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• Massive Crack in Antarctic Ice Shelf Grows 11 Miles in 6 Days, Potentially Creating World’s Largest Iceberg

  01-06-2017 23:58
  
  The crack, which is located in Larson Shelf C, leaves only eight miles of ice connecting what could be one of the world’s largest icebergs to Antarctica.
  
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• Pittsburgh mayor fires back after Trump invokes Steel City in Paris accord withdrawal

  01-06-2017 23:54
  
  President Trump zeroed in on western Pennsylvania in his announcement Thursday that he would withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord.“I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris,” he said in remarks delivered in the White House rose garden.
  
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• How to stuff your face with free doughnuts on National Doughnut Day

  01-06-2017 23:48
  
  June 2 is National Doughnut Day, and you know what that means...free doughnuts! National Doughnut Day was established in 1938 by the Chicago Salvation Army to honor women who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I. The holiday is traditionally celebrated on the first Friday of June. SEE ALSO: These weed-infused doughnuts taste like pot but won't get you stoned Lucky for us, our doughnut retailer friends are dishing out free treats in honor of everyone's favorite day. Here's where you ca
  
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• How to watch the 2017 NBA finals online

  01-06-2017 23:47 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Even if your team didn't make the cut, the NBA finals are always worth the watch. Here's how you can watch the Warriors take on the Cavaliers, whether you want to go with ABC's mobile app or Sling TV's introductory package.
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• Sheriff's deputy among 8 killed in Miss. lauded as 'a hero'

  01-06-2017 23:44
  
  BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and others on Thursday saluted a sheriff's deputy who was among the eight people killed in a series of shootings Saturday and Sunday.
  
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• Every NBA Finals game will offer highlights in virtual reality

  01-06-2017 23:44 via digitaltrends.com
  
  For the historic third straight NBA Finals meeting between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors, the NBA is giving game-by-game highlights and a full series documentary in virtual reality.
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• LIGO detects third gravitational wave event from ancient black hole collision

  01-06-2017 23:43
  The LIGO Scientific Collaboration has made another monumental announcement related to LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory — it has detected a gravitational wave event for the third time, a process that has been billions of years in the making. Before this detection is the story of two massive black holes that collided about three billion years ago, leaving behind … Continue reading
  
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• Forgetful? Now Alexa can juggle your crazy reminder list

  01-06-2017 23:43
  Amazon’s Alexa can now remind users of specific tasks, with the ability to set not only an alarm but assign a reason for it too. The latest in Alexa‘s growing skillset on the Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, and Amazon Tap, it opens the door to far more useful reminders than simple alarms. Both reminders and timers are supported by the … Continue reading
  
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• Trends With Benefits: Apple’s Siri-enabled Smart Speaker and a Robot Preacher

  01-06-2017 23:30 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Siri Smart Speaker: Apple will reportedly debut a Siri-enabled smart speaker at next week's WWDC. Clearly designed to compete with Echo and Home, there are some key functionalities that seem to be lacking. However, advanced acoustics technology among other features are what they think will set them apart. Ready for a Robot Preacher?: Whether you're […]
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• Get a whopping $133 off the best-selling Bluetooth headphones on Amazon

  01-06-2017 23:28 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Looking for the top-selling Bluetooth headset on Amazon? Look no further than these Senso ActivBuds S-250 Bluetooth Headphones, which can currently be had for 78 percent off the regular Amazon price.
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• Rescued Pup Hailed a Hero for Saving Owner Who Was Dragged by Horse and Left in the Desert

  01-06-2017 23:25
  
  "She literally saved my life," 4-year-old Becky Jo's owner said.
  
