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A Canadian police officer is being hailed for the restraint and professionalism he showed in arresting the suspect in the Toronto van attack without firing a single shot.
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On Monday afternoon, a white van ploughed into pedestrians along one of Toronto’s busiest streets, killing 10 people and injuring more than a dozen others in what one official described as “pure carnage.”
Soon after, the alleged driver of the van was arrested by a lone police officer in an incident lasting less than a minute and caught on video by bystanders.
“Get down,” the officer shouts.
“Kill me,” the man tells the police officer. “I have a gun in my pocket.”
The officer’s voice remains calm as he again orders the man to get down, warning that he will shoot if the man does not cooperate. “Shoot me in the head,” the suspect replies.
Weapon drawn, the officer advances towards the suspect. The suspect steps backwards, dropping what he was holding and raising his hands in the air. The officer proceeded to single-handedly arrest the suspect.
The arrest came as police forces across North America – including in Toronto – have been criticised for using excessive force to subdue mentally ill or unarmed suspects.
Police identified Alek Minassian, a 25-year-old from the nearby town of Richmond Hill, as the man who had been arrested. He is expected to appear in court on Tuesday.
Officials refused to comment on a motive, but said the suspect did not represent a threat to national security.
Video of the dramatic confrontation between the suspect and the police officer was hailed on social media, where the officer – who has yet to be identified – was praised.
Many said he deserved a medal. A columnist for Maclean’s magazine contrasted the officer’s calm demeanor with the chaos and horror that had unfolded minutes earlier. “I am paid to explain things and sound confident doing so,” he wrote. “But I honestly don’t know what to make of this terrifying, remarkable moment.”
Mark Saunders, the city’s police chief, credited the force’s high calibre of training. “The officer did a fantastic job with respect to utilising his ability of understanding the circumstance and environment and having a peaceful resolution at the end of the day,” he said.
Mike McCormack, the president of the Toronto Police Association, said the officer – who has been with the force for more than seven years – would have been justified if he had decided to fire at the suspect. “But this officer looked at what was going on and determined he could handle it the way that he did,” he told the Globe and Mail. “People are right: this guy is a hero.”
He had spoken to the officer, who was left shaken. “He said, ‘Mike, I just did my job. What I did was no big deal. But look at these poor people,’” said McCormack.
“That’s what everyone’s thinking: great, he did his job and arrested this guy and may have prevented further deaths,” McCormack added. “But he’s more concerned with 10 people being dead, 15 people being injured, why now and what’s happening in this city.”

A Clayton County family is counting their blessings on this Easter Sunday after police said a man kicked in their door and tried to break in, but the homeowner, also a disabled Army veteran fought the intruder off in his birthday suit.


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Good morning! Here is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday.
1. A self-driving Uber car hit and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona while in autonomous mode. Uber suspended its entire self-driving car programme as a result.
2. The UK’s data regulator has a warrant to raid political research firm Cambridge Analytica and seize its servers, after Facebook suspended the firm for misusing user data. Facebook had already sent in its own investigators to Cambridge Analytica, but “stood down” after the Information Commissioner’s Office got involved.
3. Cambridge Analytica’s chief executive, Alexander Nix, was filmed by Channel 4 boasting that the research firm could entrap politicians with sex workers. Cambridge Analytica nonetheless denied using such tactics.
4. Facebook’s stock price took a hammering through Monday as politicians lined up to slam the company over the way it policed third-party use of user data. The firm had dropped around $35 billion by close of trading.
5. A Business Insider investigation has found it’s incredibly easy to buy illegal fake luxury goods on Facebook Marketplace, with few protections for buyers in place. We spoke to sellers who tried to obtain our bank details and phone numbers.
6. Amazon is tracking how many people return to its cashierless Go supermarket after an initial visit. Shopping frequency will probably help determine whether Amazon decides to expand the concept.
7. Secretive virtual reality startup Magic Leap has given a preview of its platform to third-party developers with a “creator portal” that offers resources for people who want to build apps for its yet-to-launch headset. The portal lets people preview apps in a simulator.
