails for $300 but is currently discounted to just $264 on Amazon, saving you $35 or 12 percent.
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• Director David Fincher might team up with Brad Pitt again for ‘World War Z’ sequel

  27-04-2017 23:12 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Oscar-nominated director David Fincher, who helmed Seven, The Social Network, and Gone Girl, is reportedly finalizing a deal to direct the sequel to 2013's zombie thriller World War Z. It would reunite him with Brad Pitt.
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• Slain trooper's young sons in court as killer gets death

  27-04-2017 23:05
  
  MILFORD, Pa. (AP) — With his victim's two young sons in court for the first time, a gunman who shot and killed a Pennsylvania trooper was formally sentenced to death Thursday, one day after a jury determined he should receive a lethal injection for the ambush at a state police barracks.
  
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• United Kingdom testing durable roads made of recycled plastic

  27-04-2017 22:58 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Scottish startup MacRebur has developed technology for creating high-quality asphalt out of recycled plastic, which would otherwise be headed straight for landfills. And it's already being tested on roads in the U.K.
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• Delta Passenger Claims He Was Booted From Flight Because He Had to Use the Bathroom

  27-04-2017 22:58
  
  The delayed flight returned to the gate when he got back to his seat, and he was asked to get off the plane.
  
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• Texas backs tough 'sanctuary city' ban as federal push slows

  27-04-2017 22:57
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas House approved a strict ban on "sanctuary cities" Thursday, empowering local police to enforce federal immigration law against anyone they detain and threatening police chiefs and sheriffs who refuse to do so with jail.
  
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• Acer flaunts improved Swift, Switch laptops during its Next event

  27-04-2017 22:55 via digitaltrends.com
  
  On Thursday, Acer held its 2017 Next@Acer event, where it introduced a number of new and updated products. In terms of PCs, Acer was focused on making things thinner without sacrificing performance or capabilities.
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• Republicans admit they won't repeal Obamacare this week, as Democrats threaten to shut down the government

  27-04-2017 22:51
  
  It appears Donald Trump won’t achieve his campaign promise of repealing and replacing Obamacare before his first 100 days in office, as members of Congress direct their attention to averting a government shutdown.The White House has been scrambling to pass a revised health care bill since their first effort crashed and burned.Mr Trump ordered the White House-backed Affordable Health Care Act (AHCA) to be pulled from a House vote last month, after it became obvious there were not enough vot
  
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• Logitech K780 review

  27-04-2017 22:45 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Want swift, efficient switching between multiple Windows, Android, Chrome, and Apple devices? Then check out Logitech’s K780 Multi-Device Wireless Keyboard, a single set of keys for all the electronics in your life.
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• Elizabeth Warren: I’m ‘troubled’ by Obama’s $400,000 Wall Street speaking fee

  27-04-2017 22:45
  
  Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Thursday that she’s troubled by former President Barack Obama’s accepting a $400,000 speaking fee from a Wall Street firm.Obama accepted a $400,000 fee from the investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald to speak at a health care conference in September.
  
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• Israeli strikes inside Syria pick up tempo in proxy war

  27-04-2017 22:43
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's military said Israel struck a military installation southwest of Damascus International Airport before dawn Thursday, setting off a series of explosions and raising tensions further between the two neighbors.
  
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• Body of missing Joliet toddler found in mother's home

  27-04-2017 22:36
  
  JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — The body of a 1½-year-old girl was found at a "deplorable" northern Illinois home that she and her mother shared with squatters after her mother reluctantly allowed detectives inside to search and a day after she reported her daughter missing, authorities said Thursday.
  
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• Sean Spicer says Obama administration was responsible for Michael Flynn’s vetting

  27-04-2017 22:29
  
  White House press secretary Sean Spicer attempted Thursday to shift blame to the Obama administration for its role in vetting retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the national security adviser dismissed by President Trump.Spicer argued that the Trump transition team didn’t vet Flynn’s appointment because he already held a security clearance at the time.“My only point is that when Gen. Flynn came into the White House, he had an active security clearance that was issued during the Oba
  
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• Invasion of the Trumps! Presidential Impersonators Compete to Host New Show

  27-04-2017 22:28
  
  The impressionists were competing for the chance to host a fake news comedy show for the club's website.
  
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• Cops Hunting for Getaway Driver Who Helped 'Bachelor' Flee Scene of Fatal Crash

  27-04-2017 22:27
  
  Witnesses said Chris Soules was picked up in a red truck after walking away from the scene.
  
