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• PlayStation picks up former Lionhead studio director Stuart Whyte

  10-05-2017 23:58
  
  Whyte has joined up with PlayStation to head VR product development for the company's office in London. ...
  
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• Dakota Access pipeline has first leak before it's fully operational

  10-05-2017 23:56 via yahoo.com
  
  The Dakota Access pipeline inspired huge demonstrations in 2016.The Dakota Access pipeline has suffered its first leak, outraging indigenous groups who have long warned that the project poses a threat to the environment.The $3.8bn oil pipeline, which sparked international protests last year and is not yet fully operational, spilled 84 gallons of crude oil at a South Dakota pump station, according to government regulators.
  
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• Dakota Access pipeline has first leak before fully operational

  10-05-2017 23:56 via yahoo.com
  
  The Dakota Access pipeline inspired huge demonstrations in 2016.The Dakota Access pipeline has suffered its first leak, outraging indigenous groups who have long warned that the project poses a threat to the environment.The $3.8bn oil pipeline, which sparked international protests last year and is not yet fully operational, spilled 84 gallons of crude oil at a South Dakota pump station, according to government regulators.
  
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• Why Chrome will never be on the Windows Store or Windows 10 S

  10-05-2017 23:53 via yahoo.com
  
  Last week, Microsoft finally announced its much-anticipated competitor to Google's Chrome OS. It's called Windows 10 S, and it's essentially a stripped-down, streamlined version of the company's desktop OS. It seems like a solid idea, but if there's one thing about the new Windows "lite" that is giving would-be buyers pause, it's the fact that only apps from the Windows Store can be installed on any device using the new operating system, and that means no third party browsers, like Google Chrome
  
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• Saturn's moon Titan looks like a pretty chill place in new photos

  10-05-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Titan, Saturn's largest moon, captures the imagination.  The distant world plays host to lakes of liquid methane and ethane that look like they could be a nice spot for an alien yachting expedition, dunes of hydrocarbons, and clouds that sometimes rain methane down onto the surface of the world, feeding its lakes. Long story short, Titan is everything you could wish for in an alien world, and new photos taken by the Saturn-exploring Cassini spacecraft put that on stark display. SEE ALSO: NA
  
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• Vermont could be about to legalise marijuana – and become first US state to do so without public vote

  10-05-2017 23:32 via yahoo.com
  
  Vermont lawmakers on Wednesday approved a measure to legalise recreational use of marijuana, which if not vetoed by the governor would make the state the ninth to legalise the drug and the first to do so by legislation rather than ballot initiative.The U.S. state's House of Representatives voted 79-66 for the measure, which was attached to a bill increasing penalties for the possession and sale of the opioid drug fentanyl.The measure, which would take effect in July 2018 and allow adults 21 and
  
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• Bear vs. Dog: Who Comes Out on Top in This 'David and Goliath' Battle?

  10-05-2017 23:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Ba Bao was protecting his turf and did not want the curious bear interfering, leaving the wild animal to retreat back to its home in the woods.
  
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• United Passenger Captures Confrontation With Ticket Agent After He's Charged $300 for Excess Baggage

  10-05-2017 23:30 via yahoo.com
  
  The worker is heard saying, "You do not have my permission to videotape."
  
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• Video: What AR/VR game devs can (and should) learn from MMOs

  10-05-2017 23:25
  At GDC 2017, veteran online game designer Raph Koster gives an intriguing talk about what lessons (social, ethical, and design) AR and VR game makers can learn from studying MMO games. ...
  
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• The Latest: Price says journalist's arrest 'not my decision'

  10-05-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of Public News Service journalist Daniel Heyman in West Virginia (all times local):
  
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• Rough Landing: Brawl Erupts on Southwest Plane as Flight Attendant Tries to Break Up Melee

  10-05-2017 23:15 via yahoo.com
  
  A passenger was seen throwing a series of punches until another passenger intervened.
  
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• Thank goodness, the gorgeous Rime won't be more expensive on Switch after all - at least not the digital version

  10-05-2017 23:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Once upon a time, Rime was set to be one of PS4's most lovely exclusives
  
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• Foul play not suspected in 2 deaths in Central Park waters

  10-05-2017 22:50 via yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The bodies of two men have been discovered over two days in Central Park, each floating in a lake, but investigators don't believe either was the victim of a crime, police said Wednesday.
  
