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Saturday, 30 June 2018
FOX NEWS: The Daily Spike: Fourth of July tips for keeping pets calm
The Daily Spike: Fourth of July tips for keeping pets calm
For dogs, the Fourth is filled with nothing but fireworks and fear.
FOX NEWS: Exercise and obesity both on the rise, according to new study
Exercise and obesity both on the rise, according to new study
It may seem like a contradiction, but more adults in the U.S. say they are exercising at the same time more of them are becoming obese.
FOX NEWS: 'Jolly' janitor weeps upon receiving $2,000 vacation from students
'Jolly' janitor weeps upon receiving $2,000 vacation from students
He's heading to Jamaica with his wife to see family.
FOX NEWS: Melania Trump’s controversial jacket selling for big bucks on eBay
Melania Trump’s controversial jacket selling for big bucks on eBay
It has quite the markup on the original $39 price tag.
FOX NEWS: Clothing company Peter Alexander Sleepwear faces backlash after pulling 'Boys Will Be Boys' shirt
Clothing company Peter Alexander Sleepwear faces backlash after pulling 'Boys Will Be Boys' shirt
The removed the product after a parent complained, but the move has now backfired.
New top story on Hacker News: An Easier Way to Build Alexa Skills Using Python
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147 by happy-go-lucky | 34 comments on Hacker News.
Capital Gazette Releases A Paper The Day After Its Office Was Attacked
Capital Gazette Releases A Paper The Day After Its Office Was Attacked
In spite of the tragedy, Gazette reporters were steadfast that they would be publishing the paper as normal on Friday, and they followed through.
New top story on Hacker News: Eight low-tech ways to keep cool in a heatwave (2013)
Eight low-tech ways to keep cool in a heatwave (2013)
100 by vanilla-almond | 126 comments on Hacker News.
100 by vanilla-almond | 126 comments on Hacker News.
CBS Interviews ICE Whistleblower At His Home, Gets Interrupted By Surprise Visit From Government Agents
CBS Interviews ICE Whistleblower At His Home, Gets Interrupted By Surprise Visit From Government Agents
CBS This Morning sat down with James Schwab, who resigned from ICE three months ago, but their interview was interrupted by two DHS agents, which Schwab says is part of an "intimidation" effort.
Tourist Tries To Touch An Elephant's Trunk, Gets His Clock Cleaned
Tourist Tries To Touch An Elephant's Trunk, Gets His Clock Cleaned
Elephants: Big, strong, wild and willing to use their trunks to teach annoying tourists a lesson.
Capital Gazette Releases A Paper The Day After Its Office Was Attacked
Capital Gazette Releases A Paper The Day After Its Office Was Attacked
In spite of the tragedy, Gazette reporters were steadfast that they would be publishing the paper as normal on Friday, and they followed through.
World Cup online bookmakers are set to make record $36B this year
World Cup online bookmakers are set to make record $36B this year
By The Conversation
Sports betting is worth up to £625 billion per year, with 70% of that trade reckoned to come from football. During big sporting competitions, such as the World Cup, even more money is spent gambling than usual. Over the 2018 World Cup, bookmakers are estimated to make a profit of US$36.4 billion (£41.3 billion). And in the UK, the amount of money spent on gambling during the World Cup is expected to more than double from £1 billion in 2014 to £2.5 billion this year. Sports gambling is being driven by the unlimited availability of online betting and the fact…
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By The Conversation
Sports betting is worth up to £625 billion per year, with 70% of that trade reckoned to come from football. During big sporting competitions, such as the World Cup, even more money is spent gambling than usual. Over the 2018 World Cup, bookmakers are estimated to make a profit of US$36.4 billion (£41.3 billion). And in the UK, the amount of money spent on gambling during the World Cup is expected to more than double from £1 billion in 2014 to £2.5 billion this year. Sports gambling is being driven by the unlimited availability of online betting and the fact…
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OnePlus CEO confirms company is in talks with US carriers
OnePlus CEO confirms company is in talks with US carriers
By Napier Lopez
OnePlus has found tremendous success in a stalling smartphone market. But it’s always had one major limitation stateside: it’s not available through any US carrier. That could soon be a thing of the past. During an interview with PCMag, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau said the company was in discussion with US carriers, though he didn’t specify which. Lau also confirmed OnePlus aims to produce a 5G phone next year. Though buying phones unlocked is common practice around the world, it’s still a rarity in the US, where most people purchase devices via carrier subsidies. OnePlus has been successful with its…
