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• Sexual harassment at Google was enabled by board, lawsuit says

  10-01-2019 23:53 via nbcnews.com
  The suit comes months after an explosive New York Times report detailed how Google shielded executives accused of sexual misconduct.
  
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• Tesla drops cheapest versions of the Model S and Model X

  10-01-2019 23:06 via rss.cnn.com
  Time is running out to buy the cheapest versions of the Tesla Model S and Model X luxury cars.
  
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• Flying cars could take off as soon as 2023

  10-01-2019 20:45 via nbcnews.com
  From a one-person flying car to a luxurious five seater, companies are racing to launch the first flying car.
  
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• Age, not politics, is biggest predictor of who shares fake news on Facebook, study finds

  10-01-2019 19:26 via nbcnews.com
  Researchers wrote that "it is possible an entire cohort of Americans ... lacks the level of digital media literacy necessary" to separate fact from fiction online.
  
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• Robots walk, talk, pour beer and take over CES tech show

  10-01-2019 19:10
  Robots that walk, talk, pour beer and play pingpong have taken over the CES gadget show in Las Vegas again
  
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• How T-Mobile, Sprint & AT&T Sell Your Smartphone Geo-Location Data

  10-01-2019 17:44 via technocracy.news
  Are you happy that every Tom, Dick and Harry in the world can pinpoint your location and track your whereabouts like the CIA? Mega-carriers apparently gain huge profits by selling your location data to private, and often shady, data mining companies, who in turn sell it to others. This makes mockery of every privacy agreement ever offered by these companies. ⁃ TN EditorT-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T are selling access to their customers’ location data, and that data is ending up in t
  
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• Venture capital spending hits all-time high in 2018, eclipsing dot-com bubble record

  10-01-2019 17:25 via nbcnews.com
  Venture capital firms spread roughly $131 billion across 8,949 deals throughout the year.
  
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• Facebook Employees Accuse It Of Being Cult-Like

  10-01-2019 17:24 via technocracy.news
  There are a number of factors, including culture, peer-pressure and job evaluation processes, all of which spin into an internal echo-chamber that produces the Technocrat group-think that so angers outsiders. ⁃ TN EditorAt a company-wide town hall in early October, numerous Facebook employees got in line to speak about their experiences with sexual harassment.
  The company called the special town hall after head of policy Joel Kaplan caused an internal uproar for appearing at the congressio
  
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• AI Will Take 40 Percent Of White, Blue Collar Jobs In 15 Years

  10-01-2019 17:07 via technocracy.news
  This prediction comes from a Chinese venture capitalist based in China who is intent on investing huge sums of capital to make it so. Technocrats have no restraint when it comes to disrupting society, and worse, they have no answers on how to lessen the blows. Lee is formerly head of Google’s China operations. ⁃ TN EditorIn as soon as 15 years, 40 percent of the world’s jobs could be done by machines, according to one of the world’s foremost experts on artificial intellig
  
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• Medieval skeleton found with rare, expensive blue ink embedded in teeth, could rewrite women's history - USA TODAY

  10-01-2019 17:00 via usatoday.com
  Medieval skeleton found with rare, expensive blue ink embedded in teeth, could rewrite women's history  USA TODAYBlue Pigments in Medieval Woman's Teeth Suggest She Was a Highly Skilled Artist  Smithsonian.comMysterious blue pigment in medieval woman's teeth gives scientists 'bombshell' clue  Fox NewsWhy a Medieval Woman Had Lapis Lazuli Hidden in Her Teeth  The AtlanticMedieval dental plaque suggests women played important role as scribes  New S
  
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• WATCH: 'Baby Shark' hits the Top 40

  10-01-2019 15:55
  Plus, Harley Davidson unveils its first electric motorcycle and a machine that folds your clothes.
  
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• WATCH: App may help your family's relationship with their phones

  10-01-2019 14:36
  Moment app monitors how many hours per day you use your screen as well as the times you mindlessly open your phone.
  
