Apple Is Really Bad At Design

Apple Is Really Bad At Design
Is it Apple's unbridled and seemingly-endless success that has caused the company to rest on its laurels?

September 30, 2017 at 11:49AM
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Head Of Air Force Academy Delivers Stirring Speech To Cadets After Racial Slurs Left In Dorms

Head Of Air Force Academy Delivers Stirring Speech To Cadets After Racial Slurs Left In Dorms 
"If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect, then you need to get out."

September 29, 2017 at 09:23AM
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Trump Keeps Making Up A Nonexistent

Trump Keeps Making Up A Nonexistent 
​A somewhat weird development over the last 24 hours has been President Trump's repeated assertion that the Senate can't pass their health care bill because a "senator is in the hospital," which is... not true.

September 28, 2017 at 10:42AM
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A Stanford psychologist on the art of avoiding assholes

A Stanford psychologist on the art of avoiding assholes
"Not giving a shit takes the wind out of an asshole's sails."

September 27, 2017 at 08:43AM
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Fox News' Shep Smith Slams Trump For Inaccurately Reframing The NFL Protests

Fox News' Shep Smith Slams Trump For Inaccurately Reframing The NFL Protests
Over the years, Shep Smith has been one of the few major Fox News anchors willing to buck the GOP, and he did so again on Monday.

September 26, 2017 at 04:21PM
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NASA Dedicates Building To Hidden Figures Heroine Katherine Johnson

NASA Dedicates Building To Hidden Figures Heroine Katherine Johnson
When NASA's Langley Research Center built its newest, state-of-the-art research facility in Hampton, Virginia it was only right that they named it after Katherine Johnson, the NASA engineer and subject of the book and Oscar-nominated film "Hidden Figures."

September 24, 2017 at 08:40PM
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Here's Who Is Taking A Knee Today In Solidarity With NFL Protestors

Here's Who Is Taking A Knee Today In Solidarity With NFL Protestors
More NFL players, owners and celebrities are taking part in the protest against racial injustice led by Colin Kaepernick after a series of inflammatory Trump tweets over the weekend.

September 24, 2017 at 03:22PM
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Don't Buy The Idea Teens Are Having Less Sex Until You Take A Closer Look At The Data

Don't Buy The Idea Teens Are Having Less Sex Until You Take A Closer Look At The Data
Think of it this way: when in the history of teens have they had less sex?

September 23, 2017 at 09:30AM
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The 100 Hardest Video-Game Bosses, Ranked

The 100 Hardest Video-Game Bosses, Ranked
From gods and zombies to a ship and a song, the one trait they share is an ability to end your game swiftly.

September 22, 2017 at 12:16PM
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Nestlé Makes Billions Bottling Water It Pays Nearly Nothing For

Nestlé Makes Billions Bottling Water It Pays Nearly Nothing For
The company's operation in Michigan reveals how it's dominated the industry by going into economically depressed areas with lax water laws.

September 21, 2017 at 10:27AM
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Jeff Bridges Will Always Be 'The Dude'—And That’s Cool With Him

Jeff Bridges Will Always Be 'The Dude'—And That’s Cool With Him
Jeff Bridges will always be known as The Dude, and at age 67, he's okay with it. More than okay with it, even.

September 20, 2017 at 10:36AM
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Software Has a Serious Supply-Chain Security Problem

Software Has a Serious Supply-Chain Security Problem
Three times in the last three months, hackers have exploited the digital supply chain to plant tainted code that hides in software companies' own systems of installation and updates, hijacking those trusted channels to stealthily spread their malicious code.

September 18, 2017 at 07:59PM
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Man Who Saved the World From Nuclear Armageddon in 1983 Dies at 77

Man Who Saved the World From Nuclear Armageddon in 1983 Dies at 77
On September 26, 1983, Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov received a message that five nuclear missiles had been launched by the United States and were heading to Moscow. He didn't launch a retaliatory strike, believing correctly that it was a false alarm.

September 18, 2017 at 07:39AM
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Trump Shares Doctored Image of His Golf Ball Hitting Hillary Clinton

Trump Shares Doctored Image of His Golf Ball Hitting Hillary Clinton
In a series of eclectic Twitter posts, President Trump also appeared to refer to Kim Jong-Un, North Korea’s leader, as Rocket Man.

September 17, 2017 at 02:16PM
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Alienation Is Killing Americans and Japanese

Alienation Is Killing Americans and Japanese
Almost a quarter of Japanese men and a tenth of Japanese women over age 60 say there is not a single person they could rely on in difficult times. The American crisis may not be so dissimilar from the Japanese one.

