Will the coming robot nanny era turn us into technophiles?

 In as little time as a decade, affordable robots that can bottle-feed babies, change diapers and put a child to sleep might be here. The human-machine bond that a new generation of kids grows up with may be unbreakable. We may end up literally loving our machines almost like we do our mothers and fathers. Read More

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Clinton Raises $154 Million in September, Nears $1 Billion

Hillary Clinton raised $154 million for her campaign and the Democratic Party last month, her biggest monthly fundraising haul yet in her bid for the White House, pushing her total for the election cycle toward $1 billion.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Hillary behind closed doors (2)

(Scott Johnson) In the audio clip below from Hillary Clinton speaking this past February behind closed doors at a Virginia fundraiser, Clinton discusses Bernie Sanders and his appeal to his young supporters. The Sanders supporters are the disappointed, the sad, the frustated and, truth be told, the credulous. She mocks Sanders's promised "revolution" ("I'm still trying to understand the revolution part"). She understands that the "revolution" is predicated on "a false promise,"

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5 White Kids Cops Killed Who You Probably Heard Nothing About

'395 white people have been killed by cops'

Via: The Daily Caller

Clinton Raises $154m for Campaign, Democratic Party in September

Hillary Clinton raised ~$84m for her campaign and ~$70m for Democratic Party last month, according to e-mailed statement from her campaign. Her campaign began this month with >$59m in cash, while Hillary Victory Fund and Hillary Action Fund had combined $91m Total fundraising for the cycle nears $1 billion Campaign says September was best fundraising month

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Check out this epic, expertly executed $77k Indiegogo backer troll

It doesn't get much more meta than this. Raising $77k on Indiegogo, the filmmakers behind It's All Good absconded with the money, spending it all on cocaine, prosti… oh, wait. No, it was limousines and champagne. The backers were rightfully outraged, but there's a twist. It turns out that the real movie the scallywags were making was about a team of filmmakers… Read More

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With All Due Respect: Best of the Week (10/01/16)

Bloomberg Politics' Mark Halperin and John Heilemann present some of the biggest moments from the political week that was on "With All Due Respect."

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Half of Donald Trump backers don't trust vote count: Poll

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is making the unprecedented assertion that the general election "is going to be rigged," and many people who are drawn to his presidential campaign have major doubts about the accuracy of the Nov. 8 vote.

Only about one-third of Republicans say they have a ...

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Guns & Politics: In Her Own Words, Hillary On Gun Control

Gun registration, suing manufactures, licensing and of course the Supreme Court being wrong on the Second Amendment - It is all here for the world to see

Via: The Daily Caller

Hillary behind closed doors

(Scott Johnson) The Washington Free Beacon has posted a 50-minute audio of Hillary Clinton speaking to donors at a fundraiser behind closed doors this past February. The Free Beacon has posted the audio with a report by Lachlan Markay here. When she gets behind closed doors, she doesn't let her hair hang down. However, she does show another side of her face. Josh Feldman slices an excerpt featuring Clinton's take on Sanders

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Donald Trump's cocaine 'wore off' during the debate, Gary Johnson a "f***ing idiot': Bill Maher

Comedian Bill Maher blasted presidential candidates Donald Trump and Gary Johnson during Friday night's broadcast of his HBO program, "Real Talk," and asked disenchanted Bernie Sanders supporters to consider Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton on Election Day over her Republican and Libertarian Party opponents.

The television host had harsh words for ...

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Hacked Audio: Clinton Calls Bernie Fans Frustrated Basement-Dwellers

'They are living in their parents' basements'

Via: The Daily Caller

Apple loses patent retrial to the litigious VirnetX, ordered to pay $302.4M

 Here's yet more evidence that the US patent system needs over-hauling. Back in February we reported that Apple had been ordered to pay $625 million to notorious litigator VirnetX after a U.S. court judged that the iPhone-maker had infringed on patents held by VirnetX in its iMessage and FaceTime services. (VirnetX often described as a patent troll because it makes almost all of its… Read More

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114,000 People Want To Stop Paying Obama While He Stumps For Hillary

'Spend taxpayer money in order to maintain his own legacy'

Via: The Daily Caller

Wary of Election Hacks, U.S. Urges States to Get Security Help

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is urging state and local election officials to seek assistance from the federal government to fend off cyberattacks that could be used to manipulate the results of the November presidential elections.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Presidential Office: Duterte Is Not Hitler, But He Still Wants To Kill Millions Of People

'Killings will result in the salvation of the next generation'

Via: The Daily Caller

SurveyMonkey CEO Zander Lurie: IPO, yes; 2017, not likely

 On Thursday night, at a StrictlyVC event at SurveyMonkey in Palo Alto, we sat down with CEO Zander Lurie to learn more about the direction of the 17-year-old company, known for the roughly 90 million surveys that the outfit and its customers create for the constituents each month (and whose average order volume is $300, says Lurie). We were particularly interested in Lurie, a former… Read More

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Comey: The Watergate variations

(Scott Johnson) In his NRO column on FBI Director James Comey's testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Andrew McCarthy acknowledges his "real affection for the director" before he deconstructs his testimony. Andy notes: "When Mills lied to agents about not knowing of the Clinton homebrew server while at State — a story that doesn't pass the laugh test — this false account was shrugged off as one of those innocent,

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Duterte's Hitler Comments Spark Global Outrage

'Revolting'

Via: The Daily Caller

You might be surprised to learn who's collecting your data

 Most people understand that in order for digital services to work properly or stay free they may need to allow the services to track some of their data. It's time to demand that all third parties hold themselves to a higher standard and disclose what they do with consumers' data. Those that resist the urge to collect, share and sell data not vital to their service will ultimately… Read More

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Trump Fans Beg Him To Ditch 'Stupid Tweeting' And Focus On Hillary

'Those kinds of things are beneath you now'

Via: The Daily Caller

Learned helplessness and the languages of DAO

 Everything is terrible. Most software, even critical system software, is insecure Swiss cheese held together with duct tape, bubble wrap, and bobby pins. See eg this week's darkly funny post "How to Crash Systemd in One Tweet." But it's not just systemd, not just Linux, not just software; the whole industry is at fault. We have taught ourselves, wrongly, that there is… Read More

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The Week in Pictures: Pumpkin Spice Edition

(Steven Hayward) It's October, which means crisper days, baseball playoffs, more presidential debates, and—pumpkin spice. Maybe we can think of this as the pumpkin spice election, since one candidate is orange like a pumpkin. Some people love pumpkin spice; others find it an abomination. Make of that what you will. But it's certain we get too much of it all. And finally. . .

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Medical marijuana, criminal justice changes among new laws

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A batch of new laws took effect Saturday, ranging from legislation that allows minors with certain debilitating conditions to use Connecticut's medical marijuana program to an act requiring hospitals to inform police when they treat patients for serious stab wounds.

Many of the bills, passed during ...

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Argentina's startup scene is primed, but not yet firing on all cylinders

 Over the last decade, Argentina's public profile has been far from flattering. With a steady feed of headlines that have included, "Inflation", "Corruption", and "Political Instability", the country has been shut off from most international tech investment since the "dot com" bubble. Since then, Argentina has had to overcome severe… Read More

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