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The way incumbent banks onboard and verify the identities of their customers online is inconvenient and insecure, resulting in lowered customer satisfaction and loyalty, and security breaches leading to compensation payouts and legal costs.

It’s a lose-lose situation, as consumers become disgruntled and banks lose business. Читать дальше...

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• Bank of America mentioned cryptocurrencies in a regulatory risk filing for the first time late Thursday.
• The firm warned that cryptocurrencies could undermine many of its services, and that customers might go elsewhere if the firm fails to adapt. 

Bank of America has warned that cryptocurrencies could potentially undermine its entire business, the firm said Friday.

In a lengthy, 13,000-word regulatory filing late Thursday... Читать дальше...

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• An emotional support dog bit a child passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight from Phoenix to Portland, Oregon on Wednesday night.
• The contact resulted in a "minor injury" that was evaluated by emergency medical personnel before the flight departed.
• Southwest said it's continuing to review its policies around emotional support and service animals.

An emotional support dog bit a child passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight from Phoenix to Portland... Читать дальше...

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• President Donald Trump said to an audience at the Conservative Political Actions Conference on Friday that he tries "like hell" to hide the bald spot on the back of his head.
• This comes after a video of Trump going up the stairs to Air Force One showed a gust of wind displacing a flap of hair on the back of his head.
• This abnormal pattern of male baldness is likely due to a hair transplant that some speculate Trump had years ago.

After years of hiding and denial... Читать дальше...

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• A mass shooting that killed 17 people at a Florida high school has spurred a growing number of calls for companies to cut ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA).
• A number of retailers still offer perks to NRA members. They include LifeLock, eHealth, and Norton Security.
• These discounts help retain NRA members, according to Boycott NRA Partners.

On February 14, gunman Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

• Public K-12 schools are facing budget shortfalls amid reductions in government funding.  
• Steve Schwarzman, the billionaire founder of private-equity firm Blackstone Group, recently gave a $25 million donation to his public high school.
• Such donations to public K-12 schools are rare, especially compared with their private counterparts.
• Given the budget shortfalls, Schwarzman recently told a group of 3,000 superintendents that public schools need to start privately... Читать дальше...

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• Actor Brendan Fraser said in a recent interview with GQ that he was groped in 2003 by Philip Berk, a former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press.
• Fraser said that the incident made him "retreat" from the Hollywood spotlight. 
• Berk, who previously described the incident in a memoir as being done in jest, told GQ that Fraser's version of the incident was a "total fabrication." He also admitted to writing an "apology" letter to Fraser.
• The... Читать дальше...

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• An emotional support dog injured a child on a recent flight from Phoenix to Oregon, Southwest Airlines confirmed.
• During the boarding process of a flight on Wednesday night, a support dog's teeth "scraped" a child's forehead when the young passenger approached the animal.
• Emergency medical technicians examined the child and determined she was OK to remain on the flight.
• The support dog and its owner stayed in Phoenix while... Читать дальше...

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• Chelsea Greenwood worked at a high-end clothing boutique for a year. 
• She learned how much clothes are marked up, and which materials are worth spending your money on — and which aren't. 
• She also found that brand-name clothes aren't necessarily better than any others, and the value of what you buy is in the details. 

Working in retail is of a rite of passage that most people should experience at least once, in my opinion. Sure... Читать дальше...

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• North Korea's cheer squad has captured the imaginations of thousands of spectators at the Winter Olympics.
• But a defector from Jim Jong Un's regime said there's a dark side.
• The women are made to perform sex work for their political masters, according to Lee So Yeon, a former military musician.
• Other accounts have also suggested that the women live in an atmosphere of coercion and control.

Members of North Korea's cheerleading... Читать дальше...

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• Ten years ago the US Air Force lost a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber while it was taking off in Guam.
• The Air Force concluded that the crash was caused by moisture in the bombers air-data sensors, causing the the aircraft to stall.
• The crash is estimated to have cost the Air Force $1.4 billion.

Ten years ago, the U.S. Air Force lost one of its 21 B-2 Spirit stealth bombers.

