'I Didn't Break Any Rules' : The Two-Way : NPR

President Trump’s Twitter account was down for about 11 minutes early this month.

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Google Assistant can now help you find a plumber and other local services

Google Assistant is about to get a bit more home-savvy. The voice assistant will be gaining local discovery skills that will help you locate home services nearby. The company specifically detailed that Assistant would be gaining insights to help users locate “nearby services like an...

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

On December 5, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, supporters of the Civil Rights Movement began a thirteen-month boycott against the city’s bus system as a protest against its policies of racial segregation. The boycott was lead by Reverend Martin Luther King, […]

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Sophisticated Mac OS Malware Uses Trust and Developer Certificates

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For Years, Anita Hill Was A 'Canary In The Coal Mine' For Women Speaking Out : NPR

Anita Hill testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Oct. 11, 1991, regarding Clarence Thomas’ confirmation to the Supreme Court.

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Jim Nabors, Who Played Affable Klutz Gomer Pyle, Dies At 87 : The Two-Way : NPR

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Does This Robot Freak You Out?

Something like Atlas, Spot and Handle will likely inhabit the world we’re now building — and their weirdness will be just commonplace, says astrophysicist Adam Frank.
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Analyst says Apple could have sold 6 million iPhone X units during Black Friday weekend

Apple hasn’t shared any exact number, but Rosenblatt Securities analyst Jun Zhang calculated that Apple may have sold as many as 6 million iPhone X units this weekend alone, StreetInsider reported.
With such a big number, it’s hard to grasp Apple’s success with the iPhone X. Last quarter,...

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Everything you need to know about Apple’s facial recognition

The upcoming iPhone X will use Face ID, technology that unlocks your iPhone X by using infrared and visible light scans to uniquely identify your face. The company says it will work in a variety of conditions and is extremely secure. Though no one outside Apple has yet been able to confirm...

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For Jesmyn Ward, Writing Means Telling The 'Truth About The Place That I Live In' : NPR

For Jesmyn Ward, Writing Means Telling The ‘Truth About The Place That I Live In’ : NPR


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James Franco And Seth Rogen Remake A Cinematic Disaster

In 2003, a film called The Room was released in Los Angeles. It became a cult hit. James Franco and Seth Rogen have made their own movie based on The Room — it’s called The Disaster Artist.


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Is The Streetwear Market Headed For The Mainstream? : NPR

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‘Substitute Phone’ artfully satisfies your compulsion to swipe and scroll

Smartphones are inarguably an addictive class of devices, and not just because they put an endless font of information at your fingertips. The very experience of holding the phone and touching it is itself associated with that pleasure — so much so that you might wish you were doing it...

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A big complaint: The iPhone X’s major flaw

Are you ready? Ready to read the horrible secret about the iPhone X? The secret that Apple doesn’t want you to know?
Turns Out™… it’s a big phone!
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Greta Gerwig; 'Darkest Hour'; Director Dee Rees : NPR

Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf play a daughter and mother who clash and connect in Lady Bird.

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The Complex Character Of 'Roman J. Israel, Esq.'

Brilliant but socially awkward, criminal defense attorney Roman J. Israel (Denzel Washington) must re-enter the job market after his law firm goes under in the new film Roman J. Israel, Esq.


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NASA Uses Students To Develop Virtual Reality Programs : NPR

A virtual reality program developed by NASA could help scientists visualize the magnetic fields around the earth.

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Let’s talk about commercial drones at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin

Everyone loves drones, including companies with very specific needs. Drones once were the hot new thing and the perfect birthday gift. But drone makers are now realizing that there’s a bigger opportunity with commercial use cases, from farming to inspection. That’s why we’re excited to...

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iPhone 8 Plus vs. iPhone X: Which one should you buy?

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Loudon Wainwright III Opens Up About The 'Exes & Excess' That Inform His Music : NPR

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'Call Me By Your Name' : NPR

NPR’s Noel King talks with April Wolfe, lead film critic for LA Weekly, about the film Call Me by Your Name. It stars Armie Hammer and is directed by Luca Guadagnino.





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'Heavy-Handed' Net Neutrality Rules Are Stifling The Internet : The Two-Way : NPR

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced Tuesday a plan to repeal Obama-era net neutrality rules.

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Apple’s Thanksgiving ad is mostly about the AirPods

Every year, Apple airs a new ad in the U.S. for Thanksgiving. Compared to other Apple ads, this is less about showing product features and more like a greeting card.
This year is no different — you still see a lot of AirPods. Apple’s new ad is called “Sway” and takes place in the streets...

