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• Bosses Forcing Women Into Heels Spark Revolt6 days ago A British woman who refused an employer's demand that she wear high heels has ignited a debate over discrimination — and a parliamentary inquiry.
• China Has World's Largest Population, But Not Enough Babies
• Family of Fallen Braves Fan: 'He Was Doing One of His Favorite Things'

• How One Bank Teller Stole $1.25 Million Very, Very Slowly2 days ago Some bank robberies are committed with a gun, others with a ledger.
• Trump Golf Club Loses Lawsuit, Must Pay Ex-Members $5M
• President Trump and the 'Shock and Awe' Doctrine
• Zika: The Virus That Came From Nowhere and Broke All the Rules
• Analysis: Trump's 'America First' Vision Could Upend Postwar Consensus
• NBCBLK28 List: Young, Gifted & Unapologetically Black
• Become a Space Archaeologist With New Online Platform
• Study Finds Link Between School Shootings and Jobless Rate
• Translator Who Risked Life in Iraq, Academic Among the Stranded
• NATO Shows Off Firepower at 'Not Just a Training Exercise'

• Americans Split Over How the Media Is Covering Trumpabout 14 hours ago Perhaps unsurprising, the poll finds that views on the media split down ideological lines.
• 9.2 Million Signed on to Obamacare, Feds Say
• Paul Ryan: Iran Nuclear Deal Likely To Stay In Place
• Howard Stern Opens Up About Concerns for President Trump
• Lawyers for 'El Chapo' Argue Jail Conditions Too Strict
• NBCBLK28: Marques Brownlee: The Technophile
• Something Tipped Off Al Qaeda Targets: Inside Yemen SEAL Raid
• Emails: Feds Warned Trump Against Skipping Ethics Vetting
• In Deeply Partisan Climate, These Super Bowl Ads Are Hitting a Nerve
• Trump's Wall Is Only One Potential Option for Border

• Why Dogs Are Better Than Machines at Guarding Borders40 minutes ago Specially-trained dogs are faster and more accurate than technology at the world's borders, according to their trainers.
• 5 Things You May Not Know About Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks
• Human Trafficking: Flight Attendants Fight Back for Victims
• The Trump Effect? Alleged Terror Mastermind Finally Arrested
• Your Gate Is Now Open: Judge Halts Trump Immigration Order
• Beware: New Email Tax Return Scam Targets Employees
• Iranian Baby Needing Surgery Granted Docs to Come to U.S.
• White House Pick for Secretary of Army Withdraws
• Wayne's World Celebrates 25 'Excellent' Years
• U.S. Army Corps Orders Close of Pipeline Protest Camp

Tech News

• AWS still owns the clouda day ago  When Amazon announced its earnings for its Amazon Web Services cloud division on Thursday, the results were hardly surprising. While AWS might not have the eye-popping growth percentages of its rivals, it still grew at a decent 47 percent, with earnings of $3.53 billion on an astonishing $14.2 bill...
• GoPro stock crashes more than 10% after failing to meet Wall Street’s expectationsa day ago  GoPro today reported its fourth-quarter and year-end earning results. And they weren’t good. The stock is currently falling like a recalled GoPro Karma drone. It’s down 10 percent in after-hours trading. The company reported $540 million in fourth-quarter revenue, with a net income loss of $.082 a ...
• Amazon fumbles earnings amidst high expectations
• Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU
• This app uses spectral analysis to analyze objects and their makeup

• Snapchat paid Reggie Brown $157.5M to settle his ‘ousted founder’ lawsuita day ago  Ousted Snapchat early employee Reggie Brown was paid $157.5 million in a settlement in September 2014 to close off a 2013 lawsuit he had brought against other co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy, alleging that they had taken his original idea and run with it, pushing him out of the company wi...
• Snap says “diversity is about more than numbers”a day ago  Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat and Spectacles, included in its filing to go public a brief tidbit on diversity. Unlike tech companies like Apple, Google, Twitter, Facebook and several others, Snap has not released a diversity report. At the end of 2016, Snap employed 1,859 employees, but...
• Snap sees risks in Brexit, hacking and China’s Great Firewall
• Snap will expand distribution of Spectacles in 2017, but hardware remains an experiment
• Snapchat international user growth slowed in the second half of 2016
• Snap Inc says cameras define smartphones in IPO filing’s tiny letter to investors
• Uber CEO Travis Kalanick quits Donald Trump’s business advisory council
• Snap has finally filed publicly for its massive IPO
• Google will soon integrate Progressive Web Apps deeper into Android

• Medium plans to launch a consumer subscription product this quartera day ago  Medium CEO Ev Williams announced today at Upfront Summit that his company will launch a consumer subscription product, with the first version coming this quarter. This could help develop an additional revenue stream apart from advertisements. Finding a strong revenue source is critical, since Mediu...
• Elon Musk says he’ll present objections to Trump’s immigration order at Friday advisory council meetinga day ago  Tesla CEO Elon Musk issued a statement about his participation in Donald Trump’s economic advisory council, and a scheduled meeting of the group tomorrow. Musk said that he and others on the council will take the opportunity to voice their opposition to the president’s executive order on immigratio...
• Team BlackSheep’s Vendetta is a fast racing drone with a high learning curve
• CEO Evan Spiegel’s Snap ownership is worth about $3.5 billion
• How WhatsApp is fighting spam after its encryption rollout
• Snap commits $2 billion over 5 years for Google Cloud infrastructure
• Snap paid $114.5M to acquire Vurb and gives acquisition details for Bitstrips and Looksery
• Snapchat growth slowed 82% after Instagram Stories launched
• Microsoft is taking its Detroit operation downtown