8. Facebook’s longtime and vocal head of security, Alex Stamos, may leave the company in August because he disagrees with how it handles big issues like fake news. Stamos merely commented on Twitter that “it’s true” his role at Facebook had now changed, but didn’t confirm or deny his departure.
9. Google is expanding its Instant Apps program to games, meaning Android users can find a game via the Play Store, click the “try now” button, and immediately start playing without downloading an app. The idea is to help people find more new games.
10. BlackBerry’s shares rose after the firm announced a partnership with Microsoft, providing security for Office apps. The firm’s share price was up 5% on Monday.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare will require hospitals to post their standard prices online and make electronic medical records more readily available to patients, officials said Tuesday.
The program is also starting a comprehensive review of how it will pay for costly new forms of immunotherapy to battle cancer.
Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said the new requirement for online prices reflects the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to encourage patients to become better-educated decision makers in their own care.
"We are just beginning on price transparency," said Verma. "We know that hospitals have this information and we're asking them to post what they have online."
Hospitals are required to disclose prices publicly, but the latest change would put that information online in machine-readable format that can be easily processed by computers. It may still prove to be confusing to consumers, since standard rates are like list prices and don't reflect what insurers and government programs pay.
Patients concerned about their potential out-of-pocket costs from a hospitalization would still be advised to consult with their insurer. Most insurance plans nowadays have an annual limit on how much patients must pay in copays and deductibles — although traditional Medicare does not.
Likewise, many health care providers already make computerized records available to patients, but starting in 2021 Medicare would base part of a hospital's payments on how good a job they do.
Using electronic medical records remains a cumbersome task, and the Trump administration has invited technology companies to design secure apps that would let patients access their records from all their providers instead of having to go to different portals.
Verma also announced Medicare is starting a comprehensive review of how it will pay for a costly new form of immunotherapy called CAR-T. It's gene therapy that turbocharges a patient's own immune system cells to attack cancer.
Immune system T cells are filtered from the patient's own blood and reprogrammed to target and kill cancer cells that had managed to evade them. Hundreds of millions of copies of the revved-up cells are then returned to the patient's blood to take on the cancer.
Though only a couple of such treatments have been approved for blood cancers, the cost can exceed $370,000 per patient.
"It's a new area for the agency," said Verma. "We haven't seen drugs priced at this level and we're having to think about our strategy."
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The federal government has penalized 769 U.S. hospitals who had high rates of patient injuries and other hospital acquired conditions such as the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to NPR. The penalties are based on the percentage of avoidable complications that patients are experiencing in the hospitals, such as bed sores, blood clots, falls and certain infections. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services determined the penalties based on which hospitals have the highest rates of these complications. This year was the first year that hospitalized were also penalized for the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria “superbugs” methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile (C. difficile or C. diff). The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimates there were 6,300 cases of infections from MRSA last year and the agency reported C. difficile was found in 100,000 cases last year. Hospitals penalized by Medicare for spread of #AntibioticResistance -Does your hospital have a strong ASP? https://t.co/4fRmmWEeOV — DASON (@DASON_duke) December 23, 2016 The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, which is run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, examines rates of infections from hospital surgeries and procedures to determine which hospitals are the lowest performing in patient safety. The hospital-acquired complications often take place after procedures such as hysterectomies, colon surgeries and the insertion of urinary tract catheters and central line tubes. Complications such as bed sores, hip fractures and blood clots are also factored into the hospital scores, along with other complications. The Federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimates there were 3.8 million hospital injuries last year, which amounts to 115 injuries for every 1,000 patient hospital stays, according East Bay Times. Approximately a quarter of a million of those injuries