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• Treasury chief 'confident' Congress will raise U.S. debt limit

  01-06-2017 23:20
  
  U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday he was confident that Congress would raise the federal debt limit"before there's an issue" with U.S. creditworthiness, and he pledged that the Trump administration's tax reform plans would be paid for."We're going to get it increased," Mnuchin told Fox Business Network about the debt limit.Mnuchin said that it "makes no sense" to view the Trump administration's tax reform plans through a "static" budget analysis that does not account for ec
  
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• Bebop Sensors creates motion-sensing gloves for VR that tickle your fingertips

  01-06-2017 23:19 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Bebop Sensors created the Marcel Modular Data Gloves for virtual (and augmented) reality capable of accurately tracking hands and fingers. They are designed to be modular so that headset makers can create unique experiences.
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• Franken: Clinton should ‘move on’ from election loss

  01-06-2017 23:14
  
  Sen. Al Franken told Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric Thursday that Hillary Clinton should “move on” from her failed presidential bid.
  
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• Trump budget chief under fire over attack on Congressional budget analysts

  01-06-2017 23:12
  
  By Amanda BeckerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House's budget chief came under fire on Thursday from Democrats and others over his attack on the budget research office of the U.S. Congress, escalating tensions between Republicans and professional staffers on Capitol Hill.Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney called "absurd" a recent finding by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that a Republican healthcare bill would cause 23 million people to lose health insura
  
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• Sen. Al Franken calls Trump’s decision to back out of Paris Climate Agreement ‘stupid’

  01-06-2017 23:10
  
  Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric spoke with Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and asked him about President Trump’s decision to back out of the Paris Climate Agreement, which Franken called “sad” and “stupid.”
  
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• Obama condemns Trump for 'rejecting the future' by exiting Paris deal

  01-06-2017 23:10
  
  Barack Obama led condemnation of his successor’s decision to withdraw from the landmark Paris climate accord, which the former president’s administration painstakingly negotiated over the course of several years.In a statement released just before Donald Trump officially announced that the US would remove itself from the deal, Obama said the administration had joined “a small handful of nations that reject the future”.
  
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• Ex-captive of Islamic State sheds tears on return to village in northern Iraq

  01-06-2017 23:10
  
  By Isabel ColesKOJO, Iraq (Reuters) - Nadia Murad made an emotional return on Thursday to the Yazidi village in northern Iraq where she was captured and sold as a slave by Islamic State three years ago.On her return, Murad went to see her house and emerged clutching some clothing left there since 2014.A Yazidi fighter said it belonged to Murad's mother, who was killed during the purge because she was considered too old to be taken as a slave.
  
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• The road is long and bloody in new ‘Preacher’ season 2 trailer

  01-06-2017 23:05 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy hit the road in the new trailer for Preacher, AMC's acclaimed series based on the comic book of the same name, starring Dominic Cooper, Oscar nominee Ruth Negga, and Joseph Gilgun.
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• It's bullets, blood, and a long road ahead in new Season 2 trailer for 'Preacher'

  01-06-2017 23:05 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy hit the road in the new trailer for Preacher, AMC's acclaimed series based on the comic book of the same name, starring Dominic Cooper, Oscar nominee Ruth Negga, and Joseph Gilgun.
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• Murder case dropped after man serves 25 years in prison

  01-06-2017 23:04
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors dropped all charges Thursday against a Detroit man who accused police of pinning a murder on him by seizing his mother's gun and switching bullets in a case that kept him in prison for 25 years.
  
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• ‘Sense8’ is the latest victim in Netflix’s recent string of cancellations

  01-06-2017 22:57 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Sense8, which has been lauded for its LGBTQ characters and themes, has been canceled by Netflix, marking the latest high-profile original series to be terminated by the streaming service.
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• Horrifying Video Shows Intense Moments Car Dealership Shootout That Left 3 Dead

  01-06-2017 22:53
  
  Two bounty hunters and an accused drug dealer were killed in the terrifying exchange of gunfire.
  
