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Nielsen Tries To Quantify The Hulu, Youtube Effect
Nielsen, the ratings service, announced Tuesday that it will begin to tabulate how many people get their live TV from Hulu and YouTube, an effort to provide a more accurate picture of how many people now watch broadcast networks by streaming them, rather than watching them on traditional TV.
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July 29,2017
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Yes, You Can Buy Happiness If You Spend It To Save Time
Yes, you can buy happiness - especially if the money saves you time.
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July 29,2017
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In Google Vs. The Eu, A $2.7B Fine Could Just Be The Start
Google’s parent company Alphabet can easily afford the $2.7 billion write-down it’s taking to cover a big antitrust fine in Europe. But it might find it harder to shrug offthe rest of the European regulatory assault that’s headed its way.
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July 29,2017
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Amazon Meal Kits Offer Easy Dinners For A Price
Amazon’s new ready-to-eat meal package is the perfect recipe for someone who doesn’t have enough time to shop and cook, yet has a healthy appetite and a need for balanced meals.
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July 29,2017
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New York Eyes Textalyzer To Bust Drivers
New York state is set to study the use of a device known as the “textalyzer” that would allow police to determine whether a motorist involved in a serious crash was texting while driving.
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July 29,2017
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Milwaukee To ‘Pokemon' Monsters: Get A Permit To Enter Parks
“Pokemon Go” monsters can roam virtually wherever they please, but they’ll need a permit to get into Milwaukee County parks.
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February 25, 2017
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Big Hit For Bulls, ‘Benny's Day Off' Onnects Online
Dancing on the roof, microphone in hand as he lip-synched to “Twist and Shout,” Benny the Bull was putting on quite a performance as his tricked-out black van rolled through downtown Chicago.
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February 25, 2017
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Tesla Wants To Cut Size Of Board From 11 Directors To 7
Tesla plans to cut its board of directors from 11 to seven in a move the electric-car maker says will allow the board to act more nimbly and efficiently.
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Techlife News #391
Techlife News
San Francisco Billionaire Gives $30M To Study Homelessness
A San Francisco billionaire is donating $30 million to the University of California, San Francisco, to research root causes of homelessness and potential solutions.
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Techlife News #392
Techlife News
Samsung's 1Q Profit Slides On Falling Chip Prices
Samsung Electronics Co. said its operating profit for the last quarter declined more than 60% from a year earlier because of falling chip prices and sluggish demands for its display panels.
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Techlife News #392
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NOAA Picks Uri To Host Its New Ocean Exploration Institute
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it has picked the University of Rhode Island as the home of a new institute for ocean exploration.
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May 11, 2019
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Science Says: Why Biodiversity Matters To You
You may go your entire life without seeing an endangered species, yet the globe’s biodiversity crisis threatens all of humanity in numerous unseen or unrecognized ways, scientists say.
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May 11, 2019
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Google Promises Better Privacy Tools, Smarter AI Assistant
Google announced updates for its artificially intelligent voice assistant and new privacy tools to give people more control over how they’re being tracked on the go or in their own home.
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May 11, 2019
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Microsoft Workers Join China's Debate Over Grueling Workweek
Tech workers in China protesting a corporate culture of grueling work schedules are getting some support from their U.S. peers.
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April 27, 2019
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‘Avengers: Endgame' Is Marvel's Machine In High Gear
Satisfaction is a complicated concept in Marvel Land. On the one hand, every morsel of prerelease information is obsessively poured over in feverish anticipation.
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Techlife News #391
Techlife News
Researchers: We've Discovered Power Grid-wrecking Software
Researchers have found a troubling new form of power grid-wrecking software, tying the discovery to a recent Ukrainian blackout in tworeports published this week.
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June 17, 2017
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R2-D2, Lightsaber: Force Is Strong In This Star Wars Auction
Die-hard Star Wars fans will need to rely on more than the force if they want to bid on an R2-D2 droid that appeared in several of the franchise’s movies.
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June 17, 2017
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Sirius XM Buys Stake In Music Streaming Site Pandora
Pandora is raising cash to help it take on Spotify and other streaming music services.
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June 17, 2017
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Warren Buffett Auctions Off Lunch To Raise Money For Charity
The winning bid for a private lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett may top several million dollars in an online auction to benefit a California homeless charity that wraps up last Friday night.
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June 17, 2017
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Review: Interstellar Virus Makes Trouble In New Sci-fi Novel
“The Space Between the Stars” (Berkley), by Anne Corlett.
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June 17, 2017
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Lyft Joining Forces With Jaguar Land Rover In Tech Venture
The next Lyft car you book may soon be a Jaguar or a Land Rover.
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June 17, 2017
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Trump V. Big Tech: Social Media Summit Will Snub Tech Titans
President Donald Trump is gathering conservative groups at the White House this week for a “summit” on social media that will prominently snub the tech titans who run big platforms on Facebook, Twitter and Google.
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July 13, 2019
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Apple, Google Continue Inclusive Push With New Emojis
Apple and Google are rolling out dozens of new emojis that of course include cute critters, but also expand the number of images of human diversity.
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July 20, 2019
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Unblocking Naked Venus: Facebook OKS Museum Nudes After All
It seems Facebook can be friends with a topless Venus after all.
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Techlife News #380
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And Nowfor The Weather On Mars, Courtesy Of New NASA Lander
And now for the weather on Mars: NASA’s newest lander is offering daily reports on the red planet’s frigid winter.
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Techlife News #382
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Oscars: A Record Year For Women, But Is It Progress?
At the glad-handy Oscar nominees luncheon earlier this month, film academy president John Bailey proudly told the 171 nominees in the room that there were a record number of women nominated for Academy Awards this year.
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Techlife News #382
Techlife News
Changing The Game: 5G Is Much More Than Bandwidth
Being a pessimistic consumer is relatively easy. Until something is in your hands and you can see and feel its tangible benefits, any promises of ‘bigger, better, quicker’ sit firmly in category of the brain marked ‘pipe dreams’.
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Techlife News #382
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NASA Launches Orion Crew Capsule To Test Abort System
NASA conducted a full-stress launch abort test Tuesday for the Orion capsules designed to carry astronauts to the moon.
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July 6, 2019
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Samsung Electronics Misses Forecast On Lower Phone Sales
Samsung Electronics Co. reported a lower-than-expected gain in the second-quarter earnings this week, indicating an end to its streak of record-breaking financial results as sales of smartphones and display panels slowed while memory chip profit stabilized.
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Techlife News #353
Techlife News
Fending Off Fortnite: Can Overwatch Stay Atop Esports World?
The Overwatch League has planted its flag atop the esports mountain. But just like its twitchy-thumbed superstars, the premier circuit can’t afford to sit still.
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