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Warning: Spoilers ahead if you haven't watched "Black Panther."

"Black Panther" is ruling the box office with an iron fist and as film exhibition technology advances, movie fans have more choices when it comes to seeing blockbusters: There’s 3D, IMAX and now there’s also ScreenX, a process developed in Korea and the tech company works with movie companies to extend certain sequences to accommodate the expanded panoramic shots.

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• Shake Shack used to be trendsetter.
• Now it's a follower.
• New Shake Shack locations aren't as lucrative as the original New York City locations.
  

After a rough patch shortly following its public debut a few years ago, Shake Shack(NYSE:SHAK) began to show signs of life again in 2017. It was bound to happen sooner or later, as the fast-casual hamburger chain continues to open new locations and expand into new markets.See... Читать дальше...

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Smart speakers — Amazon's Echo, for example — are the latest device category poised to take a chunk of our increasingly digital lives. These devices are made primarily for the home and execute a user's voice commands via an integrated digital assistant. These digital assistants can play music, answer questions, and control other devices within a user's home... Читать дальше...

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• Carrie Underwood fell in her home November 2017.
• She required 40-50 stitches to her face and surgery on a broken wrist. 
• The singer showed off her face for the first time since her injury in a selfie.
• The photo with husband Mike Fisher doesn't show any visible injuries or scars.
• The two hid their mouths with a giant red letter "X."

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This week marks the 20th anniversary of the deployment to Guam of one of America's most important and expensive weapon systems — the B-2 Spirit.

The B-2 was originally intended to carry nuclear bombs deep into Soviet territory if the Cold War had ever turned hot. Its shape — paired with the plane's stealth systems — would enable it to be undetected by Soviet radars. The B-2's long range meant it could fly deep into enemy territory and return home.

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• Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort appeared to have difficulty converting a Microsoft Word document into a PDF, and it was one of the ways investigators found out about his alleged attempts to commit bank fraud.  
• According to email exchanges cited by special counsel Robert Mueller's office, Manafort asked his longtime associate Rick Gates multiple times to convert falsified financial records into different file formats. 
• Those... Читать дальше...

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Hosting the Olympics can be an economic burden on a country, especially if the host nation has to build venues for the games.

Throughout Olympic history, we've seen that once the games are over, these venues often become abandoned, crumbling as they go unused.

Already, the venues from Rio 2016 are falling apart, and they're not the only ones. Former host cities like Saravejo, Athens, and Beijing have had venues suffer the same fate.

Pyeongchang will avoid such a fate... Читать дальше...

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One of the great things about Netflix is that it has brought thoughtful, compelling documentaries to a much wider audience — something filmmakers could only dream of a decade ago.

And with binge-worthy titles like Netflix original "Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond" and Oscar-nominated "Last Men in Aleppo" a click away, you can get a lot of great nonfiction viewing any night of the week.

You'll learn a lot more about the world, but don't worry — you'll also be entertained. Читать дальше...

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Warning: There are some spoilers ahead for AMC's "The Walking Dead."

• "The Walking Dead" is bidding farewell to one of its original cast members Sunday.
• In December, Carl (Chandler Riggs) revealed he was bit by a walker. Riggs said his character was being killed off the show. 
• Ahead of the mid-season premiere, star Andrew Lincoln prepared a little goodbye tribute for his on-screen son, Carl (Chandler Riggs).
• Lincoln performed a... Читать дальше...

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Fintechs have found a way to serve small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) while still making a profit, and now incumbents want in on the action. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• One of the biggest adjustments NBA rookies have to make is keeping up with the physicality of the NBA.
• That adjustment can be challenging, as the schedule can leave little time for rookies to work on their bodies.
• It can take years before young NBA players are fully adjusted to the physicality of the league.
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• There is also a mental adjustment that rookies must make in the NBA that can make staying on the floor even tougher. Читать дальше...

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Improving artificial intelligence (AI) technology and the proliferation of messaging apps — which enable users and businesses to interact through a variety of mediums, including text, voice, image, video, and file sharing — are fueling the popularity of chatbots.

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• A ProPublica analysis of voting machines found that over two-thirds of counties in America used machines for the 2016 election that are over a decade old. 
• While election equipment needs to be replaced more often, election administration remains a low funding priority for states around the country. 
• The integrity of US voting machines is under scrutiny as the 2018 midterm elections approach. 

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• Showing curiosity in someone is the fastest way to establish a connection with them while conversing.
• To skip past the small talk and have a meaningful interaction, asking pointed, unique questions. 
• "What excites you right now?" and "What's the most important thing I should know about you?" are two examples.

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Drew Houston is on top of the world.

On Friday, his company, Dropbox, filed its S-1, making it Y Combinator's first startup to ever file for an IPO.

The file sharing service that began as a two-person team in 2007 is now a sprawling enterprise with more than a thousand employees and a stock ticker symbol that's soon to be listed on the NASDAQ. The cloud storage giant now provides services to more than 500 million people and generates a billion dollars in annual revenue. Читать дальше...

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• If you're well-versed on White House facts, you probably know the presidential residence has 132 rooms.
• However, fewer people know about rooms like the chocolate shop and the bowling alley.
• There are also rooms that have changed purpose over the years, like the Solarium, which did a stint as a kindergarten.

The White House is America's most famous residence — and one of the biggest, too.

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• Hedge funds and other large speculators made a poorly-timed decision to go net short tech stocks for the first time in 21 months.
• The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index surged 5.6% during the week in question.

Everyone reacted to the stock market's recent correction in their own special way.

Some investors rushed to protect their holdings, pushing hedging costs to a 14-month high. Others piled back into the flaming wreckage of the short-volatility... Читать дальше...

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Digital disruption is rocking the payments industry. But merchants, consumers, and the companies that help move money between them are all feeling its effects differently.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• The fintech ecosystem explained
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• Facebook and Google are often referred to as 'walled gardens' by advertisers since they typically restrict usage of their data by advertisers to their own platforms.
• On Thursday Facebook said it would be willing to bend on how some of its data is used in advertising campaigns outside of its own walls.
• The company said that such theoretical data sharing would have to be facilitated by a third party. And it wouldn't be willing to make such a move alone. Читать дальше...

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• The United States' men's curling team defeated Sweden to win their first gold medal in Olympic history.
• Team USA took a huge lead late in the match when skipper John Shuster hit a perfect shot in the eighth end.
• The win is being called the "Miracurl on Ice."

The United States' men's curling team defeated Sweden to win their first gold medal in Winter Olympic history.

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• Author Erin Lowry lived on 23,000 a year and pinched pennies to avoid debt. 
• In order to scrape by and get her financial life together, she used a few tricks anyone can adopt. 
• Find the budgeting approach that works best for you, negotiate for more pay, and say no to the things you don't want to spend money on. 

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• The Pew Research Center defines the US middle class as those earning 67% to 200% of the median household income.
• Middle-class Americans earned about $39,000 to $118,000 in 2016, according to Pew's definition, but middle-class incomes vary at the state and city levels.
• Some Silicon Valley residents earning $400,000 consider themselves to be in the middle class, a recent survey found.

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• Canadian ski cross athlete Dave Duncan, his wife, and a coach were arrested in South Korea and charged with stealing a car.
• Police say the coach was driving and allege he had a blood-alcohol level three times the legal limit.
• The coach is a son of a British Columbia senator and skiing legend.
• The three have been released but are not allowed to leave South Korea.

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