Новости за 12.04.2016

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The US military has released a video that showcases the US-led anti-ISIS coalition obliterating an ISIS weapons storage facility near to Qayyarah, Iraq.

The airstrikes were conducted on April 1 as part of a larger operation by the anti-ISIS coalition on that day. Altogether, the coalition conducted 17 strikes throughout Iraq and Syria. 

US Central Command notes that the airstrikes near Qayyarah hit a range of targets beyond the weapons cache. Читать дальше...

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Wednesday will be Kobe Bryant's final game in the NBA, ending, after 20 seasons, one of the greatest careers the NBA has ever seen.

Bryant's work ethic and his competitiveness have practically become legends in the sports world, but what can get lost is how it can negatively affect a team.

ESPN's Baxter Holmes chronicled a seven-game stretch that led to Bryant's devastating torn Achilles in 2013. Torn Achilles are brutal for athletes in general, but Bryant, already 34... Читать дальше...

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Prepare for the invasion of the chatbots.

Facebook just released new tools that will let any business build "smart" chatbots that users can interact with and even buy things from while using the Messenger app.

But what about Facebook's own supersmart virtual assistant, M?

The bot, which Facebook first introduced to the world in the fall, got few on-stage mentions during the company's F8 developer conference on Tuesday.

And the third-party... Читать дальше...

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Amid discussions on the possible deployment of THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense), America's most advanced missile defense system, to South Korea, the hermit kingdom in the North continues to flex its supposed military might.

And while the secretive rogue nation continues to issue threats and make claims of having serious firepower, its true arsenal remains unknown.

Soldiers shout slogans as they march past a stand with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other officials. Читать дальше...

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Counting household names like Sheryl Sandberg, Barack Obama, and Natalie Portman among its celebrated alumni, Harvard consistently remains one of the top colleges in the country.

But while the school continues to churn out impressive graduates, current students hold their own as well.

We tracked down 12 of Harvard's most remarkable undergraduates who go above and beyond, from developing new techniques for 3-D printing prosthetics to becoming an officer... Читать дальше...

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ChangeCoin was best known for letting people tip each other with bitcoin, but now the majority of its team has joined home-rental startup Airbnb. 

The $16 billion company "acqui-hired" approximately seven engineers from the bitcoin company who had worked on ChangeTip, a feature that enabled individuals to tip each other with the digital currency via Twitter or Reddit, a source familiar with the acquisition said. Quartz first reported the deal.

However, while... Читать дальше...

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At least half of the banks deemed "too big too fail" will reportedly have a key proposal rejected by federal regulators.

According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, regulators are planning to reject the "living wills" submitted by four of the eight "systemically important" banks.

These wills are documents outlining how the bank would handle a possible bankruptcy in a way that would not be burdensome on the public or lead to another bailout.

According to the Journal... Читать дальше...

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The timeworn notion that you need to change the oil in your car has come under assault in recent years.

Blame the internet: it's pretty easy to debunk received wisdom when you have million of debunkers, a healthy percentage of them actually qualified, debunking away.

So you don't really need an oil change every 3,000 miles. 

But how often do you need one?

The best piece of advice I can give is to consult your owner's manual, where the... Читать дальше...

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Warning: Do not read ahead if you want to avoid spoilers for "Game of Thrones," as well as speculation about upcoming plot lines.

When "Game of Thrones" premiered on HBO in 2011, the main cast of actors were still relatively unknown. Some of the show's talent — like Isaac Hempstead Wright who plays Bran Stark — were as young as 11-years-old.

With season six starting on April 24, now's as good a time as any to take a look back on what our fan favorites looked like in season one. Читать дальше...

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Matt Van Komen is a high school freshman from Utah who stands at a whopping 7-foot-4. 

Recently, Van Komen participated in an underclassmen All-American game, during which he displayed his dizzying height with some nice blocks and extremely casual dunks. He won't graduate from high school until 2019, but reportedly started growing rapidly in sixth grade; by the time he was an eighth grader he had already reached 7 feet. 

Sure, his game looks pretty raw at the moment... Читать дальше...

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It was fun to pretend that Paul Ryan was running a stealth campaign for the Republican nomination for president, modeled on the highly successful stealth campaign he ran for House speaker.

But I believe him when he says that he really, really, really won't seek or accept the nomination.

I believe his campaign-esque speech laying out a vision of a less acrimonious Republican politics — and the slick campaign-ad-like video made from that speech, and... Читать дальше...

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One of Valeant Pharmaceuticals' creditors has told the company that it will call a default on the company, Dow Jones reports.

Earlier this month, Valeant announced that it had secured agreement to avoid default and refinance $11 billion in secured loans from 50% of those creditors.

