LEISURE
Loyalty360 Reads: August 6, 2019
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loyalty360.org - Programs Costco Goes Digital Costco memberships are no longer bound to a plastic card. “Instead of flashing a plastic membership card when entering the wholesale club and at checkout, members can now…
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Nature and landscape photography
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'Students For Trump' Founder Pleads Guilty To Pretending To Be A Lawyer
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talkingpointsmemo.com - The 23-year-old male who founded the group “Students for Trump” pleaded guilty in a Manhattan federal court on Tuesday to wire fraud conspiracy for running a $46,000 scam in which he pretended to be …
WORLD
War of words between Trump and local politicians ahead of his El Paso visit
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www.cbsnews.com - The congresswoman representing El Paso and her predecessor exchanged heated words with President Trump on the eve of his scheduled visit to the Texas border city. The president is slated to travel We…
POLITICS
Trump Plays the Role of Victim as He Visits Victims of Dayton, El Paso Mass Shootings
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www.thedailybeast.com - Shortly after he woke up at the White House on Wednesday, President Trump began preparing to travel to two different but similarly broken American cities. He was going there to comfort and visit the …
WORLD
America's First Black Billionaire Gives Trump an 'A+,' Says Dems Are Moving 'Too Far Left'
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pjmedia.com - Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and America's first black billionaire, praised President Donald Trump for the roaring economy and criticized Democrats for moving "too …
BUSINESS
"Worst Year Ever": China's Ban On US Ag Products Will Be A Death Blow For Countless Farms
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www.zerohedge.com - Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, U.S. farmers have never experienced a year quite like this. During the first half of 2019, endless rain and unprecedented flooding were the …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Cyntoia Brown, behind bars since 16, walks free: What we know about her case
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www.nbcnews.com - Cyntoia Brown, whose life sentence for killing a man when she was 16 inspired a documentary and celebrity support, walked free from prison in Tennessee on Wednesday after 15 years behind bars. "Early…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Movie Showing Elites Hunting Down Trump Supporters Slated to Hit Theaters in September
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www.theepochtimes.com - A movie showing liberals stalking supporters of President Donald Trump is slated to be released in September but has lost an advertisement on ESPN in the wake of two mass shootings on Aug. 3 and Aug.…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
‘Gladys Ormphby’ settled down in Texas
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www.thespectrum.com - Ruth Buzzi as Gladys Ormphby---1969 NBC publicity photo Drab, handbag-wielding TV character Gladys Ormphby never met a celebrity she didn’t feel compelled to smack senseless at the slightest provocat…
BUSINESS
Just 318 Crypto Addresses Control 80% of Tether
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www.bloomberg.com - The cryptocurrency world is even more concentrated than most observers probably realize. While large holders of Bitcoin that are commonly referred to as whales own almost a fifth of the largest crypt…
BUSINESS
Ray Dalio Tells Investors 'Bet On China' As The Next Global Empire
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www.zerohedge.com - Over the last 40 years, China’s rapid economic expansion has altered the world’s geopolitical and economic landscape. Bridgewater’s Founder, Co-CIO and co-Chairman Ray Dalio joins Bridgewater's Senio…
WORLD
The Mystery Man in the Senate Russia Report
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foreignpolicy.com - When the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee released the first volume of its report on Kremlin interference into the 2016 presidential election, it included a Russian name never before publicly menti…
POLITICS
Donald Trump’s Twitter handler in hot water over "Rock Star" debacle
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www.palmerreport.com - Based on the similar timing, and similarity in wording and rhetoric, it’s never been difficult to figure out that Donald Trump’s social media director Dan Scavino frequently tweets and retweets thing…
BUSINESS
Negative U.S. bond yields may become reality: PIMCO - Reuters
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www.reuters.com - (Reuters) - Investors may have to grapple with the possibility of the once-unthinkable becoming reality - negative U.S. Treasury bond yields, according to money manager Pacific Investment Management …
BUSINESS
Kount Introduces First AI-Driven Fraud Prevention Solution that Emulates a Fraud Analyst
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loyalty360.org - We are in a world with rapidly involving tech, where payments are increasingly electronic and fraud attempts are all but inevitable. Fortunately, numerous anti-fraud solutions have appeared in recent…
ADULT
Who Said It? Donald Trump Or Neo-Nazi Derek From American History X?
