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British scientist Prof. Stephen Hawking gives his ‘The Origin of the Universe’ lecture to a packed hall December 14, 2006 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Hawking suffers from ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrigs disease), which has rendered him quadriplegic, and is able to speak only via a computerized voice synthesizer…
There is no magic bullet to fix this problem. December is always a very busy time for the banks and credit card companies as we all scramble to purchase presents in time for Christmas. But it’s also a boon period for fraudsters who are trying to steal those precious card details. And now it…
ComScore gave its investors a pre-Thanksgiving turkey Wednesday evening in the form of another disclosure about improperly recorded revenue. In a filing buried after the market closed ahead of the holiday, the media-measurement company said it would need to adjust the accounting treatment for some past monetary transactions, primarily because of errors related to timing of revenue recognition….
The Constitution doesn’t allow presidents to seek gifts from foreign agents. CREDIT: AP Photo/Alex Brandon Friday evening, the Washington Post reported that about 100 foreign diplomats gathered at President-elect Donald Trump’s hotel in Washington, DC to “to sip Trump-branded champagne, dine on sliders and hear a sales pitch about the U.S. president-elect’s newest hotel.” The tour included…
Flickr/Tim Regan Earlier this week, a post written by programmer and teacher Bill Sourour went viral. It’s called “Code I’m Still Ashamed Of.” In it he recounts a horrible story of being a young programmer who landed a job building a website for a pharmaceutical company. The whole post is worth a read, but the upshot…
Like many populist leaders, Donald Trump skillfully exploited the media obsession for immediacy and page views. In French journalism, especially in radio and TV, we have an expression that says it all: “He (or she) is a bon client”. Literally, a good customer, an endless provider of soundbites and juicy quotes that will jump to the top…
So your brand is the victim of fake news. Now what? Pepsi and New Balance are dealing with boycotts. Experts share tips on how to smother the viral flames Last week, the proliferation of fake news on social media ignited a debate over its influence on the election. And two global brands, Pepsi and…
Perhaps I found myself in the viral content world because I made the careless mistake of taking an arts degree at university. For over half a decade afterwards, I was lucky enough to work as an actual journalist for a few quasi well-known publications. But after years of trying, I gave up pursuing work with…
Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. Snapchat filed papers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission before last week’s U.S. Presidential election, one of the people said, asking not to be identified as the details are private. The company…
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong.Noam Galai/Getty Images for TechCrunch AOL announced a sizeable round of layoffs on Thursday. Recode’s Kara Swisher reported 5% of its global workforce, or 500 employees, will be affected. In a memo sent to staff obtained by Business Insider (which you can read in full below), AOL CEO Tim Armstrong said the…