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1. Side effect kills cancer patient in Stemline Therapeutics drug trial, the company raises money
Stemline’s SL-401 has demonstrated robust overall tumor response rates in its clinical trial but the drug is also now tied to three patient deaths from capillary leak syndrome.
2. Trillium Therapeutics Outlines Anticipated Activities and Milestones for 2017
Trillium Therapeutics Inc. , a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company developing innovative therapies for the treatment of cancer, today outlined its expected 2017 activities and milestones.
3. U.S. jobless claims fall more than expected last week
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to tightening labor market conditions that should support the economy this year.
4. Costco Continues with its Positive Comparable Sales Trend
After reporting flat comparable-store sales in August, Costco (COST) has continued to post positive comps so far.
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Alphabet Apple Facebook Uber and Stripe along with a consumer packaged goods company and others are working together on a letter opposing President travel ban according to sources.
Similarly we stand ready to identify ways of helping to achieve your stated goal of bringing clarity to the future of the Dreamers in this country under the protections of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals DACA program in a way will make people happy and Removing these protections by barring renewals would effectively end the program and eliminate the ability for these Dreamers to work and live without the fear of deportation.
President Trump signed an executive order last week barring Syrian refugees from entering the as well as temporarily suspending travel from seven countries that have largely Muslim populations.
Alphabet Apple Facebook Uber and Stripe along with a consumer packaged goods company and others are working together on a letter opposing President travel ban according to sources.
Similarly we stand ready to identify ways of helping to achieve your stated goal of bringing clarity to the future of the Dreamers in this country under the protections of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals DACA program in a way will make people happy and Removing these protections by barring renewals would effectively end the program and eliminate the ability for these Dreamers to work and live without the fear of deportation.
President Trump signed an executive order last week barring Syrian refugees from entering the as well as temporarily suspending travel from seven countries that have largely Muslim populations.
Pinterest reaches million unique monthly users with more than half of those users falling outside the A big reason people visit the site is to search for products or ideas everything from big life moments to what they might cook for dinner that night explained Jon Kaplan global head of partnerships.
Advertisers have been urging Pinterest to move faster when it comes to rolling out new ad products and many have long hoped for more competition in a marketplace that is dominated by Google.
Will Margiloff chief executive at the marketing technology firm IgnitionOne works with many search advertisers but has yet do much business with Pinterest.
The latest reports for submitted by companies including Daimler Alphabet Waymo and General Motors Cruise were made public Wednesday by the DMV.
Auto industry analysts stress that the California reports are an imperfect metric because most companies are testing their vehicles in other countries and states like Michigan Arizona and Nevada not to mention on private tracks.
Chief Executive Officer John Krafcik first shared the data during a speech at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit last month.
Although Apple only accounted for percent of worldwide computer shipments in the fourth quarter according to data from IDC the Mac line has long set the standard for design and component improvements.
This chip powers the Touch Bar a screen built into the keyboard that lets users access app shortcuts system settings and emojis and some security features such as the enclave that stores payment and biometric data tied to the fingerprint reader.
Apple started exploring a shift away from Intel processors five years ago partly to improve laptop power efficiency Bloomberg News has reported.
Read comments from top tech and industry leaders.
The lawsuit which was filed in alleged that Oculus improperly used code from ZeniMax in order to build its Rift VR headset.
It alleged that software he developed at ZeniMax was key to making the Rift work and that Oculus dodged attempts to establish a licensing deal.
The complaint argued that he had created a barely functioning prototype that Carmack greatly refined among other things it said the software development kit was adapted from ZeniMax technology.
Suit Seeks To Compensate Warner Cable Subscribers For Five Years Of Broken Promises And Damages And Restitution That Could Be Worth Upwards Of Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars.
NEW YORK Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today announced a lawsuit against Charter Communications and its subsidiary Spectrum Management Holdings LLC Time Warner Cable together for allegedlyconducting a deliberate scheme to defraud and mislead New Yorkers by promising internet service that they knew they could not deliver.
These investments would include substantially upgrading network capability and replacing large numbers of deficient modems and wireless routers that subscribers currently pay up to per month to rent.
A Dallas jury has ordered Facebook to pay million in damages for a lawsuit that claims its Oculus VR subsidiary was based on stolen tech.
It claimed that Carmack violated his employee agreement with ZeniMax by sharing confidential information that Oculus used as the basis for its VR software.
