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The Killing alum Joel Kinnaman is set as the lead in Netflix’s Altered Carbon, a futuristic drama series conceived, written and executive produced by Laeta Kalogridis (Avatar). Miguel Sapochnik (Game Of Thrones) has come on board to direct the first episode of the series, from Skydance Television.

A Pennsylvania woman who was killed by a shotgun blast during a dispute with her boyfriend managed to record audio of her own murder.

Prevailing cultural wisdom tells us that most suicides occur during the cold of winter, during the holiday season when people might be alone or depressed.

Not everyone likes museums, so Paris Musées took some of their most famous works to the popular social media platform.

While still recuperating from double pneumonia in February, Merle Haggard returned to the studio for what turned out to be the final time to record a new song, “Kern River Blues,” which premieres at 2 p.m. Thursday on SiriusXM satellite radio.

A new report says the terrorist attack in Brussles could have been much worse, Trump clarifies tax position and getting a workout at church.

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This post from entrepreneur Nelson Wang originally appeared on Quora as an answer to the question "What is it that nobody tells you about adult life?"

My second startup had just completely failed. I came home on a Saturday night at midnight and there was a letter on my kitchen counter.

It was from a law firm threatening to sue my company.

It felt like someone kicked me in my stomach. It was one of the worst feelings in the world.

In the last 31 years of living... Читать дальше...

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Native ads — or ads that take on the look and feel of the content surrounding them — are taking over digital advertising. 

By 2021, native display ad revenue in the US, which includes native in-feed ads on publisher properties and social platforms, will make up 74% of total US display ad revenue, up from a 56% share in 2016, according to new BI Intelligence estimates based off historical data from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PwC, as well as IHS.

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The spirit of the "Boaty McBoatface" phenomenon lives on at Google. 

Today, Google introduces Parsey McParseface — a free new tool, born from Google's research division to help computers better parse and understand English sentences.

"We were having trouble thinking of a good name, and then someone said, 'We could just call it Parsey McParseface!' So... yup," says a Google spokesperson. 

Parsey McParseface is a piece of a larger framework released today called SyntaxNet... Читать дальше...

Dozens of Russian athletes who competed at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, including at least 15 medal winners, were part of a state-run doping program, the New York Times reported on Thursday.

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Instagram has undergone a few alterations recently, from a new app icon to a black-and-white feed. And get ready for one more change.

The photo- and video-sharing platform has rolled out dynamic ads that can target users based on their habits and tastes. For example, if a user were to leave a pair of shoes in their online shopping cart on Macys.com... Читать дальше...

US national security could be jeopardized by Europe's lack of preparation to deal with the growing terrorist threat, former US National Security Advisor Tom Donilon said on Thursday.

The names are big — George Clooney, Julia Roberts, director Jodie Foster — but the results are meager in “Money Monster,” a film that is both less entertaining and less significant than it imagines.

An online auction for the pistol that former Florida neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin was halted without explanation Thursday.

Two men who died in a stunt plane near Las Vegas were performing "air combat" maneuvers with two other planes before crashing near a hilltop …

One Direction fans who petitioned for Twitter to suspend Azealia Banks account after her racist and homophobic rant against Zayn Malik got their wish.

Some Rosebud Sioux were dismayed when South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard said last month that he believes the money to buy and maintain Pe' Sla should be spent on the reservation, which is among the poorest places in the United States. Pe' Sla holds cultural and spiritual significance beyond monetary measure, similar to sites across the world held dear by other religions, Rosebud Sioux tribal member Wizipan Little Elk said. The change would guarantee that Pe' Sla stays in the hands of Native American people and would exempt it from taxes... Читать дальше...

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B.J. Novak is best known for playing Ryan Howard on "The Office." He was also a producer and writer on the show, and has penned two books.

Recently, he's embraced a new form of writing: lists.

Last year, Novak teamed up with Dev Flaherty (the former Fab.com SVP) and launched The List App. The app, which recently re-branded itself as li.st, allows users to make lists on any topic they want, well beyond groceries and laundry.

Imagine Medium.com, but where all of your thoughts are in list-form. Читать дальше...

A Florida stripper put “a large portion of her shirt into her mouth and began chewing” during her drunk driving arrest.

Many First Amendment lawyers believe the government has no business investigating Facebook's Trending Topics, but think it would be risky for the site to ignore the request for information.

Paul Ryan and Donald Trump are getting ready for their kumbaya moment.

Recent attacks in Syria, which claimed the lives of civilians, may amount to war crimes, Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the UN and President of the Security Council in May, said Thursday.

DEL Records announced its partnership with local and national organizations including iAmerica and Chicago Votes to launch the campaign "...

Keith Urban's new track "The Fighter" may feature Carrie Underwood, but there's a new leading lady that has lend her...

EDMbiz Conference & Expo 2016 made its second announcement of speakers and programming today (May 12) for the ...