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www.wonkette.com - If you've never seen American History X, the story of a reformed neo-Nazi named Derek Vinyard who tries desperately to save his younger brother from the wages of the hateful life that sent him to pri…
BUSINESS
Top 10 Reasons Seniors Are Benefiting From The Trump Economy
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issuesinsights.com - The U. S. economy made history at the end of July by sustaining the longest expansion period on record. While the benefits of this prosperity have impacted all different groups and demographics, the …
BUSINESS
Walmart employees call for walkout over gun sales
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www.nbcnews.com - In the wake of the weekend’s deadly shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, a pair of Walmart employees are joining a number of gun control advocates, questioning the retail chain’s sale of gu…
TECHNOLOGY
How Marketers Are Using AI And Machine Learning To Grow Audiences
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www.forbes.com - When technologists first developed the concept of artificial intelligence decades ago, they wanted to create a technology that could mimic human intelligence. But what artificial intelligence (AI) ha…
POLITICS
No Agenda Newsletter
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followme4.blogspot.com - The No Agenda Promise If you want real analysis based on research and digging deeper into a story, No Agenda is your show. To keep it alive please support No Agenda any way you can. There are excelle…
LEISURE
5 of The Best Outdoor Cinemas in London You Must Visit This Summer
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www.ldnfashion.com - Everybody loves a good trip to the cinema don’t they? There’s something so easy and relaxing about getting together with a group of friends and grabbing a bite to eat before heading down to your loca…
TECHNOLOGY
Galaxy Note 10 hands-on: Slimmer, lighter, and yet more powerful
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androidcommunity.com - The second half of each year for Samsung always means a new chance. While H1 is focused on the new Galaxy S flagship series, H2, around August or September, is focused on the next-gen Galaxy Note pho…
LEISURE
Wanda Vazquez jura como gobernadora de Puerto Rico tras fallo de Corte Suprema de la isla
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www.telemundo.com - El Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico rechazó una enmienda a la constitución de la isla y que habÃa sido aprobada en el 2005 que sirvió como fundamento para que el licenciado Pedro Pierluisi ocupara el …
EDUCATION
Niño lanza un increÃble reto para honrar a las victimas de El Paso
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www.telemundo.com - Un niño de once años inicia el reto llamado "El Paso Challenge" para honrar la memoria de las vÃctimas del espantoso tiroteo en una tienda Walmart Denuncian alarmantes casos de abuso sexual dentro de…
BUSINESS
Trump’s Economy Is Decelerating
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www.forbes.com - U.S. President Donald Trump. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Getty Images The U.S. Bureau of Labor announced that the economy added 164,000 jobs in July, which matched expectations of 165,000. Howe…
ENVIRONMENT
A Quarter of Humanity Faces Looming Water Crises
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www.nytimes.com - BANGALORE, India — Countries that are home to one-fourth of Earth’s population face an increasingly urgent risk: The prospect of running out of water. From India to Iran to Botswana, 17 countries aro…
TECHNOLOGY
CircleCI brings its continuous integration to Microsoft programmers for first time – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - CircleCI has been supporting continuous integration for Linux and Mac programmers for some time, but up until today, Microsoft developers have been left on the outside looking in. Today, the company …
TECHNOLOGY
Earbuds lets audiences stream the playlists of athletes, entertainers and each other – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Earbuds, a new startup from Austin founded by former Detroit Lions lineman Jason Fox, wants to bring the power of social media to your eardrums. The company is one of a growing number of startups try…
TECHNOLOGY
Government and nonprofit discounts available for Disrupt SF 2019 – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Disrupt San Francisco 2019 takes place on October 2-4. More than 10,000 people — tech founders, investors, hackers, leaders, makers and shakers — will gather for three days focused on early-stage sta…
TECHNOLOGY
Learn how enterprise startups win big deals at TechCrunch’s Enterprise show on Sept. 5 – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Big companies today may want to look and feel like startups, but when it comes to the way they approach buying new enterprise solutions, especially from new entrants. But from the standpoint of a tru…
TECHNOLOGY
Postmates lands first-ever permit to test sidewalk delivery robots in San Francisco – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - On-demand delivery business Postmates says it’s been granted the first-ever permit for sidewalk robotics operations in the city of San Francisco. According to San Francisco Public Works, the permits …
TECHNOLOGY
Warren makes $85B federally-funded broadband promise – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - As part of her bid for the presidency, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has made some bold proposals to improve access to broadband in underserved areas, and has made it clear that restoring net neutr…
EDUCATION
Can a radical new event disrupt how VCs raise funds, unlocking cash for Europe? – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - For many years there’s been an accepted way to raise capital as a venture capital fund. Essentially, GPs (General Partners who set up and run venture capital firms) go ‘cap in hand’ to LPs (Limited P…
TECHNOLOGY
The headphone jack dies not with a bang, but a Note – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Next month marks three years since Apple unceremoniously murdered the headphone jack. Courage. The company was roundly mocked for the its own hype, and the interviewing product cycles have been marke…
TECHNOLOGY
Samsung’s Galaxy Note gets even larger (and smaller) – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - The first Note was a spectacle. It wasn’t just the reintroduction of the stylus. In 2011, the idea of a 5.3 inch phone was laughable. Around the same time, Steve Jobs famously mocked a push toward 4-…
TECHNOLOGY
U.S. regulators take aim at Tesla over Model 3 safety claims – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Tesla’s claims about the safety of its Model 3 electric vehicle prompted U.S. regulators to send a cease-and-desist letter and escalate the matter by asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigat…
TECHNOLOGY
FEMA to test its emergency alert system today – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Testing, testing. Is this emergency warning system on? We’re about to find out. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, will later today buzz every television and radio in the U.S. with a t…
BUSINESS
FedEx ends ground-delivery contract with Amazon – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - FedEx is ending a partnership with Amazon to supply the e-commerce company with ground delivery shipping after its current contract ends this month, the company confirmed to Bloomberg. This is the se…
TECHNOLOGY
Your security team is probably an infuriating obstacle – but it doesn’t have to be this way – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Security is empty, meaningless theater — or, at least, that’s the lesson taught to most employees of most large companies. Security is your password expiring every few months, your inability to acces…
TECHNOLOGY
