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• In many cases, the millennial approach to money and careers can be misdirected. 
• Millennials have a tendency to compensate for a lack of experience with costly degrees and qualifications.
• It is essential for millennials to assess their strengths and find a job they are passionate about — it is the easiest route to financial reward.

Editor's note: This post originally appeared on Quora, in response to the question, "What are millennials doing wrong when it comes to their careers?"

Health and Commece

• Since its debut six years ago, Redwood City-based startup Auris Health has quietly raised $500 million to develop a series of tools designed to innovate surgical robotics technology.
• The company's latest product, Monarch, is a controller-operated robotic camera that allows physicians to visualize the inside of the human body.
• The technology, which was approved by the FDA earlier this month, could become a key tool in helping physicians diagnose lung cancer early on. Читать дальше...

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With the Fitbit Versa, Fitbit has created a nearly perfect smartwatch. 

The $200 Versa — which is available for preorder now and starts shipping in April — is Fitbit's second "true smartwatch." It has Fitbit's fitness tracking built in, along with a touchscreen that provides on-watch workouts, call and text alerts, and in-depth fitness stats.

I tried Fitbit Versa for a little under a week, testing whether it held up to Fitbit's claims of four-day... Читать дальше...

• LIBOR has risen more than 30 basis points since January.
• The spread the US government pays to borrow has also risen in that time span.
• The cost of borrowing for foreign banks and the US have risen nearly in lock step together.

I’m sure you’ve heard by now, front end rates are on the rise. Not only because the Fed is hiking rates though.  LIBOR (the rate that foreign banks pay to borrow 3-month money) has risen over 30 basis points in the past six weeks relative... Читать дальше...

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• A promising new field of cancer treatment called cancer immunotherapy has been exploding — and with it, hundreds of trials that aim to get to a better understanding of which combinations of treatments work and which don't.
• Dr. Norman Sharpless, the director of the National Cancer Institute, said that the agency has a role to play in learning more about the basic science behind cancer immunotherapy to help prioritize some of these trials over others that likely won't help cancer patients. Читать дальше...

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• A promising new field of cancer treatment called cancer immunotherapy has been exploding — and with it, hundreds of trials that aim to get to a better understanding of which combinations of treatments work and which don't.
• Dr. Norman Sharpless, the director of the National Cancer Institute, said that the agency has a role to play in learning more about the basic science behind cancer immunotherapy to help prioritize some of these trials over others that likely won't help cancer patients. Читать дальше...

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• Famous landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and the Sydney Opera House looked a bit different while they were being assembled.
• It took an impressive 14 years for the Sydney Opera House to be completed, and Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Família in Barcelona remains a work in progress to this day. It began construction in 1882.
  

We know what famous landmarks look like today. But iconic structures like the Statue of Liberty and the Sydney Opera... Читать дальше...

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• Famous landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and the Sydney Opera House looked a bit different while they were being assembled.
• It took an impressive 14 years for the Sydney Opera House to be completed, and Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Família in Barcelona remains a work in progress to this day. It began construction in 1882.
  

We know what famous landmarks look like today. But iconic structures like the Statue of Liberty and the Sydney... Читать дальше...

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• If you have a round face, angled brows will give your face definition.
• Oval faces should have slightly arched eyebrows while heart-shaped faces should have a soft arch. 
• Diamond faces can benefit from short eyebrows while square faces should focus on heavily arching their outer brow. 

Want your brows to wow? Look no further than your face shape to find the arch that will enhance your best features. Читать дальше...

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• If you have a round face, angled brows will give your face definition.
• Oval faces should have slightly arched eyebrows while heart-shaped faces should have a soft arch. 
• Diamond faces can benefit from short eyebrows while square faces should focus on heavily arching their outer brow. 

Want your brows to wow? Look no further than your face shape to find the arch that will enhance your best features. Читать дальше...

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While we rely on food to sustain us physically, we also depend on it for its comforting properties; sometimes a dish just knows how to convey so much more than words ever could.

From greasy fish and chips in Great Britain to the lasagna-like moussaka in Greece, here are 26 comfort foods from around the world that everyone should try.

FRANCE: French onion soup

French onion soup is winter comfort food as it should be: rich, warm, and blanketed under a generous portion of creamy cheese. Читать дальше...

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• China lost control of its first space station, Tiangong-1, or "Heavenly Palace" in 2016.
• The spacecraft is expected to burn up in Earth's atmosphere on April 1 — Easter Sunday — give or take two days.
• Chunks of the bus-size vessel should be durable enough to reach our planet's surface.
• Any surviving pieces of Tiangong-1 will most likely land in the ocean.

China's first space station, called Tiangong-1 or "Heavenly Palace,"... Читать дальше...

