For people in prison, rules limiting access to technology make seeing video of their kids’ first steps difficult. But a Colorado woman is using a 19th century solution for this 21st century problem.
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Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Flipbooks Help Prisoners Stay Connected To Their Loved Ones
Watch Kitty Hawk’s early test pilots learn to love the flying motorbike
The Kitty Hawk Flyer is a sort of a flying car except it’s not a car at all – it’s much more like a flying ATV, which is probably more legitimately all-terrain than most. Linguistics aside, it’s a very cool piece of tech that’s backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, and it’s already in...
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Doo-Wop Singer Dion Pays Homage To His Musical Influences : NPR
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Summer Movie Preview: 'Wonder Woman,' 'Rough Night,' 'Transformers'
NPR movie critic Bob Mondello has a selective preview of the would-be blockbusters and awards-contenders Hollywood is sending our way before Labor Day.
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Floating fields for fine fabrication -- ScienceDaily
A new magnetic system could precisely control the movement of levitating objects for many manufacturing applications.
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Sunday, May 28, 2017
In The Age Of Digital Medicine, The Humble Reflex Hammer Hangs On : Shots
The good old reflex hammer (like this Taylor model) might seem like an outdated medical device, but its role in diagnosing disease is still as important as ever.
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The Marc Newson Hourglass For Hodinkee shows us time is a nanoball
“Can anyone tell me what this is?” the teacher asked. Outside the rust rains had come again and the building reacted by assembling a nano sphere shield. They would be inside until it stopped. None of the children were old enough for the skin adaptation. She might as well keep...
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Killer unicorns: Every device an iPhone-killer
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Aziz Ansari; Harry Styles And Dan Auerbach Go Solo; Pamela Paul : NPR
In the second season of the Netflix series Master of None, Aziz Ansari’s character falls in love with his Italian friend Francesca, who is already engaged.
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The Unofficial Start To Summer Entertainment : NPR
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The President’s Budget: Empowering Parents by Expanding Education Choice
“Our nation’s commitment is to provide a quality education to every child to serve the public, common good. Accordingly, we must shift the paradigm to think of education funding as investments made in individual children, not in institutions or buildings.”– Secretary Betsy DeVos, March...
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Device reads brain signals, converts them into motion -- ScienceDaily
Stroke patients who learned to use their minds to open and close a device fitted over their paralyzed hands gained some control over their hands, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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Friday, May 26, 2017
Mark Zuckerberg Tells Harvard Graduates To Embrace Globalism, 'A Sense Of Purpose' : The Two-Way : NPR
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Feast your eyes on this 600-DPI e-paper screen
I have to say, I really like e-paper. And it’s come a long way since the crude early Kindles — nowadays you have e-readers that are as high-resolution as the best phones and iPads. And they’re set to get even better if E Ink’s latest screens make it into a few products, as I hope they...
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23% off iRobot Roomba 650 Robotic Vacuum Cleaner - Deal Alert
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How Gen. Michael Flynn Became A Central Figure In The Russia Hacking Scandal : NPR
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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Alien: Covenant' And 'Veep'
Alien fan Chris Klimek joins us to talk about the newest entry in the decades-old franchise, and we check in with the fast-talking, faster-swearing people of HBO’s Veep.
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The President’s Budget: Maintaining Support for our Most Vulnerable Students
“We must never lose sight of our mission: providing each child with the chance to pursue a great education in a safe and nurturing environment.” – Secretary Betsy DeVos, March 20, 2017
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Government transparency limited when it comes to America's conserved private lands -- ScienceDaily
American taxpayers spend millions of dollars each year to conserve privately owned lands. These lands provide public benefits like timber, water quality protection and food. Yet, information about conserved private lands — including where they are and what protections are in place...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2017
'Like A God,' Google A.I. Beats Human Champ Of Notoriously Complex Go Game : The Two-Way : NPR
Spectators watch the world’s top-ranked Go player, Ke Jie, square off against Google’s artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo, during the Future of Go Summit in Wuzhen, China, on Tuesday. The program beat Ke in the first of three planned matches.