Zendesk puts Smooch acquisition to work with WhatsApp integration – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Zendesk has always been all about customer service. Last spring it purchased Smooch to move more deeply into messaging app integration. Today, the company announced it was integrating WhatsApp, the p…
BUSINESS
Africa’s top mobile phone seller Transsion to list in Chinese IPO – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Chinese mobile-phone and device maker Transsion will list in an IPO on Shanghai’s STAR Market, Transsion confirmed to TechCrunch. The company—which has a robust Africa sales network—could raise up to…
TECHNOLOGY
Instagram ad partner secretly sucked up and tracked millions of users’ locations and stories – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Hyp3r, an apparently trusted marketing partner of Facebook and Instagram, has been secretly collecting and storing location and other data on millions of users, against the policies of the social net…
SCIENCE
Toyota partners with AI startup Preferred Networks on building helper robots for humans – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Toyota is enlisting the help of startup Preferred Networks, a Japanese company founded in 2014 with a focus on artificial intelligence and deep learning, to help move forward its goal of developing u…
SCIENCE
July 2019 was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth
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bigthink.com - July 2019 was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, with temperatures narrowly exceeding the previous record of July 2016, according to meteorologists with the European Union's Copernicus Climate…
POLITICS
The gun used in the deadly Dayton shooting was advertised by its maker as 'an orchestra of metal and hellfire'
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www.businessinsider.com - The weapon used to fatally gun down nine people in Dayton, Ohio, was marketed by its manufacturer as "an orchestra of metal and hellfire" in a dramatically rendered ad just weeks before the shooting.…
POLITICS
Republicans Fear ‘Extinction in the Suburbs’ Over Gun Control
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www.bloomberg.com - After two gruesome mass shootings in a 24-hour span, some Republicans are raising alarms that their opposition to new firearm limits is making the party toxic to the suburban women and college gradua…
POLITICS
Latest poll shows a boost for one 2020 presidential hopeful
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www.huffpost.com - Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren racked up a second well-received Democratic presidential debate performance last week, a set of new HuffPost/YouGov surveys finds. Half of Democratic and Democrati…
WORLD
How Trump eased access to guns
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www.politico.com - President Donald Trump speaks at the White House Monday about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo The president said he has taken tough action on guns. His ad…
LEISURE
Ask Polly: My In-Laws Are Careless About My Deadly Food Allergy!
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www.thecut.com - The Cut’s advice columnist Heather Havrilesky answers readers’ questions about how to be in the world. Got a question for Polly? Email askpolly@nymag.com. I have a very severe allergy to mushrooms. I…
TECHNOLOGY
The Galaxy Note 10 launches with the biggest display of the year
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arstechnica.com - NEW YORK—Samsung has officially taken the wraps off of the Galaxy Note 10. As usual, this is a device that is close in design and specs to the Galaxy S device released early this year, but with some …
LEISURE
I tried to pay with bitcoin at a Mexico City bar—it didn’t go well
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arstechnica.com - I traveled to Mexico City last week to have a relaxing vacation with my wife—not to find stories for Ars Technica. But our Airbnb apartment happened to be around the corner from a bar called Bitcoin …
TECHNOLOGY
What all the stuff in email headers means—and how to sniff out spoofing
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arstechnica.com - I pretty frequently get requests for help from someone who has been impersonated—or whose child has been impersonated—via email. Even when you know how to "view headers" or "view source" in your emai…
TECHNOLOGY
Disney’s new streaming bundle priced to compete with “standard” Netflix plan
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arstechnica.com - The Walt Disney Company's latest quarterly earnings call included an announcement to investors that appears to take dead aim at Netflix: an all-Disney, three-service streaming bundle for $12.99/month…
BUSINESS
ISP Frontier is failing so badly it won’t take questions from investors
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arstechnica.com - Frontier Communications yesterday reported lower revenue and a $5.45 billion goodwill impairment charge, and it warned investors that its revenue will continue to decline in future quarters. Frontier…
TECHNOLOGY
Feds told Tesla to stop making “misleading statements” on Model 3 safety
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arstechnica.com - Charley Gallay/Getty Images for E3/Entertainment Software Association Last October, after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released crash test data for the Model 3, Tesla declared t…
TECHNOLOGY
Samsung’s new Galaxy Book S laptop is built around Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx
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arstechnica.com - The back has that distinctive Samsung print on the side. Samsung unveiled a new laptop today. Driven by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8cx ARM processor, the Galaxy Book S is a Windows 10 laptop that promises…
SCIENCE
We’ve finally gotten a look at the microbe that might have been our ancestor
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arstechnica.com - The cells of all animals, plants, and fungi have an impressive complexity, with a variety of compartments specialized in various tasks, like generating energy, digesting proteins, or holding DNA. If …
BUSINESS
Apple isn’t the most cash-rich company in the world anymore, but it doesn’t matter
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arstechnica.com - Google co-founder Larry Page is now CEO of Alphabet. You've probably heard it before: Apple has more money in the bank than any other corporation on Earth, thanks to huge profit margins on its produc…
SCIENCE
Here’s why Rocket Lab changed its mind on reusable launch
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arstechnica.com - On Tuesday, the US-based company Rocket Lab announced that it had begun to explore the possibility of reusing its smallsat launch vehicle, Electron. This represented a change of heart for the company…
TECHNOLOGY
Severe local 0-Day escalation exploit found in Steam Client Services
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arstechnica.com - Earlier today, disgruntled security researcher Vasily Kravets released a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows version of the ubiquitous gaming service Steam. The vulnerability allows any user to run…
SCIENCE
Is that rare whisky bottle the real deal? This artificial tongue can make the call
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arstechnica.com - Scientists at the University of Glasgow in Scotland have developed an artificial tongue capable of distinguishing between different brands of whisky, a potentially useful tool to combat counterfeit w…
WORLD
Abuela evitó otra masacre: denunció a su nieto porque planeaba disparar en un hotel y suicidarse
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eldiariony.com - El jueves 1 de agosto, apenas 48 horas antes de la masacre de El Paso, un joven de 19 años fue arrestado por las fuerzas especiales de la Oficina de Alcohol, Tabaco, Armas y Explosivos (ATF) y el Bur…
EDUCATION
Familia hispana es acosada por un hombre en un juego de beisbol en Texas