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Hour of Code

Hour of Code is a global campaign created in 2013 by Code.org to introduce millions of students to computer programming during Computer Science Education Week at the beginning of December. Dozens of sites have created tutorials for Hour of Code. […]

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iPhone 2018 rumors

Updated 11/22/17: Once again, a successor to the iPhone SE is rumored to be on the way.
It’s not enough that the new iPhone X is only a few days old; rumors about next year’s iPhone are already starting to fly. We’ll keep track of what’s been said and what seems fesible in this article so...

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Margo Price On The Beauty Of Small-Town America : NPR

Margo Price’s new album, All American Made, is out now.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: The Glorious And Moving 'Lady Bird'

The PCHH panel is joined by Slate’s Aisha Harris and music journalist Katie Presley to talk about Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut (which she also wrote), the splendid coming-of-age film Lady Bird.
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Veterans Day troops to teachers

Each year our school hosts a Veterans Day assembly and breakfast. After this year’s assembly, a number of students shared how they were surprised and excited to see my military photo during the slideshow tribute. Some were shocked and amused to see a serious looking and clean shaven...

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The FCC And The Wave Of Deregulation

While much attention has been paid to potential legislation passing through Congress or to the actions of the president, the Federal Communications Commission has been quite active, according to the headlines:

“FCC begins scaling back internet subsidies for low-income homes,” reports...

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Swiss watchmaker Omega joins the ecommerce bandwagon

Swiss watchmakers have long resisted the siren call of ecommerce. While many of their products sold online – you can find everything from Swatch to Breguet on the “grey market” – there were no official online channels for many brands. Until now.
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Features, Specs, and Prices for Apple's All-in-One Computer

The iMac is a direct descendant of the very first Mac, and it’s often the computer that longtime users think about when they think about the Macintosh. The iMac’s all-in-one design is popular and iconic.
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'Dawn Watch' Explores The Life And Legacy Of Joseph Conrad

Maya Jasanoff weaves together biography, history, literature and her own travels in a new book about the globe-trotting author. Reviewer John Powers says Jasanoff’s portrait of Conrad is terrific.


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'Coco' Makes Moviegoers Proud To Be Mexican : NPR

In Coco, young Miguel’s love of music ultimately leads him to the Land of the Dead where he teams up with charming trickster Hector.

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If You Give Sheep Cameras, They'll Help Create Street Maps : NPR

The Faroe Islands didn’t have Google street view, but they wanted to. So they strapped 360-degree cameras on the backs of sheep to make their own.





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Romain-Jerome builds a Batman watch that tells you your time is up, bat

Watchmaker Romain-Jerome has announced a new Batman-themed watch that looks like something Bruce Wayne would wear to the club. The watch, which is based on R-J’s Skylab design, features a meticulous reproduction of a map of Gotham City cut into the rear sapphire glass and a glowing Bat...

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How to take a screenshot on the iPhone X

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The home button may be gone, but taking a screenshot is just as easy as it used to be.





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Helping LA Gang Members; 'Stranger Things 2' Creators : NPR

The Duffer brothers collaborate on the set of Stranger Things 2.

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Caleb Landry Jones, 'Three Billboards' Salesman, Sees His 'Fat Face' On Screen : NPR

Sam Rockwell (left) and Caleb Landry Jones feature heavily in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which is open now in theaters.

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How Disinformation And Distortions On Social Media Affected Elections Worldwide

Internet freedom declined again in the past year and “manipulation and disinformation tactics played an important role” in 18 countries’ elections — including the U.S., according to an annual report.
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Hands-on with Microsoft’s high-end Surface Book 2

Microsoft’s Surface Book 2 is the most powerful mobile Surface device yet. It easily blows away the Surface Pro, Surface Laptop and, of course, the old Surface Book. It’s also one of the odder devices in the lineup, though. It’s not just a Surface Pro with a rigid keyboard. It’s a...

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Thanksgiving Writing Prompts

From gratitude to twittering turkeys, these ideas are far from boring, and are sure to jump start your classroom writing assignments.

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Vimeo launches HDR and 10-bit color compatible with iPhone X, iPad Pro, and Apple TV 4K

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'Times' Reporters Describe How A Paper Trail Helped Break The Weinstein Story : NPR

Harvey Weinstein poses on the red carpet of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Weinstein is the subject of numerous allegations of sexual harassment spanning decades.

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Greta Gerwig Explores Mother-Daughter Love (And Angst) In 'Lady Bird' : NPR

Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf play a daughter and mother who clash and connect in Lady Bird.