A lawyer representing ZeniMax Tony Sammi went so far as to call Facebook acquisition of Oculus one of the biggest technology heists ever during opening remarks to the jury on January.
In recent months of travel Chief Executive Farhad Mohit laid out the issues to his counterpart at Toutiao a Chinese online news service likened to BuzzFeed.
Integrating an overseas acquisition is no easy task but Mohit noted that Toutiao has had success with the strategy albeit with smaller companies in India and Indonesia.
Founded in privately held Toutiao is known for aggregating news viral videos and advertising and using algorithms to show people the stories they presumably would find most interesting.
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U.S. private employers added 246,000 jobs in January, above economists’ expectations, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday.
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We are honored to be able to help and we will send some of our team to New York for the rest of the batch to assist.
The ACLU will have full access to the Y Combinator network and community and they will present at Demo Day in March.
We are hopeful that the YC community will join us in supporting this important work.
NEW DELHI biggest technology companies lost more than billion in market value in a single hour of trading Tuesday after news reports of proposals in the US to restrict the availability of skilled worker visas for foreigners.
Politicians say the system is abused by the outsourcing companies who use it to bring foreign workers to perform jobs previously done by Americans but at lower wages.
On January Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren whose district encompasses much of Silicon Valley introduced a new bill that sought to reform the program.
The American Civil Liberties Union will learn how to turn the million it raised over the weekend into growth and progress with help from top Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator.
The ACLU will be part of the winter batch of companies in YC where it will receive mentorship a network of powerful connections in tech and a chance to present itself to investors on Demo Day.
The partnership came about after YC partner Kat Manalac reached out to ACLU executive director Anthony Romero for feedback on a forthcoming for in the civic tech space.
If that was bad enough Zac Hall reports that his LG monitor under the duress of a nearby router can freeze the MacBook Pro that it plugged into forcing a reboot to bring it back.
If you take a look at the monitor product page on the Apple website customer reviews started pouring in from January a few of them are positive but a lot of them are negative.
Hopefully the EM interference flaw is easily fixable with a bit of additional shielding so that future batches of the LG monitor do suffer from flickering blackouts and host machines.
ET Facebook might be coming to a bigger small screen.
The social network is developing a app for television boxes including Apple Apple TV people familiar with the matter said giving it a home for video well as a new vehicle for video advertising.
The app is one of several Facebook projects.
heard from our community that authentic stories are the ones that resonate most those that people consider genuine and not misleading sensational or spammy.
We continue to improve News Feed to evaluate the importance of different signals at different times.
So now if there is a lot of engagement from many people on Facebook about a topic or if a post from a Page is getting a lot of engagement we can understand in that the topic or Page post might be temporarily more important to you so we should show that content higher in your feed.
The timing of the donation just days after numerous women made allegations of sexual assault or misconduct against Trump prompted many within the tech industry to call for companies such as Facebook and Y Combinator to sever ties with the investor.
Photograph Jim Images In his speech Thiel painted a dark picture of America referencing the healthcare student debt crisis and stagnant wages for American workers.
The investor who initiated a secret legal campaign against Gawker after the publication outed him as gay asserted that have a less talented group of running for office today because of the media taking transparency in a direction.
ET Facebook might be coming to a bigger small screen.
The social network is developing a app for television boxes including Apple Apple TV people familiar with the matter said giving it a home for video well as a new vehicle for video advertising.
The app is one of several Facebook projects.
New FCC chair Ajit Pai removed the proposal championed by his predecessor Tom Wheeler from the agenda last week.
was the biggest tech name pushing for proposal which would have theoretically allowed anyone to create their own version of a box that would sit on top of a pay TV network.
The major pay TV providers including opposed the rule and would have ended up challenging it in court if it was approved.
ET Microsoft sold billion of bonds capping a busy month for issuance with the largest deal of the young year.
Surprising investors with such a big deal so soon after it sold billion of bonds last August Microsoft nonetheless met with a warm reception Monday from the market allowing it to increase the size of the offering from an initial estimate of billion.
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1. Tesla’s Battery Revolution Just Reached Critical Mass
The three biggest battery power plants in the world just went live at the same time.
2. Sony to Write Down Nearly $1 Billion on Movie Business
Sony said Monday it would write down nearly $1 billion on its struggling Hollywood movie business, a move it said was mainly linked to the shrinking market for packaged software such as DVDs.
