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Tesla Review What does Consumer Reports think of Tesla's Model 3? There's a lot to like, the publication said yesterday in a review, but it can't recommend the "mass market" car because its braking distance is "far worse than any contemporary car we've tested and about 7 feet longer than the...

Bitcoin Mining With Bitcoin mining nowadays being only barely profitable, if at all—a function of the relatively low Bitcoin price and the enormous cost of mining—it's surprising to see a major supplier of mining "rigs" preparing for an IPO. But Canaan Inc. is apparently doing just that...

Zuck's Apology Tour Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the European Parliament today over the Cambridge Analytica scandal and other misadventures. "Whether it's fake news, foreign interference in elections or developers misusing people's information, we didn't take a broad enough...

Facebook and Qualcomm will bring fast WiFi to cities in mid-2019 Facebook’s been talking Terragraph since way back during its 2016 F8 keynote. The social media giant’s ambitious plan to bring fast Wifi to cities is taking another key step toward real world trials with the addition of Qualcomm...

Adobe buys Magento for $1.68 billion to target e-commerce Adobe has agreed to buy e-commerce company Magento for $1.68 billion, in a bid to capture a bigger slice of the digital-commerce industry from Salesforce and Oracle. (Ad Age)

Gold bulls head for the exits on strong dollar, lack of fear Hedge funds and other large speculators pared bullish bets on bullion to the lowest in more than two years as the price fell below $1,300 an ounce for the first time this year, spurring the biggest weekly price decline since December...

“Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you will keep digging.” - Marcus Aurelius

“I like what I do and keep thinking the best is yet to come.” - Bill Moyers

Iran Deal Iran is urging China to help protect the nuclear deal that's threatened by U.S. withdrawal. "We expect other remaining members of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, including China, to help implement and continue this deal, and fulfil their commitment and obligations according to...

DVD Lives Netflix's DVD division, which boasts a mere three million subscribers, still exists and is still profitable—in the first quarter of this year, it made $56 million on revenues of $99 million. Why is it still around? Because some areas have poor connectivity, making streaming difficult...

Dirty Money The U.K. Parliament's foreign affairs committee says the country has been turning a blind eye to Russian "dirty money," with London being used as a hiding place for the assets of President Vladimir Putin and his cronies. The committee accuses the government of a "lethargic response"...

Facebook Breakup Call Progressive and pro-consumer groups are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to force the separation of Instagram, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp from the Facebook mothership. Their coalition, Freedom From Facebook, alleges that the company has amassed too much power...

U.S. Government Bonds Pay More Than Debt From Other Developed Nations Higher yields reflect investors’ struggle to reconcile expectations for faster U.S. growth with concerns about impact of deficits and inflation The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates in recent years and begun paring...

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"Robbers and elite agree on just one thing - living in hiding." - Soren Kierkegaard

"If you can't figure out your purpose, figure out your passion." - T. D. Jakes

"Be there for others, but never leave yourself behind." - Dodinsky

Celestial empire. China launched its first privately-made rocket on Thursday. The "Chongqing Liangjiang Star" rocket was developed by Beijing-based OneSpace Technology, which was founded in 2015. "This is the first rocket developed and built entirely with homegrown technology," founder and CEO...