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• British PM, rival face angry voters as election nears

  02-06-2017 23:55
  
  The Conservative leader was accused of "broken promises" for calling an early election for June 8 after she had repeatedly said she would not, and for a U-turn on a key manifesto pledge on elderly social care.The prime minister called the election three years early, warning that opposition parties threatened to derail her plans to take Britain out of the European Union following last year's referendum vote.
  
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• This lake-hopping drone lands on water, then sunbathes to recharge

  02-06-2017 23:52 via digitaltrends.com
  
  SUWAVE is a lake-hopping drone that’s designed to fly short distances, crash down into a body of water, recharge using solar panels built into its fixed wings, and then take off again.
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• This drone can travel long distances by stopping to recharge in lakes

  02-06-2017 23:52 via digitaltrends.com
  
  SUWAVE is a lake-hopping drone that’s designed to fly short distances, crash down into a body of water, recharge using solar panels built into its fixed wings, and then take off again.
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• Apple set to expand Siri, taking different route from Amazon's Alexa

  02-06-2017 23:48
  
  Apple Incis expected to announce plans next week to make its Siri voice assistant work with a larger variety of apps, as the technology company looks to counter the runaway success of Amazon.com Inc'scompeting Alexa service.Some industry-watchers have also predicted Apple will announce hardware similar to Amazon's Echo device for the home, which has been a hot-seller recently.Apple declined comment.
  
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• Man arrested in theft of Portland train victim's ring

  02-06-2017 23:46
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A homeless man took the wedding ring off the finger of a man who died in last week's knife attack aboard a Portland train, city police said Friday.
  
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• Here are 6 jumbo jets that look tiny next to Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch plane

  02-06-2017 23:43 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Paul Allen's Stratolaunch Systems finally unveiled the world's largest aircraft. How does the aircraft measure up to some of the most massive planes on earth? Let's take a look.
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• Puerto Rican nationalist to march, but not as parade honoree

  02-06-2017 23:41
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Puerto Rican nationalist recently freed from prison will still march in a Manhattan parade — even though he has stepped aside from a formal role as "Procer de la Libertad," or National Freedom Hero.
  
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• Lawyer withdraws from consideration for US Justice Dept post

  02-06-2017 23:40
  
  By Karen FreifeldNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York lawyer George Conway, who had been expected to be nominated to head the U.S. Department of Justice's civil division, has withdrawn from consideration.Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, said in a statement received on Friday that he was "profoundly grateful to the President and to the Attorney General" for selecting him to serve in the Justice Department.A White House spokeswoman referred a request for comment to the Justi
  
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• How to enable Alexa Calling and messaging with Amazon’s Alexa

  02-06-2017 23:38 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Devices in Amazon's lauded Echo lineup can place calls and send messages, but enabling the feature can be confusing. Here's how to do it, whether you prefer to initiate contact using your Echo or a smartphone.
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• Here's how to set up Alexa Calling and Messaging

  02-06-2017 23:38 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Devices in Amazon's lauded Echo lineup can place calls and send messages, but enabling the feature can be confusing. Here's how to do it, whether you prefer to initiate contact using your Echo or a smartphone.
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• MSI Radeon RX 550 Aero ITX review

  02-06-2017 23:30 via digitaltrends.com
  
  While the idea of a sub-$100 GPU is certainly an appealing proposition, both the Radeon RX 550 teaches PC gamers an important lesson about managing expectations.
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• ‘Prey’ patch is causing significant issues for PlayStation console users

  02-06-2017 23:28 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Prey received PS4 Pro support with its latest patch, and while the improved visuals are appreciated, new performance issues now plague PS4 and PS4 Pro users. Instead of a fluid experience, Prey frequently slows down in motion.
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• Aaron Hernandez's Estate Reportedly Owes $93K In Unpaid Taxes

  02-06-2017 23:26
  
  Hernandez’s Westwood Estates home in Massachusetts owes tens of thousands in unpaid real estate taxes.
  
