October 3, 2016

Heek is a chatbot that can build you a website

screen-shot-2016-10-03-at-11-32-21-am A startup called Heek wants to make building websites as simple as chatting over text and answering a few questions. Using a conversational interface, the bot asks you questions about yourself, your business and your site, then lets you click to see different designs you can customize to meet your needs. The bot will even prompt you to save your work, as you get further into the site… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

The Peso as Predictor of a Donald Trump Presidency

Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Matt Winkler examines the correlation of the trade of the Mexican peso and the fortunes of Donald Trump's U.S. presidential campaign. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets." (Winkler is a Bloomberg View columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.) (Source: Bloomberg)

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Loose Ends (12)

(Steven Hayward) • Can you imagine what the leaks to the media will be like from a Trump White House? Trump will probably be one of the biggest leakers. • As we call remember last year Yale University melted down over . . . Halloween costumes. This month the University of Wisconsin is taking steps to make sure no such thing happens on their campus, so the university's Ethnic and Racial Studies

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Trump Real Estate Group Rented Office Space to Iranian Bank Linked to Terrorism

Donald Trump's real estate company had business ties with an Iranian bank that U.S. authorities later linked to terrorist groups and Tehran's nuclear program, according to a new report.

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Supreme Court rejects rehearing in Obama deportation amnesty case

The Supreme Court shot down the administration's effort to kick-start President Obama's deportation amnesty, refusing Monday to grant a rehearing in a case the court deadlocked on just a few months ago.

The refusal lets stand the decision by an appeals court, which found Mr. Obama broke immigration law by ...

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It's October, So You Might Want To Know About These $30 High Ankle Boots

You'll need them for the fall

Via: The Daily Caller

Presence is a new novel about VR, clones, and virtual theme parks

pres_tc1 Richard MacManus was the founder of tech blog ReadWrite and is now a full-time author. His latest book, Presence, is an exploration of VR and virtual experiences and promises thrills, excitement, and plenty of virtual weirdery. In the following excerpt, the protagonist Gats Holloway meets up with a virtual clone of her former friend, Manny. They meet inside a virtual representation of… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Obama Sees 'Straight Line' From Palin to Trump: NY Mag

(Corrects name of magazine in first paragraph.)

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Mark Cuban: I Get Offered Tax Advantage Opportunities and Don't Take Them

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Man plans to hit 48 states in 48 days in anti-Trump trip

ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) - Charlie Adler was watching a Ken Burns documentary the other night about an American couple who went to Europe during the 1930s and '40s to help save Jews from the Nazis.

It got him thinking about presidential candidate Donald Trump and the upcoming election.

Not that ...

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McDonald's Could Snag $2 Billion In Chinese Sale

Even as Chinese start switching to healthier options

Via: The Daily Caller

MIT's new 3D-printed, shock-absorbent materials make for resilient drones

2k0amk It's not the fall, it's the sudden stop – the effect of an impact has similar negative effects on people and on the sensitive electronic parts of robots. A new research project from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab could help lessen the damaging effects of sudden physical shocks, for both humans and robots alike. The new technique devised by the… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Where Does Alec Baldwin Stand in the Trump-Impression Rankings?

For political comedians, Donald Trump is like Hamlet–everyone wants to play him.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Colombia's Santos, FARC Scramble to Revive Peace After Shock Vote

Colombia's government and Marxist FARC guerrillas will scramble on Monday to revive a plan to end their 52-year war after voters rejected the hard-negotiated deal as too lenient on the rebels in a shock result that plunged the nation into uncertainty.

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Corey Lewandowski: I hope Donald Trump sues The New York Times 'into oblivion' for tax story

Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's former campaign manager, said Monday he hopes Mr. Trump sues The New York Times "into oblivion" for publishing a story over the weekend showing Mr. Trump reported a nearly $1 billion loss on a 1995 tax return.

