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September 1, 2016
Neato debuts a pair of connected robotic vacuums starting at $399
Neato, the other company that produces robot vacuums (no, the other, other company), is back with two new entries in its floor cleaning robo-servant line. The latest additions, debuting at IFA this week, continue the company's (relatively) low-entry point and a focus on connectivity, which – in that respect, at least – leapfrogged iRobot a while back. The base-level D3 runs… Read More
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(Scott Johnson) The Obama administration's multifarious accommodations of the Islamic Republic of Iran are an evil that we will be living with for some time to come. Omri Ceren writes with his usual footnotes to explicate the administration's nonresponse to revelations regarding the regime's installation of the Russian anti-aircraft system to protect the supposedly pacified nuclear facility at Fordow (emphasis in original). This is an important issue and I thought some readers
Source: Power LinePower Line
Trump backers sport 'Make Mexico Great Again Also' hat
PHOENIX (AP) - Two high-profile supporters of Donald Trump have unveiled a new piece of clothing to go alongside the Republican presidential nominee's trademark "Make America Great Again" hat.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions both wore a white baseball cap with the words ...
Salesforce Wave turns vertical with new industry-specific apps
When Salesforce introduced its Wave analytics product back in October, 2014, it was mostly framed as a tool for managers to get a grip on the sales pipeline in a visual way. In a series of announcements today, Salesforce made it clear that it's taking Wave vertical with a variety of job-specific Wave applications. Since its launch, much like Salesforce CRM itself, Wave has grown… Read More 
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Democrats Are Slight Favorite to Win Senate: Sabato Rating
Sabato's Crystal Ball moves Indiana, Illinois, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin Senate race ratings to leaning or likely Democratic.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 2 points nationally: poll
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton holds a narrow 2-point lead over her GOP rival Donald Trump in a four-way match-up, according to a national Fox News poll released Wednesday.
Mrs. Clinton was at 41 percent support, while Mr. Trump was at 39 percent, Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson was ...
LOT Network waives patent troll protection membership fees for startups
License on Transfer (LOT) Network is looking to make it even easier for smaller startups to sign up for its cross-licensing patent "immunization" organization, which includes members like Google, Netflix and Uber. Between now and March 1, 2017, any new members that join LOT Network that have annual revenues below $5 million won't have to pay the standard annual membership… Read More 
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Hillary Clinton to begin TV ads in traditionally GOP Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) - Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign plans to begin airing television ads on Friday in Arizona, a state carried by Republicans in 11 of the past 12 elections.
The announcement from the Democratic nominee's campaign comes on the heels of Donald Trump's speech on Wednesday in Phoenix, where he ...
Huawei debuts a new 8.4-inch tablet
A bunch of new products out of Huawei this morning, as the company kicked the second day of IFA press conferences. In addition to two new entries in the company's mid-tier Nova line, it also introduced a new 8.4-inch tablet the MediaPad M3. At the center of the tablet is a 2560 x 1600 2K wide-angle display with a 359PPI pixel density. That's all wrapped up in a slim full-metal body. Read More 
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Report: United Nations-Backed Orgs Promoting Terrorism, Anti-Semitism, Violence
"Bigots, anti-Semites, and terrorist advocates" are "spreading hatred and inciting violence" from within the halls of the United Nations with full backing of the international organization, according to a report that shines new light on the lack of proper administrative oversight at Turtle Bay.
Accredited advocacy groups permitted to operate at the U.N. have been found to be using the international organization as a platform to legitimize anti-Semitism, hatred of the Jewish state, and support for terrorism, according a new report issued by Human Rights Voices, a group that monitors bias at the U.N.
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Black Lives Matter rips Democrats for leaked memo on how to pacify activists
Black Lives Matter accused the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee of trying to placate activists after a hacker leaked on Wednesday an internal party memo advising candidates on how to handle the movement.
The Nov. 9 memo to by former DCCC staffer Troy Perry urged candidates to listen but ...
HTC's latest features middling specs in a slightly ruggedized exterior
"Inspired by nature, created for life" is HTC's customarily grandiose tagline for the admittedly awkwardly named One A9s. All that hyperbole means, essentially, that this is a nice looking handset that can withstand a drop or two. The specs on the other hand are fairly meh. HTC's new five-inch handset looks a fair deal like its predecessor, which is to say, it looks a… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
AP FACT CHECK: Trump on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wednesday was supposed to be the day Donald Trump clarified his immigration stance. But in a key speech on that subject, he misstated facts about immigration policy, life for those in the country illegally and their impact on the U.S. economy.
A look at some of his ...
For Donald Trump, a day of political whiplash on immigration
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - For weeks, Donald Trump flirted with a self-described "softening" of the hard-line immigration policies that propelled him to the Republican nomination, raising the hopes of party officials, some Hispanic leaders and skeptical voters unnerved by his presidential candidacy.
On Wednesday, he appeared on the brink of ...
Libratone anticipates the end of the headphone jack with noise-cancelling Lightning earbuds
Only the tightly-lipped team in Cupertino can say for certain, but it sure appears as if Apple is ready to declare war on the headphone jack as we know it. Danish high-end speaker company Libratone is certainly hedging its bets with a newly announced pair of headphone sporting a Lightning adapter – it's first entry in the space, The upshot here, aside from potential… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Indonesia Screens for Zika as Singapore Infections Mount
Jakarta, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia is screening travelers from neighboring Singapore for the mosquito-borne Zika virus as the city-state reports a growing number of infections and its first case of a pregnant woman testing positive.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Clinton Campaign Issues Statement on Trump Immigration Speech
"In his darkest speech yet, Donald Trump doubled down on his anti-immigrant rhetoric and attempted to divide communities by pitting people against each other and demonizing immigrants," Lorella Praeli, Hillary Clinton campaign's national Latino vote director, says in statement on Trump's immigration speech in Phoenix.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Taking Sphero's BB-8 Force Band for a spin
Sphero's BB-8 was arguably the compelling bit of merchandizing, which is, naturally, saying a lot. The latest Star Wars film was, as anticipated, a merch juggernaut, but there was no better bit of serendipity than a startup smartphone-controlled toy maker and the movie's scene stealing droid. How does one go about improving up such a glorious bit of cross over marketing? Use the… Read More 
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