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• Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, to divorce

  10-01-2019 14:30 via nbcnews.com
  "After a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends," Bezos tweeted on Wednesday.
  
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• EU top court adviser: Google can limit right to be forgotten

  10-01-2019 11:47
  Google has been locked in legal dispute with French authorities on the issue.
  
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• Brexit: General election 'answer to deadlock' - BBC News

  10-01-2019 05:08 via bbc.com
  Brexit: General election 'answer to deadlock'  BBC NewsWhat’s Worse Than Brexit? This.  POLITICOMay suffers parliament defeat as Brexit debate resumes  ReutersThis was the great political power struggle of our times – and ministers lost  The GuardianBrexit: Second Commons defeat for Theresa May in 24 hours  BBC NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Oakland A's expect Kyler Murray to declare for 2019 NFL draft - ESPN

  10-01-2019 05:05 via espn.com
  Oakland A's expect Kyler Murray to declare for 2019 NFL draft  ESPNMatt Miller: Talk of Kyler Murray Entering 2019 NFL Draft 'Heating Up'  Bleacher Report NFLReport: The Oakland A's Are Preparing For Kyler Murray To Enter The NFL Draft  DeadspinKyler Murray would be a first round NFL Draft pick - Dan Graziano | SportsCenter  ESPNReport: A's Expect Kyler Murray to Enter 2019 NFL Draft  Bleacher ReportView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Full Game Recap: Bucks vs Rockets | Giannis and Harden Record Monster Double-Doubles - NBA

  10-01-2019 05:03 via youtube.com
  
  
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• In Adam Gase, Jets Pick a Coach They Could Rarely Beat - The New York Times

  10-01-2019 04:32 via nytimes.com
  In Adam Gase, Jets Pick a Coach They Could Rarely Beat  The New York TimesAdam Gase expected to be hired as New York Jets head coach  ESPNJets To Hire Adam Gase As Next HC?  CBS New YorkGlauber: Gase has talent to be big hit for Jets  NewsdayJets hiring ex-Dolphins coach Adam Gase as HC  NFL.comView full coverage on Google News
  
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• 'Green Book' director apologizes for penis prank just as Oscar voting begins - USA TODAY

  10-01-2019 04:18 via usatoday.com
  'Green Book' director apologizes for penis prank just as Oscar voting begins  USA TODAY‘Green Book’ Writer Nick Vallelonga Supported Trump’s Claim That New Jersey Muslims Cheered 9/11  IndieWireA "Green Book" Producer Tweeted In 2015 That He Saw Muslims "Cheering" On 9/11  BuzzFeed News‘Green Book’ Writer Deletes Twitter Account After Anti-Muslim Tweet Stirs More Controversy  Variety'Green Book' writer's reply to Trump 9/11 tw
  
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• The Masked Singer Unmasks Its Second Celebrity Singer - E! NEWS

  10-01-2019 04:14 via eonline.com
  The Masked Singer Unmasks Its Second Celebrity Singer  E! NEWSAll aboard the Pineapple Express: 'The Masked Singer' is a ride straight to Crazytown  Yahoo EntertainmentThe Masked Singer: Tommy Chong Revealed as Pineapple Contestant  PEOPLE.comThe Masked Singer: and the Pineapple is…  KSTU FOX 13 Salt Lake City'The Masked Singer' Recap: Episode 2  Hollywood ReporterView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Amid confusion Trump admin signals Syria pullout won't be rapid - CNN

  10-01-2019 03:38 via cnn.com
  Amid confusion Trump admin signals Syria pullout won't be rapid  CNNAmerican teen caught fighting with ISIS in Syria: Kurds  New York Post American teen ISIS suspect arrested in Syria, U.S.-allied Kurds say  CBS NewsCommentary: U.S. should review its approach to Syria's Assad  ReutersKurds capture 8 jihadis including US teenager  ABC NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• NASA telescope spots black hole shrinking after devouring a star - CNET

