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As the varieties and utilities of drones quickly multiply, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has quickly mounted throughout the US Armed Forces. 

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The Director of National Intelligence declassified 113 documents on Tuesday that were seized from Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad complex. 

Among the documents is bin Laden's will, which specifies how he would like for his approximately $29 million stashed in Sudan to be used. Unsurprisingly, aside from giving some money to trusted friends, advisors, and family members, bin Laden wanted the money used to continue operations in Sudan. Читать дальше...

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A farmer in western China has dug up nearly half a tonne of ancient coins that date back to the time of Jesus.

The farmer, surnamed Zhang, discovered the coins,which weighed 459kg, on Saturday while he was preparing the foundations for his village house near Xingping, Shaanxi province, Shaanxi Radio and Television reported.

A local heritage inspection team dated the coins to the reign of Wang Mang, a Han dynasty official who briefly usurped power from the Han dynasty from 8AD - 23AD. Читать дальше...

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After Sunday’s Oscars brought in the lowest ratings in eight years, the top brass at ABC is ready to have more control.

The network — which has aired the Academy Awards since the advent of television (outside of periods in the 1950s and 1970s when the awards aired on NBC) — and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, which hands out the awards, are back at the negotiating table to agree on an extension of their license agreement, according to Variety. And it sounds... Читать дальше...

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Tuesday warned China against what he called "aggressive" actions in the South China Sea region, including the placement of surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island, and said they would have consequences.

"China must not pursue militarization in the South China Sea," Carter said in a wide-ranging speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. "Specific actions will have specific consequences." He did not elaborate. Читать дальше...

Adele played the first show of her massive world tour on Monday night in Belfast. At one point, she took a break from the 18-song set and asked the crowd if any fans wanted to propose to their partners in honor of Leap Day.

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The 1930s were difficult years for New York City, as the Great Depression took a toll on the city and its residents.

But still, compare the city's scenery from that period, and it may seem similar to the present day — the streets were always congested, subway lines were running, and people filled the iconic buildings that we still see today.

We dove into the New York Public Library's archives to find vintage photos of some of New York's most iconic sites... Читать дальше...

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Don't think outside the box, McDonald's says. Transform the box.

Over the course of the next two weekends, 14 McDonald's locations in Sweden will offer Happy Meals that, when taken apart and refolded, double as "Happy Goggles" — kid-friendly virtual reality headsets that send the tiny patrons on a skiing adventure.

McDonald's says the mealtime toy is the next step in the evolution of keeping the Happy Meal relevant, which the chain has offered since 1979. Читать дальше...

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Today, T.I. (that's the rapper, not Tech Insider) endorsed Bernie Sanders for president in a tweet. 

Take a look. The rapper said he's supporting Sanders on Super Tuesday. 

It's not a surprising choice, given the harsh criticisms T.I. has had for Hillary Clinton in the past. In October 2015, he told DJ Whoo Kid that he couldn't "vote for the leader of the free world to be a woman," Vibe reports. 

Here's a closer look at what he had to say about Clinton's potential presidency. Читать дальше...

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My kids make up new words all the time. They are creative, their vocabulary is growing fast, and they cannot always conjure up the right word to describe their feelings or what they are after.

But that is OK — they are still learning. And new words are great for a laugh. 

But you are an adult (even if people tell you that it's OK to express your inner child). And the last thing you want is to sound like a child at the office.

But with more than one million English words to choose from... Читать дальше...

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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley had a three-word response to Donald Trump on Tuesday after he called her an embarrassment.

"Bless your heart," she tweeted at Trump, the Republican presidential frontrunner.

Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, has been sparring with rival Marco Rubio for days after the senator went on the offensive against Trump at a Republican debate last Thursday. 

Trump went after Haley, one of Rubio's supporters, on Tuesday. Читать дальше...

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On a vast manmade lake on the outskirts of London, work is nearing completion on what will soon be Europe’s largest floating solar power farm – and will briefly be the world’s biggest.

But few are likely to see the 23,000 solar panels on the Queen Elizabeth II reservoir at Walton-on-Thames, which is invisible to all but Heathrow passengers and a few flats in neighboring estates.

“This will be the biggest floating solar farm in the world for a time ... Читать дальше...

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“Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny; they have only shifted it to another shoulder.”

 — George Bernard Shaw

Hey there, Slack. This won’t be easy, but it’s for the best.

As you and I both know, things started out so wonderfully. Me with my exploding inbox, you with your (very sexy) ambition to make email obsolete.