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How One Man Easily Tricked High-Profile People Online Using False Identities : NPR

James Linton tricked many high-profile people into having conversations with him over email by using other people’s identities. NPR’s Elise Hu speaks with Linton about how relatively easy it was and why he has decided to retire.





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A mesh network spontaneously erupts in the US and helps connect Puerto Rico

When goTenna put out their Mesh device earlier this year, I thought the off-grid communication gadgets would be great for an emergency kit or back-country hike. But it turns out that both I and goTenna underestimated how hungry people were for a resilient, user-powered mesh...

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Apple AirPower wireless charging pad: Everything you need to know

Apple’s new AirPower is a wireless charging pad to help clean up the mess of charging cables for your iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods. Apple unveiled AirPower at its iPhone X Event, but the company didn’t provide much detail. We hope to fill the void here. We’ll update this article as we...

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Director Dee Rees Explores Racism In Post-War Mississippi In 'Mudbound'

Mudbound follows two families — one white and one black — just before, during and after World War II. Rees says her experiences growing up in Nashville, Tenn., in the 1980s informed her new film.


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10 Great, Perfect, Solid-Mithril Ideas For 'Lord Of The Rings' TV Spin-Offs : Monkey See : NPR

The Phantom Minas?: Amazon announced it will bring a Lord of the Rings prequel to television. (Elijah Wood in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)

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The Latest Sexual Harassment Allegations And Apologies : NPR

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Nintendo may make as many as 30 million Switches next year

Rumors in early October had Nintendo more than doubling production for the highly successful Switch in order to meet what will almost certainly be crushing demand during the holidays. The company may be planning even higher volumes for next year — perhaps as many as 30 million...

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Black Friday 2017: The best early deals

Black Friday is no longer just the day after Thanksgiving. Now deals spill out willy-nilly from retailers at almost any given time in November.
Just a year or two ago, most discounts weren’t any good. But that’s changed.
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'Lou Reed: A Life'; White House Photographer Pete Souza : NPR

Lou Reed performs in New York City in 2004. “I wanted to write a book that took Lou … seriously,” says biographer Anthony DeCurtis.

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Julia Roberts Is Mom In 'Wonder,' And In Life : NPR

Julia Roberts plays Isabel, the mother of Auggie Pullman (Jacob Tremblay), in the new movie Wonder.

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Texas Gunman's Locked Cellphone Renews Debate Over Encryption : NPR

The FBI is struggling to access the cellphone of the Texas church shooter, which is reportedly an iPhone, reigniting the debate over encryption.

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Mysterious ‘green line of death’ appears on some iPhone X displays

It wouldn’t be the launch of a first-generation Apple product without a few hiccups — who can forget Antennagate and Bendgate? — and the iPhone X is no different. A handful of users report that a mysterious and inextinguishable green line has appeared on their device’s display.
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NordVPN is offering 3 years of VPN service for $99

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'Hue 1968' Revisits An American 'Turning Point' In The War In Vietnam : NPR

Author Mark Bowden says the capture of Hue, Vietnam, was part of a wave of well-planned Communist attacks that helped turn U.S. public opinion against the war. Originally broadcast June 12, 2017.

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'Murder On The Orient Express' Moves In Inspired Fits And Starts

Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1934 mystery novel features a cast that rips into individual roles with gusto — but never fully jells as an ensemble.


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FLOTUS, Secretary Visit Highlights Anti-Bullying Efforts

As a School Ambassador Fellow with the U.S. Department of Education, I had the opportunity to help plan and coordinate a visit for First Lady Melania Trump and Secretary Betsy DeVos to Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield, MI. The school was selected because they had pledged...

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Caught Up In Anti-Putin Arrests, Pokemon Go Players Sent To Pokey : The Two-Way : NPR

The Pokémon Go location-based mobile game running on a smartphone in Russia.

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Apple’s iPad could drop the home button and add Face ID in 2018

Apple is reportedly working on a redesign of the iPad that includes dropping the Home button and slimming down the bezels on the top-end model, as well as adding facial recognition tech to allow for Face ID unlocking and more. Bloomberg says the redesigned iPad could make its consumer...

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Veterans Day

In 1918, at the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, fighting ceased in World War I. Formerly known as Armistice Day, Veterans Day (November 11) is a day to honor veterans living and dead who have […]

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Report: iPad redesign in 2018 will bring slim bezels and Face ID

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The venerable iPad design is due for an update, and Apple is all-in on Face ID.