  10-01-2019 03:37 via cnet.com
  NASA telescope spots black hole shrinking after devouring a star  CNETInternational Space Station Telescope Makes Amazing Observation of Black Hole Eating Stuff  GizmodoX-ray pulse detected near event horizon as black hole devours star  Phys.orgNow we know how fast a black hole spins when it shreds a star  MashableBlack hole spotted by Nasa provides new insight into evolution of mysterious space bodies  The IndependentView full coverage on Google
  
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• John Lasseter’s Skydance Hire Sends Hollywood Executives, Animation Insiders Reeling - Variety

  10-01-2019 03:28 via variety.com
  John Lasseter’s Skydance Hire Sends Hollywood Executives, Animation Insiders Reeling  VarietyIs Skydance Endangering Its Female Employees? Here Is A List Of Accusations Against John Lasseter  Cartoon BrewJohn Lasseter Hired To Run Skydance Animation; David Ellison Explains Move  DeadlineFormer Pixar chief — forced out after sex-harassment complaints — will lead new animation studio  The Mercury NewsSkydance CEO Addresses John Lasseter Hir
  
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• Astronomers Discover the Brightest Quasar to Date in the Early Universe

  10-01-2019 03:21 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers have discovered the brightest quasar yet known, detected from the period when the universe’s star-making hydrogen gas became ionized, known as “reionization.” The international...
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• CHIME Detects Repeating Fast Radio Burst From Another Galaxy

  10-01-2019 03:18 via scitechdaily.com
  Assistant professor of physics Laura Newburgh is part of a Canadian-led experiment that has detected the second-known example of a repeating fast radio burst (FRB)...
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• ESO Image of the Week – A Portrait of a Beauty

  10-01-2019 03:08 via scitechdaily.com
  Nuzzled in the chest of the constellation Virgo (the Virgin) lies a beautiful cosmic gem — the galaxy Messier 61. This glittering spiral galaxy is aligned face-on...
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• Jeff Bezos' Alleged Affair Revealed Hours After Announcing Divorce - E! NEWS

  10-01-2019 02:58 via eonline.com
  Jeff Bezos' Alleged Affair Revealed Hours After Announcing Divorce  E! NEWSWorld's richest couple announces decision to divorce  ABC NewsJeff and MacKenzie Bezos are getting divorced after 25 years of marriage  CNNAmazon founder Jeff Bezos and wife divorcing after 25 years  Seattle PIBezos divorce begs the question: Is there a right way to divorce? Here are four things you must do  Fox NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• GOP senators promise AG nominee Barr won’t touch Mueller’s probe - The Washington Post

  10-01-2019 02:42 via washingtonpost.com
  GOP senators promise AG nominee Barr won’t touch Mueller’s probe  The Washington PostRod Rosenstein, who oversaw Mueller probe, leaving Justice Department  NBC NewsRod Rosenstein To Leave DOJ Once New Attorney General Confirmed: Reports  HuffPostRod Rosenstein protected the Justice Department’s integrity. William Barr must do the same.  The Washington PostGregg Jarrett: Why Rosenstein’s departure will help restore the rule of law at
  
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• China's slowing inflation leaves 'plenty of room' for central bank to cut rates, analyst says - CNBC

  10-01-2019 02:34 via cnbc.com
  China's slowing inflation leaves 'plenty of room' for central bank to cut rates, analyst says  CNBCChina's producer inflation rose less than expected for the month of December to hit the lowest growth rate in two years, official data showed on Thursday.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Astronomers spot more mysterious radio signals from far outside the galaxy - TechCrunch

  10-01-2019 02:02 via techcrunch.com
  Astronomers spot more mysterious radio signals from far outside the galaxy  TechCrunchMysterious radio signals from deep space detected  BBC NewsAstronomers detect mysterious bursts of radio signals from distant galaxy  CBS News‘There could be more:’ 2nd mysterious repeating fast radio burst detected in space  WITI FOX 6 MilwaukeeScientists Find 13 Mysterious Deep-Space Flashes, Including 2nd Known 'Repeater'  Space.comView full cover
  