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Robotic toymaker Sphero unveils Ultimate Lightning McQueen — a chatty, smartphone-controlled car
While Sphero has released a whole lineup of robotic, Internet-connected toys, it remains best-known for its BB-8 droid from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Today it’s launching its next Disney tie-in — Ultimate Lightning McQueen.
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Memorial Day
Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) was first observed in 1868 to honor the soldiers of the Civil War. Its origins can be traced back to General John A. Logan who proclaimed: “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated […]
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The Week in iOS Accessories and Cases: Casio unveils luxurious GravityMaster watch
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10 up-and-coming programming languages developers should get to know
Go, also known as golang, was launched in 2009, having been created by three Google employees – Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson – in 2009.
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Harry Styles And Dan Auerbach Strive For Authenticity On 2 New Solo Albums : NPR
Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Styles’ self-titled solo album, as well as Waiting on a Song, by Auerbach of The Black Keys. Tucker says the new albums “meet in a middle-ground of forced humility.”
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What To Watch For After Cannes Film Festival
Rachel Martin talks with film critic Kenneth Turan about some of the movies to watch for coming out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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The President's Budget: Simplifying Funding for Postsecondary Education
“Go forth into the world and turn your hopes and dreams into action. America has always been the land of dreams because America is a nation of true believers.” – President Trump, Liberty University 2017 Commencement
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Modified experimental vaccine protects monkeys from deadly malaria -- ScienceDaily
Researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, modified an experimental malaria vaccine and showed that it completely protected four of eight monkeys that received it against challenge with the virulent Plasmodium...
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Monday, May 22, 2017
Feeling Sidelined By Mainstream Social Media, Far-Right Users Jump To Gab
Criticized for being affiliated with the alt-right, the social site Gab now reports 170,000 users. It has found a niche among some conservatives and others who feel stifled by Facebook and Twitter.
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Away nears 100K stylish suitcases sold as it raises $20M
What do people actually want in luggage? A phone charger, unbreakable exterior, and maximum packing space at a resonable price is what Away discovered. So it built a line of sleek but expansive polycarbonite suitcases equipped with battery packs, and sold them direct-to-consumer.
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Comic Hasan Minhaj; Cape Verdean Dance Music; Jill Soloway : NPR
In Homecoming King, Minhaj talks about growing up caught between cultures.
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Acting Since She Was A Child, Amber Tamblyn Is Now A Director : NPR
Amber Tamblyn’s directorial debut, Paint It Black, is adapted from Janet Fitch’s novel of the same name. Tamblyn tells NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro about how she convinced Fitch to let her adapt it.
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Important Information about the IRS Data Retrieval Tool
The IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) provides tax data that automatically fills in information for part of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®), as well as the income-driven repayment plan application for federal student loan borrowers.
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Saturday, May 20, 2017
Don't Feed Parrots Chocolate, Despite What Happens In Minecraft
In the game Minecraft, a chocolate chip cookie will tame a parrot, but they’re poisonous to the birds in real life. Minecraft has promised to update the game.
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Project recreates cities in rich 3D from images harvested online
People are taking photos and videos all over major cities, all the time, from every angle. Theoretically, with enough of them, you could map every street and building — wait, did I say theoretically? I meant in practice, as the VarCity project has demonstrated with Zurich,...
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The Week in iOS Apps: Google Assistant debuts on iPhone
Add this to the recent trend of music-teaching apps. Fretello (free, paid subscription upgrades, iPhone and iPad) helps you learn and refine their guitar-playing, with more than 5,000 exercises and 250 backing tracks to help you become the jukebox hero you were always meant to be. The latest...
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Covenant' Mixes Blood And Guts With Existential Questions : NPR
Ridley Scott’s new installment of the Aliens franchise is a face-grabbing prequel featuring two androids. Critic David Edelstein says that though plodding at times, Alien: Covenant does deliver.
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Danish Filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg Gets Deeply Personal In 'The Commune' : NPR
NPR movie critic Bob Mondello reviews The Commune, a Danish drama about a living arrangement that doesn’t turn out the way its organizers expected.