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• Google idenfities dozens of Chromebooks that will support Android apps

  27-04-2017 22:25 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Google announced last year that it was bringing Android apps to Chromebooks, but since then few Chromebooks have seen the feature. Now, however, we have a full list of Chromebooks planned to get Android app support.
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• Appeals court grants Trump request to delay mercury air pollution case

  27-04-2017 22:21
  
  A U.S. appeals court on Thursday granted a request from the Trump administration to put litigation on hold in which states and industry groups are challenging an Obama administration pollution control rule for mercury and other toxic emissions from power plants.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit canceled oral arguments that were due to take place on May 18.The rule, known as the MATS rule, has been in place for years and utilities have already complied by upgrading or
  
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• Mom lets daughter's school know her 10-year-old is 'done' with homework

  27-04-2017 22:17
  
  Making tough calls for your children is a vital aspect of parenting. One brave mother stepped up to the parenting plate for her child, sharing an email she sent to her daughter's school explaining that her 10 year old is "done with homework" because of the undue stress it causes. SEE ALSO: Instead of telling women who might get pregnant they can't drink, study suggests trusting them Bunmi Laditan, a mom blogger in Quebec, explained on Facebook that she told her daughter's school that her child w
  
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• Hi-Power Cycles gives the Revolution M ebike a substantial revamp

  27-04-2017 22:10 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Hi-Power Cycles has unveiled an upgraded version of its Revolution M flagship ebike, increasing its range substantially, improving its handling on trails, and cutting 10 pounds of weight.
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• Bernie Sanders says it is 'likely' he would have beaten Donald Trump

  27-04-2017 21:59
  
  Senator Bernie Sanders has said it is “likely” he would have beaten Donald Trump in the 2016 election, but that “it doesn’t matter” now that Mr Trump is president.Trump understood that, by the way, and that's why he said, 'The whole system sucks.Mr Sanders has been an outspoken critic of the president's policy on the environment, healthcare, the economy, and a host of other issues.
  
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• Samsung just confirmed the Galaxy Note 8 is coming this year

  27-04-2017 21:58
  
  In case you were wondering whether Samsung will launch a new Galaxy Note model this year, you can rest assured that it’s happening. At least, Samsung just confirmed that a high-end smartphone is planned for the second half of the year, and that can only be Galaxy Note 8.Samsung previewed the year ahead in a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter of the year, saying that it plans to “successfully” launch “a new flagship smartphone in the secon
  
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• The Latest: Russia criticizes French report on Syria attack

  27-04-2017 21:43
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on Syria (all times local):
  
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• Verizon wins a network test that isn’t about speed

  27-04-2017 21:37
  
  Normally, Verizon wins tests and comparisons based on its network coverage and only its network coverage. But to mix things up a little, Tom's Guide decided to compare basic customer service experiences across all the major postpaid and prepaid carriers, and Verizon ran away with first place.The Tom's Guide testing involved comparing the ease of access and quality of support across all the different platforms. So, they tried phone support, online chat, and even social media h
  
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• Violence erupts as protesters storm Macedonia parliament

  27-04-2017 21:32
  
  Macedonia's opposition leader was among at least 10 people injured in parliament Thursday after protesters stormed the building following an allegedly unfair vote for a parliamentary speaker, witnesses and local media reported.An AFP reporter saw Zoran Zaev, who leads the main opposition Social Democrats, with blood on his face in the chaos, while Macedonian media quoting hospital sources said ten people were injured, including two deputies.The violence erupted after around 100 protesters suppor
  
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• Syria accuses Israel of strike near Damascus airport

  27-04-2017 21:29
  
  Syria accused Israel of firing several missiles Thursday at a military position near Damascus airport, triggering a huge explosion and prompting a call from regime ally Russia for restraint.The Israeli military later said it shot down "a target" over the occupied Golan Heights neighbouring Syria, although it was unclear whether the two incidents were linked.Israel has carried out multiple air strikes in Syria since the country's civil war erupted in 2011, most of which it has said targeted arms
  
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• FalseGuide Android malware could have infected almost 2 million devices

  27-04-2017 21:23 via digitaltrends.com
  
  A malware called FalseGuide has been discovered on the Google Play Store, and experts warn that it could have infected 1.8 million phones. The malware is basically disguised as a legitimate app, but then injects ads on your phone.
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• Russian opposition leader Navalny hospitalised

  27-04-2017 21:20
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin's principal opponent Alexei Navalny was briefly hospitalised Thursday after being hit in the eye by green dye that he said had damaged his cornea."At the hospital they wrote: 'Chemical burn to the right eye" + it's pretty unpleasant: it's hard to anaesthetise, my eye burns from the fire of hell and I cannot open it," Navalny added.The opposition leader's spokeswoman Kira Larmych told the Interfax news agency that Navalny went to hospital after the dye attack outs
  
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• Please let this iPhone wireless charging feature actually exist

  27-04-2017 21:16
  
  It may not happen with this year’s iPhone 8, but Apple dreams of charging its future products with the help of conventional Wi-Fi routers or even other Apple products. The technology would not only offer a way for various devices to potentially be used as wireless chargers but would also fix the most annoying thing about wireless charging nowadays: You still have to place a device in the proximity of a charging mat or device.Early iPhone 8 rumors suggested the iPhone will feature wireless
  
