At the end of the day, insurance is all about risk. Whatever keeps people safest leads to the lowest claims — and the happiest people. Insurance technology is getting very popular among founders and investors, yet, as a category, is little understood. Read More
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NEW YORK (AP) - NBC News has fired "Today" show host Billy Bush, who was caught on tape in a vulgar conversation about women with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump before an "Access Hollywood" appearance.
Bush was suspended at the morning show two days after contents of the 2005 tape ...
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Lobster, a Startup Battlefield company from 2014, is breathing new life into its AI-powered media licensing platform by partnering with Verizon Cloud. Advertisers, publications, agencies and will now have the means to license images sourced from social media and cloud, and with Verizon Cloud being added to that, will have a larger pool of "real" images of stock photo quality to… Read More 
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In Democratic circles, the talk about the presidential election has increasingly turned to fears of a violent uprising by white supremacists and neo-Nazis if Donald Trump loses.
The nervous talk holds that Mr. Trump's alleged racist followers are being primed to take to the streets to challenge election results should ...
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It's been a weird year for Peter Thiel. The always contrarian investor has managed to stir up quite a bit of ill will between his shadowy support of the lawsuit that brought Gawker to its knees and his vocal — and now financial — support for Donald Trump. Along the way, each of Thiel's controversies has led to calls for the companies he funded and advised, like… Read More 
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Hillary Clinton's closest advisers were unsure of her position on trade, according to recently released hacked emails.
The post Emails: Clinton's Closest Aides Didn't Know Her Position on Trade appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
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DENVER — The "Republicans are racist" narrative pushed by Democrats has been a tough sell this year in Colorado, maybe because there are too many black Republican candidates.
Colorado Democrats have nominated no minority candidates for Congress this year, but Republicans have made history by throwing their support behind El Paso ...
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Software-defined networking (SDN) has taken center stage in the networking industry for the better part of a decade now. In the spirit of the election season, it's a great time to ask the question: Is your network better off now than it was before? Read More 
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Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi survived an uprising within his own police force Monday as U.S. led-coalition forces pushed toward Mosul with only light resistance, according to Iraqi lawmakers.
The post Baghdadi Survives Coup Attempt as Mosul Offensive Begins appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Ethics panel is evaluating whether to launch an official investigation into Indiana GOP Rep. Marlin Stutzman.
The committee has received a submission from a separate, independent ethics panel called the Office of Congressional Ethics recommending a probe into Stutzman. The independent panel has submitted a ...
Netflix is finally breaking off from its slowing subscriber growth trend as it posted a huge quarter that beat both its own, and Wall Street's, expectations. Here's the money chart: Shares of Netflix are absolutely blowing up, now up more than 20% in extended trading after the earnings report came out. With today's crazy jump in its stock, the company added nearly $10 billion… Read More 
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President Obama, a product of Chicago-style politics, isn't worried about a rigged presidential election, the White House said Monday.
Responding to claims by Republican nominee Donald Trump that his race against Hillary Clinton is "rigged," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the president's team is "not at all" concerned ...
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But a trip along Interstate 5 reveals a different world. Miles of browning grass stretch along the roadside, broken by the green clusters of California's farms, which provide fruits, vegetables and nuts to most American households. California is the top farm producer in the U.S. In 2015, the state's farms and ranches harvested approximately $47 billion for their output, vastly… Read More 
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - When Brian Newby took the helm of a federal election agency, he left behind an unfolding scandal in Kansas where he was having an affair with a woman he promoted in his previous job and used her to skirt oversight of their lavish expenses, prompting a ...
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HTC really wants VR to happen. For all of their mobile handset woes, the company is keen to grab the next platform shift by the horns and have the ecosystem and infrastructure in place to become an early powerhouse in the space. The company's VR presence has notably been lacking in the mobile department which has been somewhat confounding given the fact that they seem to understand… Read More 
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