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Police Week: Appreciating Our Peace Officers and the Role of Career and Technical Education
President John F. Kennedy, in 1962, proclaimed May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which it falls as Police Week.
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Thursday, May 18, 2017
Is Internet Addiction A Thing? : Shots
When her youngest daughter, Naomi, was in middle school, Ellen watched the teen disappear behind a screen. Her once bubbly daughter went from hanging out with a few close friends after school to isolating herself in her room for hours at a time. (NPR has agreed to use...
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Swiss watch exports dropped for a third year in a row
According to the watch press, this year’s Baselworld in Switzerland was a graveyard. “The Baselworld show, ended March 30, was grim,” said Joe Thompson in Watchtime Magazine, an enthusiast publication. In short, a once might industry is contracting at an alarming rate.
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Margaret Wise Brown
Although “Goodnight Moon” is her best known work (it has sold forty-eight million copies since 1947), children’s author Margaret Wise Brown (1910 – 1952) wrote more than a hundred children’s books before dying suddenly at forty-two while recovering from surgery. […]
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Angaleena Presley Takes Aim At Nashville On 'Wrangled' : NPR
Presley makes a passionate, pointed plea about the current state of country music on her new album. Critic Ken Tucker says that despite its melodramatic nature, Wrangled is subtle, nuanced and clever.
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Don't Text In The Movie, Or Risk A Lawsuit : NPR
A Texas man went on a bad first date. He says his date was texting during a movie. He was so ticked off he filed a lawsuit demanding she pay the cost of the movie ticket.
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Staff Selfies with Secretary DeVos
As new Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has been settling in to her new job, she has been meeting ED career staff and learning about their contributions to the agency. Several quick-fingered staffers have snapped fun, informal photos and selfies with ED’s new leader, and Inside ED has...
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017
North Korea May Be Linked To WannaCry Ransomware, Researchers Say : The Two-Way : NPR
A hacking group linked to North Korea has used code that’s identical to some of the malware used in the WannaCry attack, security researchers say. Here, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is seen visiting a factory, in an image released from North Korea’s...
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Intel could be about to release a very expensive Core i9 CPU
Computex is right around the corner. While we don’t generally cover PC component updates, this leak about Intel’s plan is interesting. The company is apparently about to unveil a new lineup of desktop CPUs with a new high-end Core i9 CPU with 12 cores.
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iMazing 2.2 review: A better way to use your Mac to manage your iPhone and iPad
iMazing ($40 for a single-user license; multi-user licenses available) is an iOS device management utility designed as an alternative to iTunes. Available for Mac or PC (the license can be used on either platform), iMazing doesn’t sync files in the traditional sense, but rather acts as a...
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The Free-Wheeling Style Of Art Ensemble of Chicago Shines In 'Message to Our Folks' : NPR
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Legends Of The Sword' Flops At The Box Office : NPR
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword had a dismal opening weekend at the box office. Even director Guy Ritchie couldn’t save this story.
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Sunday, May 14, 2017
Security Researcher And Microsoft Worked To Stop Spread Of Cyberattack : NPR
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks about the implications of Friday’s massive cyberattack with Michael Sulmeyer, director of the Cyber Security Project at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
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Amazon made landline phones trendy again
When is the last time you used your landline phone? Chances are that your smartphone is the one and only device you need. Old-fashioned phones have been fading away from most living rooms. But it doesn’t mean that landline phones aren’t useful. Amazon is well aware of that.
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The Week in iOS Apps: Injustice 2 brings home superhero mayhem
If you loved the DC superhero-vs-DC superhero throwdowns of Injustice, Injustice 2 (free, in-app purchases, iPhone and iPad) is here to give you more thrills, with new characters, new fighting modes, and an epic storyline. It’s also an epic memory hog: Make sure you’ve got at least 1 GB free...
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Gabourey Sidibe; 'No One Can Pronounce My Name'; Rhiannon Giddens : NPR
Before landing her first film role, Gabourey Sidibe struggled to find work. “This is my path, and I’m really grateful that I’m on it,” she says of acting.