• WhatsApp tests real-time location sharing in its appabout 19 hours ago  Facebook may be distancing itself from location-sharing between friends in its own app, but Facebook-owned WhatsApp appears to moving in this direction. A new feature spotted in the beta version of the popular mobile messaging software shows that WhatsApp has developed a real-time location-tracking...
• Information is garbageabout 20 hours ago  I’ve been reading a lot of Neil Postman lately. It’s been one of those years and I’m writing a book about fake news. Postman, the nicest guy in cultural criticism, was a folksy, friendly thinker who imagined the future in which we now live. One of his most important points, made in 1992 before the ...
• Watch Hulu’s Super Bowl spot for original series The Handmaid’s Tale
• Domino’s now lets you order from its full menu via Messenger – no setup or account required
• Chevrolet says in-car 4G LTE data use jumped almost 200% in 2016
• LG confirms 5K MacBook display router issue, will outfit new ones with extra shielding
• PlayStation 4’s 4.50 software update adds HDD support, 3D Blu-ray capability for PS VR
• Outdoor ad firm buys Swiss dating app Blinq to power beacon push
• Crunch Report | Snap files publicly for its massive IPO

• Ford’s new “hub” beneath the World Trade Center highlights a transportation future beyond carsabout 16 hours ago  Ford opened a location that it’s calling the FordHub in the Westfield World Trade Center mall this week — but you won’t be able to buy any cars there. Instead, the location includes a large screen highlighting different ways (bike, subway and otherwise) to reach New York City landmarks, a ramp-and-...
• Conductor’s new mobile app helps businesses understand what customers are searching forabout 16 hours ago  Conductor is launching a new mobile app that co-founder and CEO Seth Besmertnik described as a way to get quick access to “the voice of the customer.” The New York-based company started with a focus on search engine optimization before broadening to offer a broader range of marketing tools. Now, Be...
• With one foot in the past and the other in the future, India faces a digital paradox
• Weekly Roundup: Snap files for massive IPO, Uber CEO quits Trump advisory council
• Google selling Terra Bella satellite imaging business to Planet
• One of the worst comments sections on the internet is shutting down
• Apple offers a $199 app bundle for education with Final Cut and Logic
• Apply Now: Peter Thiel is hiring a personal assistant
• Snap stumbles toward a volatile IPO

• Crunch Report | Tech’s Rough Day on Wall Streetabout 9 hours ago Travis Kalanick quits the Trump advisory board, Domino’s updates its Facebook Messenger bot in time for the Super Bowl, GoPro and Amazon have a rough day on Wall Street and Medium plans to monetize. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
• Federal judge puts nationwide block on President Trump’s travel banabout 9 hours ago  President Trump’s executive order banning travelers from seven countries could be over just one chaotic week after its hasty introduction. That’s because a federal judge from Seattle has obtained a restraining order which looks set to overrule the order with nationwide effect. The ruling came after...
• ChitChat is Silicon Valley’s spammiest new app
• Kill them with candor
• Thrive Capital hires Obama’s Director of Product Josh Miller to focus on tech for the underprivileged
• FCC performs midnight revocations of previous leadership’s ‘midnight regulations’
• Jawbone looks to drop consumer wearables for clinical services
• Greenlight is a debit card for kids that parents manage from their phones
• Trump’s FCC just dropped all investigations into zero-rating practices

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Legal permanent U.S. residents from seven countries whose citizens are covered by a three-month American travel ban won’t need special permission to come back to the United States after all, the Trump administration announced Wednesday.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer said green card holders will now be allowed to enter and leave the United States as they please, despite the ban. Spicer’s announcement was the latest effort to clarify and adjust President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel and immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries.

U.S. judge temporarily blocks Trump's travel ban

The judge's written order, released late Friday, said it's not the court's job to "create policy or judge the wisdom of any particular policy promoted by the other two branches" of government.

The court's job "is limited to ensuring that the actions taken by the other two branches comport with our country's laws."

When the judge questioned the federal government's lawyer, Michelle Bennett, he repeatedly questioned the rationale behind the order.

Robart, who was appointed the federal bench by President George W. Bush, asked if there had been any terrorist attacks by people from the seven counties listed in Trump's order since 9/11. Bennett said she didn't know.

"The answer is none," Robart said. "You're here arguing we have to protect from these individuals from these countries, and there's no support for that."