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www.telemundo.com - Una foto muestra como una familia latina fue acusada de ilegales mientras disfrutaban de en un juego de los Rangers Texas Pulpo ataca a un mujer en el rostro luego de una foto creativa Denuncian alar…
BUSINESS
Why Is the US Not Yet a Leader in Crypto Regulation? — Experts Answer
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cointelegraph.com - Regulatory frameworks for Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies have developed differently around the globe, ranging from outright bans to so-called “crypto-friendly” legislation. Despite being an…
BUSINESS
Keiser: Bitcoin Could Cross $15,000 This Week, No Trust in Centralization
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cointelegraph.com - Max Keiser, a former Wall Street trader and host of the RT program Keiser Report, said that he believes Bitcoin (BTC) will break $15,000 this week. In tweet published Aug. 3, Keiser said that he is “…
BUSINESS
Mastercard Hints at Future Crypto Wallet Product With New Job Listings
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cointelegraph.com - Mastercard appears to be angling to enter the crypto wallet space with new job ads for blockchain and cryptocurrency-related product development. According to updated job listings from the payments g…
TECHNOLOGY
The Best Plugins to Copy Clone Duplicate a WordPress Site 2019
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winningwp.com - Cloning a WordPress website involves not only backing it up, but also restoring it at the new location. Website owners frequently duplicate a website in this way when they have changed web host and n…
TECHNOLOGY
9 Best Email Testing Tools to Preview Your Newsletters - Onextrapixel
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onextrapixel.com - An email campaign is a time-proven way to engage your audience, remind them about your brand, keep them updated, sell your products and services, and establish close relationships with your users. It…
TECHNOLOGY
5 Steps to Creating a UX-Design Portfolio
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www.nngroup.com - The word “designer” can mean many different things and a designer role comes with many possible skills and responsibilities. UX-design portfolios showcase who their owners are: the areas in which the…
SCIENCE
The Ultimate Strategy to Preparing for a Coding Interview
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medium.com - Coding interviews are getting harder every day. A few years back, brushing up on key data structures and going through 50–75 practice questions was more than enough prep for an interview. Today, ever…
SCIENCE
Amazon delivery robots are officially on the streets of California | ZDNet
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www.zdnet.com - Amazon has officially rolled out its last-mile delivery robots in a Southern California testbed. Called Scout, the delivery robot is designed to autonomously ferry parcels from urban distribution poi…
BUSINESS
Two professors sent 80,000 fake emails to VCs to study gender and racial bias
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www.fastcompany.com - During his six years teaching a course on financing for startups, Ilya A. Strebulaev heard a common concern from students: Silicon Valley investors discriminate against women and people of color. adv…
TECHNOLOGY
Protect Your Credit Card When Making Purchases With These Instant Burner Cards
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www.inverse.com - Like most millennials, I love a good online shopping spree. There seem to be no downsides; stay in bed, browse stress-free online, add to cart, get free shipping, and hooray! Right to your door in un…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Toni Morrison Deconstructs White Supremacy in America
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www.openculture.com - Toni Morrison wrote against forgetting, against the institutionalization of denial necessary for maintaining racial hierarchies in the United States. But that denial is not sufficient, she also showe…
TECHNOLOGY
Amazon's secret deals with local cops give them access to realtime 911 data for use in scary alerts sent to Ring owners
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boingboing.net - Mining the results of public records requests relating to Amazon's secret deals with local law enforcement to promote its Ring surveillance doorbells (more than 200 agencies!) continue to bear fruit.…
SCIENCE
"The Novacene Hypothesis" --Coming Eon of Human Hyperintelligence | The Daily Galaxy
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dailygalaxy.com - “We must abandon the politically and psychologically loaded idea that the Anthropocene is a great crime against nature,” says James Lovelock, creator of Gaia theory –Earth-as-superorganism– who argue…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
How 'Hobbs & Shaw' Super Suited Idris Elba to Become "Black Superman"
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www.inverse.com - After almost twenty years and nine movies, the Fast & Furious is going superhero. Kind of. In Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, a bio-enhanced “super” villain, Brixton (played by Idris Elba) is …
SCIENCE
Project A119: The Secret Plan to Nuke The Moon
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www.amusingplanet.com - Long before the United States President John F. Kennedy delivered the inspiring "We choose to go to the Moon" speech in front of a large crowd that had gathered at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, the…
LEISURE
Battles of the Caribbean: Fort Rodney, St Lucia – Built by the British to Spy on the French
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www.ancient-origins.net - Today, we think of the Caribbean as a tropical paradise, however, the area was once of strategic importance for the European Empires and a key battleground from the 17 th to the 19 th century. There …
SCIENCE
Space Photos of the Week: A Trip for Thee to Galaxies Three
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www.wired.com - Our cosmic adventure this week takes us bounding through the universe to visit three very different galaxies. And why shouldn’t each be singular and weird? If you’ve ever seen the Hubble Space Telesc…
SPORTS
Your Career Q&A: How to Explain Why You Left a Job
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www.shrm.org - Best-selling author Martin Yate, a career coach and former HR professional, takes your questions each week about how to further your career in HR. Contact him at the e-mail address at the end of this…
ADULT
8 Of Your Bad Habits That Are Actually Good For Your Health And Productivity
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www.fastcompany.com - You’re antsy in meetings, browsing Facebook throughout the day, and are partially responsible for that hilarious cat video’s viral status. advertisement advertisement You need to kick these bad habit…
TECHNOLOGY
OnePlus 5G phone to be released in the US by a major carrier
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androidcommunity.com - We’re not starting with OnePlus 8 rumors yet. It’s too early for that and we’re still anticipating the Chinese OEM will launch a OnePlus 7T phone later this year. OnePlus is believed to be launching …
TECHNOLOGY
LG working on a new smartphone with camera hole
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androidcommunity.com - LG is definitely launching new phones. That’s something we want to confirm because H1 numbers weren’t that good. New products will be announced at the upcoming IFA 2019 and we’re expecting maybe a ga…
TECHNOLOGY
Amazon Music Unlimited now just at $0.99 for Prime Student members
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androidcommunity.com - Anyone who has gone to school and is a music lover understands the importance of having music playing in the background while you study or work on a project. While you could always listen to the free…
TECHNOLOGY
Redmi working on a 64MP phone, Xiaomi 108MP out in the future
