Новости за 06.05.2016

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The gearshift on the Toyota Prius is something of a legendary feature.

It sticks out of the dashboard like the shifter on an old Alfa Romeo. But it's far from old school.

In fact, it's more like a video-game joystick than an automotive component. 

The Prius is a complex piece of electrical and mechanical engineering, plus software, and the gearshift is one of the driver's primary connections with that.

However, there's an aspect... Читать дальше...

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Palantir, the extremely secretive Silicon Valley data-mining startup said to be valued at over $20 billion, has had a rough year with lots of turnover and big-name customers canceling their deals, BuzzFeed reports.

That article, based on confidential information and interviews with six past and current employees, provides our best look yet at the famously cagey Palantir.

Here are its highlights:

• In the last 13 months, big-ticket customers Coca-Cola... Читать дальше...

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Harvard University will bar students who join unrecognized single-gender social organizations from holding official leadership positions in student organizations and athletic teams.

The move, which will apply to students who matriculate at the university in the fall of 2017 and after, was announced by Harvard President Drew Faust in a message to the university community on Friday.

It will affect the all-male and all-female final clubs at the university, as well as fraternities and sororities. Читать дальше...

Apple's stock continued to slump on Friday. It closed at $92.72, down 0.56% on the day, marking the lowest closing price for the stock since June 2014.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Friday threatened a floor fight over rules and platform planks at the party's summer convention on Friday, warning the Democratic National Committee not to stack the convention's standing committees with supporters of Hillary Clinton.

Players spend thousands of dollars on high-speed drones and race courses to race them with first-person virtual reality goggles. The drones have cameras on them, so people feel like they're flying in the air. It's quickly becoming an international sport: the International Drone Racing Association signed a deal with ESPN to stream their races, and Dubai hosted an international racing competition with a $250,000 prize this year.

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Warning: There are spoilers ahead for "Game of Thrones" season six including speculation of events.

"Game of Thrones" fans who follow the series closely can usually suss out clues from each episode's vague description and title. 

Excitingly, HBO just released more information for episodes four and five, listed below. 

Episode 4 — "Book of the Stranger" — will air Sunday May 15.

Tyrion strikes a deal. Jorah and Daario undertake a difficult task. Jaime and Cersei try to improve their situation. Читать дальше...

NYC's Spot Dessert Bar serves unique dishes that combine American and Asian ingredients.

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50 Cent is trying to make amends for publicly teasing a teen with autism by donating $100,000 to Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization. "I want to turn this misunderstanding into an understanding. There are people that are ignored, mistreated and neglected with disabilities that need our support," 50 wrote on Facebook. "Today, I have made a donation of $100,000 to this worthy cause through Autism Speaks."

50 Cent caused an uproar across the internet after teasing Andrew Farrell... Читать дальше...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arsenio Hall is suing Sinead O'Connor over a Facebook post in which the singer accused him of furnishing Prince with drugs.

The comedian's libel lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court calls O'Connor's accusations fabricated lies. The lawsuit states O'Connor, who scored a hit in 1990 with her rendition of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U," barely knew the superstar and despised him.

O'Connor wrote a Facebook post Monday that stated investigators... Читать дальше...

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Hedge funds have been taking a hammering.

Third Point's Dan Loeb described the start of this year as "one of the most catastrophic periods of hedge fund performance" in his first-quarter letter.

But there is opportunity amid the carnage, according to the fund manager.

Speaking on Friday on an earnings call for Third Point Reinsurance, Loeb said that while the company was in the minus column in terms of returns, the performance wasn't as bad as many funds. Читать дальше...

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Berkshire Hathaway's first-quarter earnings are out, and it's a miss.

On Friday afternoon, Warren Buffett's conglomerate reported operating earnings of $2,274 per share, missing expectations for earnings of $2,761, according to estimates from Bloomberg.