3. Goldman Sachs Upgrades Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) to Buy, Says Co Is Well Positioned In A Post-TSA World
Goldman Sachs upgraded Dick’s Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) from Neutral to Buy with a price target of $62.00.Analyst Stephen Tanal comments “DKS is well-positioned to reap the rewards…
4. ECB Official: Bank May Start to Signal Slowing of QE by Summer
A senior European Central Bank official suggested that the ECB might start to signal the gradual end of its €2.3 trillion bond-purchase program over the summer, a policy move that is keenly anticipated by investors.
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Judge Ann Donnelly of Federal District Court in Brooklyn who was nominated by former President Barack Obama ruled just before that implementing order by sending the travelers home could cause them She said the government was and restrained from in any manner and by any means removing who had arrived in the United States with valid visas or refugee status.
Minutes after the ruling in New York City another judge Leonie Brinkema of Federal District Court in Virginia issued a temporary restraining order for a week to block the removal of any green card holders being detained at Dulles International Airport.
Human rights groups reported that legal permanent residents of the United States who hold green cards were being stopped in foreign airports as they sought to return from funerals vacations or study abroad.
In Knoxville Yassin went to his local mosque and asked for work but they could only offer him food and monthly assistance.
Yassin got two plastic tables and a Square Reader and started making falafel sandwiches about twenty at a time at his shared apartment.
Yassin was approached by Nadeem Saddiqi an imam at the mosque and native of Knoxville about opening a restaurant.
We also believe in broader immigration opportunities like the protections for talented and young people under the Deferred Access for Childhood Arrivals DACA Program often called.
As you may have read in the press this Order applies an immediate moratorium on admissions and reentry into the United States of all individuals who are not already citizens from seven countries Syria Iraq Iran Libya Somalia Yemen and Sudan.
We also believe in broader immigration opportunities like the protections for talented and young people under the Deferred Access for Childhood Arrivals DACA Program often called.
The judge Ann Donnelly concluded the ACLU and allied groups had a likelihood of that they would prevail in an emergency complaint contending the Department of Homeland efforts to deport detainees who had already been granted visas to enter the country violated their due process and equal protection rights under the Constitution.
But Romero whose group is spearheading the legal challenges sees the public protests in response to the order as the harbinger of a new wave of resistance to the initiatives of the Trump administration.
Romero noted that during the hearing leading up to the stay the assistant attorney charged with defending the Trump position had to defer to a Customs and Border Patrol official on the phone to answer the questions about how the order was being implemented.
The judge Ann Donnelly concluded the ACLU and allied groups had a likelihood of that they would prevail in an emergency complaint contending the Department of Homeland efforts to deport detainees who had already been granted visas to enter the country violated their due process and equal protection rights under the Constitution.
But Romero whose group is spearheading the legal challenges sees the public protests in response to the order as the harbinger of a new wave of resistance to the initiatives of the Trump administration.
Romero noted that during the hearing leading up to the stay the assistant attorney charged with defending the Trump position had to defer to a Customs and Border Patrol official on the phone to answer the questions about how the order was being implemented.
RBC also reported an alternative theory about the counterintelligence investigation saying it may have begun after a hacking group Shaltai Boltai or Humpty Dumpty stole the emails of a senior Russian official a year ago.
Agents arresting the suspected spy placed a bag over his head in the midst of a congress of senior intelligence agency officers in Moscow and led him from the room the two publications reported.
The virtually simultaneous appearance of at least four prominent news reports on the arrests citing numerous anonymous sources suggested that the normally opaque Russian government wanted the information out though it was unclear why.
American technology companies want the government to make immigration easier because they say they ca find enough programmers in the US.
The people have to invent some explanation to account for all the effort technology companies have expended trying to make immigration easier.
We have the potential to ensure that the US remains a technology superpower just by letting in a few thousand great programmers a year.
RBC also reported an alternative theory about the counterintelligence investigation saying it may have begun after a hacking group Shaltai Boltai or Humpty Dumpty stole the emails of a senior Russian official a year ago.
Agents arresting the suspected spy placed a bag over his head in the midst of a congress of senior intelligence agency officers in Moscow and led him from the room the two publications reported.
The virtually simultaneous appearance of at least four prominent news reports on the arrests citing numerous anonymous sources suggested that the normally opaque Russian government wanted the information out though it was unclear why.
