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Reddit, Pornhub ban ‘deepfake’ porn videos

Horacio Villalobos | Corbis | Getty Images Steve Huffman CEO, Reddit, delivers remarks on ‘Redesigning Reddit’ during the third day of Web Summit in Altice Arena on November 08, 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal. Major websites including Reddit and Pornhub have moved to clamp down on the practice of posting fake …

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US growth could slip in coming two years: Kaplan

Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Robert Kaplan, president of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Economic growth in the United States may peak this year and could slow in the coming two years, Dallas Fed President Robert S. Kaplan told a business conference in Frankfurt on Thursday. …

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George Soros is reportedly backing a campaign to stop Brexit

OLIVIER HOSLET | AFP | Getty Images George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, arrives for a meeting in Brussels, on April 27, 2017. Billionaire investor George Soros has given hundreds of thousands of pounds to a pro-European Union campaign aimed at stopping the U.K. leaving the …

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North Korea’s orchestra tickets oversubscribed the Winter Games

JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images Hyon Song-Wol, leader of North Korea’s Samjiyon Orchestra, arrives at the Gangneung Art Centre in Gangneung, the host city of the ice venues for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games, on February 7, 2018. Public interest in the orchestra has not necessarily spread to the Games themselves with …

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Amazon to deliver Whole Foods groceries via Prime Now

Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon.com Inc. signage is displayed at a Pop-Up store inside the Lakeview Whole Foods Market Inc. store in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017. Amazon will start delivering groceries from Whole Foods via its two-hour Prime Now delivery service, the e-commerce …

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Quarterly profit plunges although results tops expectations

Antoine Antoniol | Bloomberg | Getty Images Societe Generale SA headquarters stand in Paris, France French bank Societe Generale posted an 82 percent fall in quarterly net income, hit by tax-related charges and retail banking restructuring costs. Net income fell to 69 million euros ($85 million) from 390 million a …

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The coolest tech innovations you’ll see at South Korea’s 2018 Winter Olympics

Jean Chung | Getty Images A South Korean child tries out the virtual reality simulator to experience Ski Jumping on February 3, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. South Koreans enjoy and experience the upcoming winter olympic games’ categories at the Lotte World Mall one year before the 2018 PyeongChang Winter …

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Steve Wynn out: Properties a great trophy for Asian conglomerates

Jessica Rinaldi | Boston Globe | Getty Images Steve Wynn during a press conference in Medford, Mass., on March 15, 2016. That’s nothing new, according to Ossolinski, who said that Wynn Resorts “has always been a takeover target, as is Las Vegas Sands.” But the chances of a deal may …

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South Korea police reportedly name Samsung Chairman Lee as suspect for tax evasion

Seong Joon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lee Kun Hee, chairman of Samsung Group. South Korean police named Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee as a suspect over allegations that he used bank accounts held in someone else’s name that held some 400 billion won ($368 million), Yonhap News Agency …

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No NAFTA deal might be better than a bad one

Getty Images Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, March 31, 2016 in Washington, DC. Canada “might very well be better off” not signing up for an updated version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) pact rather than accept a bad deal, Canadian …

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