involve patients who became infected with bacteria resistant to antibiotics while in the hospital. The CDC estimates that 2 million people acquired antibiotic-resistant infections last year, 23,000 of whom died. They estimate that between 20 and 50 percent of all antibiotics prescribed in hospitals are either not needed or inappropriate. The overuse of antibiotics — not just in hospitals but among outpatients and in farm animals used in our food supply — has led to the spread of stubborn bacterial strains that can be deadly for patients who become infected with them. How hospitals, nursing homes keep deadly ‘superbug’ outbreaks secret https://t.co/1TTbNhjQHj#MRSA #healthpolicy — HCSM News (@HCSMnews) December 23, 2016 The government informed the hospitals that they would be cutting 1 percent of their Medicare payments as a penalty for the high rates of injuries, which is expected to cost larger hospitals over a million dollars each. The cuts will affect Medicare payments over this federal fiscal year, which runs from October 2016 through next September. The federal government does not penalize specialized hospitals, such as those that treat psychiatric patients, veterans and children, which are exempt from the penalties. Hospitals that are designated “critical access” facilities because they are the only provider in the area are also exempt from the penalties. The Affordable Care Act requires that Medicare penalize the lowest performing 25 percent of the remaining hospitals, even if they have reduced their complication, injury and infection rates from previous years. The penalized hospitals will lose about $430 million in total, which is 18 percent more than they lost last year, according to an estimate from the Association of American Medical Colleges. The list of hospitals penalized for patient safety is out. Is yours on the list? https://t.co/ZkiqJCH7cX pic.twitter.com/95XqMGSDN8 — Kaiser Health News (@KHNews) December 26, 2016 To see if your area hospitals are on the list of those penalized, you can refer to Kaiser Health News, which has listed all of the low-performing hospitals that were penalized nationwide. The database is searchable, allowing you to search by city, state or hospital name. Note that Maryland hospitals are exempted from the penalties because Maryland has a separate payment arrangement with Medicare. [Featured Image by Chaikom/Shutterstock]
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The trailers for "Avengers: Infinity War" have teased dark times for the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and the entire universe. That means the possibility of casualties is high.
While it's difficult to imagine some of our favorite characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe reaching the end of the line, the arrival of Thanos to Earth doesn't promise a bright future for many characters — and the prospects of survival are much worse for some than for others.
The MCU doesn't like to kill off major characters, but that doesn't mean characters haven't met their end. And the stakes are much higher than ever before for the heroes in "Avengers: Infinity War."
Whether it's a veteran of the MCU who may be on his way out like Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man, or a character whose very existence poses a problem for Thanos, such as Vision, there are plenty of reasons for some characters to die in "Infinity War."
Below are 9 characters who could die in "Avengers: Infinity War," ranked from least to most likely:
9. Tony Stark/Iron Man
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has introduced some notable characters recently who could lead the franchise into the future, like Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and Black Panther. That means the past may not be as significant anymore.
"Iron Man" kicked off the MCU in 2008, and Robert Downey Jr. has served the character well. We'd hate to see him go, but that's also 10 years' worth of suiting up and protecting the world from danger. Seven major roles as Iron Man later — three "Avengers" movies, three "Iron Man" movies, and a prominent part in "Spider-Man: Homecoming" — and maybe Downey wants to hang up the armor for good. What better way to go out than during the biggest superhero movie of all time?
8. Bruce Banner/The Hulk
Bruce Banner, played by Mark Ruffalo, already exiled himself to another planet at the end of "Avengers: Age of Ultron." Now that he's back on Earth (just in time for the fun!), it wouldn't be a stretch for Banner to want to sacrifice himself not only to save his friends from Thanos but to rid the world of the danger of the Hulk.
Plus, Marvel doesn't seem interested in making a Hulk standalone movie. The most recent one, "The Incredible Hulk" in 2008, is one of the worst-reviewed movies in the MCU, with 67% on the reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. The character was recast from Edward Norton to Ruffalo for "The Avengers," and since then, the Hulk has appeared only in "Avengers: Age of Ultron" and "Thor: Ragnarok." It wouldn't be hard for Marvel to get rid of him.
7. Wong
Wong already died in "Doctor Strange" and was revived by Strange with the time stone. So it's not a stretch to say he may be expendable in an epic like "Avengers: Infinity War."