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• Snap’s Spectacles hit Europe, venture outside the U.S. for the first time

  02-06-2017 23:22 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Snap's colorful smiling Snapbots are now in Europe, along with online availability overseas, reaching Snapchat's second largest user base. The camera glasses shoot 10-second videos to share on Snapchat.
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• Harvard’s new mini exosuit lets you run farther and faster

  02-06-2017 23:18
  Imagine pulling on a pair of shorts that, as long as you’re wearing them, enable you to run farther distances at faster speeds than you’d run without them. Such has become reality, for the most part, thanks to work by Harvard researchers. The University recently detailed a new soft exosuit — which is really just a fancy pair of shorts … Continue reading
  
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• Doug buys a city-friendly pressure washer - TechCrunch

  02-06-2017 23:18
  
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  Doug buys a city-friendly pressure washer
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  Gadget reviewer Doug Aamoth has a rocky relationship with birds vis-a-vis their daily deposits on his precious patio. Armed with $80 and hell-bent on keeping his patio sparkling, he leverages the Sun Joe SPX1000 pressure washer, a city-friendly unit ...
  
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• France helpfully corrects Trump's video on climate change

  02-06-2017 23:15
  
  The White House released an animated explainer to go with Donald Trump's speech about pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement Thursday. A day later, the French Ministry countered with its own version of the video. SEE ALSO: 8 things Trump said about the Paris Climate Agreement that are total BS The French version goes through the White House video (embedded above) frame by frame with corrections and fact-checks — and it manages to do so in only 40 seconds.We’ve seen the @WhiteHous
  
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• Colossal crack in Antartica ice shelf about to drop state-sized iceberg into the ocean

  02-06-2017 23:13
  
  With President Donald Trump announcing that the United States won't be joining a huge number of its allies in supporting the Paris Agreement on climate change rules just a day ago, an extremely troubling development in Antarctica is helping to underscore just how bad of a decision that really was. A crack in the Larsen C ice shelf on the frigid continent has grown rapidly in the past week, and a complete break is expected imminently. When that happens, a chunk of ice as large as the state of Del
  
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• Between the Streams: Wonder Woman rescues DC, Sense8 canceled, James Bond goes country

  02-06-2017 23:10 via digitaltrends.com
  
  This week: Wonder Woman comes to the rescue for Warner Bros. and the DC Cinematic Universe, Daniel Craig shows his chops as a white-trash convict in Logan Lucky, the Uncharted film series taps an odd choice for leading man, and more.
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• Police arrest man after theft from Oregon train stabbing victim

  02-06-2017 23:03
  
  Police in Portland, Oregon, arrested a homeless man on Friday morning for stealing the wedding ring and backpack of Ricky Best, one of two men fatally stabbed to death last week on a commuter train while defending two women.George Tschaggeny, 51, was arrested at a homeless encampment under an overpass after a tip from an employee of a Domino's Pizza restaurant in the area, Portland Police Bureau officials said at a Friday press conference.Police had released surveillance footage on Thursday of a
  
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• Hateful content will not earn ad revenue on YouTube after guidelines get tougher

  02-06-2017 22:58 via digitaltrends.com
  
  YouTube is continuing to clarify what content can be considered for ad revenue after advertisers objected to their ad placement. The guidelines are designed to make it easier for content creators to determine what is eligible.
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• Hateful content will not earn ad revenue as YouTube toughens guidelines

  02-06-2017 22:58 via digitaltrends.com
  
  YouTube is continuing to clarify what content can be considered for ad revenue after advertisers objected to their ad placement. The guidelines are designed to make it easier for content creators to determine what is eligible.
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• Lowest of the Low: Cops Say Thief Steals Bag, Ring Belonging to Army Vet Killed in Train Attack

  02-06-2017 22:50
  
  The thief was quickly identified after Portland police released video of him leaving the train.
  
