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- Jim Carrey Lawsuit Highlights Prescription Drug Epidemic
Drug use in Hollywood is under a microscope again amid a new lawsuit against actor Jim Carrey. - Were New York, Minnesota Attacks Open-Source Jihad?
- Why Republicans' Refugee Math Doesn't Check Out
- Debate Preparation Shows Gulf Between Campaigns
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump appear to be preparing for their highly anticipated Monday night debate showdown in much different ways. - Sexual Harassment Rampant at National Parks, Officials Say
- Hope From a Pure Heart: Boy's Letter to Obama Goes Viral
- Life and Loss in America's Heartland
- Analysis: Why Donald Trump and Don King Make Sense
- Barcelona Pageant Celebrates Transgender Women
- Iran Leader Says Politics Only Way to End Syrian War
- Brokaw: Reagan's Debate Challenge
- Trump's Racial Rhetoric Puts Him in a Bind
- 'Rock Star' Cleric Inspiring Terror From Beyond the Grave
- Ted Cruz Announces He'll Vote for Trump
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who during the Republican presidential primary called Donald Trump a 'pathological liar,' endorsed the GOP nominee on Friday. - Poll: LGBT Voters Support Clinton Over Trump
- Man Arrested in Fatal Shooting of Charlotte Protester
- Footage Shows Fatal Encounter Between N.C. Cops, Keith Scott
- Clinton Aide Got Partial Immunity in Email Investigation
- Who Is the Tulsa Cop Who Fatally Shot Terence Crutcher?
- Bomb Suspect Rahami Posted Radical Videos in 2010
- Sources: N.J. Lawmakers Mull Christie Impeachment
- Real-Life 'Mowgli' Survives Wilderness With Help of Dogs
- Google launches its Daydream VR development tools out of beta
Google’s VR platform Daydream is now ready for developers’ full attention, thanks to the release of the new Google VR SDK, which exited from beta today. The kit will allow developers to build VR experiences for Daydream-ready phones and headsets, the company says, and now supports integration with ... - AutoMobility LA announces its top 10 startups
AutoMobility LA, the new name for the press days before the public LA Auto Show in November, has announced the ten startups competing for visibility and mentoring opportunities. The board that chooses the finalists includes executives from companies small and large, new and old: Lyft, Google, NVIDI... - YouTube puts $1M behind Creators for Change
- Intuit wants to turn TurboTax into a platform
- Apple acquires another machine learning company: Tuplejump
- Google open sources image captioning model in TensorFlow
Pretty much 100 percent of my generation is obsessed with Instagram. Unfortunately, I left the platform (sorry all) back in 2015. Simple reason, I am way too indecisive about which photos to post and what pithy caption to give them. Fortunately, with ample spare time, those who share my problem can... - 23andMe’s Anne Wojcicki has a plan to include better genetic data from people of color
One of the first consumer genetic testing companies, 23andMe says it aims to be at the forefront in gathering genetically diverse data throughout the world. The company just launched a standalone $99 ancestry service today as a way to offer those interested in their genetic lineage the ability to t... - Voxels are in vogue among indie developers
- Airbnb files $555M round with the SEC led by Google Capital and TCV
- Grocery deliveries via rolling drone will kick off in Washington, D.C. this fall
- Stick a Raspberry Pi into a Nintendo cartridge for some retro DIY fun
- Gfycat raises $10 million to help creatives fire up the memes
- Yahoo confirms state-sponsored attacker stole personal data of “at least” 500 million users
- Instacart raises guaranteed delivery payout rates, removing tipping option
- Scientists get us a step closer to graphene implants
Oh graphene, you wonderful, miracle substance. The one atom-thick latticed carbon material has been proposed as a way of revolutionizing everything from upload speeds to sports equipment. And if we could find a way to implant the stuff, well, clearly we’d all become an unstoppable army of Robocops ... - Today is the last day to save £400 on Disrupt London tickets
Okay ladies and gents, you’ve procrastinated long enough. Disrupt London 2016 is only a few months away, and today is the final day to get extra early-bird tickets to Disrupt for the super low price of just £800 per ticket. Read More - Podo’s $50 Bluetooth camera makes smartphone photography fun again
- Crunch Report | Yahoo confirms huge data breach
- Facebook miscalculation significantly inflated average video view times for years
- SGN becomes Jam City and announces a new Peanuts game
- Did I time travel or play Animation Throwdown for the entire day?
- Samsung says half of recalled Note 7s in the US have been exchanged – mostly for new Note 7s
- Who invests in hardware?
- Smart’s entire car lineup will have an electric drive option in 2017
At some point, it’ll probably be commonplace, but as of its 2017 model year, Smart will be the only big car brand that can truthfully claim to offer both an electric drive and a gas-powered option across all of its vehicle offerings. The Daimler-owned maker of pint-sized urban cars will offer an EV... - The multi-functional Balldur is a Swiss Army lamp
At its minimalist worst, the Balldur is a cool looking lamp. Smooth wood and ceramic with a bulb that would make Thomas Edison proud, the Balldur (whatever that means) feels like an artifact from a Terry Gilliam movie—and that my friends is a good thing. In some ways, it is also reminiscent of bout... - Salesforce, Google, Microsoft, Verizon are all eyeing up a Twitter bid
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- Fresh Twitter departures include U.S. Moments lead and head of TV
- iHeartRadio will launch two paid, on-demand music services
- RideGuru includes driver payouts in its price comparison service for ride hailing apps
- Driver’s ed app Aceable raises $4 million
- Is this the creepiest use of facial recognition tech yet?
- SpaceX investigation suggests helium breach caused its Falcon 9 explosion
SpaceX has a few answers about what might have caused the explosion of one of its Falcon 9 rockets on September 1. The rocket blew up while going through pre-launch prep on a landing pad, and no one was injured, but SpaceX has had some difficulty figuring out the cause, and shared very little info ... - Defunct smart jewelry startup Cuff sued by vendors for unpaid work
Cuff, the smart jewelry maker that promised a line of fashion wearables capable of sending emergency alerts to trusted family and friends, shut down earlier this year leaving a number of customer orders unfilled and vendors unpaid. Now, the company is being named in a bankruptcy suit filed by five ... - Papa, what’s a shitpost?
- UPS begins testing emergency drone deliveries with CyPhy
- Microsoft’s Bing mobile apps get support for Google’s AMP
- Apple said to be working on an Amazon Echo competitor
- Apple’s iMessage App Store already has over 1,650 apps, majority are sticker packs
- Extra early-bird ticket deadline for Disrupt London extended to Sept. 30
- It’s not McLaren Racing, but McLaren Applied Technologies, that Apple is likely lusting after
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