Marie
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Joined on 26 Mar 2018
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Alan Shearer says Manchester City centre-back John Stones cannot keep making the same mistakes |...
England suffered a 3-1 loss to the Netherlands in the semi-final of the UEFA Nations League on Thursday night, and Manchester City centre-back John Stones has been getting a lot of sti...continued
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John Stankey's challenge: Making AT&T's $100 billion bet on Time Warner pay off
John StankeyStephen Desaulniers | CNBCAT&T's WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey made a promise to his wife, Shari. He'd received episodes of the last season of "Game of Thrones" in advance. But he wouldn't watch. Instead, he'd watch with her, in real time, at home — includ...continued
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Report: Tottenham Hotspur's £106 million valuation of Christian Eriksen puts off Real Madrid |...
According to Sport, Real Madrid have cooled their interest in the services of Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Christian Eriksen after the London club slapped a hefty £106 million price on...continued
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Social media shapes our politics. But does it actually elect presidents?
Getting elected president used to be a slow, plodding process in which a candidate trekked from town to town, climbing atop a soapbox or standing behind a lectern to ask Americans for their votes. Over the years, technology has altered the way candidates communicated with...continued
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Aion Network introduces first blockchain virtual machine for Java developers – TechCrunch
Aion Network, a non-profit dedicated to creating tools to promote blockchain technologies, announced a new virtual machine today that’s built on top of the popular Java Virtual Machine. Its ultimate goal is increasing the popularity of blockchain with developers. Aion CEO...continued
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Bill Gates, Neo, Gigafund backing Luminous in photonics supercomputer moonshot – TechCrunch
Luminous Computing, a one-year-old startup, is aiming to build a photonics chip that will handle workloads needed for AI at the speed of light. It’s a moonshot and yet, the young company already has a number of high-profile investors willing to bet on the prospect. The co...continued
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What former officials on the National Security Council really think of John Bolton
President Donald Trump had just said he did not want to go to war with Iran. Yet there was National Security Adviser John Bolton on Wednesday, ratcheting up his campaign against Iran during a trip to the United Arab Emirates. It seemed to be a classic case of cognitive d...continued
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Microsoft, once considered a stodgy software maker, has outperformed tech unicorns since 2015
A man wearing an unicorn costume plays at a computer during the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2019 event in Katowice on March 2, 2019.BARTOSZ SIEDLIK/AFP/Getty ImagesIn November 2015, tech investor Marc Andreessen weighed in on a hot debate about whether Silicon Valley's...continued
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Corporate PACs resume bankrolling racist Mississippi senator
During her 2018 special election campaign, several major corporate PACs asked for refunds of their contributions to Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) after she made a series of racist comments, including saying she would happily follow a supporter to the “front row” if he invi...continued
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Trump expected to pardon US war criminals who killed unarmed civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan
President Donald Trump is expected to pardon U.S. military service members who have been accused or convicted of war crimes, including a Blackwater security contractor who killed dozens of unarmed Iraqis, the New York Times reported Saturday. Nicholas A. Slatten, a Blackw...continued
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Clutter has picked up Omni’s storage business; Omni to focus on rentals – TechCrunch
On the heels of Clutter announcing a large growth round of $200 million earlier this year, the storage startup is cleaning up the competitive field. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Clutter has purchased the storage business of erstwhile rival Omni. Omni will re...continued
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Can Someone Challenge Nadal at the 2019 French Open? – Tennis Connected
The action at the 2019 Roland Garros is right around the corner, and we can’t help but wonder, Can anyone dethrone Nadal and lift the Musketeers’ cup? The Spanish Bull comes to the Italian Open without a title on the season – for the first time in 15 years. By this point ...continued
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Apple CEO Tim Cook talks WWDC student program, coding initiatives and SAP – TechCrunch
For the past few years, Apple has been inviting student developers to attend its WWDC conference, which centers on development topics and software. A few students from this year’s batch are getting some more personal attention from Apple as it tries to raise awareness of...continued
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Nancy Pelosi: Trump is 'goading' Democrats to impeach him to solidify his base
Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the United States House of Representatives during her weekly press conference May 2, 2019.Aurora Samperio | NurPhoto | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump is "goading" Democrats to try and impeach him because he believes it would help "solidify h...continued
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Marshall continues to impress with new retro portable speakers – TechCrunch
Marshall, the headphone company and not the loudspeaker company of the same vintage, today announced two new portable speakers. Like the company’s previous offerings, these speakers ooze a retro vibe. The two new speakers, the Stockwell II and Tufton, join the Kilburn II,...continued
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Trump’s tariffs could knock Tesla’s Autopilot off course
The White House has refused to exempt the “brain” of Tesla’s Autopilot technology from punitive import tariffs, a decision that could delay or disrupt the company’s self-driving ambitions, TechCrunch has learned. At a special “autonomy day” event last week, Tesla CEO Elon...continued
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