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androidcommunity.com - Xiaomi is always working on something. There seems to be no lull for the company that has been prolific not only in the mobile industry but also in consumer electronics. After launching its own healt…
TECHNOLOGY
Disney+, Hulu, ESPN bundle to cost $12.99/month in the US
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androidcommunity.com - We all know the Disney juggernaut will be rolling out its own streaming service this year in an attempt to bring Netflix and Amazon Prime to its knees (sort of). The only thing that we weren’t sure a…
TECHNOLOGY
Asus ZenFone 6 needs motherboard changed after firmware update
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androidcommunity.com - What’s going on with the ASUS Zenfone 6? The phone is only up for pre-order in the US but it’s been around in other key markets since last quarter. Unfortunately, the device needs a motherboard repla…
TECHNOLOGY
Clarus Commerce CEO Discusses Premium Loyalty Research Data
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loyalty360.org - Understanding what consumers will and won’t do is pretty important for brands trying to increase loyalty. They’ve got to know if the strategies they’re considering will have a good chance of success.…
TECHNOLOGY
Loyalty and CX Leaders Provide Insight on the Starbucks and Brightloom Partnership
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loyalty360.org - Co-opetition is nothing new to customer loyalty; the current zeitgeist calls for such. The intrinsic benefit that can be derived from the combined entities outweighs distinct company attributes, but …
POLITICS
NY Times Finds That All of Its Trump-Bashing Isn't Working as Planned
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pjmedia.com - Faithful readers of The New York Times were probably surprised on Wednesday when reading its political column "The Upshot" as it examined both President Trump's favorability and job approval ratings.…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
The Morning Briefing: Ana Navarro Puts Down Her Sandwich and Tweets Stuff
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pjmedia.com - Ok, we really don’t need both, since they’re the same thing but, hey, a little extra never hurts when one is on the job for the first day. It is imperative that I begin by thanking Liz Sheld for not …
LEISURE
Best London Shops for Men’s Trainers
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www.ldnfashion.com - Ask any man what his most favoured possession and it’s likely the answer you’ll receive is his trainer collection. From Adidas to Converse, we men adore our trainers, especially when they’re rare or …
TECHNOLOGY
Some Surface Users Facing WiFi Connection Issues Following Firmware Update - Thurrott.com
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Revealed: The Secret Scripts Amazon Gives to Cops to Promote Ring Surveillance Cameras
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www.vice.com - Ring, Amazon’s home surveillance company, has partnered with at least 225 law enforcement agencies around the country. As reported by Gizmodo, a crucial aspect of these partnerships is a PR arrangeme…
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When will the Supreme Court wine shipping ruling take effect? - Decanter
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www.decanter.com - The Court’s June decision struck down the in-state residency requirements for retailers, allowing the mega-chain Total Wine & More and other small retailers to open stores in the state of Tennessee, …
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Walking on Eggshells – Creating Fragile Athletes - ELITETRACK
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2019 Data Shows 51% of Mass Shooters Were Black, Only 29% Were White
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www.infowars.com - Data from Mass Shooting Tracker, a source widely used by the media, reveals that 51% of mass shooters in 2019 were black, 29% were white, and 11% were Latino, contradicting the media narrative that w…
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Bernie Sanders Campaign: Don’t Blame Us for Dayton; Blame Trump for El Paso
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www.infowars.com - The presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has responded to reports that the gunman who committed a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, supported Sanders by denying any responsibility — but s…
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Pentagon IG: ISIS is coming back in Iraq, Syria after US withdrawal
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Tucker Carlson: White Supremacy Paranoia is a “Hoax” Meant to Divide the Country
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Watch Panic in Times Square as People Confuse Motorcycle Sounds With Shooting
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www.infowars.com - Two mass shootings happened in the US states of Texas and Ohio over the weekend, leaving 31 people dead and dozens more injured. Hundreds of people could be seen running in panic for their lives in N…
WORLD
Dayton Mass Shooter Attended Antifa Rally Armed With Gun Similar to One Used in Massacre
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www.infowars.com - The Ohio mass shooter attended an Antifa rally in May armed with a gun similar to the one used during the subsequent massacre in Dayton. Betts, who killed nine people outside a nightclub on Saturday,…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Trump to 'Phony Name' Beto: 'Be Quiet' About El Paso
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www.newsmax.com - Arguments are becoming heated between President Donald Trump and Texas Democrat politicians who do not welcome his planned visit to El Paso on Wednesday, with the president Tuesday night telling pres…
POLITICS
How the media redefines "racism in Trump's America"
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hotair.com - If there’s one thing everyone on the left, including most of the mainstream media, can agree on it’s that Donald Trump is a racist. We hear it on a daily basis like a drumbeat that never ends. It’s a…
BUSINESS
El Paso, Dayton Trigger Dems To Step Up Anti-Gun Proposals
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bearingarms.com - To say that the 2020 field of Democratic presidential hopefuls doesn’t like guns is something of an understatement. There’s not a single one of the candidates that anyone should trust on the Second A…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
UPDATE: Alleged predator Jessica Yaniv arrested, home searched
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www.infowars.com - UPDATE: According to the National Post, after the Monday afternoon Blaire White livestream in which the prohibited weapon was brandished, Yaniv was arrested and brought to an RCMP holding cell. Yaniv…
WORLD
Report: Pakistan Bans Indian Flights From its Airspace as War Threat Looms
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www.infowars.com - Rumors are swirling that Pakistan has banned Indian flights from its airspace as Prime Minister Imran Khan warned that war between the two nuclear-armed nations is looming. “Pakistan has shutdown its…
SPORTS
Lucas Giolito’s wife, Ariana, calls out racist Instagram group DMs by ex-Sox’ wife
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Don Babbit: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
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heavy.com - Don Babbit, the man who was shot to death by police in Shaler, Pennsylvania, was a beloved math teacher at Penn Hills High School. The officer-involved shooting was the culmination of a disturbing af…
BUSINESS
Wall Street Fears Trump May Be Too Dumb to End Trade War Before 2020
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www.vanityfair.com - If you only got your information about our trade war with China from Donald Trump, you might think that the whole thing was going great—just like, if you only got your information about the president…
SCIENCE
Sleep interrupted: What's keeping us up at night?