The aircraft, #89-0127 “Spirit of Kansas”, belonging to the 393rd Bomb Squadron with the 509th Bomb Wing... Читать дальше...

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• The Mitsubishi Outlander helped keep the brand alive during its darkest days.
• It's also Mitsubishi's flagship model.
• The current Outlander has been around since 2013 but was refreshed in 2016.
• The Outlander compact crossover starts at $23,945 while our test car costs $29,260.

Throughout the 80s and 90s, Mitsubishi churned a string of hits including the Elicpse, the Montero, the 3000GT, Galant, and the legendary Lancer Evolution. Читать дальше...

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Having a crush can be thrilling — and completely, ridiculously nerve-wracking. You spend half your time wondering if that person actually likes you (I mean, they kind of made eye contact with you the other day) and the other half wondering if you had played it sufficiently cool around them.

Well, take a deep sigh of relief. INSIDER spoke to Matthew Hussey, dating expert at howtogettheguy.com, about all the signals people give off when they're secretly into you — and the best ways to (subtly) return the favor. Читать дальше...

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• Gun-control activists are calling for companies to cut ties with the NRA. 
• The NRA has partnerships with companies that offer members special deals, such as discounts on car rentals or hotel bookings. 
• Companies including rental car giant Enterprise Holdings and the First National Bank of Omaha have cut ties with the NRA following boycott threats. 

Gun-control activists are organizing boycotts against companies with ties to the National Rifle Association ... Читать дальше...

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• Rick Gates, the former deputy chairman of President Donald Trump's campaign, told his family in a letter that he will plead guilty in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
• The guilty plea would indicate Gates' cooperation the investigation, which is probing the extent of Russia's interference in the 2016 election. 
• Gates would be the third individual known to be cooperating with Mueller. 

Rick Gates, a former adviser to President Donald Trump's campaign... Читать дальше...

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• On "The View" Thursday, comedian and actress Mo'Nique discussed her boycott of Netflix over equal pay.
• Mo'Nique also said that she felt like Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels, and Tyler Perry (the producers on her 2009 movie "Precious") ruined her career.
• This led to a heated conversation between Mo'Nique and co-host Whoopi Goldberg.

Mo'Nique thinks that her struggle for equal pay has something to do with Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels, and Tyler Perry. Читать дальше...

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The voice app ecosystem is booming. In the US, the number of Alexa skills alone surpassed 25,000 in January 2018, up from just 7,000 the previous January, in categories ranging from music streaming services, to games, to connected home tools.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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This company is changing the way we see prostheses. Open Bionics is a UK-based start-up tech company. Its mission is to create affordable 3D printed prostheses. They are about 30 times cheaper than other prostheses on the market. They operate using sensors attached to the skin to detect muscle movements. The muscle movements control the hand and open and close fingers.

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• President Donald Trump asked the crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday whether they'd rather have tax cuts or their Second Amendment rights.
• A mass shooting at a Florida high school last week reignited the national debate on gun control.

In a wild speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference the week after one of the deadliest school shootings in US history, President Donald Trump polled the audience on whether they'd have Second Amendment rights ... Читать дальше...

• Yevgeniy Prigozhin, a Russian oligarch who was indicted by Robert Mueller for his alleged role in information warfare against the US, reportedly told Kremlin and Syrian officials Russian mercenaries were going to attack US forces.
• Russian mercenaries did attack the US in a massive battle where as many as 300 of them were killed.
• A Reuters report said the purpose of the attack was to test the US's response, which was immediate and overwhelming.

Yevgeniy Prigozhin... Читать дальше...

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Litecoin continues to outpace other major cryptocurrencies, and is up more than 10% on Friday compared to bitcoin's 4.4% gain.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• Beauty blogger Joan Kim revealed her secrets to achieving the "glass skin" look that has become very popular in Korean beauty.
• The effect is created by layering moisturizing products to create a "clear, poreless and dewy" look.
• Kim starts by washing her face with the Klavuu Pure Pearlsation Revitalizing Facial Cleansing Foam, which she describes as brightening and soft.
• She then gently pats on three layers of ID.AZ Dermastic Essential Toner, which helps to soothe and balance pH levels.