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• Rising political star deals fresh blow to French far-right

  10-05-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The party of failed French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen suffered a new jolt on Wednesday as her niece, the country's youngest lawmaker and an icon of the far right, announced she plans to leave politics.
  
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• 2017 Toyota Sienna FWD

  10-05-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  
  A self-improvement regimen keeps this aging entry surprisingly fit.
  
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• Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov meets Trump, and laughs off allegations of election meddling

  10-05-2017 22:42 via yahoo.com
  
  Lavrov told reporters at the Russian Embassy that he did not talk with Trump about the accusations Moscow meddled in last year’s U.S. presidential election.
  
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• White House says Comey committed ‘atrocities’ as FBI director

  10-05-2017 22:24 via yahoo.com
  
  The deputy press secretary had some trouble explaining why Donald Trump favored FBI Director James Comey last fall but decided to fire him this week.
  
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• Anti-net-neutrality bots are spamming the FCC with bogus comments

  10-05-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  
  According to reports published by The Verge and ZDNet, identical anti-net-neutrality comments are being spammed to the Federal Communications Commission, using the names and addresses of real individuals. The identical comment has been posted tens of thousands of times in the last week, and the people who supposedly posted the comment have all said they had no idea where it came from.The comment reads:
  The unprecedented regulatory power the Obama Administration imposed on the inte
  
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• New Absolver trailer shows it's the Dark Souls + Destiny + kung fu game you never knew you wanted

  10-05-2017 22:17 via gamesradar.com
  We've written about Absolver before on GR+, but I was kinda "sleeping on it" as the kids say until I watched this trailer
  
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• Aaron Hernandez Cited For 78 Disciplinary Offenses In Prison

  10-05-2017 22:16 via yahoo.com
  
  A new report reveals that Hernandez had a record of 78 disciplinary offenses in less than two years at the maximum-security prison.
  
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• US to arm Syrian Kurds 'very quickly'

  10-05-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  
  The United States will soon start delivering weapons to Syria's Kurdish fighters, despite furious Turkish objections, a US military spokesman said.A first consignment of weapons is already in place for delivery and could be dispatched to the Kurds "very quickly," said US Colonel John Dorrian, a military spokesman for the anti-Islamic State (IS) coalition in Baghdad.The White House has already given the Pentagon the green light to deliver weapons to the Kurdish Peoples' Protection Units (YPG), a
  
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• Measuring the glaciers of Glacier National Park, and watching them disappear

  10-05-2017 22:14 via yahoo.com
  
  The glaciers in Glacier National Park are majestic, but they’re shrinking. Scientists, residents, and visitors all feel a sense of loss.
  
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• Mass Effect Series on Hold, According to Report

  10-05-2017 22:12
  Mass Effect Andromeda developer BioWare Montreal has put the series on hiatus, according to a report.
  A representative for EA sent us the following statement:
  “Our teams at BioWare and across EA put in tremendous effort bringing Mass Effect Andromeda to players around the world. Even as BioWare continues to focus on the Mass Effect Andromeda community and live service, we are constantly looking at how we're prepared for the next experiences we will create.
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• Guantánamo detainee to testify on 'unspeakable torture' by CIA agents

  10-05-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  
  Abu Zubaydah was not charged by the US despite being held captive for 15 years at Guantánamo Bay.Abu Zubaydah, the Guantánamo detainee who endured some of the most brutal CIA interrogation techniques in the post-9/11 era including waterboarding, has waived his immunity in order to testify at an upcoming hearing at which he will seek to expose “the unspeakable torture of an innocent man”.Zubaydah is set to testify at a pre-trial hearing of the Guantánamo war court
  
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• Blizzard Reveals Overwatch Uprising Event Stats

  10-05-2017 22:04
  
  The Overwatch team was apparently no match for Null Sector in the Uprising event.
  Blizzard has revealed that while there were over 67 million Overwatch victories, Null Sector came out on top 78-plus million times in the special brawl mode. In total, there were more than 145 million matches completed for last month's seasonal Uprising event.Blizzard has released detailed stats for Overwatch's latest seasonal event, called Uprising. Infographic courtesy of BlizzardContinue reading…
  
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• Rime Nintendo Switch Digital Version Price Lowered