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• A video was posted in December 2017 showing the Saudi military responding to an unprovoked attack — and then laying waste to the Iranian military, liberating the country single-handedly.
• Saudi officials and media have denied that the crown prince or Saudi government personnel were involved in the video, but it looks strikingly similar to how a propaganda video would look.
• While Saudi Arabia's military equipment is among the best in the world... Читать дальше...

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• "Mad" Mike Hughes, a self-described "rocket scientist," launched himself almost 2,000 feet in the air in a homemade rocket.
• He landed hard and his rocket got dinged, but he is otherwise fine.
• Hughes said he wanted to "see for himself" whether the Earth is shaped like "a Frisbee" by going into space. 

A flat-Earth believer launched himself almost 2,000 feet into the air in a homemade rocket on Sunday.

"Mad" Mike Hughes, who is 61 years old... Читать дальше...

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• Jay Sekulow is now the leading figure on President Donald Trump's legal team.
• His role has expanded since he was first hired on last year, far surpassing what those close to him expected him to provide Trump when he was first retained.

Jay Sekulow is, in a sense, the last man standing on President Donald Trump's legal team — and he's now faced with tackling one of the biggest decisions confronting the president in special counsel Robert... Читать дальше...

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• Your phone is probably hurting your ability to focus at work, according to new scientific research.
• In fact, people generally don't realize how their phone is affecting their behavior.
• The best solution is to plan to keep your phone in another room at certain times.

I could start this article with a quip about how my phone is sitting right next to me as I'm writing about the dangers of having your phone sitting next to you at work. Читать дальше...

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• Stormy Daniels has sued Michael Cohen for defamation in California court.
• The lawsuit was filed a day after Daniels' explosive "60 Minutes" interview.

Adult-film star Stormy Daniels on Monday sued President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen for defamation in a California federal court.

The lawsuit points to a February statement from Cohen claiming Daniels had made false statements about her alleged affair with Trump... Читать дальше...

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• Meghan Markle and Prince Harry recently sent out their royal wedding invitations, but it seems a few of her family members were missing from the guest list. 
• Tracey Dooley, Markle's former sister-in-law, and her nephew Tyler Dooley revealed in an appearance on "Good Morning Britain" that they had not received invitations. 
• Presenter Richard Madeley was quick to shut the two relatives down, pointing out that they had not seen the former actress in years. Читать дальше...

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• Flat irons can also double as curling iron, given some dexterity and plenty of heat-protecting product.
• If you're going for the beachy-wave look, your flat iron can make that happen too.
• When applying colorful temporary dyes like hair chalk, straighteners can help to seal in the hue.
• Flat irons are great tools for giving your shirt collar a last-minute press or for ironing on patches.

When it comes to hot styling tools... Читать дальше...

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Every single year, technology keeps getting demonstrably better and more powerful. 

More and more tech products are having a profound impact on the way we live our lives.

But with so many gadgets on the market, which ones do you really need to own? Here are five we rate as essential in the year 2018:

1. A smartphone of your choosing

Smartphones are the most personal, powerful devices we have right now. They're tiny computers that fit in our pockets. Читать дальше...

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• Gold is flirting with multi-year highs.
• The precious metal appears to be breaking out against both stocks and bonds.
• Gold could go to $1,550/$1580 in the near-term, according to the charts.

When assets are in strong uptrends, they’re not just going up in value on an absolute basis, they also outperform their alternatives. Two obvious alternatives to investing your money in Gold are Stocks and Bonds. With the price of Gold flirting with new multi-year highs... Читать дальше...

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Los Angeles-based artist Marisa Livingston has gone viral after turning the cast of "The Office" into lovable cartoons.

Livingston, a character designer who currently works at Titmouse, first shared a few of her illustrations on Twitter in late February. She recently told BuzzFeed that she had been feeling "a little stuck," so she decided to sketch Michael Scott "to break the block."

Since February, Livingston has drawn 24 characters from "The Office" ... Читать дальше...

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• Originally, Starbucks was going to be called either "Cargo House" or  "Pequod" after Captain Ahab’s ship in "Moby Dick."
• However, in a meeting,  the brand consultant who designed the chain’s logo, brought out an old 1800s map and the name of one mining town, Starbos, stood out.
• The brand consultant immediately thought of the first mate on the Pequod: Starbuck.

Starbucks branding is truly iconic. Even without seeing a logo... Читать дальше...

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• AMD has received up to 20% of its total revenues from selling graphics cards used for Ethereum mining.
• Bitmain will put pressure on AMD, as the Chinese-based chipmaker is said to have developed its own ASIC, a graphics chip used for mining Ethereum, a Susquehanna analyst says.
• The analyst downgraded AMD's shares and lowered its price target.
• You can view AMD's stock price here.

AMD's heyday as the chip of choice for Ethereum miners is about to come to an end, warns a Susquehanna analyst.