Ontario is flinging open its operating-room doors to provide health care for foreign children whose life-saving surgeries have been cancelled due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/02/03/ontario-to-help-young-patients-affected-by-trump-travel-ban.html

Syrian Refugee Mother Gives Birth Just 10 Hours After Landing In Fort McMurray

No Refugee Child Should Have To Sleep In The Snow

The cold truth is this: Europe's winter weather has set in quicker than its leaders were able to make decisions on how to protect these people. For many migrants and refugees, the shores of the Mediterranean aren't just arrival points. They have actually become semi-permanent homes.

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• Transfer of banking records of Canadian residents to U.S. taxman doubles6 days ago The bank records of more than 315,000 Canadian residents were turned over to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service last year under a controversial information sharing deal — double the number transferred in the deal's first year, CBC News has learned.
• Got a gripe about your cellphone service? Chances are you don't know your rights
• Canadian dual citizens can travel freely to the U.S. despite Trump travel ban
• 'We can do a lot more': Advocates urge protection for refugees who enter Canada via the U.S.
• Military poised to help as some N.B. homes face 5th day without power
• Microplastics found in supermarket fish, shellfish
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• 'We saw what happened in the airports': Asylum seekers from U.S. surge into Manitoba4 days ago The number of refugees scrambling across the Canada-U.S. border, cutting through snowy fields to seek asylum in Manitoba, has soared since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency, Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council staff say.
• 'Words can be knives': Premier urges Quebecers to cool the rhetoric
• Trudeau's imminent meeting with Trump carries substantial political risk: Chris Hall
• Trump fires attorney general who told Justice Department not to defend travel ban
• 'I never expected such a thing in Quebec': Mourners hold vigil at scene of mosque attack
• University student charged with 6 counts of 1st-degree murder after Quebec mosque attack
• What we know about the victims of the Quebec City mosque shooting
• Couple in early 20s denied Toronto condo rental due to their age
• 'Very graphic' evidence found on hidden hard drive presented to jurors in triple murder trial
• 'Crisis mode:' Trump's ban sparks mass confusion as conflicting details emerge
• 'Anyone can be a victim': Canadian high school girls being lured into sex trade
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• O'Leary posts, then pulls down video from gun range visit amid funeral for shooting victimsa day ago The Facebook page of Conservative leadership candidate Kevin O'Leary posted a video of him at a Miami shooting range moments before a public funeral got underway for three of the six victims killed by a gunman at a Quebec City mosque. O'Leary later pulled it down "out of respect."
• Calls for tolerance at Montreal funeral for men killed in Quebec City mosque attack
• Blocking Trump's Supreme Court pick may destroy one of the only weapons left in Democrats' arsenal: Keith Boag
• Say goodbye to electoral reform — a promise that was born sickly: Robyn Urback
• Her water broke hours before arrival, but Syrian refugee was determined to give birth in Canada
• Opposition accuses Trudeau of 'betrayal' as Liberals abandon promise of electoral reform
• ‘Oh, I got one’ yelled after trailer hitch thrown from car struck First Nations woman, says sister
• Are we living in a holographic universe? New study suggests it's possible
• Intolerance, xenophobia have permeated political rhetoric in Quebec
• Portrait of a suspect: Alexandre Bissonnette's journey from moderate conservative to extremist troll
• No plans to change refugee target in wake of U.S. travel ban: immigration minister
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• U.S. judge temporarily blocks Trump's travel banabout 14 hours ago A U.S. judge has imposed a nationwide hold on Donald Trump's ban on travellers and immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries, siding with two states that had challenged the executive order that has launched legal battles across the country.
• Astronomers find tail of stray black hole lurking in Milky Way
• Canada looking at legality of enforcing Trump travel ban on Canadian soil
• Canadian filmmaker Rob Stewart reportedly found dead, U.S. Coast Guard says
• Sears charges some online shoppers too much tax, promises refunds
• Liberal fears of proportional representation and a referendum killed Trudeau's reform promise
• 'Go kill yourself': Social media messages encourage Indigenous youth to commit suicide
• 'Here to share the pain': Thousands join families of mosque attack victims at Quebec City funeral
• Controversial campaign manager for Tory leadership candidate Kellie Leitch resigns
• Montreal mosque egged, window smashed
• Researchers confirm existence of 'lost continent'
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• Breakfast with the Tories: Deepak Obhrai, the long shot candidate who stood up to Stephen Harperabout an hour ago Deepak Obhrai says he was 'sent to the penalty box' for opposing Harper's proposal to revoke Canadian citizenship from dual citizens convicted of terrorism.
• France's politically wounded pile up, leaving Macron and Le Pen leading presidential race
• Super Bowl commercials: Stunts, slapstick and some serious issues
• Canada's oilpatch needs new customers. Who's willing to buy?
• Trump's policy wish list is already meeting resistance from his own Republican Party
• Conservative memberships likely down from 2004 leadership race despite larger field
• Whites risk marginalization, mosque shooting suspect told friend a day before attack
• U.S. revokes all Nexus cards from Canadian permanent residents with citizenship in restricted countries: CBSA
• After two years of relative calm, the civil war in eastern Ukraine has reignited
• 'Tension was growing': Quebec City mosque had plans to boost security before attack
• Donald Trump gets harsh treatment on magazine covers
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