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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order Sunday banning state business with companies and organizations associated with a movement to boycott Israel.

The move elicited strong reactions on both sides of the contentious Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Governor Cuomo's executive order requires all state agencies to divest their money and investments from companies and institutions that participate in boycott, divestment, or sanction activity against Israel. Читать дальше...

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Voice assistants have long been lauded as the next big platform to allow companies such as Amazon, Google, Apple, and Microsoft to fully embed themselves within everyday life.

But a recent survey suggests that there is still a ways to go before these digital assistants will be embraced by the masses, according to Creative Strategies.

The... Читать дальше...

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"I'm informed that, you think that within 30 minutes the seven of you could make the internet unusable for the entire nation, is that correct?"

That question came from Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) on May 19, 1998, while speaking with members of a Cambridge, Massachusetts hacker group known as The L0pht.

"That's correct. Actually one of us with just, a few packets," said Peiter Zatko, who is better known by his hacker pseudonym of Mudge.

Sitting alongside... Читать дальше...

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“See-through buildings” get dumped on the market.

ConocoPhillips lost $4.4 billion last year and $1.5 billion in Q1 this year. Last fall it announced that it would lay off 10% of its global workforce. Its stock has crashed nearly 50% since the oil bust began. And in February, it slashed its quarterly dividend from 74 cents to 25 cents a share. That’s the new reality.

But before that reality set in, it was planning for endless growth. To accommodate the workforce required by this endless growth... Читать дальше...

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A group of Cisco's top engineers, internally called the MPLS team, has just left the company, following a management shake-up last week.

According to the WSJ, Mario Mazzola, Prem Jain, Luca Cafiero, and Soni Jiandani, often called the "heart, soul, and brains" of the company, will leave Cisco effective June 17.

Mazzola, Jain, Cafiero, and Jiandani were some of the most powerful engineers at Cisco, leading an R&D effort called the "spin-in" at the company. Читать дальше...

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James Proud grew up in a particularly rough part of South London. At age 12, when he started earning spending money by designing websites, his mom thought he had become a drug dealer.

(He reminded his mom that drug dealers probably don't get their checks in the mail. "I don't want to know," she told him, as Proud now recalls.)

By the time he graduated, Proud had figured out that he was more interested in entrepreneurship than furthering his academic career.

So... Читать дальше...

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Most Americans have never heard of it, but according to recent federal data, sepsis is the most expensive cause of hospitalization in the US, and is now the most common cause of ICU admission among older Americans.

Sepsis is a complication of infection that leads to organ failure. More than one million patients are hospitalized for sepsis each year.

This is more than the number of hospitalizations for heart attack and stroke combined.

People with chronic medical conditions... Читать дальше...

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Station wagons haven't been at the forefront of family transportation in the US for some time now. But there are enough wagon aficionados out there to give Mercedes-Benz confidence to continue on with the E-Class wagon in the US.

On Monday, Mercedes unveiled the new 2017 E-Class wagon that is set to join the company's line up early next year. Unlike Audi and BMW, Mercedes has not fully abandoned the mid-size luxury wagon segment.  (Although Audi does sell its A6-based... Читать дальше...

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American billionaire Warren Buffett, through his Nebraska-based company Berkshire Hathaway Inc., further increased his stake in Phillips 66 by 537,968 shares, adding to Berkshire Hathaway’s existing 76.37 million shares of the Houston-based oil refiner.

According to a Berkshire Hathaway US Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the almost 538,000 shares of Phillips 66 are valued at US$43 million—bringing Berkshire Hathaway’s total stake in Phillips 66 to more than 15 percent. Читать дальше...

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Analysts at Morgan Stanley say that one demographic will be a key to Netflix’s success in the US moving forward: older people, particularly those over 65.

And the analysts have a plan for how Netflix could snag older viewers.

After being the highest-performing stock on the S&P 500 in 2015, Netflix has had a rocky start to 2016, and is down around 12% year-to-date. Part of Wall Street’s worry, besides doubts on international subscriber growth, is a... Читать дальше...

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News readers value quality news – particularly the brand name of the publication that’s breaking the story – but do not want to pay for this news, according to a new Reuters study cited by Digiday. 

The study – which surveyed 1,230 Reuters’ readers – was carried out to help the publisher assess its future strategy. Some highlights from the study... Читать дальше...

Santa Clara County Sheriff

Last Thursday, a judge sentenced 20-year-old Brock Turner to six months in a county jail after he was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.