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• Get your Sagan on with these 42 awe-inspiring photos of the final frontier

  02-06-2017 22:45 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Few things instill a sense of wonder quite like the final frontier. These 42 photographs show off the beauty of Earth, our solar system, and the far corners of the universe -- just in case you need to bring out your inner Carl Sagan.
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• Finally in surround after 50 years, ‘Sgt. Pepper’ is getting better all the time

  02-06-2017 22:45 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Released on June 1, 1967, Sgt. Pepper instantly turned the record album format into an artform that still holds merit to this day.
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• Steam will soon charge developers only $100 to publish a game

  02-06-2017 22:43
  Back in February, Steam announced that it would be ditching Greenlight in favor of a new submission platform called Steam Direct. With Steam Greenlight, developers entered their games into something of a popularity contest, submitting previews and allowing users to vote on which games they’d like to see in the Steam store. That’s all going away, and it’s being replaced … Continue reading
  
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• Gentlewasher washes your delicate clothes with the care they deserve

  02-06-2017 22:42 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Promising the most delicate touch for your most delicate fabrics, the Gentlewasher can clean your lace lingerie, your cashmere sweaters, your silk nightgowns, and just about anything else, and in five minutes.
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• Google’s latest educational coding project brings in Wonder Woman

  02-06-2017 22:33
  The new Wonder Woman movie is about to launch in theaters, and ahead of its release comes a new educational product from Google based on the movie. Released as part of its Made with Code initiative, Google has released a Wonder Woman-themed educational coding project that teaches kids (and adults!) the basics of coding using fun, interactive tools with instant … Continue reading
  
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• Teen Writes Her Personal College Essay About Pizza - and She's Accepted to Yale

  02-06-2017 22:31
  
  Her acceptance came with a personal, handwritten note from the admissions officer.
  
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• Legendary Pokémon, player-vs.-player combat coming to ‘Pokémon Go’

  02-06-2017 22:20 via digitaltrends.com
  
  In a recent interview, Niantic's Mathieu de Fayet confirmed that PvP battles and legendary Pokémon are coming to Pokémon Go this summer. The game will celebrate its first anniversary in July, possibly with these features in tow.
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• Get ready to gather legendary Pokémon in a 'Pokémon Go' update this summer

  02-06-2017 22:20 via digitaltrends.com
  
  In a recent interview, Niantic's Mathieu de Fayet confirmed that PvP battles and legendary Pokémon are coming to Pokémon Go this summer. The game will celebrate its first anniversary in July, possibly with these features in tow.
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• Republican senator accused of trying to 'erase' history of CIA torture

  02-06-2017 22:19
  
  Democrats on Friday accused a powerful Republican senator of seeking to erase the history of the CIA's torture program in the 2000s by demanding copies of a highly classified report be handed over to him.An estimated eight copies were distributed to the White House and various agencies, and Burr said Friday he wanted them back to ensure the sensitive information within remained secret.
  
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• White House scrambles to defend Trump’s use of climate data, disputed by the authors themselves

  02-06-2017 22:07
  
  MIT scientists say that Trump has “badly misunderstood” their study, but EPA administrator Scott Pruitt says other studies back up the president’s position.
  
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• Watch a giant, star-spangled mech destroy a Prius, because ‘Murica

  02-06-2017 22:04 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Ever wonder how a giant star-spangled mech trains ahead of a battle with its Japanese robot rival? You won't anymore after you watch it punch a Prius to submission in this entertaining video.
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• MIT scientists say White House doesn't understand their study on climate change

  02-06-2017 21:57
  
  At a press briefing on Friday, EPA chair Scott Pruitt repeated a climate change statistic mentioned by President Trump as one reason the White House was pulling out of the Paris climate accord. The only problem for the White House is that the MIT scientists behind the study said the administration did not understand the study and was "probably immune to fact.
  
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• Instagram Sensation Justin Casquejo, Arrested Again For Climbing New York Skycraper

  02-06-2017 21:56
  
  Justin Casquejo has been climbing skyscrapers in New York City for years, Thursday he was arrested.
  
