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Is it time to declassify key pages of the 9/11 Report? Emma Ashford discusses the complicated U.S.-Saudi relationship in light of the looming declassification.

Please join us as Michael Mandelbaum—prominent columnist and author, and a leading foreign-policy thinker—discusses his new book, Mission Failure: America and the World in the Post–Cold War Era. In this definitive work, Mandelbaum critically assesses American military interventions since the end of the Cold War and the deeply flawed post–Cold War efforts to promote American values and American institutions throughout the world. Each intervention was designed to transform local economic and political systems, and each, argues Mandelbaum, failed.

Over 1 billion people use YouTube, watching hundreds of millions of hours of content all over the world everyday. We have been receiving content at a rate exceeding 100 hours/min for the last three years (currently at 400 hours/min). With those kinds of usage statistics what we see on ingest actually says something about the state of video technology today.

Video files are the currency of video sharing and distribution over the web. Each file contains the video and audio data wrapped up in... Читать дальше...

Read John Ley's report from Oxford United's 3-0 win in the Milk Cup final at Wembley.

A roundup of private equity related news from across the Web.

The Marathon des Sables, a six-day race through the Sahara desert, has a hard-won reputation as "The Toughest Footrace on Earth."

My great-grandmother's prized possession - a special metal pan for frying bimuelos - has been used to make this once-a-year delicacy for over a century.

A great afternoon out at the University of Utah

The Iranian nuclear deal may have created a useful precedent for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty member states to strengthen the global nuclear nonproliferation system. | Русский

We are witnessing the dawn of a robotics revolution. In the future, robots will undergo exponential growth in terms of their ability and application. What does that mean for human employment and productivity growth? What about incomes, leisure time, and the overall standard of living? Randy Bateman believes that, as was the case in the Industrial Revolution, robots will initially assist rather than displace human workers. Afterwards, however, there will be a great economic upheaval and a realignment of employment and tax policies. Читать дальше...

A roundup of venture-capital news and analysis from VentureWire and around the Web.

Private equity backed Imaging Advantage is developing a machine capable of reading X-rays.

Long time No. 1 Staff Coach Mike Idland was recently named Head Coach for Women’s Soccer at SUNY College at Brockport. SUNY Brockport is a division III program near Rochester, NY competing in the SUNYAC conference. Idland was selected over scores of  exceptional candidates due to his impressive resume that spans several different levels of soccer and his achievements as … Continue reading "Mike Idland Named Head Coach At Suny Brockport"

Meeting in London brings together academics and industralists from the food sector

It's 420, a day of unabashed weed revelry. But it's also 2016, and your regular pot smoking routine just won't cut it. Watch above to get all the apps you'll need to make this 420 the best 420 ever (that is, given it's legal where you are).

'I guess we really underestimated the genius and hard work of our fans.'

'I guess we really underestimated the genius and hard work of our fans.'

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This weekend, the historic former headquarters of the BBC will be opened up to the public for the first time as the initial phase of 950 homes carved from the complex goes on sale.

They say a week is a long time in football. It is when it comes to Louis van Gaal's unique brand of football.

They say a week is a long time in football. It is when it comes to Louis van Gaal's unique brand of football.

They say a week is a long time in football. It is when it comes to Louis van Gaal’s unique brand of football. One step forward, how many back? Manchester United’s victory over West Ham in the FA Cup brought rare cheer on the road, only for the Reds’ old limitations to be exposed once […]

An Ahmadi Muslim shopkeeper, Mr. Asad Shah, was recently stabbed to death in Glasgow, UK. Mr. Tanveer Ahmad, a Sunni Muslim of Pakistani origin, claimed he committed the act because Asad had "disrespected Islam."

How do cops use so-called "stingrays" to intercept phone communication and why is it such a big secret? Adam Bates explains.