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BUSINESS
The cost of Trump's new Air Force One has skyrocketed nearly $2 billion from the original estimate
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www.businessinsider.com - According to Air Force Magazine, President Donald Trump's new Air Force One fleet will cost a total of $5.2 billion, up from the 2016 estimate of $3.2 billion. Two Boeing 747-8s are being converted i…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
A Yale career coach reveals the common mistake that could keep you from your dream job
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www.wellandgood.com - When you’re shopping the job market, Ariana Grande-level success (as in, “I see it, I like it, I want it, I got it”) is pretty much the dream. Furthering a career is a complicated formula though. As …
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10th International Printmaking Exhibition of Cremona announces exhibitions
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artdaily.com - CREMONA.- Near the Cultural Center of “Santa Maria della Pietà ” of Cremona, Italy, from September 22nd to October 29th 2019, will be held the 10th International Printmaking Exhibition of Cremona. The…
LEISURE
Easy Ways To Get Your Kids Packing Their Own Healthy School Lunches (Yes, Really)
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www.mindbodygreen.com - OK, so we've gone over morning routines, how to get your kid ready for daily stressors, and now? How to get them to pack their own lunches—healthy, satisfying, and fulfilling lunches, that is. Of cou…
SCIENCE
Acupuncture Got Me Through My Pregnancy — And Not Just Physically
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www.mindbodygreen.com - There was one night late in my first trimester when I started bleeding heavily. As my husband rushed me off to the emergency room, it was all I could do to hold it together. I was 11 weeks—how could …
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Everything You Need To Know About Shoe Shopping
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internetinfomedia.com - Many people share the obsession with shoes. Even if they are not an obsession for you, the fact remains that you need to own a pair. Making sure the shoes you purchase are comfortable and of high qua…
LEISURE
Follow These Proven Photography Techniques Today
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slr-digitalcamera.com - When you are starting out with photography, you probably need to have a few basic tips in order to improve your skills. The following article contains some great ideas and tips on how you can go abou…
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Don't Be Afraid Of Learning About Proper Nutrition
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fatlosscenter.info - The subject of nutrition can be confusing these days. We worry about what we are eating and gaining weight. However, it is essential to make sure you get enough nutrients, vitamins, and minerals ofte…
LEISURE
The best ways to keep guests happy and entertained at your B&B
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Child Fitness And How You Can Get Your Kids Moving
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LEISURE
Take On Article Promotion Gurus By Following These Top Tips
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LEISURE
Check Out These Excellent Source Of Information About Cats
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TECHNOLOGY
Read A Few Things About Website Hosting Before You Buy
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agentmonhost.com - Identifying the best hosting service for your site may seem daunting, but all you really need is some good information. The more information you have, the simpler it will become to ferret out the one…
SCIENCE
The Art and Science of Purpose - Online College Plan
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Learn Some Sound Advice About Car Buying
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Joaquin Castro's Doxxing Of Voters Is Un-American
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thefederalist.com - On Tuesday, Democratic Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro, who chairs the presidential campaign of his twin brother Julian, tweeted the names and employers of more than 40 San Antonians who maxed out their do…
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We've Gathered Some Jewelry Intelligence You Need To Know Stat
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finegoldjewelry.org - It can be difficult to find good information about jewelery. There is a plethora of information currently available which can confuse you.The good news is that some of the best advice has been provid…
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Shore Up Your Swing With These Helpful Hints | Best Golf Clubs
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Becoming More Muscular: How To Find A Fitness Routine That Works
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Be Your Healthiest With These Suggestions About Working Out
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fatlosscenter.info - If you’re like many people, maintaining excellent physical fitness is not easy. It can be hard to find a routine when you have never exercised or a way. You need information and get some guidance. He…
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Get Your Nutrients In Each Day In A Way That You Will Love
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lowcarbbreakfastideas.com - Many people avoid vegetables altogether because they hate the taste. You can extract all the great nutrients from fresh vegetables by simply juicing them. Read on to find simple tips for using a juic…
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Wine Like The Pros? You Can Do It, Too!