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• Trump pulls US from Paris Agreement: Elon Musk quits councils as tech firms react

  01-06-2017 22:52
  President Trump has announced that he is pulling the US from the Paris Agreement, the accord on climate change that his predecessor, Barack Obama, was instrumental in establishing. Trump cited his concerns that the deal, which was named after the city in France where it was agreed upon and signed, was unfair to American interests. However, the President also suggested … Continue reading
  
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• 2017 Jaguar F-Pace 35t

  01-06-2017 22:50
  
  A volume seller, as only Jaguar could build it.
  
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• Qualcomm Quick Charge 4 Plus is 15 percent faster, 30 percent more efficient

  01-06-2017 22:49 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Qualcomm's enhanced Quick Charge platform, Quick Charge 4.0 Plus, recharges devices up to 15 percent faster and 30 percent more efficiently. It's also backward compatible with older Quick Charge generations.
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• Middle-Earth: Shadow of War hit with delay, but it’s still out this year

  01-06-2017 22:49
  Given the popularity of Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, we wouldn’t be surprised to see its sequel, Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, become one of the best-selling games of 2017. However, today developer Monolith announced that eager fans are going to have to wait a little bit longer to get their hands on Shadow of War. Originally scheduled to launch in August, … Continue reading
  
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• You’re not hallucinating. That dolphin really is using a huge underwater tablet

  01-06-2017 22:47 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Researchers at Rockefeller University and Hunter College have developed a giant, 8-foot-long underwater tablet for dolphins, with the goal of using it to find out more about their behavior.
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• Obamas buy house they were renting in tony DC neighborhood

  01-06-2017 22:47
  
  Obamas buy house they were renting in tony DC neighborhood
  
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• MTV's 'Fear Factor' series premiere is the network's biggest in two years

  01-06-2017 22:47 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Fear Factor is back, and the reality show is doing MTV proud so far. The reboot, hosted by Ludacris, debuted May 30 and scored the network's biggest ratings for a series premiere in two years.
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• MTV brings the chills with ‘Fear Factor’ reboot and sees a ratings reward

  01-06-2017 22:47 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Fear Factor is back, and the reality show is doing MTV proud so far. The reboot, hosted by Ludacris, debuted May 30 and scored the network's biggest ratings for a series premiere in two years.
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• Experience WebVR on your VR headset by default, starting with Firefox 55

  01-06-2017 22:41 via digitaltrends.com
  
  WebVR is a growing standard that lets everyone experience VR with any browser. All WebVR requires is a VR headset and a compatible browser and Mozilla announced that WebVR support will now be turned on by default in Firefox 55.
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• Tablo Dual is an over-the-air TV DVR for cord-cutters

  01-06-2017 22:30
  Tablo has announced the launch of a new product for cord-cutters, the Tablo Dual DVR for recording over-the-air television. The Tablo DUAL builds upon the original Tablo Over-the-Air DVR the company previously released, though it comes with a smaller design and more features. Among other things, the Tablo Dual DVR includes 64GB of built-in storage, which Tablo says can be … Continue reading
  
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• Rejecting the Paris Agreement, the United States joins Syria and Nicaragua

  01-06-2017 22:30
  
  If President Trump abandons the Paris agreement, the U.S. would become the third country in the world to reject the pact intended to slow the rate of global warming.
  
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• 2019 Volkswagen Touareg Is Spotted Nearly Undisguised

  01-06-2017 22:30
  
  VeeDub's upmarket SUV maintains its position.
  
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• Signs of the time: Fake U.S. immigration control posters found in Washington

  01-06-2017 22:29
  
  Residents of at least one Washington D.C. neighborhood woke up on Thursday to find the area plastered with posters urging them to turn in illegal immigrants, but federal authorities denied putting up the signs and denounced them as inciting fear.The bogus posters bearing the seal of the Department of Homeland Security warned about criminal offenses related to harboring or helping people in the country illegally, and gave phone numbers to report information about them to the U.S. Immigration and
  
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• Saudi Arabia Prepared for Trump Visit by Hiring Former Trump Advisors

  01-06-2017 22:28
  
  The Saudis are still learning how to play Washington’s game.
  
