Disrupt London is approaching quickly and we're excited to introduce you to our stacked lineup of speakers and judges. The event takes place at former Olympic Village's Copper Box Arena and you can buy tickets here. The conference kicks off on December 5 and is packed both days with a lineup featuring inspiring entrepreneurs, savvy investors and TechCrunch's… Read More
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360-degree cameras are still somewhat of a novelty, with a range of options offering decent quality for around $300 or so. A new device launching on Indiegogo Monday could bring some better balance to the cost/effectiveness equation – the Insta360 Air is a clip-on 360-degree video camera with livestreaming capabilities that will cost $99 in pre-order, or $119 when it's available… Read More 
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Rep. Kathleen Rice, who is supporting Rep. Tim Ryan to be the next House minority leader, said her backing Mr. Ryan isn't "personal" but that the party needs someone willing to change gears after a tough 2016 election.
"He's a new voice. We need new leadership," Ms. Rice said on ...
"Competence is under-rated," is not what one would expect to hear from an investor and member of multiple boards on the topic of what makes a great director. However, for Rory O'Driscoll, a founding partner at Scale Venture Partners, do no harm may be the most important motto for a director to keep in mind. "In the mind of the entrepreneur; they're not thinking is… Read More 
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CHICAGO (AP) - Elected officials from Chicago, including U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, are planning an announcement about violence.
Davis' office says the Chicago congressmen will join U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, state Sen. Kwame Raoul and others Monday at City Hall.
On Saturday, Davis called for tougher gun laws and mores ...
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Gun rights activists are buzzing as they eye potential changes in the strict laws that govern the ownership of silencers in the wake of the 2016 election.
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ATLANTA (AP) - Donald Trump's disavowal this past week of white supremacists who have cheered his election as president hasn't quieted concerns about the movement's impact on his White House or whether more acts of hate will be carried out in his name.
Members of the self-declared "alt-right" have exulted ...
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - The state ethics commission wants to tighten up Maine rules for publicly-funded candidates.
Candidates who receive Maine clean election funds would no longer be able to make cash payments of more than $50 under the proposed rules.
The state Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices ...
One of Asia's most-funded clones of U.S.-based subscription fitness service ClassPass is pivoting to local services. Read More 
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Police organizations have high hopes for President-elect Donald Trump. But at the top of their wish list isn't proposed legislation or policy — rather they hope the self-proclaimed "law and order" candidate can usher in a new era of respect and support for law enforcement.
"The first thing, and something ...
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President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to allege, without specific evidence, that there was massive voter fraud in the election he just won.
In one tweet, Mr. Trump also attacked the media and accused it of not reporting on "serious voter fraud" in three states won by ...
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Luke Skywalker doesn't think the Force is with Donald Trump.
In an interview with the Daily Beast, actor Mark Hamill unloaded on the president-elect and almost repeated Hillary Clinton's (in)famous turn of phrase about a "basket of deplorables."
"I'm in total denial," he told the site. "If you look ...
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Congressional Republicans are warning the departing Obama administration against moving any more political appointees into career-service government jobs, a practice known as "burrowing in."
Government auditors found 69 Obama political appointees who moved into career jobs from 2010 to 2015, and 17 of them didn't receive the required approval from ...
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PHOENIX (AP) - Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer fought her own Republican party in the state Legislature for months to push through a Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act.
That was three years ago. Now, as an early Donald Trump supporter who has his ear, Brewer hopes one of ...
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The Wisconsin Elections Commission has found no evidence that any of its voting machines were hacked during the Nov. 8 election, a spokesman said Saturday.
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein on Friday filed a petition to have a state recount on the sole grounds that data experts believe there ...