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Microsoft on Tuesday launched its latest Surface Pro. It’s called, well, the Surface Pro, and it’s the first refresh to the company’s popular line of hybrid PCs since October 2015.

But aside from the lack of a number in its name, there aren’t many major differences to the new Surface Pro model.

If anything, the most interesting shift is that Microsoft is avoiding any talk of the Surface Pro being a tablet in the first place; the company now refers... Читать дальше...

TOPEKA, Kan. — The head of Kansas’ child-welfare agency says she’s “deeply saddened” by the slaying of a 7-year-old boy whose remains were fed to pigs, and that state case workers did what they could. As director of the Kansas Department for Children and Families, Phyllis Gilmore offered that perspective Tuesday as her agency was

Its latest mortgage rate is proof of broader ambitions

The head of the Minneapolis Fed dissented the last time the central bank raised interest rates. This morning, he said he's still uncertain that the U.S. has reached full employment, signaling more caution.

A fourth major sponsor has pulled out of the Puerto Rican Day Parade because it’s honoring a the former leader of the FALN terror organization. AT&T issued a statement Tuesday saying it has rescinded its sponsorship of the June 11 march following organizers’ decision to bestow its first National Freedom Hero award to convicted felon...

Pictures of people not at the Manchester concert are being used online to drive traffic.

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A German hacker group called the Chaos Computer Club released a video that makes it seem quite easy to fool the Samsung Galaxy S8's iris scanner.

The CCC says it was able to use everyday items like a camera, a regular printer, and contact lenses to unlock a Galaxy S8 using its iris scanner, which is an alternative to the fingerprint sensor.

Back in April, the company behind the Galaxy S8's iris-scanning technology said it was safer than the FBI's fingerprinting technology. Читать дальше...

The 2018 US budget plan is dominating investor sentiment in early trading.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has selected Kristine Svinicki, chairwoman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to lead the panel for another five years. Trump had previously named her to lead the five-member panel through June. Svinicki, a Republican and a nuclear engineer, has served on the commission since 2008. Trump also nominated two other Republicans

Brennan declined to provide any indication about the identity of those people.

Some law enforcement officers may be using cell snooping devices to track down illegal immigrants. Photo by Lucy Nicholson/ Reuters

An explosion has rocked Manchester Arena in England, where an Ariana Grande concert was taking place. Nineteen people have been confirmed dead, 120 injured.

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Comedian and actress Maria Bamford used her graduation address to provide a lecture on the art of negotiation to the University of Minnesota class of 2017.

Bamford, who graduated from the school in 1993 with a degree in creative writing, expounded upon the necessity for liberal arts majors to care about money in a hilarious speech.

"Let me begin by talking about the elephant in the room at a liberal arts graduation ceremony — and that is money," she began,... Читать дальше...

Guillermo Rigondeaux says fighters run away at the mere mention of his name.

The 50-year-old actress has turned the festival into a fashion experiment.

The 50-year-old actress has turned the festival into a fashion experiment.

Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com

As his polling figures sag, the chaos of his presidency increases exponentially, and the news turns ever grimmer (for him), President Trump faces growing opposition nationwide. As TomDispatch regular Mattea Kramer reports today, from boycotting businesses carrying his products to jamming the phone lines of his hotels, an expanding, if somewhat uncoordinated, set of anti-Trump organizations are focused on how to divest America of its 45th president. Читать дальше...

Oil service stocks took a hit Tuesday, highlighted by the 4.3% selloff in Helmerich & Payne Inc. shares , after Goldman Sachs soured on the sector's valuations amid concerns that rig count growth will "flatten out" over the next few years. Analyst Waqar Syed cut H&P's rating to sell from neutral, and slashed his stock price target to $45, which is 21.5% below current levels, from $63. Syed said he believes rig count growth should plateau, after more than doubling over the past year, given... Читать дальше...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Route 66, the historic American roadway that linked Chicago to the West Coast, soon may be dropped from a National Park Service preservation program, which would end years of efforts aimed at reviving old tourist spots in struggling towns. A federal law authorizing the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program is set to

Humanity should store vast amounts of sperm in gigantic tubes buried under the moon’s surface to help us have babies after the apocalypse. That’s the astonishing suggestion in a serious piece of research about whether sperm can survive being stored in the freezing, gravity-free vacuum of space. A team of scientists from the University of...

Hollywood has lost an icon.

Maybe next time he’ll think before he cheats…

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"On this topic, as well as other topics, I don't feel it's appropriate to characterize discussions and conversations with the president," Coats said, NBC News reports.