The company risked default because it had failed to file its annual report by March 15, and a failure to file it before April 29 would have triggered a technical default on those loans.

Now that it has been called... Читать дальше...

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In case you missed it, Elon Musk's company SpaceX made history on April 8.

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket into space and then improbably landed its booster on the deck of a robotic ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

The level of precision, accuracy, and ingenuity that went into this feat is mind-boggling. In fact, four previous ocean-landing attempts by the aerospace company ended in explosions.

Lucky for us, SpaceX just uploaded some incredible new photos of the successful landing. Читать дальше...

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As Facebook continues to grow its user base, investors want to see more than revenue growth -- they also want to be reassured that users on the platform are remaining engaged. Recently, the social network's engagement level seems to have hit a ceiling. Is this a cause for concern? And how can investors check on user engagement when the company reports first-quarter results later this month?

Facebook's user engagement
Arguably the most useful way to check on Facebook... Читать дальше...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The top contenders in both the Democratic and the Republican presidential nominating races have roughly equal support among members of their respective parties, according to a national Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.

The results suggest the race to get onto the Nov. 8 presidential ballot is tightening, as candidates prepare for their next state contest, in New York next week.

In the Democratic race, former Secretary of State Hillary... Читать дальше...

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Autism Spectrum Disorder currently affects 1 in 68 kids in the United States, impairing their cognitive functions (in some cases) and their emotional intelligence.

Catalin Voss, a Stanford University graduate student, wants to make that emotional deficit a thing of the past.

Voss is the winner of the $15,000 "Cure it!" Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, an annual award given to the nation's top two collegiate inventors in health tech. 

Voss' invention is Autism Glass... Читать дальше...

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With the "Game of Thrones" season six premiere weeks away, most diehard fans are beside themselves with anticipation. This season has been the most secretive yet, with code names for characters and canceled press screeners worldwide.

But one man probably got his hands on an advanced copy of the season six episodes: President Obama.

During an interview at the Hollywood premiere of "Game of Thrones" on April 10, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss discussed Obama's access to the tightly-sealed material. Читать дальше...

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Salesforce is known for throwing extravagant parties. Its smaller events are often punctuated with private concerts from rock stars and its big annual conference, Dreamforce, is like a music festival, self-improvement retreat and giant party with a tech conference sprinkled in on the side.

Out of the $6.7 billion of revenues Salesforce generated in its last fiscal year, it spent almost half, $3.2 billion, on sales and marketing.  That's one of the major reasons Salesforce spends more than it makes. Читать дальше...

Newly appointed House Speaker Paul Ryan says (again) that he is not running for president. "I made a really clear choice not to run for president. Therefore, I will not be nominated. I will not allow my name to be placed in nomination and it will not be me...I just want to be really crystal clear."

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"Hamilton" is the most coveted Broadway show right now and tickets have been sold out months in advance.

The musical — created and composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda — features a multiracial cast rapping and singing the story of Alexander Hamilton, a founding father and America's first secretary of the treasury. 

It took six years for the musical to come together, but since it has, there is no stopping it now.

"Hamilton" won a Grammy earlier this year for best musical... Читать дальше...

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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton appear to have a lock on their parties' respective presidential primaries in New York.

Several recently released polls have showed Trump's support hovering just above 50% in the Empire State, which awards its 95 Republican delegates next Tuesday.

Trump garnered 51% in a new Public Policy Polling survey. Ohio Gov. Kasich garnered 25% in that poll, while Sen. Ted Cruz captured just 20%.

A Quinnipiac University... Читать дальше...

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Ask The Insider columnist Ashley Lutz answers all your work-related questions, including the awkward, sensitive, and real-world ones. Have a question? Email asktheinsider@businessinsider.com.

Dear Insider, 

I'm a 31-year-old woman in the retail industry. I have been in an entry-level position at my company for four years. I have gotten positive feedback at my reviews and several raises when my company can offer them.

An assistant manager position recently opened up at my company. Читать дальше...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's U.S. Supreme Court selection, failed to persuade Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley during a private meeting on Tuesday to hold confirmation hearings on his nomination.

"As he indicated last week, Grassley explained why the Senate won't be moving forward during this hyper-partisan election year," Grassley's office said in a statement that described the meeting as "cordial and pleasant."

A group of people from Hortolândia, Brazil, wanted to break a world record for rope jumping. So they jumped off a 98-foot bridge together.

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If you are alive on Earth, there's a good chance you're microscopic.

"From a diversity perspective, 95%" of life on this planet is smaller than the eye can see, Laura Hug, an environmental microbiologist at the University of Waterloo in Canada says. And that collection of microorganisms just got a lot more complex.

More than 1,000 previously undocumented microbes are reported in a paper published Monday in the journal Nature Microbiology, authored by Dr. Читать дальше...