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• Federal regulators have served Facebook with a complaint over the company's ad targeting tools available to housing advertisers.
• The Department of Housing and Urban Development's complaint sides with advocacy groups that brought a lawsuit against Facebook in March.
• The lawsuit claims that Facebook violates fair-housing laws, which follows a massive investigation by ProPublica.

The Justice Department filed a "statement... Читать дальше...

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• Federal regulators have served Facebook with a complaint over the company's ad targeting tools available to housing advertisers.
• The Department of Housing and Urban Development's complaint sides with advocacy groups that brought a lawsuit against Facebook in March.
• The lawsuit claims that Facebook violates fair-housing laws, which follows a massive investigation by ProPublica.

The Justice Department filed a "statement... Читать дальше...

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Beauty Bakerie

• Cosmetics company Beauty Bakerie is going viral for the way it displays its shade range.
• Unlike most brands, the darkest shade is the first in the lineup, with the lighter shades following behind. 
• People were quick to notice the order of the shades, calling it "a small thing but an important one."

When looking at a foundation display or product page, the shade range typically displays the lightest shade first, with the darker shades following behind. Читать дальше...

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It's hard to believe, but women simply aren't on an equal playing field with men yet … and it's even less equal for women of color, trans women, and women of other marginalized groups. 

And it's not just the wage gap — there are lots of ways that people who identify as women are not treated equally to people who identify as men. 

Here are ways women still aren't equal all over the world.

The wage gap still exists everywhere.

According to Pew Research Center... Читать дальше...

Warner Bros. Entertainment

With the release of "The Meg," shark movies are hot right now. So we looked at the Metacritic score for each of these films (not including direct-to-video or made-for-TV movies — sorry, "Sharknado") and critic's reviews to see how these shark movies rank. 

Here are the best shark movies of all time, ranked. 

14. "Jaws: The Revenge" (1981) wasn’t the best.

"‘Jaws: The Revenge’ is not simply a bad movie, but also a stupid and incompetent one ... Читать дальше...

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• NVIDIA, a leading manufacturer and developer of graphics cards, is expected to announce a new series of graphics cards on Monday, including their newest flagship model: the RTX 2080, according to a recent report.
• The annual Gamescon gaming expo will be held on Monday, but NVIDIA is holding a livestreamed event before the expo, where they're rumored to be announcing the new card and making it available to pre-order.
• It's been a rough year or so for graphics cards... Читать дальше...

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• Erik Prince, founder of the controversial firm Blackwater, is trying to convince President Donald Trump to privatize America's war in Afghanistan.
• His pitch was rejected by senior administration officials, most notably Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, last year, but he has revived his pitch and is pushing for an audience.
• Prince believes the situation in Afghanistan can be resolved with a few thousand men and around $3.5 billion.

Billionaire... Читать дальше...

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• The United States government wants to listen in on conversations taking place on Facebook Messenger. 
• Facebook says it can't listen in because the content is encrypted. 
• Facebook says it can only comply with the government’s request if it rewrites the code used by all Facebook Messenger users. 

The U.S. government is trying to force Facebook Inc to break the encryption in its popular Messenger app so law enforcement may listen to... Читать дальше...

Lenstore

• Lenstore, a contact lens retailer, created a quiz containing 11 optical illusions with explanations of how they work.
• Colors, patterns, and shapes aren't always what they appear to be.
• Take the quiz and see if you can figure out how the images are playing tricks on your eyes.

You can't believe everything you see. 

Optical illusions are designed to manipulate perspectives, colors, patterns, and shapes in ways that play tricks on your eyes. Читать дальше...

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