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A 2017 Honda Civic Type R production car captured a speed record at a rigorous race track in Germany.

Around the world, global warming is making unprecedented weather and climate events far more likely to occur, with the planet now teetering on the edge of a new era of routinely damaging global warming-related extremes, a new study found. 

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have marched to a hilltop memorial complex in Armenia's capital to lay flowers in commemoration of the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians a century ago by Ottoman Turks.

Unroll.me, a service designed to help users unsubscribe from newsletters and emails from subscription services, has been selling user data to the very companies from which it helps users unsubscribe.

Workers in New Orleans donned helmets, masks and bulletproof vests on Monday, as they removed the first of four Confederate monuments from the city.

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A secret team of NASA veterans and robotics experts recruited by Apple to lead its self-driving car project has had its cover blown by what appears to be a simple bureaucratic snafu. 

An Apple filing obtained by Business Insider on Friday through a public records request contained the names of six individuals that Apple names as the official "driver/operators" of these driverless vehicles.

The filing with the California Department of Motor Vehicles provided... Читать дальше...

April 21, 2017

On April 21, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a call initiated by the American side.
When discussing international issues, Minister Lavrov expressed his regret that the United States spoke at the OPCW special meeting against Russia's initiative to send inspectors to Syria to verify allegations of the use of sarin in the town of Khan Sheikhun on April 4 and the presence of chemical warfare agents at Shayrat Airbase in Syria. Читать дальше...

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Leo Hurwitz’s 1948 film, “Strange Victory” (which I discuss in this clip), makes the notion of memory its very subject. Hurwitz’s idea is simple, brilliant, and painful: he compares the systematic racism that motivated the Nazi regime, which the United States had just helped to defeat, with the systematic racism that was still in force in the United States. His subject isn’t hypocrisy or even political legitimacy; it’s states of mind. His condensed and abstracted... Читать дальше...

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There are currently three Tesla vehicles on the road: the original Roadster and its later variations; the Model S sedan; and the Model X SUV.

If all goes according to plan, the mass-market Model 3 sedan will hit the streets in 2017. It could be as early as July.

As it turns out, I've driven all of Tesla's cars, and I went for a brief ride in a prototype of the Model 3 earlier this year.

They each have their own cool features, but they all share numerous aspects ... Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump made a very long distance phone call to the International Space Station, to congratulate its commander on breaking the record for the most time spent in space of any American astronaut.

Barack Obama returned to the public stage on Monday with some wry jokes, a smart-casual outfit, and a pledge to direct his post-presidential energy to nurturing the next generation of leaders. Speaking at the University of Chicago in his adopted home town, the former US president was relaxed and in good humour, like a man who has been on a long holiday, which he has. There was laughter from an audience of community organisers, activists and students, a group unlikely to contain many supporters of Donald Trump... Читать дальше...

Fomer President Barack Obama held his first official event since leaving the White House in January.

Disputes over spending and health care in a divided Washington have triggered shutdowns of the federal government in recent years. Republicans now control the White House and Congress, and if lawmakers and President Donald Trump fail to agree on a spending bill by midnight Friday, a shutdown of an all-GOP government would occur for the

MINNEAPOLIS — Jake Long, the first overall pick in the 2008 draft and a four-time Pro Bowl left tackle for the Miami Dolphins, has decided to retire after a torn Achilles tendon ended his ninth NFL season early with the Minnesota Vikings. Long announced Monday on his Twitter account that a lack of progress on

Just another day heading to work… or, not.

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Emails can be a serious time sink.

As Reuters reported, one 2015 survey found that US workers spend "6.3 hours a day checking emails, with 3.2 hours devoted to work emails and 3.1 hours to personal messages."

If you want to save some time and energy, it's important to figure out how to optimize your email experience.

Here are some shortcuts that can seriously cut down on the time you spend in your inbox:

Watch your email headers

Rihanna's newest trend is here just in time for spring. Spring is a tricky season for styling, in a practical sense. You don't want to be too hot or too cold, but it's hard to...

After an unprecedented global rally in support of science-based policymaking, organizers of last Saturday's March for Science say the real measure of success will be whether they can translate the event's enthusiasm into action. After crowds rallied in Washington and more than 600 other locations around the world April 22, march planners now urge those who participated to go out into their communities and advocate for science. "WE MARCHED. NOW, WE ACT," reads the updated March for Science website... Читать дальше...

President Trump lost his first fight over health care and Monday night he appeared to back off threats to force Democrats and Republicans to pay for the border wall. Fmr. GOP Congressman David Jolly and MNSBC's Joy Reid join Lawrence O'Donnell.

WASHINGTON — Foreign governments that rely on the services of private criminal hackers leave their operations vulnerable to being exposed and disrupted, creating something of a “silver lining” for U.S. law enforcement investigations of cyberattacks, a top Justice Department official said Monday. Criminal hackers hired by nations are more likely to travel and expose themselves

Gwyneth Paltrow’s brand is hitting the Net. Net-a-porter will launch Goop product on its site starting April 26. For a limited time, the 12-piece Goop collection, including Goop skin care and Goop fragrance, will be featured alongside Paltrow’s favorite Mother’s Day gift ideas from the retailer....

Tesla will nearly double its Supercharger electric car charging network this year to 10,000 public charging units globally, up from 5,400, the company said Monday.

In case you’ve been confused by the last few days of punditry, let me say outright that France is not America.

Blake Shelton understands why people are so fascinated with his relationship with Gwen Stefani, but the country music star still can’t believe the rumors about them that get spread.