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• Analysts see 'several signs of modest progress' in latest US-China trade talks - CNBC

  10-01-2019 01:46 via cnbc.com
  Analysts see 'several signs of modest progress' in latest US-China trade talks  CNBCU.S. Pushes China on Promises After 'In-Depth' Trade Meetings  BloombergU.S.-China Trade Talks Wrap Up After Extending To 3rd Day  NPRA U.S.-China Trade Deal Is Only Half the Fight  BloombergChina’s slowdown is the biggest threat to world economy  The Washington PostView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Tech support in space: Broken Hubble telescope camera may get a reboot - CNN

  10-01-2019 01:45 via cnn.com
  Tech support in space: Broken Hubble telescope camera may get a reboot  CNNHubble Space Telescope's Camera Eye Suffers Malfunction  Space.comHubble Space Telescope's premier camera shuts down  Phys.orgHubble and the government are broken at the same time, and that's a problem  Popular ScienceAstronomers get glimpse at the very beginning of time  The IndependentView full coverage on Google News
  
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• 'No Collusion' vs. 'Not Me' and why Trump should consider a new talking point - Washington Examiner

  10-01-2019 01:42 via washingtonexaminer.com
  'No Collusion' vs. 'Not Me' and why Trump should consider a new talking point  Washington ExaminerTrump's team had over 100 contacts with Russian-linked officials, report shows  USA TODAYManafort shared polling data with ex-Russian agent: Feds  ABC NewsWhy the latest Paul Manafort news is a very big deal  CNNThat sophisticated, specific Russian 2016 voter targeting effort doesn’t seem to exist  The Washington PostView full coverage on Googl
  
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• Ford unveils the new 2020 Explorer, the popular SUV's first redesign in 8 years - CNBC

  10-01-2019 01:30 via cnbc.com
  Ford unveils the new 2020 Explorer, the popular SUV's first redesign in 8 years  CNBC2020 Ford Explorer Gets Giant Touchscreen, ST Version, Is Gloriously Rear-Wheel Drive  JalopnikFord redesigns 'world's most popular SUV'  CNNWATCH: Ford reveals 6th-generation Explorer  WDIV ClickOnDetroitThe 2020 Ford Explorer Undergoes Its Biggest Changes in a Decade  Car and DriverView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Rollable TVs and butler robots: Gadgets that caught our eye at CES 2019

  10-01-2019 01:26 via rss.cnn.com
  A visit to CES, the annual consumer electronics show, is like wandering through 2.7 million square feet of a SkyMall catalog.
  
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• Rollable TVs and butler robots: Gadgets that caught our eye at CES 2019 - CNN

  10-01-2019 01:23 via cnn.com
  Rollable TVs and butler robots: Gadgets that caught our eye at CES 2019  CNNCES 2019 opens to a flying car, a boxing robot and a Google Assistant ride  CNETGoogle Assistant has a Disney-esque musical ride at CES — see for yourself in VR  Android PoliceVergecast roundup of new Google Assistant features  The VergeCES Trend: Your Next Smart Speaker May Be a TV  VarietyView full coverage on Google News
  
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• FDA warns of chocolate, caramel candies possibly contaminated with hepatitis A - WATE 6 On Your Side

  10-01-2019 00:30 via wate.com
  FDA warns of chocolate, caramel candies possibly contaminated with hepatitis A  WATE 6 On Your SideThe FDA is alerting consumers of a possible hepatitis A contamination of popular candies made in Kentucky.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Iran Says It Is Holding A U.S. Navy Vet - NPR

  10-01-2019 00:22 via npr.org
  Iran Says It Is Holding A U.S. Navy Vet  NPRIran says it is holding US Navy veteran  New York Post Michael R White: Iran confirms arrest of ex-US sailor  BBC NewsIran confirms arrest of U.S. Navy veteran  The Washington PostNavy veteran from San Diego has been imprisoned in Iran, authorities there confirm  Los Angeles TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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