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What You Should Know About Cooking
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Tips For Getting The Vitamin K That You Need
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Digital Revenue Channels For Independents - CXO Transform
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cxo-transform.com - The great advantage that the digital economy offers independent professionals and entrepreneurial experts is the opportunity to generate very attractive incomes without the need for funding or a comp…
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Commonwealth Equity Services LLC Decreases Stake in Universal Display Co. (NASDAQ:OLED)
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mayfieldrecorder.com - Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lowered its position in Universal Display Co. (NASDAQ:OLED) by 16.4% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional in…
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OLED Lighting Substrate Revenue, Opportunity, Forecast and Value Chain 2019-2020 – Financial Analyst
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BUSINESS
The truck platooning market experiences growing pains
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www.impactlab.net - Volvo Trucks North America and FedEx Successfully Demonstrated a 3 Truck Platoon in North Carolina VOLVO Truckload carriers and private fleet owners are paying increased attention to truck platooning…
TECHNOLOGY
Digital Disruption Common Sense
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cxo-transform.com - Facebook took 3.5 years to acquire 50 million customers, Whatsapp took 15 months, Angry Birds took 15 days. Since 1995 when Clay Christensen and Joe Bower published the HBR article Disruptive Technol…
SCIENCE
A body donated to science - but used to test bombs
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www.bbc.co.uk - A man who donated his mother's body to what he thought was Alzheimer's research learned later it was used to test explosives. So what does happen when your body is donated to medical science? Last we…
TECHNOLOGY
Inception Spotlight: AI App Chudo Can Create A Cartoon Emoji of Yourself - NVIDIA Developer News Center
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news.developer.nvidia.com - Looking to create a cartoon emoji version of yourself? This new AI app can help. Chudo is a new deep learning-based messenger app that can turn users into personalized cartoon characters. “Each avata…
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How to Use Memes: A Guide for Marketers
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www.socialmediaexaminer.com - Looking for a fun way to engage people on social media? Have you considered using memes in your marketing? In this article, you’ll discover how your business can use memes to engage and connect with …
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Why Facebook’s Video Metric Inflation Issue Shouldn’t Deter Marketers | Marketing Insider Group
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Long Haul Flights And How I Survive Them - Travel Explored
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www.travelexplored.com - Pinning down the actual definition of what a long haul flight is can be difficult. Some airlines define the difference between short, medium and long haul based on distance. While other airlines dete…
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Avoid Theft with 3 Ways to keep valuable safe - Travel Explored
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www.travelexplored.com - When it comes to travelling there are plenty of stories about trips to beautiful places where everyone had a wonderful time. But there are also many stories that end on kind of a sour note, with mone…
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Top 5 Trends in B2B Personalization & Social Selling
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LEISURE
Majestic Wine moves out of multichannel to focus online with £100m sale of the Majestic Wine Warehouses business
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internetretailing.net - Majestic Wine said today that it had found a buyer for its store-based Majestic Wine Warehouses business as it pivots the business to focus on its online Naked Wines business. CF Bacchus Holdings, co…
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When Great Planning Falls Apart - Travel Explored
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www.travelexplored.com - When it comes to planning and booking a trip, I have had both good and bad experiences. My fourth overseas trip was rather well planned with nearly 80 days of travel booked before leaving home. With …
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Japan successfully tests flying car which hovers steadily for a minute
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news.sky.com - The futuristic world depicted in Back To The Future could be closer than we thought. A flying car has been tested in Japan and was able to hover steadily for about a minute using its four propellers.…
BUSINESS
Selling on Jet.com in 2019: Understanding If Your Business Should Leverage This Online Marketplace Option
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www.bigcommerce.com - Jet.com is an online marketplace that sells just about everything — from household items, to groceries, to electronics, to Legos… you name it. Jet.com strives to offer the lowest prices available, an…
BUSINESS
Pets at Home omnichannel sales up by a third as loyalty club members spend on both retail and services
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internetretailing.net - Pets at Home today posted a 36% rise in first-quarter omnichannel sales, as its one-stop services and retail approach succeeded in winning more business from its VIP loyalty club members. The retail …
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BigCommerce Features: How to Choose an Ecommerce Platform
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commandc.com - As an online retailer, perhaps the most important choice you make for your business is your ecommerce platform. It is the foundation of your ecommerce site. There are several strong platforms to choo…
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2 countries issued travel warnings about the United States after a weekend of mass shootings
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www.cnn.com - (CNN)Two countries issued travel warnings to their citizens about the United States following two mass shootings that killed 31 people. Both Venezuela and Uruguay warned their residents about violenc…
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tZERO Patents Tech for Recording Trades on Public Blockchains - CoinDesk
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www.coindesk.com - Security token trading platform tZERO has been awarded a patent for a way of recording trading data on public blockchains. The company, a subsidiary of retail giant Overstock, announced Tuesday that …
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5 Key Things Leaders of High-Performance Teams Do | Aepiphanni Business Consulting
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Listen as Laurie Anderson gives voice to “Songs from the Bardo”
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www.lionsroar.com - Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith, and Laurie Anderson. Photo by Steven Sebring. Laurie Anderson — a musician and visual artist who has for decades operated from a particularly sweet spot at the nex…
SCIENCE
Free Portfolio Website Templates by templatemo
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680 arrested in largest U.S. immigration raids in a decade