The sentence has been decried as a slap on the wrist, but those close to Turner have argued that the former Stanford swimmer shouldn't be doing jail time at all.

Leslie Rasmussen, a close friend to Turner since high school, wrote a letter obtained by The Cut to Judge Aaron Persky, who is overseeing the case. Читать дальше...

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Vice President Joe Biden spoke in front of one of the largest gatherings of cancer doctors and healthcare executives in the world and asked for their help on Monday.

"To succeed, I desperately need help," he told attendees of the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual conference.

Biden and the White House launched a cancer "moonshot" initiative in January, and he's spent the past few months compiling ideas and meeting with leaders in research and healthcare... Читать дальше...

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Flat tires are no fun. And with advancements in tire technology, they happen less frequently than they once did. In fact, some tires don't even need to be changed if they blowout — they can "run flat" for a short period of time.

Still, flats and blowouts do occur, and most motorists dread the next step: changing the tire. A lot of people will actually sit in their car, with the flat unattended to, call a roadside-assistance service, and wait for a pro to do the dirty work. Читать дальше...

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(Reuters) - The Michigan Uber driver charged with murdering six people during a shooting spree in February plans to use insanity as a defense in his trial, the prosecutor in the case said on Monday.

Jason Dalton, 45, is charged with shooting eight people, killing six of them, over a five-hour period on Feb. 20, between driving customers for the Uber car service in Kalamazoo, Michigan, about 150 miles (240 km) west of Detroit.

He faces 16 charges... Читать дальше...

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Sweet relief. Summer is here, and people around the nation can start enjoying the oceanside beaches they’ve been dreaming about all year long.

Warm weather. Ice cream. Hot sand. Cool water. Time spent with friends and family.

It’s a relaxing, stress-free time ... until someone mentions that one word: Shark.

For anyone who's seen "Jaws," this creature doesn’t seem like one they want to become particularly close with.

But 41 years after one of the most fear-instilling movies of all time... Читать дальше...

Apple

You'd have a hard time finding anyone who thinks Siri is the best of the digital assistants out there. Google Now, Microsoft Cortana, and even newcomers like Amazon's Alexa have all bested Siri in various ways.

But now the stakes are higher than they ever were before. The common theory in the tech world today is that voice control and artificial intelligence have the potential to dramatically change how we use our gadgets.

If that prediction comes true — just use the... Читать дальше...

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Australia is known for many things — extraordinary landscapes, laid-back cities, beautiful beaches.

It would be impossible to see the country and experience all it has to offer on a single trip.

But these 25 places and activities should be at the top of any traveler's bucket list, whether he's a foreign tourist flying in from afar or a native Australian looking to explore his own country.

Enjoy a drink at the Opera Bar before seeing a performance at the Sydney Opera House. Читать дальше...

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America may be on the verge of electing a female President, but women are still struggling to compete with men for the highest positions in corporate America.  

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Saving for retirement is supposed to be pretty straightforward. We budget our money, set aside some for investment purposes, and watch it compound for decades. Eventually we retire on a beach somewhere and drink mimosas till sunset.

Unfortunately, real life rarely provides a straight and narrow pathway to the retirement finish line. Obstacles and sharp turns are constantly thrown in our way, potentially derailing our saving and investing efforts and pushing our retirement dreams out of reach. Читать дальше...

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A photo of Axl Rose from 2010 has turned into a meme, and the singer isn't happy about it.

The Guns N' Roses frontman recently sent DMCA takedown notices to Blogspot and GoogleUserContent, through Web Sheriff, as TorrentFreak reports, regarding one image that has made the rounds online.

The photo in question has been used in a meme poking fun at Axl Rose's apparent weight gain — see a screenshot from quickmeme.com below.

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The photo was taken at a concert... Читать дальше...

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Psychologists call it "thin slicing." 

Within moments of meeting people, you decide all sorts of things about them, from status to intelligence to promiscuity.

If you're trustworthy

People decide on your trustworthiness in a tenth of a second. 

Princeton researchers found this out by giving one group of university students 100 milliseconds to rate the attractiveness, competence, likeability... Читать дальше...

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Your monthly energy bills can get quite expensive, especially during the summer. You need lots of energy to stay cool and power your electronics, but buying your energy from an outside company isn't always the most efficient or cost-effective.

That's where at-home batteries come in.

Combined with advancements in solar technology, these large batteries have the potential to provide a whole new way to store and control the energy used in your home.