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• Globetrotters are increasingly ‘teching out’ with VR, social media, and wearables

  27-04-2017 21:15 via digitaltrends.com
  
  How is tech like virtual reality, social media, and wearables changing travel? A study from Adobe Analytics has a few answers, including when to book that flight and when to travel to avoid crowds.
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• Arkansas set to carry out final execution before drug expires

  27-04-2017 21:10
  
  Arkansas was set to execute another inmate on Thursday, the last in a series of lethal injections that the state has squeezed into a compressed timeline, even as the daughter of one of his victims appealed for clemency.Four of the inmates won reprieves, but the state carried out its first execution since 2005 last Thursday, putting convicted murderer Ledell Lee to death at its Cummins Unit, near Varner, Arksansas.Jack Jones and Marcel Williams, convicted separately of rape and murder in the 1990
  
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• Spicer projects confidence after Mnuchin wouldn’t guarantee middle-class tax cut under new plan

  27-04-2017 21:08
  
  White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Thursday that Americans should be concerned about how the administration’s new tax plan would affect them, not how it would benefit the Trump family.Spicer made the comments during a press briefing where he was asked whether it was fair for Americans to question how the proposed tax plan would personally affect President Trump and his family.“The president’s plan right now is something that every American should worry hopefully about
  
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• Press secretary comments on tax plan's effect on middle class

  27-04-2017 21:04
  
  ABC News' Cecilia Vega asks Sean Spicer why Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin couldn't guarantee that middle class would not pay more with new tax plan.
  
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• Blackberry is back with the cool KeyOne Android phone – plus that keyboard

  27-04-2017 21:02 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Also today: Nintendo Switch sales numbers top expectations, Google plants a flag in Cuba.
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• Help marine biologists eliminate an invasive species with an underwater robot

  27-04-2017 20:55 via digitaltrends.com
  
  The Guardian LF1 is a tethered, underwater robot that hunts invasive lionfish at depths unreachable by most divers. Robotics in the Service of Environment, the nonprofit behind the Guardian, is now seeking funding via Kickstarter.
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• Arkansas nears fourth execution in about a week

  27-04-2017 20:55
  
  Arkansas plans to end its series of April executions by putting to death on Thursday an inmate convicted of murdering a cheerleader and who escaped from prison and killed two other people before being captured again.Arkansas, which had not held an execution in 12 years until this month, has put three inmates to death since April 20.It planned to execute Kenneth Williams, 38, by lethal injection at 7 p.m. CDT (0000 GMT) at its Cummins Unit prison.
  
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• Google’s latest app makes it easier to book appointments at the salon

  27-04-2017 20:46 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Google's Area 120 is working on another convenient app, this time for businesses who need to manage a schedule. The app also makes it easier for customers to schedule an appointment online or through an app.
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• Acer goes crazy with Triton 700, Helios 300 gaming laptops, and a 4K HDR gaming monitor

  27-04-2017 20:46 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Despite the back-to-school theme, Acer isn't forgetting the PC gaming crowd in its lineup of devices arriving late this summer. The new batch includes one Nitro 5 laptop, two Predator-branded laptops, and a Predator desktop with HDR support.
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• Eight of the Weirdest Gifts Foreign Dignitaries Gave the President

  27-04-2017 20:44
  
  From ping pong tables to crocodile insurance, a rundown of the strangest gifts foreign leaders gave the leader of the free world.
  
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• Republicans offer stop-gap to avert US government shutdown

  27-04-2017 20:43
  
  Republican congressional leaders expressed confidence Thursday that a short-term stop-gap spending measure that funds federal operations will pass, easing the threat of a government shutdown as Donald Trump marks his 100th day as president.In seven morning postings, the billionaire businessman-turned-politician assailed several of the Democrats' positions, including the opposition party's refusal to fund the wall and call for a bailout of debt-saddled Puerto Rico.
  
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• Spicer says WH didn’t review Flynn’s security clearance issued during Obama administration

  27-04-2017 20:35
  
  During the daily White House press briefing, press secretary Sean Spicer said that the Trump White House did not review former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s security clearance that was issued during the Obama administration.
  
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• Trump: Chance of 'major' North Korea Conflict

  27-04-2017 20:33
  
  Rachel Maddow reports breaking news that in an interview with Reuters Donald Trump has said that there is a chance of a "major, major conflict" with North Korea.
  
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• Trint app delivers groundbreaking accuracy in speech-to-text transcription

  27-04-2017 20:30 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Trint, a portmanteau of “transcription” and “interview,” is a great speech-to-text web app that can listen to long blocks of audio and transcribe it almost flawlessly. Here are some of the neat things it can do.
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• Controversial, popular Netflix series ’13 Reasons Why’ could get a second season

  27-04-2017 20:28 via digitaltrends.com
  
  While Netflix has not made an official comment, it appears that there are talks about the possibility of bringing its popular and controversial original series 13 Reasons Why back for a second season.
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