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An Iraqi Sniper Traps Two U.S. Soldiers In 'The Wall' : NPR
NPR movie critic Bob Mondello reviews The Wall, a film about two American snipers pinned down by an Iraqi sniper, behind a rapidly crumbling wall.
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Friday, May 12, 2017
The MP3 Is Officially Dead, According To Its Creators : The Record : NPR
A 2003 display for the iTunes Music Store ushers in a new age for the music business, shortly after its introduction. The iPod helped turn around Apple’s fortunes and brand identity, while the creators of the MP3 had regarded a portable player as a mere...
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If you suck at taking photos with your iPhone, Apple has tips for you
Apple just released a dozen of videos on its website (and some of them on YouTube) about the camera on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. At first I thought it would be a step-by-step three-minute tutorial explaining all the buttons in the Camera app. But it focuses more on hidden features...
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Celebrating 30 Years Of 'Fresh Air' As A Daily NPR Program : NPR
From Maurice Sendak to Bill O’Reilly, Terry Gross looks back on some of the most touching — and touchy — moments from interviews she’s conducted over the decades.
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'Get Me Roger Stone' Profiles The Man Who's Wanted Trump To Run Since 1987 : NPR
Roger Stone has been “indispensable … to virtually every bigwig in Republican politics since Nixon,” says filmmaker Morgan Pehme.
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Wednesday, May 10, 2017
ESPN Troubles Cloud Disney Earnings; Apple Surpasses $800 Billion Mark : The Two-Way : NPR
The Walt Disney Company reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Tuesday.
Theme park profits, which climbed 20 percent, and movie incomes, which soared 21 percent, helped the company beat analysts’ estimates for the January through March quarter.
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Axon (formerly Taser) grows like a weed as it refocuses on body cams
Taser’s decision to relaunch itself as Axon and give away thousands of body cameras could have been interpreted either as a growing company looking to expand or a desperate one scrambling for purchase. Fortunately it appears to be the former: Axon is growing and the next year may be even...
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Flowers
“April showers bring May flowers.” Perhaps this is why May is National Flower Month. Indulge your green thumb with this week’s website picks about flowers.
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ShapeScale 3D body scanner shows where you're gaining, losing weight
You may not want to buy the ShapeScale 3D body scanner unless you’re comfortable in your own skin. Using infrared depth sensors and a high-res camera, ShapeScale can create an amazingly accurate 3D image of your physique, from your bulging biceps to corpulent love handles. It’s now available...
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'Small Victories' Aims To Make Home Cooking Accessible To All : NPR
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This is FRESH AIR. Do you get stressed out looking in your refrigerator trying to figure out what to make for dinner? Do you want to know how to cook a perfect fried egg easily? Our next guest’s cookbook might be what you need. Julia Turshen wrote...
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Chuck Wepner, The Boxer Who Inspired 'Rocky'
Chuck Wepner fought the biggest boxer of the time — Muhammad Ali. He didn’t win, but went 15 rounds, becoming the inspiration for the movie Rocky. Now he’s got his own biopic coming out called Chuck.
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Monday, May 8, 2017
When You're Not Quite Sure If Your Teacher Is Human : NPR Ed : NPR
A couple of years ago, Ashok Goel was overwhelmed by the number of questions his students were asking in his course on artificial intelligence.
Goel teaches computer science at Georgia Tech, sometimes to large classes, where students can ask thousands of questions online...
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Harman Kardon’s Cortana-powered speaker leaks ahead of launch
Microsoft wants in on the Google Home and Amazon Echo party. Harman Kardon makes this Echo-lookalike is made by Harman Kardon and it’s powered by Microsoft’s Cortana voice platform. The device apparently launches this fall and could be officially revealed later this week.
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Can you use older versions of Apple’s Pages on macOS Sierra?
Can you use older versions of Apple’s Pages on macOS Sierra? | Macworld
Don’t like the current version of Apple’s word processing app? You’re not alone.
