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"The Big Bang Theory" star Jim Parsons decided that after 12 seasons it was time for him to say goodbye to Sheldon Cooper and the CBS sitcom. A deal that would have reportedly nabbed the actor more than $50 million over two years couldn't convince the actor to stay.

Even in its 11th season, "The Big Bang Theory" was still the most-watched show on television with an average of 18.6 million viewers, according to Deadline. Despite the strong ratings... Читать дальше...

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• Intuit CEO Brad Smith will leave his role after 11 years at the company.
• Smith, who will stay on through the end of 2018, is replaced by Sasan Goodarzi, the Intuit exec behind strong growth in the company's QuickBooks business. 
• Intuit will also change chief technology officers at the end of the year. Tayloe Stansbury is replaced by Marianna Tessel, the chief product development officer from Goodarzi's team.

It's been proven that young people spend a lot of time on their phones, but a Pew Research survey of 743 teens, ages 13 to 17, shows that they're also well aware of their phone addiction.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York man who spent nearly 3-1/2 years as a fugitive after being charged with trying to defraud Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg out of half of the social media company has been arrested in Ecuador and may be extradited, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday.

Paul Ceglia, 45, a wood pellet salesman from Wellsville in upstate New York, had been missing since March 2015, when he removed his electronic ankle bracelet and disappeared with his wife, two children... Читать дальше...