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Biographer Sought To Write The Kind Of Book Lou Reed 'Deserved' : NPR

Lou Reed performs in New York City in 2004. “I wanted to write a book that took Lou … seriously,” says biographer Anthony DeCurtis.

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Weinstein Hired Agents To Investigate And Suppress Accusations Against Him : The Two-Way : NPR

A report in The New Yorker says Harvey Weinstein hired an Israeli intelligence firm to collect information on the allegations against him.

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Longest Serving Sergeant Major of the Army to Highlight ED Veterans Day Program

Here at the Department of Education, autumn is more than back to school.  In addition to all the back to school activities, we also host significant events each year tied to our nation’s history.  Veterans Day is one of them and is observed at the Department each year close to November...

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Joblessness Insurance - Purpose and Summary

Joblessness protection (UI) is a type of protection that American culture has with itself. Its motivation to make a funds pool from which qualified specialists can draw in the event that they are out of work in specific situations. By getting a wage amid times of joblessness, beneficiaries can...

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How Russia Weaponized Social Media With 'Social Bots' : NPR

Congress held hearings last week on how Russia used social media to interfere with the presidential campaign. One key tool they used was “bots,” computer programs that act like real people online.





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B&O’s Beoplay E8 totally wireless earbuds really are the total package

Bang & Olufsen’s headphones tend to stand out from the crowd, and their new fully wireless mode, the Beoplay E8, is no exception. The E8 is easily the best totally wire-free headphone I’ve used thus far, with comfortable earbuds that should fit regardless of your ear shape, good...

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iOS 11.2: Features, release date, and how to install the beta

iOS 11.2: Features, release date, and how to install the beta | Macworld








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Brazilian Pianist Nelson Freire Brings An Uncannily Delicate Touch To 'Brahms'

Freire plays tribute to the noted German composer on his new album. Music critic Lloyd Schwartz doesn’t always love Brahms, but he loves this recording.


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Richard Linklater's New Film 'Last Flag Flying' Handles The Trauma Of War : NPR

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Over the past two decades, director Richard Linklater has made a name for himself as an indie filmmaker’s indie filmmaker. Linklater has a style that captures the messy, awkward and sometimes tender rhythm of real life and real conversation. His...

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Potential T-Mobile And Sprint Merger Falls Apart : The Two-Way : NPR

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4 TechCrunch writers bought the iPhone X. Here are our thoughts

Happy iPhone X day! A few of us over here at TechCrunch received our new toys today and wanted to share some initial thoughts with y’all.
Leggo.
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Actor Jonathan Groff; Humorist John Hodgman : NPR

Jonathan Groff plays an FBI agent and criminal profiler in the Netflix series Mindhunter.

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Movies You Missed: '9 To 5'

For our latest installment of Movies You Missed, Scott Simon talks to NPR producers Nicole Beemsterboer and Sydnee Monday, who have never seen the classic 1980s comedy Nine to Five.


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Still Ripe after 100 Years; ED Panel Discusses the Constitution and World War I

To comply with the law that requires all schools that receive federal funding and all federal agencies to observe Constitution Day, September 17, here at the Department of Education, we focused on the Constitutional issues that arose during World War I. We chose to focus on World War I...

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How Facebook's Ads Could Change Following The Russian Debacle : NPR

Facebook’s celebrity executives — Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg — were not on Capitol Hill yesterday when Congress grilled the company’s top lawyer about incendiary Russian ads on the platform. Instead, they were on an earnings call with investors announcing a 79 percent...

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Smart toy startup Elemental Path introduces the STEMosaur, a robot kids can put together

Elemental Path has come a long way since it debuted its first Cognitoy at Disrupt in 2016. The smart toy maker debuted on Kickstarter with an IBM Watson-powered toy dinosaur kids could talk to.
It’s now launching a whole new dino robot, the STEMosaur. The new dino looks similar to...

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Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) was born into Austrian royalty, the youngest daughter of Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa. As a young teen, she married the grandson of Louis XV, and became Queen of France at the age of nineteen. As […]

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Specs, features, pre-order, and release date

iPhone X: It’s real, it’s here, and it’s very expensive. After months of rumor and speculation, followed by the biggest pre-launch leak ever, Apple finally revealed the iPhone X during the company’s annual fall press event in September.
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'Big Chicken' Connects Poultry Farming To Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria : The Salt : NPR

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A Trio Of Veterans Embark On A Road Trip Together In 'Last Flag Flying'

Director Richard Linklater salutes the courage of our troops while casting a hard eye at the government machinery that sends them into battle. Justin Chang calls Last Flag Flying an elegiac comedy.


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