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The internet of things has been taking plenty of flak ever since the first time someone floated the idea of a connected fridge or some-such in the 90s — but despite the knee-jerk instinct to scoff at such things, the truth is there are all sorts of interesting possibilities emerging from all these "pointless" connected devices. Of course, there are also some serious security concerns... This week, we discuss the IoT and what the ever-increasing presence of such devices means for the future.

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It’s been a pretty great year for movies, TV shows, and especially comics—but just about the worst for everything else. Political nightmares, celebrity deaths, more political nightmares... the list of horrors go on, which had the odd effect of making the year’s on-screen disasters look almost... comforting by comparison. Here are some of the nightmare scenarios we’d have rather dealt with than 2016 itself.

Пропагандисты белорусского режима прикладывают усилия, чтобы убедить российских соотечественников в правомерности ареста в Минске трех журналистов, обвиняемых в «разжигании розни и вражды между русскими и белорусами». С этой целью на популярном белорусско-латвийском русскоязычном дискуссионном ресурсе IMHOclub были выложены статьи белорусских пропагандистов Алексея Дзерманта и Дмитрия Хацкевича, которые обвиняют арестованных во всевозможных грехах.

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We don't always make the right choices when we're young.

It's especially true with our money, since we probably don't think about how our split-second decisions can impact our lives later on. 

I am guilty of these kinds of mistakes myself — wasting money on things I had no use for, not taking advantage of all the "free" stuff my school offered, and ultimately not thinking about life after college — which led to some poor habits that... Читать дальше...

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Stocks zigzagged on Tuesday, reaching higher early on, then receding, then reaching up again, and then receding once more, and, finally, picking up the pace into the close.

Ultimately, all three finished in the green.

The Dow has been hovering near the psychologically-important level of 20,000, but has yet to cross the finish line.

First up, the scoreboard:

• Dow: 19,956.63, +73.57, (+0.37%)
• S&P 500: 2,268.51, +5.98, (+0.26%)
• Nasdaq... Читать дальше...