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Google Home can now place phone calls

Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Google Vice President of Product Management Mario Queiroz shows the new Google Home during Google I/O 2016 at Shoreline Amphitheatre Google Home can now place phone calls. Google announced that the new feature is rolling out to owners of its Amazon Echo competitor now. Amazon’s …

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Behind alt-right supporter psychology after Charlottesville protest

Samuel Corum | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Neo Nazis, Alt-Right, and White Supremacists march through the University of Virginia Campus with torches in Charlottesville, Va., USA on August 11, 2017. The white supremacists marching in Charlottesville, Virginia, this past weekend were not ashamed when they shouted, “Jews will not …

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Look at this stunning drop in Chinese takeover in the US amid tough Trump talk

As the Trump administration looks to take a tougher stance against Beijing, Chinese investments into the U.S. have more than halved this year, according to Dealogic. “Amid growing regulatory scrutiny of China outbound M&A targeting the U.S., volume has seen a 65 percent year-on-year decline in 2017 year-to-date,” Nicholas Farfan …

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Tribeca Film Festival to Start Standalone TV Gathering

Photo Eric McCormack and Megan Mullally at a recent “Will & Grace” panel. Credit Willy Sanjuan/Invision, via Associated Press Over the past few years the Tribeca Film Festival has strayed from its titular mission further into television, with events focused on cultural lightning rods like “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Girls.” …

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US coal exports are surging under Trump, but it probably won’t last

U.S. coal exports are rising this year, giving the fossil-fuel friendly Trump administration reason to cheer, but analysts believe the good times won’t last. The surge in exports doesn’t herald a reversal of coal’s fortunes, but a temporary blip to be expected every few years, according to experts. The latest …

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For Sale: Oldest Known Photo of a U.S. President (Socks and All)

“Not only is it an incredibly important historical record,” she said, “it’s also a stunning composition. You really get a sense of who Adams was.” Claims of historical precedence tend to come with caveats and asterisks, and it must be noted that the daguerreotype, a so-called half plate measuring about …

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Army helicopter with five aboard crashes off Hawaii: US Coast Guard

Source: U.S. Pacific Fleet | FlickrCC File photo of a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter near Kauai, Hawaii. Emergency personnel on Wednesday were responding to reports of a downed Army Black Hawk helicopter with five crew aboard off the west coast of Hawaii, according to the United States Coast …

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Google offers additional $4.75m funding to Lunar XPRIZE finalists

Chris Rutter | Digital Camera Magazine | Getty Images Night time photograph of a waxing gibbous Moon, taken on November 14, 2013. Google Lunar XPRIZE, the space exploration competition sponsored by Google, is offering additional prize money to finalists who can complete two in-space missions as it extends program’s deadline …

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Tom Stoppard’s ‘Travesties’ Will Return to Broadway

Photo Tom Hollander in “Travesties.” Credit Johan Persson Tom Stoppard’s “Travesties,” which was nominated for best revival at the Olivier Awards in London this year, will transfer to Broadway in 2018. Tom Hollander will move along with the show to star as Henry Carr, an English official who recalls his …

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Here are the 10 most important stories for investors Wednesday morning

Jessica Rinaldi | Reuters A woman pulls shopping carts through the aisle of a Target store in Torrington, Connecticut. A daily morning look at the financial stories you need to know to start the day. STOCKS/ECONOMY -Stock futures are higher after Tuesday’s flat close. We get the Fed Minutes at …

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