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• Techies are going crazy after "Meltdown" and "Spectre," two new methods for stealing data from seemingly-secure computers, were revealed by Google on Wednesday.
• One worry was that the fix for the problems could come with a major negative impact on performance. 
• Google and Amazon say they're not seeing any major slowdowns. 

On Wednesday, Google revealed that there's a big security hole in pretty much every processor, including the one in your phone... Читать дальше...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says it is suspending security assistance to the Pakistani military until it takes "decisive action" against the Afghan Taliban and Haqqani network that are targeting U.S. personnel in Afghanistan.

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert did not say Thursday how much assistance was being suspended. She said details were still being worked out.

The administration is already holding up $255 million in assistance... Читать дальше...

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• Ryan Murphy, who created "Glee," "American Horror Story," "American Crime Story," and "Feud" has been working with Fox for years.
• He credits Fox executives for his successful career in television. 
• On the Television Critics Association press tour, Murphy said that he is hopeful about Disney's acquisition of Fox, but admitted that it terrified him at first. 
• Murphy is hopeful because he thinks Disney CEO Bob Iger has done a tremendous job with Pixar and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Читать дальше...

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• Luxury real estate broker Leonard Steinberg has sold over $3 billion worth of New York real estate.
• But uber and Lyft, Steinberg says, are changing where wealthy people buy homes in the city.
• He said it's because luxury buyers can use ride-sharing to get from place to place without losing out on productivity.

Since 2001, Leonard Steinberg, real estate broker and a president at Compass, has been selling homes to New York City's richest residents. Читать дальше...

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• After facing backlash from a controversial video posted on YouTube, Logan Paul says he's taking a break from posting. 
• On Twitter, he wrote,"taking time to reflect" and added "no vlog for now."
• Paul filmed him and his friends finding a dead body in a "suicide forest" in Japan, then deleted the video following criticism.
• He posted an apology video on YouTube.

Logan Paul started off 2018 with intense backlash after posting a video on YouTube... Читать дальше...

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• Billionaire LinkedIn founder and tech investor Reid Hoffman is also a prominent political donor who has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to Democrats.
• In January 2016, he and his team created a satirical Donald Trump game meant to entertain him and his friends. It's based on Apples to Apples and that game's edgier offshoot, Cards Against Humanity.
• Hoffman released a public version that September loaded with factual footnotes on playing cards... Читать дальше...

Victoria's Secret

• Victoria's Secret axed its swimwear line in May 2016.
• The retailer says it's still feeling some negative impact from the decision.  
• Analysts still say it was an excellent business move.

Victoria's Secret went back to basics, and analysts say that's a good thing. 

In 2016, the lingerie giant scrapped its popular swimwear collection along with some of its apparel offerings in order to focus on underwear. More than a year and a half later... Читать дальше...

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• Gary Cohn has long been reported to be eyeing an exit from the Trump administration after tax reform.
• With the GOP package now law, speculation has increased that Cohn will leave the White House soon.
• Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday that Cohn "has stated that he is committed to being here."

Gary Cohn isn't going anywhere yet, the White House said Thursday.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders... Читать дальше...

Samsung

• Samsung's premium smartphones have several different security features.
• After many months of leaving my Galaxy S8 with no unlock features set, I decided to give some another try. 
• Iris scanning and facial recognition have proven cumbersome in the winter weather, but the oddly-placed fingerprint sensor isn't bad once you get used to it. 

I've owned a Galaxy S8 since April 2017, but for several months, I didn't use any of the phone's security features to unlock my phone. Читать дальше...

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Early Thursday morning, a powerful winter storm hit New York City. The Nor’easter is expected to threaten the area with heavy snow, fast winds, and close-to-zero temperatures until Sunday, when it will make its way to Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Maine.

Meteorologists say that the storm is experiencing "bombogenesis," meaning rapid atmospheric pressure has fallen below 24 millibars in less than 24 hours. In other words, the low air pressure is creating an especially strong storm. Читать дальше...

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• White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders suggested that Breitbart cut ties with Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist.
• The suggestion came after President Donald Trump blasted Bannon over comments attributed to the Breitbart executive in an upcoming book.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders suggested during Thursday's press briefing that Breitbart News should consider cutting ties with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. Читать дальше...