"It's a crime to release someone's taxes and publish ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Kanye Ends Concert When He Finds Out Kim Kardashian Was Robbed At Gunpoint [VIDEO]

'I'm sorry. Family emergency, I have to stop the show'

Via: The Daily Caller

The $50 Amazon Echo Dot is tough to resist

Amazon Echo Dot Alexa is getting better, the Echo is getting smaller and Amazon will stop at nothing to bring its smart assistant into your home, even if that means issuing a second generation of its Dot hardware a mere months after the original, at virtually half the price. After all, Amazon knows when it's got a winner on its hands, and, as Google and (likely) Apple rush to bring their first offering… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Libertarian VP Nominee 'Happy' Taking Trump Votes Over Clinton

"If I think that we're going to take more votes from Trump, than from Clinton, then I'm happy about that," Libertarian vice presidential nominee Bill Weld said Monday on CNN's "New Day." Weld, a former Massachusetts governor, said he "would doubt" an analysis showing he and presidential nominee Gary Johnson were taking more votes from Clinton Said Democrats make poor economic and foreign policy decisions while Trump divides people NOTE: Weld told NBC Friday "I'm not sure anybody's more qualified

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Obama: I see 'straight line' from Sarah Palin to Donald Trump

In a new interview, President Obama said he sees a "straight line" from the announcement of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee to the rise of Donald Trump and "the shift in the center of gravity" for the GOP.

"I see a straight line ...

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Lindsay Lohan Loses Part Of Her Finger In Boating Accident

How gruesome...

Via: The Daily Caller

Ten Places the Obama Administration Says Are Not In Israel

The Obama administration ignited a firestorm over the weekend when it stripped the city of Jerusalem as being located in Israel in an official communication sent following a memorial service for recently deceased former Israeli President Shimon Peres.

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Here's what the Google Pixel could look like

pixel-cw-2 Google is set to announce a bunch of new products tomorrow. And the star of the show is supposed to be the long-rumored Google Pixel. 9t5Google has spotted not one but two accidental leaks that match up and look legit. The Google Pixel will be Google's flagship Android phone, and here's what we know so far. It looks like Google shared some details about the new phones with… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Trump Campaign Denies He Demeaned Women on 'Apprentice': AP

Donald Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks says claims the U.S. presidential candidate demeaned women on "The Apprentice" show are "outlandish, unsubstantiated, and totally false" and have "no merit whatsoever," Associated Press reports, citing statement. AP reports that more than 20 former contestants, members of crew and editors on "The Apprentice" said Trump rated female contestants by size of their breasts and talked about which ones he'd like to have sex with Other cast, crew interviewed

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Former state senator to plead guilty in prison bribery case

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Former state senator Irb Benjamin of Madison is expected to become the sixth person to plead guilty in Mississippi's prison contract bribery scandal, court records show.

Benjamin's lawyer, Joe Hollomon, filed notice Friday that Benjamin plans to plead guilty on Oct. 18 before U.S. District Judge ...

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50 Years — The new Silicon Valley VC that wants to save the world AND make money

Fifty Years VC "We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium. Synthetic food will, of course, also be used in the future. Nor need the pleasures of the table be banished. That gloomy Utopia of tabloid meals need never be invaded. The new foods will be practically indistinguishable from the… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Hamwells raises €1.2 million for the connected e-shower of the future

20160930-e-shower-front When you take your next shower, the water flowing from the faucet may just be recycled. That's the vision fueling Hamwells, a Netherlands-based startup that launched in the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt London 2015. In the Battlefield, the company presented their e-shower with a re-circulation mode that recycles each drop of water 7 times, significantly reducing the waste… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Clinton to Decry Wells Fargo Fraud, Propose Curbing of Forced Arbitration

She will suggest regulations curbing clauses in contracts that make it difficult for workers and consumers to bring legal action against companies.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

If Trump Decides To Go Nuclear On The Clintons, This Is How He'll Do It

'It's very much like the Cosby situation'

Via: The Daily Caller