How Reggie Brown invented Snapchat
Why sexting and a Stanford class led a group of former fraternity brothers to create Snapchat. Read More…
OxyContin maker stops promoting opioids, cuts sales staff
(Reuters) – OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP said on Saturday that it has cut its sales force in half and will stop promoting opioids to physicians, following widespread criticism of the ways that drugmakers market addictive painkillers.
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Two slain Ohio officers were 'true American heroes,' police chief says
Two Ohio police officers, who were referred to as “true American heroes,” died while responding to a call in Westerville on Saturday, police said.…
Teaching robots to understand their world through basic motor skills
Robots are great at doing what they’re told. But sometimes inputting that information into a system is a far more complex process than the task we’re asking them to execute. A team of researchers at Brown University and MIT is …
Two Ohio police officers shot to death, suspect held
(Reuters) – Two Ohio police officers were shot to death on Saturday when they responded to a call and a suspect was wounded and is in custody, a spokeswoman for the city of Westerville said.
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Former Trump administration officials, from Comey to McCabe
From the White House chief of staff to the FBI director, from leaving for a new job to learning of his firing from a television, here’s a running list of those who have left the Trump administration.…
HR has lost the trust of employees. Here is who has it now
Human resources has to be one of the greatest bait-and-switch professions one can join today. HR departments position themselves with a forward-facing fluffy image, whether improving the productivity of workers through training and development programs or perhaps righting the yawning …
Russian offering info on Trump bilked U.S. spies out of money: NY Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Russian who offered stolen National Security Agency cyberweapons and compromising information on President Donald Trump bilked U.S. spies out of $100,000 last year, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing U.S. and European security officials.…
French activists celebrate abandoned airport project
A colorful crowd has celebrated the French government’s decision to abandon plans to build a new airport in the west of the country.…
YouTube will remove ads and downgrade discoverability of channels posting offensive videos
After barring Logan Paul earlier today from serving ads on his video channel, YouTube has now announced a more formal and wider set of sanctions it’s prepared to level on any creator that starts to post videos that are harmful …