The suit against game makers Niantic Inc., Nintendo Co., and The Pokemon Company seeks class action status for others who have had Pokemon stops and gyms placed on their property. The lawsuit says the defendants "have shown a flagrant disregard for the foreseeable consequences of populating the real world with virtual Pokémon without seeking the permission of property owners."
Will Aria accept Ezra’s proposal? “Pretty Little Liars” fans are dying to find out the answer after the Freeform series took last week off.
Meet Jeff Wilson: a former IBM project manager and dean at Huston-Tillotson University, who also happened to live in a dumpster for a year.
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When your playlist strikes all the right chords, your body can go on a physiological joyride.
The governor of a western Mexican state says a mayor and four local police officers have been arrested in the murder of 10 people killed and burned over the weekend
A grandiose spectacle meant to unite the globe while serving as a powerful mouthpiece for national pride and history, Brazil officially kicks off the 2016 Summer Olympic Games with the opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro Friday night at the famed Maracana Stadium.
The Plymouth-based company lost about $10 million, identified cuts to capital spending and corporate expenses and said market conditions appear better in the second half of the year.
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In April, Google announced a new ad product which most people in the advertising industry saw as a move designed to stamp out "header bidding," one of the newest pieces of technology ad tech companies and publishers have been using in an attempt to carve away at DoubleClick's monopoly.
Header bidding essentially lets Google's rivals jump to the front of the line in the contest for ad slots, and that largely drives up ad revenues for publishers.
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Recent UK media reports about the alleged information war waged by Russia are "puzzling," the Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom said.
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Donald Trump's campaign has fired two high-level aides in what sources told Politico is a "shake-up" in the operation.
Ed Brookover, a veteran Republican strategist who helped organize the Republican National Convention two weeks ago, and Jimmy Stracner, who was the campaign's Western regional political director, have been let go.
Both had worked for Ben Carson's campaign before he dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump.
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If we are to ensure a bright future for our children, our leaders need to innovate. Kgosientso Ramokgopa is this kind of leader, says Alan Knott-Craig Jr.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A mayor and four local police officers have been arrested in a western Mexican state in connection with the murder of 10 people who were killed and burned over the weekend, the state's governor said Tuesday.
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Mobile monetization firm Upstream has launched a new HTML5-based gaming platform that lets users pay a weekly subscription fee in exchange for access to a library of ad-free games, according to Business of Apps.
Gamedom, which was developed in partnership with game distribution platform GamePix, will offer users access to more than 100 game titles across 10 categories... Читать дальше...
Korean cleaners working a Sydney college have been paid illegal cash wages of $15 an hour.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ongoing military purge is not merely a response to a coup, but an aggressive restructure, rebranding, and reorientation of the Turkish military. Erdogan began to purge the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) after elements of it launched an unsuccessful coup attempt on July 15, 2016.
Turkish security forces detained nearly 10,000 service members including 143 general officers and admirals in the first week... Читать дальше...
Authorities say that at least five have been killed in a bus crash in central California, and five others have been airlifted to hospitals with injuries. The crash happened early Tuesday morning on State Route 99 between the cities of…
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Carmelo Anthony missed all six of his 3-point attempts, but he still led Team USA with 19 points Monday in a 110-66 rout of Nigeria in Houston.
Streaming agreement comes as online video service shifts business model
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Jos. A Bank has been the laughing stock of retail for some time.
It was known for its buy-one-get-many-free sales — a tactic that resulted in a Saturday Night Live skit.
It has reported multiple quarters of plummeting sales. In the most recent quarter, comparable sales for Jos. A Bank dipped 16.%.
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Instagram has Snapchat envy.
That much is clear from a new feature the Facebook-owned app announced on Tuesday called Stories. You can share a photo or video (up to 10 seconds long) with your friends on Instagram that disappears after 24 hours.
Sound familiar?
It should: Snapchat has an almost identical product that it also calls Stories.
The familiarity between the two apps doesn't stop there; Instagram's camera interface for creating Stories lets... Читать дальше...
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea said Tuesday it will seek to raise taxes on big corporations and the high-income bracket, adding such changes are necessary for the stability of the country's financial healt
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