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• Three ex-Penn State officials get jail in Sandusky child sex abuse coverup

  02-06-2017 21:52
  
  Three former Pennsylvania State University officials were sentenced to jail on Friday for covering up ex-coach Jerry Sandusky's sexual predations and effectively letting him victimize more boys.In sentencing all three men for child endangerment, Judge John Boccabella in Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas also harshly criticized the late, revered football coach Joe Paterno for failing to alert authorities.Graham Spanier, 68, once the nation's highest-paid public university president, was ordere
  
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• ‘Wonder Woman’ director has a deal for the sequel and a new setting in mind

  02-06-2017 21:50 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins and star Gal Gadot both have deals that will bring them back for a sequel and Jenkins says the setting will change dramatically for the follow-up film.
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• Mexico ruling party risks nasty upset in governor's race

  02-06-2017 21:50
  
  Mexico's ruling party risks losing the governorship of the country's largest state Sunday in elections that observers say are fueling a fiery left-wing populist's prospects of becoming president next year.Losing the bellwether election in the state of Mexico -- President Enrique Pena Nieto's home state -- would spell disaster for the once-mighty Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, as its own candidate has admitted.Political analysts say the tight race has given a huge boost to Morena's fo
  
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• Tekken 7 now available on PS4, Xbox One and PC

  02-06-2017 21:48
  We’ve been waiting years and now it is finally here. Tekken 7 can now be grabbed for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, giving gamers access to the title that was first announced way back in 2014. This marks the title’s release for home gaming, though it has been available as an arcade game since last year. As with … Continue reading
  
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• Startup uses Amazon Dash tech to enable customized one-touch tasks

  02-06-2017 21:42 via digitaltrends.com
  
  A Maryland startup uses Amazon's recently open-sourced Dash button technology to make all kinds of tasks as simple as the press of a button, and is asking Kickstarter backers to fund its development.
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• Just a 100 miles from the White House, Tangier Island is disappearing into the sea

  02-06-2017 21:41
  
  On Virginia’s Tangier Island, about 100 miles and a ferry ride from Washington, the waters of the Chesapeake Bay are edging dangerously close to William Eskridge’s house.The island is under threat from rapid erosion that is being accelerated by rising water scientists believe to be caused by climate change.Tangier Island is wedged between the eastern shore of Maryland and the Virginia coast.
  
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• Just 100 miles from the White House, Tangier Island is disappearing into the sea

  02-06-2017 21:41
  
  Erosion accelerated by a rising ocean is threatening an island off the coast of Virginia. Inhabitants doubt that climate change has anything to do with it.
  
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• Which Verizon plan is best for you? We check out family, individual, and prepaid

  02-06-2017 21:34 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Verizon offers lots of plans for individuals, your family, and folks who want prepaid service. Here is everything you need to know about Verizon's plans, from data packages and smartphones to Big Red's prepaid plans.
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• Google Home is coming to Canada and is finally available for pre-order

  02-06-2017 21:31 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Google Home has been helping Americans manage their households for over a year now, and finally, other countries will be able to get in on the fun. Those in Canada can now pre-order the smart home hub.
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• AT&T Offers Live Streaming DirecTV Now Plan For $10 Extra

  02-06-2017 21:28
  
  AT&T is offering its mobile customers DirectTV Now plan for an extra $10 a month.
  
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• Andy Rubin’s Essential might be plotting smart glasses of its own

  02-06-2017 21:28
  It’s only been a few days since Essential revealed its new phone to the world, but the company’s plan for the future may extend beyond handsets and AI assistants. As it turns out, Essential is also holding a patent for a pair of augmented reality smart glasses. This may not come as a shock to many people, considering Essential CEO … Continue reading
  
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• Here’s how to watch Apple’s WWDC 2017, and what to expect

  02-06-2017 21:23 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Apple's 2017 Worldwide Developer Conference is nearly here. Here's all the iOS, MacBook, and iPad news we expect to see -- and some surprises that might be in store. Don't know how to watch the keynote? We've got you covered.
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• Why DigiByte’s price is soaring: $DGB, Minecraft, Memes, and Citibank

  02-06-2017 21:21
  This morning it became apparent that the cryptocoin called DigiByte ($DGB) was set to skyrocket in price. In the past 24 hours, the price of the coin went up a cool 43%, and beat its own previous top price (from May 21st) – once, and hasn’t looked back since. But why – why has DigiByte suddenly turned into the third … Continue reading
  
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• Everything you need to know about the Android O beta

  02-06-2017 21:21 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Google announced the new version of Android O in late March and made the first developer preview available the same day. Now a beta version is available for everyone. Here's everything you need to know.
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