ET Sanaz Ahari was looking forward to a visit.
She is weeks pregnant and her parents were going to attend to the birth of their grandson in the coming days.
President Donald executive order Friday banned people born in seven Iraq Libya Somalia Sudan Syria and.
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1. Biotech stock mailbag: Trump, Aurinia, Immunomedics, Cellceutix
TheStreet’s Adam Feuerstein answers reader questions about biotech stocks.
2. U.S. Economic Growth Cools on Biggest Trade Drag Since 2010
U.S. economic growth slowed more than forecast last quarter on the biggest drag from trade in six years and more moderate consumer spending. Business investment picked up, which may be a harbinger for faster expansion in 2017.
3. UBS Clients Pull $15 Billion in Quarter as Margins Decline
UBS Group AG said clients pulled a net 15.2 billion francs ($15.2 billion) in the final three months of last year, and margins at its wealth management business declined for a third straight quarter, even as rising stock markets and higher interest rates in the U.S. lifted earnings.
4. Q4 GDP Misses Big As Exports Tumble: US Economy Grows A Paltry 1.6% In 2016
It appears that Deutsche Bank’s warning that the global economy is about to roll over was spot on, because moments ago the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that GDP in Q4 rose only 1.9%, barely above the lowest forecast of 1.7%, and below both the consensus estimate of 2.2% and the whisper estimate of 2.5%-2.6%.
5. Chasing Sanofi, Pfizer tees up phase 3 trials for C. diff vaccine | FierceBiotech
Pfizer’s preventative vaccine against Clostridium difficile has passed a phase 2 test and will start registration studies in the next few months, in hot pursuit of a rival candidate from Sanofi.
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A key product from business software giant VMware is on track to bring in billion this fiscal year chief executive Pat Gelsinger said on Thursday.
The product NSX announced three years ago pools networking hardware like routers and switches and allows them to be reconfigured and managed via software.
Gelsinger said the company which last year bought Arkin Net and Plumgrid both virtualization specialists has done well with acquisitions and will continue to evaluate deals.
Peter Thiel the billionaire venture capitalist and Facebook board member is leading the Trump search to fill the two top antitrust enforcement jobs two people familiar with the matter have told BuzzFeed News.
Thiel who supported President Trump in the campaign and then joined his transition team is vetting candidates for chairperson of the Federal Trade Commission and antitrust chief at the Department of Justice the two officials who enforce the laws according to the people familiar with the matter.
As a businessman Thiel has praised monopolies saying that the profitability that comes with dominant market power can give companies the leeway to invest more in their employees and in risky research and development.
Peter Thiel the billionaire venture capitalist and Facebook board member is leading the Trump search to fill the two top antitrust enforcement jobs two people familiar with the matter have told BuzzFeed News.
Thiel who supported President Trump in the campaign and then joined his transition team is vetting candidates for chairperson of the Federal Trade Commission and antitrust chief at the Department of Justice the two officials who enforce the laws according to the people familiar with the matter.
As a businessman Thiel has praised monopolies saying that the profitability that comes with dominant market power can give companies the leeway to invest more in their employees and in risky research and development.
just making it easier to find what you Still it suggests a demotion for Moments which launched with a splashy marketing campaign in October but failed to attract the legions of new and lapsed users that executives had hoped for.
Twitter has always hosted lots of newsworthy exchanges viral photos comedy and celebrity antics but it has never known quite how to deliver them to users who following the relevant accounts.
Moments was designed to attract casual users but it produces a volume of stories each day that can be tedious to wade through.
Peter Thiel the billionaire venture capitalist and Facebook board member is leading the Trump search to fill the two top antitrust enforcement jobs two people familiar with the matter have told BuzzFeed News.
Thiel who supported President Trump in the campaign and then joined his transition team is vetting candidates for chairperson of the Federal Trade Commission and antitrust chief at the Department of Justice the two officials who enforce the laws according to the people familiar with the matter.
As a businessman Thiel has praised monopolies saying that the profitability that comes with dominant market power can give companies the leeway to invest more in their employees and in risky research and development.
Alphabet medical arm Verily Life Sciences LLC is getting a major influx of cash from a investment company boosting the odds of taking their futuristic approach to healthcare into Asian markets.
a substantial network and insights into the economies in Asia Temasek will provide valuable guidance as we look to markets with our development partners Verily Chief Executive Officer Andrew Conrad said in the statement.