September 16, 2017 at 10:15AM
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The Making and Unmaking of Iggy Azalea

The Making and Unmaking of Iggy Azalea
Iggy became a punchline and went from being hailed as a white rap savior — a potential salve in the lineage of bad white rappers — to, three years later, being a digital-era Vanilla Ice, reduced to a viral talking point.

September 15, 2017 at 12:12PM
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The race against heat

The race against heat
How do you cool 7.5 billion people on a warming planet?

September 14, 2017 at 10:32AM
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A Hilariously On-The-Nose Parody Of The iPhone X Release

A Hilariously On-The-Nose Parody Of The iPhone X Release
The iPhone X is finally here and it looks fine? Also, that will be $1,000.

September 13, 2017 at 09:15AM
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Just The Good Stuff From Tuesday's iPhone Event

Just The Good Stuff From Tuesday's iPhone Event
A new Apple Watch, Apple TV in 4K, iPhone 8 and iPhone X — here's everything that happened at Tuesday's Apple press event.

September 12, 2017 at 06:50PM
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The Man the Presidency Changed

The Man the Presidency Changed
Chester Alan Arthur was a wealthy New Yorker, disparaged by big-city intellectuals as unqualified, unfit and corrupt. Fellow Republicans were shocked when he landed on the threshold of the highest office in the land. And Trump might be able to learn a thing or two from the 21st president.

September 11, 2017 at 08:26PM
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Farewell to the Greatest Space Mission of Our Time

Farewell to the Greatest Space Mission of Our Time
The Cassini spacecraft spent 13 years orbiting Saturn. It revealed the planet and its rings in striking detail, found liquid around every corner, and invigorated the idea that alien life not only exists, but could be right on our doorstep.

September 11, 2017 at 09:16AM
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Fox News Anchor

Fox News Anchor
Granted, Irma certainly won't leave Florida unscathed, but this interviewee wasn't about to give a punchy cable news soundbite. He's been doing his research.

September 10, 2017 at 01:40PM
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The Uncertainties Of Being Asked To Work During A Hurricane

The Uncertainties Of Being Asked To Work During A Hurricane
As some people evacuate for Irma, they wonder if leaving town might cost them their jobs.

September 9, 2017 at 12:46PM
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What Does an Innocent Man Have to Do to Go Free? Plead…

What Does an Innocent Man Have to Do to Go Free? Plead…
A case in Baltimore — in which two men were convicted of the same murder and cleared by DNA 20 years later — shows how far prosecutors will go to preserve a conviction.

September 8, 2017 at 09:08AM
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The $100 Million Plan to End Paralysis

The $100 Million Plan to End Paralysis
MIT research scientist Hugh Herr lost both legs below the knee after a 1982 winter climbing ordeal. In less than a year, he hacked his prosthetics to allow him to climb again, and he went on to become one of the world’s leading innovators in the field. His next big act? A $100 million project to end a slate of disabling conditions.

September 7, 2017 at 02:09PM
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Justin Roiland

Justin Roiland 
​A week after megachurch pastor Joel Osteen took a ton of heat on social media for his reluctance to open his church's massive facilities to shelter victims of Hurricane Harvey, "Rick and Morty" creator Justin Roiland called the church's prayer line.

September 6, 2017 at 01:32PM
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The War on Public Schools

The War on Public Schools
Americans have underestimated the value of public education — and forgotten its purpose.

September 5, 2017 at 11:42AM
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EPA Denies Neglecting Houston Superfund Sites, Attacks Reporter

EPA Denies Neglecting Houston Superfund Sites, Attacks Reporter
The AP reported on Saturday that several Houston area toxic-waste sites had flooded and were not being checked by the agency.

September 4, 2017 at 03:03AM
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To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now

To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now
They both spent a lot of time cleaning floors. The difference is, for Ms. Ramos, that work is also a ceiling.

September 3, 2017 at 02:36PM
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Woman Pulls Gun At Walmart During Fight Over School Supplies

Woman Pulls Gun At Walmart During Fight Over School Supplies
It's reported that a fight broke out between several women over one notebook.

September 2, 2017 at 11:53AM
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Cop Drags Away Nurse Who Legally Prevented Him From Drawing Blood From An Unconscious Patient In Shocking Video

Cop Drags Away Nurse Who Legally Prevented Him From Drawing Blood From An Unconscious Patient In Shocking Video
Nurse Alex Wubbels was on solid legal footing when she blocked detective Jeff Payne from drawing blood from the patient, but that didn't stop Payne from arresting her.

September 1, 2017 at 08:23AM
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