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What do you think of when you hear the word “technology”? Do you think of jet planes and laboratory equipment and underwater farming? Or do you think of smartphones and machine-learning algorithms?
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has reportedly died of natural causes at a West Texas ranch, as reported by the San Antonio Express. Governor Greg Abbott released a statement calling Scalia a “man of God, a patriot, and an unwavering
The first bill President Obama ever signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act — a basic but crucial protection for women who have been paid less than their male colleagues for years but didn’t know it.Seven years later, Obama knows better than to expect this Congress to advance women’s equality, so he’s continuing to do what he can through executive orders and federal agencies. On Friday he announced that the government is going to start collecting data on employee demographics and salaries from all large employers, not just federal contractors.
Until recently, few people had heard of Zika. As of 2013, it had never been recorded in the Western Hemisphere. By 2014, the virus made an appearance in the Americas, arriving in the Easter Islands, and then it showed up in Brazil.Now, the World Health Organization says it’s “spreading explosively” throughout the Americas, and the agency warned that it’s expected to reach nearly every country in the Americas. Here’s what you need to know.
During Tuesday night’s GOP debate, Donald Trump proposed an unusual strategy for fighting ISIS: banning “areas” of the internet “where we are at war with somebody.” It got odder from there.Here is his exchange with host Wolf Blitzer, which began after Blitzer asked Trump if he wanted to close off parts of the internet.
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter made the historic announcement on Thursday that all military combat roles will be open to women, including the most elite and grueling units like the Navy SEALs and the Marine Corps infantry.
In addition to best drama, the AMC series closed out its run with best actor, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, and outstanding writing awards.
On Tuesday, most of the country woke up to the news that two 12-year-old girls allegedly stabbed their friend to conjure up a mythological creature named Slender Man — a plan inspired by a story they read on a site called Creepypasta. Yes, that sentence is real, and there is a young girl in a Wisconsin hospital trying to survive 19 stab wounds. The 12-year-old suspects were charged as adults with first-degree attempted homicide, and could face up to 60 years in jail.We understand you might have some questions about this confusing and seemingly unbelievable case. So here’s a brief explainer:What is Slender Man? What is a Slender man? Slender Man is a fictional urban legend or horror story that was first created on an internet forum in 2009. Slender Man (also spelled Slenderman or Slendy) actually started off as a photo manipulation, by a Something Awful forum user named Victor Surge. The creature known as Slender Man has no face, no hair, is very, very thin and wears a dark suit (above).
Happy Record Store Day! There are plenty of business-related grievances to be filed against the annual vinyl celebration, but it’s hard to argue with the spirit of a day encouraging people to explore and buy new music. Moreover, vinyl’s just more fun as a format than MP3s or CDs; there’s something viscerally satisfying about dropping the needle, and physically spinning the record back to rewind. And in a world where people feel all too welcome to hijack the playlist at parties they attend, it’s nice to have a harder-to-commandeer format on offer.Let’s not fool ourselves, though. Vinyl is great, but the idea that its sound quality is superior to that of uncompressed digital recordings is preposterous. They sound different, and that’s exactly the point.