Новости за 16.07.2018

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• Sunday's World Cup final ended with sound win by the French team over Croatia.
• One of the most thrilling parts of the match came when four people rushed onto the field.
• Now the Russian punk protest organization and band Pussy Riot has claimed responsibility for the game interruption.
• In a statement posted to their Twitter account, Pussy Riot wrote that the disruption was meant to protest political prisoners, illegal arrests during protests, and more. Читать дальше...

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• The dictionary is a living document that changes as our language does.
• Every year, new words are created and added to the dictionary, and other words take on new meanings over time.
• Merriam-Webster added 850 words and definitions to the dictionary in March 2018.
• Here are 10 words you didn’t know were part of the dictionary.

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• Prime Day is a global shopping event exclusively for Amazon Prime members, who can take advantage of hundreds of thousands of deals sitewide.
• This year’s Prime Day began at 3 p.m. ET on Monday, July 16, and runs through Tuesday, July 17.
• From riffing on President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to venting over website malfunctions, Twitter had plenty to say about 2018 Prime Day.

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• Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi confessed that during his first year he was mostly focused on Uber fixing its reputation "externally," addressing issues with cities, drivers and the public.
• But he said he dropped the ball on making sure Uber's internal culture was cleaned up.
• last week, Uber's chief HR person, Liane Hornsey resigned followed an investigation into how she handled racial-discrimination concerns.
• And Khosrowshahi confirmed that Uber's COO... Читать дальше...

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• The United Kingdom unveiled a full-sized model of its proposed next-generation fighter jet on Monday at the Farnborough air show in England.
• Nicknamed the "Tempest," the aircraft is a joint venture by BAE Systems, Rolls Royce, Leonardo, and MBDA, and could be an optional unmanned system armed with lasers, swarming UAVs, and be resilient against cyber attacks.
• The UK will allocate $2.65 billion to the aircraft through 2025, at which point a decision will be made about its future. Читать дальше...

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• Several Republicans came to President Donald Trump's defense after his remarks during a Monday press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin were criticized.
• Those Republicans were in the minority, as most who issued responses condemned Trump's remarks.

Several Republicans came to President Donald Trump's defense after his remarks during a Monday press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin were slammed as "disgraceful"... Читать дальше...

• Netflix missed Wall Street expectations for new streaming customers on Monday, sending its stock plummeting. 
• The company said it earned $0.85 cents a share, topping the Wall Street consensus of $0.79. 
• Follow Netflix's stock price in real-time here. 

Shares of Netflix plunged more than 13% Monday after the streaming giant reported second-quarter subscriber growth that missed Wall Street expectations. 

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• Noise-cancelling headphones from Sennheiser, Sony, and Bose are all getting big discounts for Amazon Prime Day.
• You can save up to $100 for a limited time. 
• If you don't have a membership, sign up for a free 30-day Amazon Prime trial to get full access to Prime Day deals.
• Check back at this link for more Prime Day deals to watch on a rolling basis. 

Whether it's to drown out a noisy commute, noisy roommates, noisy neighbors, or all of the above ... Читать дальше...

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• Goldman Sachs is expected to name president David Solomon as its new CEO as soon as Tuesday, according to people familiar with the matter. 
• The position of Solomon, an unconventional Wall Street figure, as the heir apparent hints at cultural change at a firm that fancies itself the Google of Wall Street.

In mid-February, one month before he became the heir apparent to Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, president David Solomon was on a stage, cracking... Читать дальше...

Amazon

• Amazon's website has been up and down since the start of Prime Day in the United States at 3 p.m. ET.
• The website has been experiencing issues like links that go nowhere, leaving customer unable to access the special deals.
• Furious customers are threatening to cancel their Prime memberships and shop elsewhere.

Amazon Prime Day is off to a rocky start.

Prime Day deals were expected to kick off at 3 p.m. ET on Monday. But just a few minutes later... Читать дальше...