  10-05-2017 21:46
  Grey Box, publisher of Tequila Works' upcoming Rime, has announced some changes to the game's price on the Nintendo Switch, after it was initially revealed the game would cost more on Nintendo's new console than on other platforms.
  In a new blog post, Grey Box revealed that the digital version of Rime on Switch will now cost $29.99 / €34.99 / £29.99, as opposed to the originally revealed $39.99 / €44.99 / £39.99 price point. That puts the digital version of Rime on Swi
  
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• Deadpool 2's post-credits scene could introduce a trio of mutants and set up an X-Force movie

  10-05-2017 21:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Along with busting caps of both the bullet and knee variety, Deadpool is known for being one of the deadliest members of the X-Force - a collection of mutant antiheroes in the Marvel comics universe (not the MCU, just to be clear)
  
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• System Shock 3 Concept Art Released

  10-05-2017 21:10
  Several new images of early concept art for System Shock 3 have been released.
  OtherSide Entertainment creative director Warren Spector appeared on Starbreeze's livestream event today to discuss System Shock 3, and the following images were shown:
  This past August, OtherSide Entertainment confirmed that System Shock 3 development has officially begun. The studio also revealed the team of developers behind the project, which, in addition to Spector, includes design director Sheldon Paco
  
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• Graduates at Florida university turn backs in protest of DeVos speech

  10-05-2017 21:10 via yahoo.com
  
  Boos and jeers could be heard as DeVos, who drew ire in February when she said historically black colleges were "pioneers" of educational choice, was introduced.Live video of the ceremony in Daytona Beach showed many graduates facing away from DeVos, though it was not clear how many of the approximately 300 seniors participated in the silent protest."One of the hallmarks of higher education and of democracy is the ability to converse with and learn from those with whom we disagree," DeVos told t
  
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• Turkey leader calls on US to reverse decision to arm Kurds

  10-05-2017 21:06 via yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey slammed the Trump administration's decision to supply Syrian Kurdish fighters with weapons against the Islamic State group and demanded Wednesday that it be reversed, heightening tensions between the NATO allies days before the Turkish leader heads to Washington for a meeting with President Donald Trump.
  
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• Betsy DeVos met by boos at a graduation ceremony

  10-05-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  
  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos did not receive a warm welcome from every graduating senior at Bethune-Cookman University in Florida. Many in the crowd booed and turned their backs on DeVos during her commencement speech.
  
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• Tesla’s solar roof tiles cost the same as a nice roof, and you can preorder right now

  10-05-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Tesla may be known for its insanely fast cars, but the company's overarching goal is to become an innovative energy company that changes the way the world generates and uses energy. Indeed, this was the driving force behind the company's recent decision to change its name from Tesla Motors to Tesla Inc.
  Regarding Tesla's energy ambitions, Elon Musk explained the following in part-two of Tesla's master plan: "The point of all this was, and remains, accelerating the advent of sustai
  
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• White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds the daily briefing on May 10, 2017

  10-05-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  
  On Wednesday, May 10, 2017, White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds the daily briefing with the White House press corp.
  
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• Badass dog chases a huge bear off its property

  10-05-2017 20:34 via yahoo.com
  
  A doggo with a death wish had a standoff with a bear that wandered into its yard on Tuesday in Bradbury, California.  The bear is apparently notorious in the neighborhood for terrorizing residents. On this particular stint, the bear took a dip in a pool, broke into a home and ate a family's avocados, and had a face-to-face confrontation with a dog. The incident with the dog, named Ba Bao, was captured on camera from a news helicopter. In the clip, the bear and dog have a brief standoff at t
  
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• Now I Get It: Who is James Comey, the ousted FBI director?

  10-05-2017 20:33 via yahoo.com
  
  In the wake of President Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey, Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga takes a look at his long career from prosecuting Martha Stewart and investigating Hillary Clinton's private email server to ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
  
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• Woman Forced To Urinate In Cup During Flight

  10-05-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  
  A Kansas City woman claims that she was forced to urinate in a cup aboard a United Airlines flight.
  
