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Colombia fines Uber more than $629,000 for obstructing regulatory visit
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Reuters
Colombia fines Uber more than $629,000 for obstructing regulatory visit
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia’s commerce regulator said on Monday it would fine ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) more than $629,000 for obstructing a regulatory visit in 2017.
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Where will ‘garage orphans’ charge electric cars?
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The Globe and Mail
Where will ‘garage orphans’ charge electric cars if they have to park on the street?
Homeowners without a garage or driveway – along with apartment and condo dwellers with nowhere to charge in their buildings – have to use public stations
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Launch HN: Embrace (YC S19) – Spot and fix bugs in mobile apps
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Verizon to Sell Tumblr to Automattic
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WSJ
Verizon to Sell Tumblr to WordPress.com Owner
Verizon has agreed to sell its blogging website Tumblr to the owner of popular online-publishing tool WordPress.com, unloading for a nominal amount a site that once fetched a purchase price of more than $1 billion.
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“Angels” that aren’t actually angels, and the problems that poses
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Y Combinator
“Angels,” Angels, and VCs
I’ve recently noticed an uptick in the number of "angels" that aren’t actually angels. These investors are institutional funds (read, LP dollars), the details of which aren't generally disclosed until the founder sees a strange entity name on the signature…
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Ebola Is Now Curable
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WIRED
Ebola Is Now Curable. Here’s How the New Treatments Work
Officials cut short a clinical trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo after two treatments appear to greatly increase patients' survival rates.
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Unhappy customer asked to sign legal agreement not to write a bad review
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CBC
Unhappy customer asked to sign legal agreement not to write a bad review | CBC News
After a major kitchen renovation, an Ottawa couple say the contractor has refused to reimburse money they're owed unless they sign a legal agreement preventing them from publishing a negative review.
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The Horror of Microsoft Teams
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Medium
The Horror of Microsoft Teams
I wrote this mostly whilst finishing a period of employment where I was obliged to use Microsoft Teams. For those who have not had the…
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Metal shards from Boeing 787 taking off over Rome rain down on people below
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The Independent
Metal shards from Boeing 787 taking off over Rome rain down ‘like bullets’ on people below
Plane debris rained down “like bullets” when metal fragments fell off a Boeing 787 Dreamliner shortly after take-off in Rome. People living under the aircraft’s flight path were pounded by hundreds
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On Language and Humanity: In Conversation with Noam Chomsky
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The MIT Press Reader
On Language and Humanity: In Conversation With Noam Chomsky
The father of modern linguistics is still opening up new kinds of questions and topics for inquiry.
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Finding Amelia Earhart’s Plane Seemed Impossible – Then Came a Startling Clue
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Nytimes
Finding Amelia Earhart’s Plane Seemed Impossible. Then Came a Startling Clue. (Published 2019)
Robert Ballard has found the Titanic and other famous shipwrecks. This month his crew started trying to solve one of the 20th century’s greatest mysteries.
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Anxiety Looks Different in Men
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WSJ
Anxiety Looks Different in Men
Instead of coming across as nervousness or worry, anxiety in men often appears as anger, muscle aches or alcohol use—leading many men to go undiagnosed.
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Beekeepers Are Transforming Detroit’s Vacant Lots into Bee Farms
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Why GNU/Linux Viruses Are Fairly Uncommon
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If You Lose Your iPhone, You Can’t Pay Your Apple Card Bill on the Web
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BuzzFeed News
If You Lose Your iPhone, You Can’t Pay Your Apple Card Bill On The Web
The new Apple Card credit card has an iOS-only app to see transactions and make payments, which means if you lose your Apple device, you won’t be able to pay your bill online.
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Code Is Not Literature (2014)
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Packrat Parsing (2002)
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SEC Investigating Data Leak at First American Financial Corp
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Paternity Leave Was Crucial After the Birth of My Child
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NY Times
Alexis Ohanian: Paternity Leave Was Crucial After the Birth of My Child, and Every Father Deserves It
After my wife nearly died giving birth, I spent months at home caring for my family. Every dad should be empowered to do the same.
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One City Saved $5M by Routing School Buses with an Algorithm
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Route Fifty
How One City Saved $5 Million by Routing School Buses with an Algorithm
The Boston Public School District held a contest to determine the best solution for busing around 25,000 students to school every day. The winning algorithm improved the efficiency of the routes in 30 minutes.
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GNU Radio 3.8
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GNU Radio
GNU Radio 3.8.0.0
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