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The president is speaking in pessimistic terms of his high-stakes trade talks with China coming up in four days.

The technology is there, why not the will?

Confirmation of a rapid rise in renewable energy and a decline in coal use should be cause for celebration. Instead, the upbeat forecast issued by the International Energy Agency in its annual report also came with a negative outlook on climate change. While renewable power is estimated to supply 40% of the world’s electricity by 2040–faster than the agency predicted–the rate will not be fast enough to curb climate change unless urgent action is taken. Читать дальше...

Facebook’s war room wasn’t a permanent fix, apparently.

In the months leading up to the midterm election, Facebook created a “war room” to help spot trouble, stamp down misinformation, and fix issues before they spread across the social network.

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It seems at once both impossible and completely par for the course that all of these wince-inducing details emerged from one in-depth Lena Dunham profile.

Early detection systems could help firefighters combat blazes, aid in recovery, and prevent wildfires from starting to begin with.

Microsoft fared slightly better during “Red October.”

Microsoft has overtaken Apple as the world’s most valuable company.

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Many cities don’t accept coffee cups in their recycling. Now there’s proof it works.

Gantri founder Ian Yang wants to bring 3D-printed products to the masses–and take on giants like Blu Dot and Design Within Reach in the process.

WPP is hoping to streamline business amid volatile times in the advertising industry.

Investors include Kirsten Green’s firm Forerunner Ventures. Its total funding is now an enormous $25 million.

Apple Inc. v. Pepper could have an impact far beyond Silicon Valley.

After nearly a decade of legal battles, Apple is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court today to defend its 30 percent commission on app sales. The justices will hear arguments in Apple Inc. v. Pepper, over whether the tech giant can be forced to pay damages to iPhone owners who believe the App Store is an unlawful monopoly that jacks up prices.

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It feels wrong that a glistening Honda adorned with a red ribbon is nowhere to be seen in FLOTUS’s confounding spot for the general concept of Christmas.

This neuroscientist argues that a few simple changes could boost your learning, creativity, and mental resilience.

The increasingly woke website for words made a deliberate choice in selecting “misinformation” and not “disinformation.”

Home is a dangerous place for women, according to a new report from the United Nations.

Home is a dangerous place for women, according to a new report from the United Nations.

Stay away from industry jargon.

While many job applications have the word “optional” next to the field that asks for a cover letter, it shouldn’t be overlooked. After all, a cover letter is intended to show you off and captivate a hiring manager, kind of like a movie trailer. It’s meant to tease and entice the recruiter or hiring manager to keep reading and be so interested in you that they simply cannot put down your resume. Think: personable and professional.

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The International Red Cross is currently looking for more than 100,000 people who have been separated from their families by armed conflict or violence.

Your barriers to getting a good night’s sleep are real. But there are many solutions to change this.

The microprocessor, built specifically to run machine learning algorithms, is covered in colorful tiles that help it stand out on a server rack.

Spoiler alert: Just because you have women in leadership doesn’t guarantee that women at all levels are going to be supported.

A NASA spacecraft is set to land on Mars this afternoon. Here’s how to watch it all happen.

If you seem to lose hours every day, these are likely the reasons.

You’ve likely heard by now that multitasking is bad for your productivity. Experts say that when you try to multitask, individual tasks usually take longer, and you don’t execute them as well. According to productivity consultant Julie Morgenstern, stripping multitasking from your work routine would help you “gain back 30% to 40% of your actual time and mental clarity per day.”

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Pants to die for–and in.

These are the 100 Year Pants. The manufacturer, the adventure clothing brand Vollebak, claims that the pants will last a century because the materials are so tough, you can walk through fire in them. “The only pants more advanced than these are on spacesuits,” the company says.

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Yep. Norway.

That’s according to data compiled by merchant account and card payment fee comparison firm Merchant Machine. The firm looks at mobile payment spending across the world in 2017, the most recent year full figures are available for, and found the top 10 countries where mobile wallets are the most popular.

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