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• Sears is closing 64 Kmart stores and 39 Sears stores.
• Most of the stores will close by April.

Sears is closing another 103 stores, on top of the 63 stores closing at the end of this month, the company said Thursday.

Most of the stores will close by April. The list of closures includes 64 Kmart stores and 39 Sears stores.

"Sears Holdings continues its strategic assessment of the productivity of our Kmart and Sears store base... Читать дальше...

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• Robo-adviser Wealthfront landed $75 million in a new fundraising round, the company announced Thursday.
• Tiger Global Management, the New York-based investing firm, is leading the fundraise.
• Wealthfront will use the cash to enhance its Path tool and continue to attract younger investors to its purely automated platform.

Tiger Global Management is making a big bet on a California investing startup.

Wealthfront, a robo-adviser with more than $9 billion under its management... Читать дальше...

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• Robo-adviser Wealthfront landed $75 million in a new fundraising round, the company announced Thursday.
• Tiger Global Management, the New York-based investing firm, is leading the fundraise.
• Wealthfront will use the cash to enhance its Path tool and continue to attract younger investors to its purely automated platform.

Tiger Global Management is making a big bet on a California investing startup.

Wealthfront, a robo-adviser with more than $9 billion under its management... Читать дальше...

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• Robo-adviser Wealthfront landed $75 million in a new fundraising round, the company announced Thursday.
• Tiger Global Management, the New York-based investing firm, is leading the fundraise.
• Wealthfront will use the cash to enhance its Path tool and continue to attract younger investors to its purely automated platform.

Tiger Global Management is making a big bet on a California investing startup.

Wealthfront, a robo-adviser with more than $9 billion under its management... Читать дальше...

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The “pivot to video” is digital media's megatrend of the moment. Globally, 47.4 minutes of online video will be watched daily in 2017, a 20% year-over-year (YoY) increase, driven primarily by mobile, where viewing times will reach 28.8 minutes per day, a 35% increase from 2016. 

And not surprisingly, ad dollars are following eyeballs online. Читать дальше...

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Tech giants like Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn are known for their digital products. But in the past several years, these companies and others like them have started to focus on an industry beyond their core business: real estate development.

From the lure of tax credits to efforts to provide residences for employees, there are several reasons why Silicon Valley companies are looking to build housing and even entire cities.

Take a look at some examples below.

In 2017... Читать дальше...

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• Saving money for retirement and unforeseen expenses can be difficult — but there are strategies you can use to make it easier. 
• The first step is understanding your weaknesses for spending money. 
• Then, automate your savings, set a plan with negative consequences, focus on small goals first, and track your spending.

We all know we should save money for retirement and unexpected mishaps like that broken heater in middle of winter. Читать дальше...

Turns out, walking on water isn't as impossible as it might sound — as long as you have the right kind of water. Following is a transcript of the video.

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• People in San Francisco are spending upwards of $60 for a 2.5 gallon glass jug of "fresh, live spring water." 
• The water isn't filtered or treated, which means it could harbor microbial viruses and bacteria that cause disease and deadly diarrhea. 
• American tap water isn't perfectly clean, but it's tested to stricter health standards than bottled water. 

The founders of a company called Live Water, which sells unfiltered, untreated water in glass containers... Читать дальше...

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• Mark Zuckerberg made his first public New Year's resolution in 2009 when the economy had tanked and Facebook wasn't profitable.
• Since then, he's used New Year's resolutions to improve himself in all sorts of ways, from learning a new language to meeting new people.
• Here's the full list of his resolutions. It serves as a reminder that it's not too late for anyone to start a New Year's resolution of their own. 

Every year since 2009... Читать дальше...

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• Attorney General Jeff Sessions will rescind an Obama-era policy, known as the Cole Memo, that has paved a way for legal marijuana in some states.
• But Republicans are warming to legal weed. A 2016 Gallup poll showed that for the first time, a majority of Republicans support legalizing the drug.
• During the 2016 Election, support for marijuana legalization initiatives was high in red states that also voted for President Donald Trump.

On Thursday... Читать дальше...

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Math is a cool way for us to understand the world we live in. And to that end Business Insider recently spoke with Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University.

Strogatz specializes in areas of nonlinear dynamics and complex systems, and he is the author of the wonderful "Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity."

He talked to us about game theory, "elegant" math... Читать дальше...