Silicon Valley's health-tech start-ups need to stop getting in so much trouble

Instead of fixing the health system, Silicon Valley start-ups just keep inviting controversy.

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Trump retweets conspiracy theorists, far-right figures after Facebook bans

President Donald Trump promoted tweets from controversial figures after Facebook banned several far-right figures for pushing violence and hate.

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Here are two cool iPhone camera tricks you're probably not even using

Use burst mode and camera effects to bring life to iPhone pictures and make your photos a lot more fun.

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How the hustle and gig economy is choking the middle class

Full-time gig workers won't be recognized as full-fledged employees — at Uber, Lyft and elsewhere — anytime soon. The DOL says they aren't entitled to health insurance and other benefits that would force companies to follow federal minimum-wage laws.

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Facebook Confirms It's Shutting Down the Bonfire App, Its Houseparty Clone

Bonfire is a copy of Houseparty by developer Life On Air, which had to shut down its Meerkat app thanks to Facebook and Twitter.

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Firefox Add-Ons Disabled Due to Certificate Issue, Mozilla Provides a Workaround

A large number of Firefox users were affected by the issue that disabled add-ons and prevented their activation.

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Warren Buffett 'looked' at Uber investment 18 months ago, but passed

More than a year ago Warren Buffett looked into investing in ride-sharing company Uber, which is going public this year at a valuation above $80 billion.

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GitHub Hit by Hacker Holding Code Repositories for Ransom

Hackers have hit open source software development platform GitHub, removing code repositories and asking ransom from developers in order to restore their source codes.

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Joseph Stiglitz: Three headwinds that could cause the next recession

Joseph Stiglitz, a Noble Prize-winning economist and Columbia Professor, says Trump's protectionism, trouble in Europe, and potentially unstable growth in China all constitute headwinds to the global economy.

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Bought a new iPhone? Here’s how to set it up and get started

Bought a brand new Apple iPhone XR— or for that matter any other iPhone — and can’t wait to set it up and start using it? Here's our step-by-step guide on how to set up the iOS device as a new device and configure it properly so that everything works perfectly fine.

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SpaceX Dragon Heads to Space Station with NASA Science, Cargo

After launching at 2:48 a.m. EDT Saturday, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with approximately 5,500 pounds of NASA cargo and science investigations that include research into Earth’s carbon cycle and the formation of asteroids and comets.

May 04, 2019
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We’ve spotted a strange asteroid that’s spinning itself to pieces

There’s a new type of asteroid that has a tail like a comet because it’s spinning so fast it’s constantly falling apart and leaving a trail of debris behind it

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CBSE Class 10 Result 2019: How to Check Results Online via Official Site, Google, and More

CBSE 2019 Class 10 results will be posted on the official CBSE website cbse.nic.in and cbseresults.nic.in.

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RBI slaps penalty on Vodafone m-pesa, PhonePe and 3 others

Penalties have been imposed on Western Union Financial Services Inc and MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc, both US firms, for non-compliance of guidelines.

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Amazon Summer sale 2019: 14 Xiaomi smartphones, TVs and other gadgets available at up to Rs 10,000 discount

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PayPal 'One Touch' Instant Payment Feature for Android Launched in India

Android users in India can now activate the One Touch facility in their PayPal account, which keeps you signed in on that device, for quicker payments.

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YouTube Engineers Conspired to Kill Internet Explorer 6, Former Developer Claims

YouTube team had added a small banner on its website to push IE6 users to switch to other major browsers.

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Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Beta Testing Expands to Australia on Android, iOS

Niantic as expanded the beta testing of the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite AR game to Australia for Android and iOS.

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Xinjiang Surveillance App Targets Legal, Everyday Behaviour: Rights Group

Chinese authorities are reportedly using a mobile app designed for mass surveillance to profile, investigate and detain Muslims in Xinjiang.

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Google CallJoy Launched, a Duplex-Like Virtual Agent That Answers Calls for Small Businesses

Google brings virtual call automation through CallJoy in the U.S.A.

