Новости за 27.04.2017

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"Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary is dropping out of the Canadian Conservative party leadership race and endorsing a rival.

O'Leary pledged to be Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's "worst nightmare," when he threw his hat into the ring in January, and likened Trudeau negotiating with President Donald Trump as "Bambi versus Godzilla."

But his plans haven't panned out. In a Wednesday afternoon statement, O'Leary said beating Trudeau in the 2019 election would be... Читать дальше...

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At TED, a conference about big ideas that's largely attended by tech luminaries, it was inevitable that geoengineering — the idea of changing the earth's atmosphere to halt or reverse climate change — would come up. During the 2017 TED talks in Vancouver, Canada, multiple speakers brought up geoengineering ideas — but one climate scientist pushed back.

On Wednesday morning, computer theorist Danny Hillis got onstage and proposed a series of ideas for what he... Читать дальше...

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The INSIDER Summary:

• Topshop has released a new pair of clear plastic jeans for $100.
• The sold-out pair of "Clear Knee Mom Jeans" have confused people on Twitter, who have no idea what you're meant to actually wear with them.
• One user tweeted that they would rather not spend the money on Topshop's clear jeans and instead wear cling wrap to stay on-trend. 

Topshop has made some — interesting design choices lately. They came out with... Читать дальше...

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Weight Watchers International Inc said Mindy Grossman, current chief executive of HSN Inc., will join the diet company as CEO in July, sending the company's shares up nearly 13 percent in aftermarket trading on Wednesday.

Grossman, who has led HSN since 2008, will also join Weight Watchers' board, the company said in a statement.

Grossman was named Fortune's Business Person of the Year in 2014 and has been named one of the world's 100 most powerful women three times by Forbes magazine... Читать дальше...

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Donald Trump is a very media-centric public figure. And because the chatter in DC now is of Trump as a legislative failure during his first hundred days in office, Trump needs a win – and Canada is an easy target. Here’s why.

First, let’s remember what the objective for Trump here is. He campaigned on a promise of putting America’s interests forward above all others. This means taking unilateral action in a way that previous US presidents have not done. We’ve seen this on foreign policy now with Syria. Читать дальше...

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President Trump said Wednesday that he has "absolutely" considered proposals that would split up the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, where judges have blocked two of his executive actions.

"There are many people that want to break up the 9th Circuit. It's outrageous," Trump told the Washington Examiner during a far-ranging interview at the White House on Wednesday.

"Everybody immediately runs to the 9th Circuit. And we have a big country. We have lots of other locations. Читать дальше...

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New Jersey is home to the best public high school in the US for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), according to the US World & News report.

High Technology High School is a 9th through 12th grade school located in Lincroft, New Jersey.

The school describes itself as a "pre-engineering career academy that emphasizes the interconnections among mathematics, science, technology, and the humanities."

It boasts a 100% participation rate for Advance Placement (AP) exams... Читать дальше...

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A joint statement from Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coates outlined the US's new stance on North Korea on Wednesday.

"Past efforts have failed to halt North Korea's unlawful weapons programs and nuclear and ballistic missile tests," the statement reads.

"North Korea jeopardizes the stability in Northeast Asia and poses a growing threat to our allies and the US Homeland."

President... Читать дальше...

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Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have created an artificial womb. Inside of the womb, they placed a premature lamb fetus. They then kept the fetus in the womb for four weeks. The big question was: Would the lamb fetus survive?

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As the saying goes: “if you aren’t being sold, you are the product.” Nowhere is this more true than on Facebook.

The social network boasts nearly two billion users, and offers a staggering amount of free content that keeps most of us engaged hours each day. And in the future, it’s looking to further that effort to keep us on-site even longer, or in other Facebook-owned properties like Messenger, Whatsapp, and Instagram.

The more time Facebook keeps users on the site, the more data it can collect on each of us. Читать дальше...