It has since expanded to a myriad of medical projects ranging from specialized spoons for disease patients and recently to a sterile mosquito breeding effort to combat the Zika virus.
just making it easier to find what you Still it suggests a demotion for Moments which launched with a splashy marketing campaign in October but failed to attract the legions of new and lapsed users that executives had hoped for.
Twitter has always hosted lots of newsworthy exchanges viral photos comedy and celebrity antics but it has never known quite how to deliver them to users who following the relevant accounts.
Moments was designed to attract casual users but it produces a volume of stories each day that can be tedious to wade through.
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1. R.B.S. Adds $3.8 Billion to Mortgage Inquiry Provisions as Rivals Settle
The Royal Bank of Scotland has set aside about $8.4 billion in total for inquiries and litigation related to its sale of mortgage-backed securities.
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4. Verizon Is Exploring Combination With Cable Firm Charter Communications
Verizon is exploring a combination with cable company Charter Communications
5. U.S. jobless claims rise, labor market still tightening
The number of Americans
6. Ant Financial to acquire MoneyGram (MGI) for $13.25 per share, or $880 million
(Updated – January 26, 2017 8:32 AM EST)MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI), a global provider of innovative money transfer services, and Ant Financial Services Group, one of the worlds leading digital…
7. Jack Ma’s Ant Financial Close to Buying MoneyGram, WSJ Says
Ant Financial, the Alibaba affiliate controlled by billionaire Jack Ma, is close to sealing a deal to buy U.S. money-transfer service MoneyGram International Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter.
8. Johnson & Johnson to buy Actelion for $30 billion, spin off R&D unit
U.S. healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) will buy Swiss biotech company Actelion (ATLN.S) in a $30 billion all-cash deal that includes spinning off Actelion’s research and development pipeline, the companies said on Thursday.
9. Hugo Barra to Join Facebook After Leaving Xiaomi
Technology veteran Hugo Barra will join Facebook to run its virtual-reality efforts, after leaving Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi earlier this week.
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This is a issue that reaches far beyond people in the STEM fields and should concern anyone who values empirical research and science.
Politicians who devalue expertise risk making decisions that do not reflect reality and must be held accountable.
An American government that ignores science to pursue ideological agendas endangers the bear with us as pull together our mission statement and further details.
efforts to interfere with scientific ability to communicate with Congress federal or state agencies or the public concerns us Stefano Bertuzzi chief executive of the American Society for Microbiology told BuzzFeed News in a statement.
our knowledge there is not a precedent for communication freezes like this Gretchen Goldman research director for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists told BuzzFeed News.
Instead of adhering to the previous blanket ban on publishing documents ARS will follow guidance that instructs scientists to get approval from top officials before answering questions to legislation budgets policy issues and regulation according to email.
Although he made his name building extravagant gilded properties the new president has marveled to aides about the splendor of the White House and the lengths he must walk to retrieve something from a room.
wife Melania went back to New York on Sunday night with their son Barron and so Trump has the television and his old unsecured Android phone to the protests of some of his aides to keep him company.
His first breakfast at the White House was Saturday morning a buffet in the residence spread with fresh fruit pastries and other treats where his adult children and their families joined him.
But Stucky who is broad and tall the nicest guy but built like a linebacker his boss tells me been that nervous and the video reached the Facebook feeds of million people huge big win for the news site.
For the young news site the inauguration represented a chance to lift its status from a bootstrapping startup and ascend to the dominant ranks of conservative media a shift it believes making in part with its constant use of Facebook Live.
magic of Mark Facebook algorithm is the social network can deliver this type of content directly to whomever wants it he to moderates who might not turn on Fox News but will click on a video dangling in their feed.
ET is taking to the high seas.
The online retail giant has begun handling shipment of goods by ocean to its warehouses from Chinese merchants selling on its on a role it previously left to global companies.
The move marks latest step in a multiyear effort to build out its.
Facebook has been working to improve Trending a box in the corner of the News Feed page that shows a list of top topics people are talking about on the platform since it became a lightning rod for criticism last spring.
The goal Cathcart said is to make sure the topics and associated news articles reflect real world events generating significant discussion and engagement.
Starbird also said the move away from personalizing the Trending list could also help get people out of filter affect a entire feed but does represent one place where all users might see the same content she said.