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Russia's Controversial New Internet Law Stokes Censorship Fears

Putin on Wednesday signed into law a "sovereign internet" bill which will allow Russian authorities to isolate the country's internet, a move decried by rights groups.

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Here's Why Instagram Is Going to Hide Your 'Likes'

Instagram will test hiding the number of "likes" that photos and videos receive to rein in competitive tendencies.

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TikTok Unveils New Online Safety In-App Quiz, Announces Device Management Feature, Notification Controls

TikTok, just after making its comeback on the App Store and Google Play, launched the second safety in-app quiz in India.

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Netflix Rolls Out High-Quality Audio Streaming That Adapts to Data Connections

Netflix has now increased its maximum bitrate range for 5.1-channel audio ranging from 192 up to 640 kbps.

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MX Player to Add Support for Games, LinkedIn Listing Suggests

Android games to hit MX Player, possibly powered by Cocos2d-x.

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Google to Soon Let Users Automatically Delete Location History, Web and App Activity

Google has announced an auto-delete feature that will let users automatically delete location history as well as web and app activity.

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Oyo to Acquire Amsterdam-Based @Leisure Group for $415 Million

Oyo on Wednesday said it would acquire @Leisure from Axel Springer, a media and technology company.

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Apple's Upbeat Forecast Pushes Market Value Back Toward $1 Trillion

Apple has been jockeying with Microsoft and Amazon for the title of most valuable US company as all three have passed the symbolic trillion mark.

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What's It Like Making Games Without Graphics? This Mumbai-Based Developer Tells Us

Amazon Alexa is yet another platform for game developers outside of PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, iOS, and Android.

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Parody website with embarrassing photos of Joe Biden outranks his official campaign page on Google

A realistic-looking parody site featuring images of Biden touching women and children appears to be doing quite well on search engines.

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Here's the email Tesla sent employees telling them to stop leaking info

In an email sent on Thursday, Tesla reminds employees they can be fired or sued for leaking and gives some recent examples.

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Cyclone Fani hits India, UN moves to protect vulnerable refugees in Bangladesh

One of the strongest storms to batter India in decades made landfall near the northeastern coastal city of Puri on Friday morning. UN agencies are monitoring Cyclone Fani’s movements closely and taking measures to protect families living in refugee camps in Bangladesh, which is on alert.

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US rejects Tesla's bid for tariff exemption for Model 3 'brain'

U.S. trade officials rejected Tesla's bid for relief from President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on the Chinese-made computer "brain" of its Model 3 electric vehicle.

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Sinclair to buy 21 regional sports networks from Disney at $10.6 billion valuation

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A drone just flew a kidney to a transplant patient for the first time ever — it won't be the last

The proof-of-concept flight is being hailed as "a stunning achievement."

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This radar can wirelessly monitor vital signs of patients

Scientists at the University of Waterloo have developed a radar that can wirelessly monitor the vital signs of patients thus eliminating the dependency on machines.

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Stickier than expected: Hydrogen binds to graphene in 10 femtoseconds

Graphene is an extraordinary material consisting of pure carbon just a single atomic layer thick. It is extremely stable, strong and conductive. In electronics, however, graphene has crucial disadvantages. It cannot be used as a semiconductor, since it has no bandgap. Now researchers have produced an ''atomic scale movie'' showing how hydrogen atoms can chemically bind to graphene to produce a bandgap in one of the fastest reactions ever studied.

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New approach could accelerate efforts to catalogue vast numbers of cells

Artistic sketches can be used to capture details of a scene in a simpler image. Researchers are now bringing that concept to computational biology, with a novel method that extracts comprehensive samples -- called 'sketches' -- of massive cell datasets that are easier to analyze for biological and medical studies.

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What happens when schools go solar? Overlooked benefits

Rooftop solar projects at schools could reduce harmful air pollution, help the environment and enhance student learning while cutting electricity costs, a new study finds. Overall, the energy switch could deliver benefits valued at $4 billion.

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