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By Napier Lopez
OnePlus has found tremendous success in a stalling smartphone market. But it’s always had one major limitation stateside: it’s not available through any US carrier. That could soon be a thing of the past. During an interview with PCMag, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau said the company was in discussion with US carriers, though he didn’t specify which. Lau also confirmed OnePlus aims to produce a 5G phone next year. Though buying phones unlocked is common practice around the world, it’s still a rarity in the US, where most people purchase devices via carrier subsidies. OnePlus has been successful with its…
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Review: Vivitar’s Follow Me Drone is a refined quadcopter with a sweet 360 camera
Review: Vivitar’s Follow Me Drone is a refined quadcopter with a sweet 360 camera
By Tristan Greene
Vivitar recently released its 360 Skeye View Follow Me Drone, a quadcopter sporting a built-in 360 degree camera and some nifty GPS features. I spent a few weeks putting a review unit through the paces. Turns out, Vivitar makes a quality product, but it could use a bit of help in the app department. Having never piloted one of the company’s quadcopters before, I was eager to try my first. And upon unboxing the drone I was immediately impressed. Vivitar packs everything you need in the box, down to a screwdriver for the battery compartment on the remote. But what…
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By Tristan Greene
Vivitar recently released its 360 Skeye View Follow Me Drone, a quadcopter sporting a built-in 360 degree camera and some nifty GPS features. I spent a few weeks putting a review unit through the paces. Turns out, Vivitar makes a quality product, but it could use a bit of help in the app department. Having never piloted one of the company’s quadcopters before, I was eager to try my first. And upon unboxing the drone I was immediately impressed. Vivitar packs everything you need in the box, down to a screwdriver for the battery compartment on the remote. But what…
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Facebook and Twitter’s new focus on ad transparency is a welcome, flawed improvement
Facebook and Twitter’s new focus on ad transparency is a welcome, flawed improvement
By Rachel Kaser
Facebook and Twitter have, within a few hours of each other, revealed new ad transparency measures this week. In both cases, the company in question reveals more details about what ads each account or page is running. It’s also offering further insights on political ads. Trouble is, it all depends on how much effort the users are willing to put into doing the research. Twitter opened its Ad Transparency Center, which allows anyone to look up a particular Twitter handle to see which ads the account has run in a massive public archive. You don’t need to be logged into…
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By Rachel Kaser
Facebook and Twitter have, within a few hours of each other, revealed new ad transparency measures this week. In both cases, the company in question reveals more details about what ads each account or page is running. It’s also offering further insights on political ads. Trouble is, it all depends on how much effort the users are willing to put into doing the research. Twitter opened its Ad Transparency Center, which allows anyone to look up a particular Twitter handle to see which ads the account has run in a massive public archive. You don’t need to be logged into…
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Or just read more coverage about: Facebook,Twitter
Report: Microsoft really is working on a ‘pocket-sized’ folding Surface
Report: Microsoft really is working on a ‘pocket-sized’ folding Surface
By Napier Lopez
Ah, the Surface Phone. A quasi-mythical device we’ve been hearing about for years, it’s finally starting to materialize into something more than the tech equivalent of bigfoot. A new report from The Verge suggests the device, codenamed Andromeda, will be a pocketable device that will “blur the lines between mobile and stationary computing.” That’s about what we’ve expected since some of the earlier rumors, but it’s how Microsoft describes it in an internal document obtained by The Verge. The document also says: It’s a new pocketable Surface device form factor that brings together innovative new hardware and software experiences to create…
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Or just read more coverage about: Microsoft
By Napier Lopez