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• Gearbox Hires an Entire University Class to Work on Game

  10-05-2017 20:23
  Gearbox Software has hired an entire university class to develop an unannounced VR game, the studio revealed.
  A team of 16 student were picked from one of the best grad schools for game development, SMU Guildhall, and they'll begin work on the mysterious title after graduating in May. Gearbox has a long history with SMU Guildhall, as the studio has hired many of the university's alumni. Some of these developers have even come back to the school to participate in thesis reading committees.
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• Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind Early Access Outlined

  10-05-2017 20:22
  Elder Scrolls Online players who purchase the digital upgrade version of the upcoming Morrowind expansion are eligible to start playing on May 22.
  You can start exploring the entirety of the game, including 2 new houses available for purchase in Vvardenfell: the Ald Velothi Harbor House and Amaya Lake Lodge.
  According to the game's official site, early access is only available on the PC version due to the certification process required for the Elder Scrolls Online clients on consoles.
  Anyone who
  
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• After initial shock, Republicans line up behind president on Comey firing

  10-05-2017 20:15 via yahoo.com
  
  The news of James Comey’s ouster as director of the FBI was met with shock, confusion and condemnation from both sides of the political spectrum — although mostly from Democrats — Tuesday evening.By the next morning, however, Fox News had managed to find plenty of people willing to publicly defend the president’s decision to fire Comey.“I think it couldn’t happen soon enough,” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said on “Fox & Friends” Wedne
  
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• US risks a backlash for its growing role in Syrian conflict

  10-05-2017 20:06 via yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — With the Trump administration's decision to supply Syria's Kurdish fighters with heavier weapons, U.S. troops inside Syria are in the crossfire between Turkey, a powerful NATO ally, and the Kurdish fighters that Ankara deems as terrorists.
  
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• SpaceX Test Fires the Center Booster of the Falcon Heavy

  10-05-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  
  The heavy-lift launch vehicle is set to debut sometime this year with three Falcon 9 first stage boosters bolted together.
  
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• Mom Goes Viral for Facebook Photos Showing the Realities of Postpartum Depression

  10-05-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  
  "I work twice as hard to hide this reality from you because I'm afraid to make you uncomfortable," she wrote.
  
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• Icon A5 Amphibious Plane Crashes, Killing 2 Company Engineers

  10-05-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  
  The plane meant to be a vision of the flying future suffers a fatal accident.
  
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• Abby Lee Miller Has Broken Her Silence After Being Sentenced to a Year In Prison

  10-05-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  
  The "Dance Moms" star revealed what she wants to do while behind bars.
  
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• Donald Trump hires lawyers to help defend him over Russia allegations

  10-05-2017 19:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has hired a legal team to help defend him against allegations over his links with Russia, the White House has announced.The US leader has asked the unnamed Washington law firm to send a letter to a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee making clear he has no connections to the Kremlin, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said.The admission came after Senator Lindsey Graham, who ran against Mr Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, said he wanted to investigate whet
  
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• France's Hollande nears exit as party falls apart

  10-05-2017 19:40 via yahoo.com
  
  French President Francois Hollande chaired his final cabinet meeting Wednesday before handing over the reins to Emmanuel Macron, while the governing Socialist Party began to splinter.Macron will be inaugurated on Sunday and the centrist's victory over far-right leader Marine Le Pen is threatening to rapidly re-draw the French political map.The bruising contest left the traditional parties on the sidelines, and Hollande's ruling Socialist Party is in disarray after the two-round election.
  
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• James Comey asked to testify before Senate Intelligence Committee

  10-05-2017 19:37 via yahoo.com
  
  Democrats have asked ousted FBI Director James Comey to testify on Capitol Hill, a day after he was fired by Donald Trump.Reports said Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Richard Burr, a Republican, and Democrat ranking member Mark Warner, said they had asked Mr Comey to appear before the committee next Tuesday.It was not immediately clear whether Mr Comey would accept the invitation, or if the testimony would be public or closed.
  
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• Let's just take a minute to digest all the bizarre events of the past day

  10-05-2017 19:35 via yahoo.com
  
  Sometimes the world throws a thing at its inhabitants that requires everyone to blink a few times to reset their brains around their new collective reality. Approaching 6 p.m. on Tuesday, we got one of those moments. SEE ALSO: Stephen Colbert has a brilliant explanation of why Donald Trump fired James Comey President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey around that time, amid an FBI investigation into the Trump campaign's potential connections to the Russian government. It's a moment in w
  
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• London’s dark river and its secrets

  10-05-2017 19:24 via yahoo.com
  
  Images by photographer Stefan Wermuth from walks along the River Thames.
  
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• London's dark river and its secrets

  10-05-2017 19:24 via yahoo.com
  
  Over three months, photographer Stefan Wermuth walked along the banks of the Thames, photographing the river and the abandoned objects exposed by the receding tide.
  
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