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• Obama: Withdrawal from Paris Agreement signifies ‘absence of American leadership’

  01-06-2017 22:23
  
  “The nations that remain in the Paris Agreement will be the nations that reap the benefits in jobs and industries created,” Obama said.
  
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• Courts in Florida grapple over Fifth Amendment as it applies to passcodes

  01-06-2017 21:59 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Two courts in Florida have come to conflicting decisions on whether suspected criminals must give up their passcodes if compelled by police. It appears headed for a state Supreme Court ruling.
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• 'Trump' Toilet Paper Unrolling in Mexico

  01-06-2017 21:41
  
  Antonio Battaglia, a corporate lawyer and businessman, is introducing "Trump" brand toilet paper in Mexico later this year.
  
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• iPhone 8 VS 7: the big size change

  01-06-2017 21:40
  Today a set of specifications has leaked giving the dimensions of the next big iPhone. This iPhone 8, as it’s being called, could also be referred to as iPhone OLED, iPhone Pro, or iPhone Edition – whatever you want, since no real confirmation of its existence has been made by Apple as of yet. What we’ve got today, thanks to … Continue reading
  
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• Galaxy S8+ Rose Gold variant appears in leaked photo [update]

  01-06-2017 21:39
  The larger of the two Samsung Galaxy S8 handsets, the Galaxy S8+, has appeared online with a new look: a Rose Gold look, to be exact. The pink-colored variant recently surfaced on Chinese website Weibo, the same place we previously saw a gold variation appear. The shade appears very similar to the iPhone’s Rose Gold option, though perhaps just a … Continue reading
  
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• Trump is pulling the U.S. from Paris Agreement: ‘I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris’

  01-06-2017 21:37
  
  President Trump announced his decision to remove the U.S. from the Paris accord in the White House Rose Garden on Thursday.
  
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• The Hammocraft introduces a new way to enjoy and relax out on the open water

  01-06-2017 21:35 via digitaltrends.com
  
  The Hammocraft takes traditional hammocking to extraordinary places. Hammock over water on a SUP board, paddle board, kayak or river raft, and reach a whole new level of relaxation.
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• Life doesn’t get much more chill than swaying above the waves in a Hammocraft

  01-06-2017 21:35 via digitaltrends.com
  
  The Hammocraft takes traditional hammocking to extraordinary places. Hammock over water on a SUP board, paddle board, kayak or river raft, and reach a whole new level of relaxation.
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• Lay out in a hammock while floating on the water with the Hammocraft

  01-06-2017 21:35 via digitaltrends.com
  
  The Hammocraft takes traditional hammocking to extraordinary places. Hammock over water on a SUP board, paddle board, kayak or river raft, and reach a whole new level of relaxation.
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• Panasonic is researching a sensor that captures HDR in one shot

  01-06-2017 21:28 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Research recently published by Panasonic suggests the company is developing a high dynamic range sensor that can adjust each pixel, creating a camera capable of capturing a wider range of light and safer self-driving cars.
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• Your next notebook will run for days thanks to Qualcomm — not Intel

  01-06-2017 21:20 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Microsoft is working with Qualcomm to make the full version of Windows 10 on ARM a reality. The partnership lives under the shadow of Microsoft’s failed Windows RT, but there’s reason to think this new effort will be different.
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• Paul Allen powers up private space race with massive Stratolauncher aircraft rollout

  01-06-2017 21:18 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Also today: A popular video calling app gets a snappy facelift, Adobe capitalizes on that thing we do when we should be scanning a document.
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• Nintendo Switch’s first voice chat headset leaves us worried

  01-06-2017 21:10
  We may be getting our first glimpse at how Nintendo intends to handle voice chat on the Switch today, and what we’re seeing isn’t very encouraging. Manufactured by third-party company HORI, this new headset is going to launch along Splatoon 2 in July. HORI shared images of the product today, and the way it connects to the Switch seems less … Continue reading
  
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