Ah, the Surface Phone. A quasi-mythical device we’ve been hearing about for years, it’s finally starting to materialize into something more than the tech equivalent of bigfoot. A new report from The Verge suggests the device, codenamed Andromeda, will be a pocketable device that will “blur the lines between mobile and stationary computing.” That’s about what we’ve expected since some of the earlier rumors, but it’s how Microsoft describes it in an internal document obtained by The Verge. The document also says: It’s a new pocketable Surface device form factor that brings together innovative new hardware and software experiences to create…
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Or just read more coverage about: Microsoft
Review: Unravel 2 is a delightful local co-op experience
Review: Unravel 2 is a delightful local co-op experience
By Tristan Greene
Unravel 2, from developer Coldwood and publisher EA, is a beautiful platforming game that invites players to control a pair of adorable creatures made of yarn through a series of stages featuring fantastically rendered photo-realistic environments. It’s also one of the best local co-op experiences I’ve seen. In the game you’ll take the role of two Yarnys, creatures that could be described as tiny string-golems. You run, swing, jump, flip, push, pull, and tumble your way through various colorful environments as part of a loose narrative involving childhood. The first thing you’ll notice is the amazingly immersive graphics. Yarny is…
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By Tristan Greene
Unravel 2, from developer Coldwood and publisher EA, is a beautiful platforming game that invites players to control a pair of adorable creatures made of yarn through a series of stages featuring fantastically rendered photo-realistic environments. It’s also one of the best local co-op experiences I’ve seen. In the game you’ll take the role of two Yarnys, creatures that could be described as tiny string-golems. You run, swing, jump, flip, push, pull, and tumble your way through various colorful environments as part of a loose narrative involving childhood. The first thing you’ll notice is the amazingly immersive graphics. Yarny is…
This story continues at The Next Web
Facebook says it would totally never use its patent to spy on you with your phone’s mic
Facebook says it would totally never use its patent to spy on you with your phone’s mic
By Rachel Kaser
A patent from Facebook came to light earlier this week, depicting technology that Facebook would use to quietly activate a user’s microphone in order to listen to them as they watch ads. How hard can I “nope” out of that? The details: The patent, filed earlier this month, was originally discovered by Metro. It describes a process by which secret messages embedded in TV ads, inaudible to the human ear, would trigger your smart device to record you while the ad was playing. It would then send the audio to Facebook, in order for it to hear your reaction to the…
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Or just read more coverage about: Facebook
By Rachel Kaser
A patent from Facebook came to light earlier this week, depicting technology that Facebook would use to quietly activate a user’s microphone in order to listen to them as they watch ads. How hard can I “nope” out of that? The details: The patent, filed earlier this month, was originally discovered by Metro. It describes a process by which secret messages embedded in TV ads, inaudible to the human ear, would trigger your smart device to record you while the ad was playing. It would then send the audio to Facebook, in order for it to hear your reaction to the…
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Or just read more coverage about: Facebook
FOX NEWS: The 2018 Hyundai Kona is better because it's late
The 2018 Hyundai Kona is better because it's late
The Hyundai Kona has a funky name, offbeat styling and a pint size package.
FOX NEWS: Man driving fake cop car arrested in Missouri
Man driving fake cop car arrested in Missouri
It’s the law when you see flashing lights you need to move over.
FOX NEWS: Heatwave melted roads in Ireland and the U.K.
Heatwave melted roads in Ireland and the U.K.
Roads melted “like chocolate” across the U.K. and Ireland this week as a heatwave blasted the area.
FOX NEWS: Carnegie Mellon reinvents the wheel with shape-shifting tech
Carnegie Mellon reinvents the wheel with shape-shifting tech
Impressive new technology has emerged that can transform a wheel into an all-terrain track in just two seconds.
FOX NEWS: 100-year-old Harley-Davidson returns from France to honor American WWI vets
100-year-old Harley-Davidson returns from France to honor American WWI vets
Restored and repatriated.
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