Only, I don’t know if we’re so good for each other, after all. Or, more to the point, I don’t know if firing... Читать дальше...

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When 23-year-old Brandon headed from Massachusetts to the Bay Area in mid-May to start work as a software engineer at Google, he opted out of settling into an overpriced San Francisco apartment. Instead, he moved into a 128-square-foot truck.

The idea started to formulate while Brandon — who asked to withhold his last name and photo to maintain his privacy on campus — was interning at Google last summer and living in the cheapest corporate housing offered: two... Читать дальше...

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When it comes to wasting time in front of a computer, I’m a triple black belt. Over the last six years of working for myself, I’ve wasted not just hours or even days in front of a computer, but months.

Focus has always been a challenge for me, but I’ve always felt there should be a better way. 

I’ve tried accountability groups, productivity apps and all sorts of other gimmicks for getting more done. But on their own, nothing seemed to work.

Recently... Читать дальше...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Turkish hacker who U.S. prosecutors say masterminded a series of cyber attacks that enabled $55 million to be siphoned from automated teller machines around the world pleaded guilty on Tuesday.

Ercan Findikoglu, 34, pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, to five counts including computer intrusion conspiracy for leading a scheme that resulted in stolen debit card data being distributed and used to make fraudulent ATM withdrawals worldwide. Читать дальше...

The NFL Players Association has announced that the 2016 salary cap will be $155.27 million. Based on that number (along with rollover cap space from last season) the 32 NFL teams combined will have $906 million in cap space to spend when free agency opens on March 9.

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Warren Buffet says that a small chain of furniture stores based in the Midwest is outselling the rest of the industry.

Nebraska Furniture Mart has just four locations: Omaha, Nebraska; Kansas City, Kansas; Clive, Iowa; and Dallas, Texas.

The Omaha location is "the highest-volume home furnishings store in the United States except for our new Dallas store," Buffet wrote in his most recent annual letter to shareholders, which was published on Saturday.

He said that the... Читать дальше...

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Apple is reportedly holding an event later this month to introduce a few new products, including a new iPhone and a new iPad.

We've already written about what to expect from the iPhone SE, the name of Apple's next 4-inch iPhone set to debut this month. But we haven't dug into the next iPad, which reports say will be a smaller version of Apple's 12.9-inch iPad Pro that launched late last year.

Here's what we're expecting from Apple's next iPad.

It will... Читать дальше...

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California native Donald Bren is the wealthiest real estate developer in America, according to our list of the 50 richest people on earth, produced in collaboration with Wealth-X.

The mogul has an estimated net worth of $17 billion that comes primarily from his development and property investments in Southern California.

Bren's privately-held real estate investment company, Irvine Company, has a portfolio of properties that exceeds 110 million square feet and includes office buildings... Читать дальше...

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US auto sales rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 17.43 million in February, according to WardsAuto. 

Autodata pegged the gain at 17.54 million, according to CNBC.

Analysts had forecast that auto sales rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 17.70 million, up from 17.46 million in January, according to Bloomberg.

Most of the automakers crushed expectations, with Ford posting the biggest beat. Its shares jumped as much as 4% in early trading. Читать дальше...

The 10% drop at the start of 2016 spooked the retail investor.

In fact, retail investor sentiment as measured by the American Association of Individual Investors, cratered to its lowest level since June of 2013 when the "taper tantrum" over the Fed possibly scaling back its bond buying program occurred. 

Fast forward to 2016, and the Fed was once again the reason for the retail investor's pessimism.

At its December 2015 meeting, the central bank bank raised its key interest rate for the first time June 2006. Читать дальше...

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Jason Wachob

We’re living in a day and age when being an entrepreneur is cool.

Back in the late 90s when I graduated from Columbia, everyone either went to work on Wall Street, went to law school, became a consultant, or went on to med school. But that’s all changed.

With shows like "Silicon Valley" and stories of Unicorn startups in the media, the entrepreneurial life has become a bit glorified.

However, it's more complex than it may seem on TV. Randi Zuckerberg famously said... Читать дальше...

Google's artificial intelligence has made some really trippy images.

The images amazed so many people that Google open sourced the code, appropriately dubbed DeepDream, that enables you to make them! (You can learn more about how the images are made here.)

To celebrate this new branch of art, Google held an auction Friday at the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts in San Francisco. Overall, 29 images were sold, some made by Google employees themselves and others made by those who took advantage of DeepDream on their own time. Читать дальше...