The company also stresses that it wo use information gleaned from your private messages to target the ads and brands ca start conversations with you unless you make the first move.
The company rolled out an ad format last fall that allowed brands to insert conversational prompts into running chats with users.
The company execs warned last year that its run of explosive growth could slow down in the coming months as it maxes out ad space.
Although he made his name building extravagant gilded properties the new president has marveled to aides about the splendor of the White House and the lengths he must walk to retrieve something from a room.
wife Melania went back to New York on Sunday night with their son Barron and so Trump has the television and his old unsecured Android phone to the protests of some of his aides to keep him company.
His first breakfast at the White House was Saturday morning a buffet in the residence spread with fresh fruit pastries and other treats where his adult children and their families joined him.
President Trump who flew across the country on hundreds of nights during the campaign to sleep in his own bed has now spent five straight days in the unfamiliar surroundings of the White House.
wife Melania went back to New York on Sunday night with their son Barron and so Trump has the television and his old unsecured Android phone to the protests of some of his aides to keep him company.
His first breakfast at the White House was Saturday morning a buffet in the residence spread with fresh fruit pastries and other treats where his adult children and their families joined him.
by Alpha | Jan 25, 2017 | Pre-Market
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1. As Trump stresses ‘America First’, China plays the world leader
China is calmly mapping out global leadership aspirations from trade to climate change, drawing distinctions between President Xi Jinping’s steady hand and new U.S. President Donald Trump, whose first days have been marked by media feuds and protests.
2. UK PM May says she will publish ‘White Paper’ setting out Brexit plan
Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday she would publish her plan for Britain’s exit from the European Union in a formal ‘White Paper’ to allow parliament to scrutinize it.
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“$NVS added CAR-T to its “Potential Blockbusters” slide. Wasn’t in there last quarter.”
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Last spring as the Presidential campaign exposed increasingly toxic divisions in America Antonio García Martínez a former Facebook product manager living in San Francisco bought five wooded acres on an island in the Pacific Northwest and brought in generators solar panels and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
of another large tech company told me still not at the point where industry insiders would turn to each other with a straight face and ask what their plans are for some apocalyptic He went on having said that I actually think logically rational and appropriately He noted the vulnerabilities exposed by the Russian cyberattack on the Democratic National Committee and also by a hack on October which disrupted the Internet in North America and Western Europe.
The Federal Civil Defense Administration created by Harry Truman issued crisp instructions for surviving a nuclear strike including in any handy ditch or and lose your In Dwight Eisenhower broke ground on Project Greek Island a secret shelter in the mountains of West Virginia large enough for every member of Congress.
Publishers are receiving far less money than might have been expected from placing their content on the distribution platforms owned by companies including Facebook Google and Snapchat according to a new report.
On the one hand platforms like Facebook and Google drive huge traffic to publishers websites which they can monetize themselves through ads subscriptions or ecommerce.
A spokesperson for Snap which owns Snapchat said the company could comment directly on the findings having not seen the methodology used for the report but added that the figure cited was innacurate not representative of the revenue opportunities its Discover section offers publishers.
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Publishers are receiving far less money than might have been expected from placing their content on the distribution platforms owned by companies including Facebook Google and Snapchat according to a new report.
On the one hand platforms like Facebook and Google drive huge traffic to publishers websites which they can monetize themselves through ads subscriptions or ecommerce.
A spokesperson for Snap which owns Snapchat said the company could comment directly on the findings having not seen the methodology used for the report but added that the figure cited was innacurate not representative of the revenue opportunities its Discover section offers publishers.
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Last spring as the Presidential campaign exposed increasingly toxic divisions in America Antonio García Martínez a former Facebook product manager living in San Francisco bought five wooded acres on an island in the Pacific Northwest and brought in generators solar panels and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
of another large tech company told me still not at the point where industry insiders would turn to each other with a straight face and ask what their plans are for some apocalyptic He went on having said that I actually think logically rational and appropriately He noted the vulnerabilities exposed by the Russian cyberattack on the Democratic National Committee and also by a hack on October which disrupted the Internet in North America and Western Europe.
The Federal Civil Defense Administration created by Harry Truman issued crisp instructions for surviving a nuclear strike including in any handy ditch or and lose your In Dwight Eisenhower broke ground on Project Greek Island a secret shelter in the mountains of West Virginia large enough for every member of Congress.
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