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Roblox

• 23-year-old Alex Binello is the co-creator and proprietor of "MeepCity," a hit free-to-play game with 15 million monthly active players. 
• "MeepCity" is the biggest game on Roblox, a game platform with 64 million users that's especially popular with kids. 
• Binello, an entirely self-taught programmer, makes enough from "MeepCity" to support his mother and brother, whom he recently moved from his hometown of Las Vegas to be closer to him in the San Francisco Bay Area. Читать дальше...

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Insider is distributed across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Pinterest and Snapchat, as well as on the web. Our social media accounts are the face of our brand, and our social media interns play an integral role by helping to run our growing network. Читать дальше...

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• Disney Springs has added another restaurant to its impressive lineup. 
• With it's artfully curated menu and inviting atmosphere, Terralina Crafted Italian is the perfect place for Disney World guests to unwind after a long day at the parks. 
• The outdoor patio and bar is the ideal place to grab a cocktail and enjoy the Florida weather. 
• Terralina Crafted Italian offers homemade pasta, charcuterie, and handcrafted drinks.... Читать дальше...

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MTV announced the nominees for the 2018 Video Music Awards Monday. 

Cardi B received the most nominations with 10 and was followed by Jay Z and Beyoncé's collaboration The Carters with eight. The categories this year are all gender-neutral.

Fans can watch the "VMAs" live on Monday, August 20 at 9 p.m. ET. They can vote for their favorite videos at vma.mtv.com until Friday, August 10

Here are all of the nominees. 

Video of the year

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• Fortune cookies are arguably the best part of ordering Chinese food (even if they're an American gimmick).
• But the fortunes aren't always helpful — they can be useless, weird, and even creepy.
• We scoured Twitter to find the weirdest fortunes people have broken their cookie open to find.
  

Fortune cookies (whether they actually taste good or not) are one of the best things about ordering Chinese food. Who doesn't get a little bit... Читать дальше...

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• President Donald Trump said that he had “great confidence” in US intelligence agencies in a Tweet on Monday. 
• The tweet appeared to backtrack on what Trump had said hours earlier in a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
• In the press conference, Trump had openly questioned his own intelligence agencies and denounced the special counsel investigation into Russian interference efforts.

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• Tesla sank about 3.5% in trading Monday after CEO Elon Musk's weekend Twitter spat.
• Musk called a British diver from the Thai cave rescue a "pedo guy" in a now-deleted tweet.
• Unsworth, the diver, had originally told CNN that Musk can "stick his submarine where it hurts."
• Musk also drew criticism for newly disclosed donations to a Republican political action committee.
• Follow Tesla's stock price in real-time here.
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There are a lot of pros about social media. It connects you with people who you might never meet. It provides you with endless (and mindless fun). And it's a place where you can express your opinion with thousands of people with the click of a button. But as many people know, it's also a breeding ground for hate, especially for people with millions of followers (and haters), such as celebrities.

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• Swearing helps us to be more expressive, and can even help us with pain relief and with tasks like lifting weights.
• People swear in five different ways: Descriptively, idiomatically, abusively, emphatically, and cathartically.
  
• How people swear around the world differs quite a lot too — for example, in the Philippines, there's a special anger vocabulary.

Swearing has a bad reputation. It's considered unprofessional to swear in a job interview, for example. Читать дальше...

Amazon

• Many people trying to access Amazon's homepage during Prime Day were greeted with error messages — messages featuring a selection of cute dogs.
• The 'dogs of Amazon' featured in these pages are dogs owned by the employees that come to work with their owners. 
• "At Amazon, bring-your-dog-to-work day is every day," a blog post by the company reads.

It's a little hard to be frustrated at a website's error message when there's a little four-legged friend staring back at you. Читать дальше...

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• When asking for a raise or negotiating the salary for a new job, you'll want to choose your words strategically. 
• Salary negotiations are collaborations, and successful collaborations require good communication — so you'll need to be very clear. 
• But, you should avoid disclosing your current salary, referring to what you want as "desired" or "wanted," and using negative words. 

You're 96% sure that you are ready to schedule a meeting with your boss to ask for a raise. Читать дальше...

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Stocks were mixed Monday as markets weighed falling oil prices and the start of earnings season. The dollar fell, and Treasury yields rose. 

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