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Comic W. Kamau Bell; Kendrick Lamar's 'DAMN.'; The Art Of The Obit : NPR
W. Kamau Bell performs at Vulture Festival Comedy Night in New York City in 2014.
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Couples Struggle With A Moral Dilemma In 'The Dinner' : NPR
The Dinner is a new movie juxtaposing haute cuisine with a terrible crime. NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks director Oren Moverman about it.
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Saturday, May 6, 2017
New Software Can Mimic Anyone's Voice
A company in Canada has come up with away to recreate anyone’s voice and get it to say almost anything. It opens up dangerous possibilities, however.
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BlindPAD’s tablet makes visual information tactile for the vision-impaired
It’s truly amazing, the wealth of information we all have at our fingertips — that is, of course, unless your fingertips are how you have to access that information. An innovative new tablet that uses magnetically configurable bumps may prove to be a powerful tool for translating...
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Odds aren’t: Apple doesn’t need a monster acquisition
Odds aren’t: Apple doesn’t need a monster acquisition | Macworld
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For Israeli-Born Chef, Hummus And 'Tehina' Are A Bridge To Home : NPR
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This is FRESH AIR. I’m David Bianculli, editor of the website TV Worth Watching, sitting in for Terry Gross. Today’s first guest is Michael Solomonov, a chef who’s based in Philadelphia but has earned a national reputation for his...
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Richard Gere On Playing A Fixer And Wandering Jew : NPR
Actor Richard Gere says of his new character, “I think there’s a kindness and softness in Norman, where he really believes these schemes are going to be good for people.”
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Thursday, May 4, 2017
San Bernardino Victims' Families Accuse Tech Giants Of Enabling ISIS : The Two-Way : NPR
A year after the attack, people stand by a makeshift memorial for county workers near the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016.
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Imagination Technologies starts dispute with Apple over graphics chips
British chipset firm Imagination Technologies is having a tough quarter. After announcing that Apple is about to end its relationship with its supplier, the company is now starting the dispute process according to a statement sent to Reuters.
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Driver’s Ed
When calculated on a per-mile basis, teens are four times more likely to crash than older drivers. Worse yet, car accidents are the leading cause of death for American teens. On a more positive note, many organizations have created free […]
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How to set up an external drive as a Time Machine destination for multiple Macs
How to set up an external drive as a Time Machine destination for multiple Macs | Macworld
Step-by-step directions on connecting Macs to a shared hard drive for backup.
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A Salute To Filmmaker Jonathan Demme's Early TV Work : NPR
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This is FRESH AIR. When filmmaker Jonathan Demme died April 26, our TV critic David Bianculli was reminded of one of Demme’s earliest works that was made for television. Like other vintage TV productions that have become forgotten or hard to find,...
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Tom Hanks Finds No Easy Answers In 'The Circle' : NPR
“The question of complete control and complete dominance of a marketplace means complete control and complete dominance of your daily life,” Tom Hanks says. He plays the co-founder of a giant tech company in the new film The Circle.
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Airbnb Settles Suit With San Francisco, Aims To Smooth Host Registration : The Two-Way : NPR
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The city of San Francisco has settled with Airbnb and HomeAway, concluding a lawsuit brought by the two short-term home rental companies by...
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Watch Microsoft unveil its Windows 10-based Chromebook competitor live right here
Microsoft is holding a press conference today in New York. The conference is about to start. This time, it’s all about the education market. While many schools have been buying a ton of Chromebooks and iPads, Microsoft is about to fight back.
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Czur ET16 review: Easy-to-use book scanner hindered by weak Mac software
Czur ET16 review: Easy-to-use book scanner hindered by weak Mac software | Macworld
A smart scanner designed to capture books, magazines, and pages from other bound media up to A3 size in under 1.5 seconds with advanced automatic image enhancement, OCR, and curve distortion...
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W. Kamau Bell's 'Awkward Thoughts' On Racism And Black Comedy : NPR
W. Kamau Bell performs at Vulture Festival Comedy Night in New York City in 2014.
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'Mind Your Own Body' : NPR
Sidibe has appeared in FX’s American Horror Story, Fox’s Empire and Hulu’s Difficult People.
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