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Daytime Emmy Awards: Complete List Of Winners
Deadline - 2 May 2016 04:44
Today saw the second night of the 2016 Daytime Emmys and when the whole thing was over, ABC and CBS tied for the most number of wins with 6 each, taking between them more than half of the total statuettes given out tonig...
Quantum Computers Become Practical
Scientific American - 2 May 2016 14:15
Scientists are trying to make quantum computers a reality by connecting many small networks together into one large whole --
Taylor Chorney looks to see more time on the ice and the Capitals' penalty kill
Washington Post - 2 May 2016 06:28
The veteran defenseman finally got his playoff highlight Saturday.
DCPS fires Jason Lane as Ballou football coach
Washington Post - 2 May 2016 17:28
According to two people with knowledge of the school district's decision, the sixth-year Knights coach was removed in relation to residency issues involving to Ballou team members.
Aleppo: Push to include battered city in Syria truce
Al Jazeera English - 2 May 2016 06:44
US Secretary of State John Kerry Kerry is seeking Russia's co-operation to stop bombing of northern province.
Are state-sponsored attackers poisoning the statistical well?
The Register - 2 May 2016 04:58
Governments relying on bad data will make bad decisions WAHckon Manipulation of small amounts of data among huge data sets could be an unrecognised threat to scientific organisations, security man Craig Searle says....
How Can Japan Settle The Issue Of Fukushima Daiichi Tritium? Drink It.
Forbes - 2 May 2016 04:44
Here’s the problem in a nutshell—or rather a thimbleful—facing the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Apple's 3D Touch is so last year, Microsoft is working on something even cooler
Digital Trends - 2 May 2016 18:28
Apple's 3D Touch might have been the rage last year, but Microsoft's pre-touch display tech could be the rage this year on a Windows Phone or Surface tablet. The post Apple’s 3D Touch is so last year, Microsoft is work...
Finnish broadcaster fights taxman demand for Panama Papers
Miami Herald - 2 May 2016 16:57
Finnish broadcaster YLE says it won't provide documents related to the Panama Papers to the country's tax authority, which has demanded access to them in an apparent move to trace tax dodgers with offshore accounts. …
How Clinton and Trump Should Choose Their Vice Presidents
Time - 2 May 2016 15:58
Think White House, not voting booth
Samsung Artik IoT Cloud Lacks Key Enterprise Features
Forbes - 2 May 2016 15:00
Samsung Electronics hosted its annual developer conference, SDC, on April 27th and 28th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. It announced the availability of Artik Cloud, a dedicated cloud platform for connecting the ...
The Unmasking of Bitcoin Creator Craig Wright Was a Long Time Coming
Time - 2 May 2016 14:17
There's a long list of people once thought to be the founder
Ubuntu's Snap packages aren't yet as secure as Canonical's marketing claims
PC World - 2 May 2016 14:00
Canonical has been talking up Snaps, a new type of package format featured in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. "Users can install a snap without having to worry whether it will have an impact on their other apps or their system," reads...
The Nazi Underground
The New Yorker - 2 May 2016 06:00
Lower Silesia, in southwestern Poland, is a land of treasure hunters. Until the end of the Second World War, the region--covered by mountains and deep pine forests with towering, arrowlike trees--was part of Germany. In ...
Georgia Poised To Allow Students To Carry Guns
Sky News - 2 May 2016 05:34
The US state of Georgia could soon make it legal for students over the age of 21 to take a concealed weapon to university.
How Android gets to 100% market share
TechCrunch - 2 May 2016 03:00
Android commands more than 80 percent of the mobile OS market share globally, and just less than 60 percent in the U.S. But you wouldn’t know it here in Silicon Valley — almost everyone I know has an iPhone. As the...
The best front-loading washers under $1,000
USA Today - 2 May 2016 22:58
You can get superior cleaning without spending a fortune.
Cruz spars with Trump supporter
CNN - 2 May 2016 21:29
It was democracy in action Monday afternoon when Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz crossed the street following a retail stop to address a handful of protesters wielding Donald Trump signs shouting "Lyin' Ted" a...
What Happens When Canadian Cops Find a Software Security Flaw?
Motherboard - 2 May 2016 14:00
If left unpatched, these holes can pose a huge security risk to users.
How NASA's Next Big Telescope Could Take Pictures of Another Earth
Scientific American - 2 May 2016 13:15
A “starshade” flying alongside the WFIRST observatory could deliver images of potentially habitable worlds decades ahead of schedule --
JSerra returns to top of The Times' prep baseball top 25 rankings
L.A. Times - 2 May 2016 07:12Curt Schilling not happy 'bloody sock' game cut from Red Sox-Yankees '30 for 30′
Washington Post - 2 May 2016 06:28
A documentary about Boston's epic comeback from a 3-0 deficit in the 2004 ALCS just happened to omit an iconic performance from someone who was just fired by ESPN.