Revenue for Berkshire's businesses totaled $52.4 billion, up from $48.65 billion in last year's first quarter.

The company also pegged book value per Class A share at $157,369 as of March 31.

Last weekend... Читать дальше...

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Alden Ehrenreich is heading to a universe far, far away.

It was announced Thursday that the 26-year-old actor was cast as a young Han Solo, stepping into a role made iconic by Harrison Ford.

The spin-off is set for a May 25, 2018, release.

Though this might be Ehrenreich's first blockbuster film, the actor is no stranger to Hollywood. 

He was discovered by Steven Spielberg at a bat mitzvah at age 14, and has worked with some of the film industry's most established directors... Читать дальше...

Someone just figured out how to get their Tesla to come to them by saying just a couple words.

Scientists from Queensland University of Technology in Australia have developed the world's first 3D-printed ear prosthesis, which will help prevent hearing loss for children whose ears haven't properly developed.

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Business Insider is looking for a late-shift news intern for its San Francisco office.

This intern will help the San Francisco editorial team with research and social media promotion, and will have ample opportunities to write both tech and general news stories. 

We need someone who is enthusiastic about social media, curious about tech companies and products, and broadly interested in general business and world news.

We're looking for the following. Читать дальше...

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Stocks finished the day with modest gains after initially falling following Friday morning's somewhat disappointing jobs report. 

First, the scoreboard:

• Dow: 17,740.6, +79.9, (+0.5%)
• S&P 500: 2,057.1, +6.5, (+0.3%)
• Nasdaq: 4,736,2, +19.1, (+0.4%)
• WTI crude oil: $44.50, +0.5%

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The April jobs report was a bit of a disappointment.

The US economy added 160,000 jobs in April, less than the 200,000 that... Читать дальше...

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Collectively, people waste nearly 50% of global food — and in the US and Canada alone, we're wasting $6,000 worth of food every second.

Canada-based filmmakers Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustemeyer wanted to find out how much of that food is still good, and if they could eat it, so they came up with a challenge: to survive on food waste for six months.

"We went cold-turkey," they told NPR on a recent podcast. "We said we're going to consume only food that is destined for the trash or already in it. Читать дальше...

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Snoop Dogg's son, Cornell Broadus, plays for UCLA's football team. Like all college athletes, Broadus puts in grueling hours of training every week, contributes to making billions of dollars for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and makes no money himself.

Snoop isn't happy about that.

"I think it’s a scam," Snoop told Business Insider recently. "I don’t like that rule. I think they should be paid."

Most... Читать дальше...

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At Goldman Sachs, tricky brainteaser interview questions may be a thing of the past.

"We've recently done a fair amount of work really thinking about the questions that people are asking," Edith Cooper, executive vice president and global head of human capital management at Goldman Sachs, tells Business Insider. "And we do that because we want to make sure that we are as objective and as thorough as possible in assessing candidates."

Cooper, who has interviewed thousands... Читать дальше...

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Ferraris are all about racing. Literally. The entire DNA of the brand — according to some, the most influential in the world (sorry, Apple) — derives from the track. Enzo Ferrari founded the Scuderia Ferrari to build race cars. Only later did he decide to create road cars — to fund the racing operation!

As a result, Ferraris, luxurious though they may be, are full of features that are drawn from the field of high-speed competition, especially Formula One. Читать дальше...

Remember the Nintendo 64? You're forgiven if you don't — the game console is 20 years old as of 2016, and its games look woefully outdated compared to the gorgeous graphics of modern ones.

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The invention of the electric car is attributed to many people, but it first emerged in the early 1800s.

Hungarian inventor Ányos Jedlik built a small model car powered by an electric motor in 1828. By the late 1800s, people throughout the US and Europe were driving electric cars.

But the electric car of the early 1900s was no match for Henry Ford's Model T. The new gas combustion vehicles were so much cheaper — thanks in large part to Ford's invention of the assembly line ... Читать дальше...