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www.pbs.org - MORTON, Miss. (AP) — U.S. immigration officials raided numerous Mississippi food processing plants Wednesday, arresting 680 mostly Latino workers in what marked the largest workplace sting in at leas…
SCIENCE
Air Force to deploy ground-based lasers in first field test of ‘directed energy’ weapon
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www.msn.com - The Air Force announced Friday it will soon deploy two ground-based laser weapons to an undisclosed location to test how they can be used against small drones, the service’s first “operational field …
TECHNOLOGY
iPad Pro USB-C Hubs: The Best, Worst, and Weirdest Options
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rogerstringer.com - Chris Welch, writing for The Verge: The iPad Pro’s single USB Type-C port is one of my main frustrations about an otherwise truly stellar piece of technology. You get to use it for one thing at a tim…
BUSINESS
What a “Price Vocabulary” Is, and Why Companies Need One
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hbr.org - The next time you visit a Costco warehouse store, observe the price tags. In addition to showing the cost of an item, Costco’s price tags encode unique information. The price endings, such as $8.99 v…
WORLD
Deportation of African and Other Black Immigrants Is Quietly Increasing And No One Is Taking Note
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atlantablackstar.com - Although often not covered in the media, the African immigrant community is facing mass deportations in the era of Donald Trump. While the immigration debate in the U.S. is often framed in terms of u…
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Trump hosted the NRA at the White House on the anniversary of Sandy Hook massacre
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shareblue.com - Trump thumbs his nose at the victims of the Connecticut school killing spree and enjoys quiet time at the White House with NRA gun boss. Not only did Donald Trump not tweet out messages of condolence…
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Trump mocks Beto O'Rourke's Hispanic nickname ahead of visit to El Paso
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abcnews.go.com - President Donald Trump chose the night before his visit to El Paso to honor the victims of a mass shooting -- targeted due to their Mexican heritage -- as the opportunity to mock Beto O'Rourke's Hisp…
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Here are the top politicians getting cash from the NRA and standing in the way of gun law reforms
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How Adobe Experience Platform Provides a Holistic, Real-Time View of the Customer Infused with Creativity
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www.cio.com - The use of comprehensive customer experience data and analytics is shaping the future of many key marketing initiatives. As organizations move data out of silos, integrate it, and develop a single co…
SCIENCE
How to get a handle on multicloud management
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www.networkworld.com - As enterprises pile more cloud activities onto the platforms of more cloud providers, many IT and network managers are feeling overwhelmed because each cloud provider comes with its own toolset, rule…
TECHNOLOGY
After thirty years Lexus is ready for its next huge challenge
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www.slashgear.com - The Lexus brand was born of an obsession to make the best car in the world. It’s as simple as that. Toyota founder Eiji Toyoda issued the challenge back in 1983: to create a new premium sedan that wo…
SCIENCE
Kiandra IT replaces WA’s 20-year-old health invoice system
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www.arnnet.com.au - The firms were responsible for replacing WA’s over 20 year old health invoice system in under half the estimated project time frame. Software solutions provider Kiandra IT has partnered with Western …
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SFO issues guidance for corporate cooperation - The FCPA Blog - The FCPA Blog
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www.fcpablog.com - SFO Director Lisa OsofskyThe UK Serious Fraud Office published a five-page memo Tuesday that tells companies the steps they should take if they decide to cooperate with the agency in an investigation.
WORLD
U.S. Southern Border Cities Brace For Surge Of African Migrants
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www.npr.org - Who are the asylum-seekers crossing from Mexico into the U.S.? You probably think it's people from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and that is right. But for years, migrants from Africa have also c…
POLITICS
ICE raids sweep up 680 undocumented immigrants across Mississippi
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www.nbcnews.com - Immigration enforcement authorities raided food processing plants across Mississippi on Wednesday, picking up 680 workers in what was being billed as the biggest single-day, one-state sweep in U.S. h…
STORIES
San Antonio archbishop condemns Trump's 'hate and racism'
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cruxnow.com - NEW YORK — One U.S. prelate has gone where none have dared to go before: Directly condemning President Donald Trump for racism. In a series of tweets on Monday evening, San Antonio’s Archbishop Gusta…
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Marines Eye Unmanned Systems To Keep F-35s Flying From Remote Bases
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breakingdefense.com - Lance Cpl. Luke Toal, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 F-35B. THE PENTAGON: The Marines are testing unmanned platforms to quickly refuel and rearm F-35Bs it plans to operate out of remote, austere …
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With warshipping, hackers ship their exploits directly to their target’s mail room – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Why break into a company’s network when you can just walk right in — literally? Gone could be the days of having to find a zero-day vulnerability in a target’s website, or having to scramble for brea…
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The Coming Automation of Propaganda - War on the Rocks
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warontherocks.com - If you want a vision of the future, imagine a thousand bots screaming from a human face – forever (apologies to George Orwell). As U.S. policymakers remain indecisive over how to prevent a repeat of …
SPORTS
Montana boy, 13, slammed to ground at rodeo after keeping hat on during national anthem
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www.nbcnews.com - A 13-year-old was seriously injured when a man at a Montana rodeo slammed him to the ground after the boy did not remove his hat during a playing of the national anthem, authorities said Tuesday. Cur…
POLITICS
Aug. 7, 1930 | Thousands Lynch Two Black Men in Marion, Indiana
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calendar.eji.org - On August 7, 1930, a white mob used crowbars and hammers to break into the Grant County jail in Marion, Indiana, to lynch three young black men, who had been accused of murdering a white man and assa…
BUSINESS
The “Dumbest Concept Ever” Just Might Win Wars - War on the Rocks
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warontherocks.com - Until a few days ago, I was convinced that the expeditionary advanced base operations concept was one of the dumbest ideas to come down the pike in a long time. This developing concept envisions the …
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