If you've been paying attention to technology news lately, you probably noticed the headlines about T-Mobile CEO John Legere and his anti-EFF mini-rant on Twitter. Legere was responding to a question we had asked about T-Mobile's Binge On service: "Does Binge On alter the video stream in any way, or just limit its bandwidth?" But it apparently made him angry enough to… Read More
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VIENNA/DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran freed four Americans including a Washington Post reporter on Saturday in a prisoner swap, as diplomats gathered to announce the lifting of international sanctions and bring the country of 80 million people back to the global economic stage.
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"It is confirmed."
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"No wonder banks do so well in the U.S. Senate."
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Remember e-books? Those were the days, weren't they? Those crazy few years when the fad of reading on a Kindle swept the nation. Now, of course, that fit of mass hysteria is behind us; e-book sales are falling, down more than 10% in 2015 — YA down 44%! — while used bookstores are coming back. Yes, that's right; print is regaining its regal primacy; e-books are dead. Right? Read More 
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed increasing access to government information by applying the state's open-records law to the state Legislature and its open-meetings law to New York's ethics commissions.
His budget proposal calls for reforming the law "to improve transparency," apply the records law equally to ...
The relationship between Taiwan and China is already complicated and her election could complicate it further.
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"We shouldn't just be talking about unemployment."
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During her long retirement from Hollywood, Greta Garbo was, as many of her fans know, very keen on tennis. With the young David Pryce-Jones, she chose to play the game topless, "so flat-chested," he tells us, "that she looked more masculine than ever." This is somewhat unfair to Garbo, whose cold, chiaroscuro beauty—it is impossible to imagine her in color—I have always admired. But it is also typical of this charming, gay (in both senses of the word), and very funny memoir.
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"So my question to you is, I feel like law enforcement: they are just bullies with badges at this point."
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwanese politicians came out in support Saturday of a teenage pop star who was forced to apologize for waving the island's national flag on a South Korean television program, reigniting the complex issue of national identity on a day when voters are electing a new independence-leaning ...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwanese politicians came out in support Saturday of a teenage pop star who was forced to apologize for waving the island's national flag on a South Korean television program, reigniting the complex issue of national identity on a day when voters are electing a new independence-leaning ...
"Well, you your self are a strong proponent of gun control. So—"
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The 10 American sailors detained by the Iranian military were reportedly instructed to "act happy" while being videotaped in captivity, according to a defense official with knowledge of the sailors' debriefing.
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"Do they really want to be part of the civilized world?
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"It was a good strike."
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NEW YORK (AP) - TNT will host its pregame show Monday from the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, before the network televises the Golden State-Cleveland showdown.
Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal and Kenny Smith will be on site at 7 p.m. EST and ...
"Iowa is about more than polling."
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Is a robot coming for your job? It's not a novel question, but if Gartner's predictions are correct, the answer could be leaning more definitively toward yes. The analyst firm's research suggests one in three jobs will be converted to software, robots and smart machines by 2025. What is new, however, is that the influx of robots in the workforce is no longer just a concern… Read More 
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CHICAGO (AP) - Unions representing Chicago police officers are fighting for the destruction of tens of thousands of documents from disciplinary files dating back several decades, just as activists and community leaders are demanding more access and transparency from a department under intense scrutiny after several controversial police shootings.
The ...
Several things that I've heard (from several sources) indicate to me that we won't see a new hardware model of the Apple Watch in March. Read More 
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"You attacked the wrong driver today, sir!"
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"For me, Hillary staying with Bill is a major selling point for Hillary."
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In late spring last year, the Netherlands-based aerospace and defense giant Airbus Group announced a $150 million corporate venture capital fund. Today, that fund, Airbus Ventures, announced its first bet, on an eight-year-old, Phoenix-based company called Local Motors that uses 3D printing to make appliances and road-ready vehicles. Our interest piqued, we talked earlier today… Read More 
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Sen. Harry Reid's (D.,Nev.) general counsel on Thursday withdrew a request seeking approval for the senator to use what some have deemed a "slush fund" to help cover costs as he departs from Congress.
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"The right-to-life movement is making tremendous gains on behalf of mothers and their unborn children."
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"I apologize to the millions of New Yorkers…"
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SEATTLE (AP) - A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney pleaded guilty Friday after prosecutors said he forged a document to make it look like a Mexican citizen who wanted to stay in the U.S. was not eligible to do so.
Jonathan M. Love pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor ...
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Netflix went global earlier this month, and now the U.S. company has said it will crack down on customers who use VPN software to access content that is not available or licensed in their country. Read More 
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CHARLESTON, S.C. — The amount of time that each candidate spent being attacked in Thursday night's Republican presidential debate was a fairly accurate barometer of the state of the race for the GOP nomination: the better a candidate's standing, the more barbs he was forced to endure.
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Billionaire businessman Donald Trump embraced the label of "angry" and Sen. Ted Cruz fended off repeated questions about his finances and his eligibility to be president as the two men led the rest of the presidential field in Thursday's debate, amid growing concerns about President Obama's foreign policy.
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"Now he's doing a little bit better."
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China's Xiaomi has finally revealed how many smartphones in sold last year. Kinda. The company said in a statement today that it sold "over 70 million" devices in 2015. That's a 15 percent jump on the 61 million sales it logged for 2014, but it is short of the 80 million projection it set for 2015 — which was reduced from an initial 100 million target. Read More 
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