Netflix engineers rescue Luke Cage after service falters
Superhero Luke Cage can thank Netflix's engineers for coming to his rescue.
Business
Oct 2, 2016
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Virtual reality helps net last Auschwitz criminals
Slipping on a virtual reality headset, the indelible images come into view: the steel rails, the imposing brick gatehouse, the rows of identical barracks, the gas chambers, the crematoria.
Software
Oct 2, 2016
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Who inherits a selfie? States seek to fill privacy law gaps
When a loved one dies, laws cover how their houses, cars, and other property are passed on to relatives. But the rules are murkier—and currently far more restrictive—when it comes to pictures on Facebook, emails to friends ...
Internet
Oct 2, 2016
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Global trade in African grey parrots banned
Delegates at a global wildlife conference on Sunday voted to ban international trade in African grey parrots, one of the world's most trafficked birds.
Ecology
Oct 2, 2016
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India ratifies Paris climate change agreement
India, which accounts for about 4.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, ratified the Paris climate change agreement Sunday at the United Nations, officials said.
Environment
Oct 2, 2016
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Paris climate deal: Where are we now?
India's ratification of the Paris climate agreement on Sunday brings the ambitious global warming deal a big step closer to coming into effect.
Environment
Oct 2, 2016
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Advertising on mobile: it's all about 'stopping the thumb'
Almost 80 years old, the deodorant Old Spice is learning new tricks for finding customers in the era of smartphones and social media.
Internet
Oct 2, 2016
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Australia increases shark tagging after teen mauling
The tagging and relocation of sharks off Australia's most populous state will be sharply increased to protect surfers ahead of a busy summer season, authorities said Sunday, after a teenager was mauled in a recent attack.
Ecology
Oct 2, 2016
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How do you get one? Five things to know about the Nobel Prizes
Actors yearn for Oscars, athletes crave Olympic gold—but for scientists, writers and champions of world peace, there's no bigger honor than a Nobel Prize.
Other
Oct 2, 2016
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Thousands protest steel plant over Vietnam fish deaths
Thousands of Vietnamese protesters surrounded a Taiwanese steel plant Sunday, some scaling walls and holding signs demanding its closure, as anger flares against the firm for dumping toxic waste into the ocean killing tonnes ...
Environment
Oct 2, 2016
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