6. Bucky Barnes
Bucky Barnes, Captain America's longtime best friend played by Sebastian Stan, has already "died" once. He's gone through a lot since seemingly perishing in "Captain America: The First Avenger" up to the last time we saw him, in "Captain America: Civil War" (and then a very, very brief after-credits scene in "Black Panther"). He has made a lot of mistakes — mainly while brainwashed by the Nazi terror organization Hydra — and he's trying to make up for them.
Sounds like the perfect candidate for a meaningful death in the MCU, until you remember ...
5. Steve Rogers/Captain America
Captain America once died in the comic books in the aftermath of Marvel's "Civil War" comic event. With the MCU's own Civil War out of the way, and with him technically a criminal in the eyes of the US government, Rogers is at a very troubling point in his life.
Captain America dying would send shockwaves throughout the MCU, but it would be the ultimate motivation for the rest of the Avengers in the battle against Thanos.
In the comic books, when Rogers originally dies, Bucky takes his place as Captain America until, in true comic book fashion, Rogers is revived. In a later, separate story arc, Sam Wilson, aka The Falcon (played by Anthony Mackie in the MCU), becomes Captain America. Both have been set up as loyal allies to Captain America in the films who would be worthy replacements.
4. James Rhodes/War Machine
In "Captain America: Civil War," Rhodes (Don Cheadle) is shot down and paralyzed during the battle between Captain America and Iron Man's teams. Rather than dying, he loses the ability to walk — but in "Infinity War," he's back in action thanks to some Stark tech.
But if Marvel wants to go one step further, Rhodes is important enough to the MCU — or at least Tony Stark — where his death would be a major turning point, but he's not so important that his death would be as controversial as Iron Man's, Captain America's, or Thor's. The MCU has played it safe at this point, and if it wants to do something safe but not meaningless, Rhodes could be the hero to die.
3. Nebula
One of Thanos' adopted daughters, Nebula (played by Karen Gillan), was most recently seen in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" vowing to go after her tyrannical father. She's not much of a team player, and if she plans to take on Thanos, that could mean bad things for her in "Infinity War."
2. Clint Barton/Hawkeye
The lack of Jeremy Renner in promotional material for "Infinity War" is troubling and leads us to think we may see Hawkeye's last days early in the movie. Maybe he simply doesn't show up. According to CinemaBlend, the events of "Civil War" affect Hawkeye, as he is technically still a fugitive, and he's "on his own journey" now.
But everyone who is considered a fugitive from "Civil War" is in the movie's promotion, except Ant-Man (who shows up in his own movie this summer) and Hawkeye. The odds aren't exactly in his favor considering Marvel has unfortunately always had problems with how to portray the character.
In "The Avengers," Hawkeye spent most of the film brainwashed, and in "Age of Ultron," he "retires" because it's revealed he has a secret family. "Infinity War" would be a good chance for Marvel to write him out of the franchise completely — much to the chagrin of Hawkeye fans.
1. Vision
Paul Bettany's Vision hasn't gotten much screen time in the MCU (he was introduced in "Age of Ultron" and played a part in "Civil War") but he seems to take center stage in "Infinity War." In fact, he's a main plot point, as one of the Infinity Stones Thanos is after is embedded in Vision's forehead. Captain America takes Vision to Wakanda to protect him and take on Thanos. With Thanos bent on getting every stone so he can destroy the universe, Vision's future looks grim.

Marvel Studios/YouTube Other than the possible demise of characters like Iron Man, Thor, Loki, and Captain America, we're very excited for "Avengers: Infinity War."
This movie is what all of the installments in the MCU have been leading up to, so it's hard to wait, and we can't help but speculate.
From the trailers, we know that we'll see some unexpected people getting together, like Spider-Man and Doctor Strange; and Teen Groot and Thor.
But there will also be an epic battle in Wakanda that could be the end for some of our favorites. Plus we'll get a more fully fledged villain in Thanos, played by Josh Brolin. Since he's had such a big presence in the past few movies, we're expecting a deeper character than Ultron, who was a massive disappointment.
From a secret role played by Peter Dinklage, to Loki's status as good or bad, these are all the things we can't wait to see in "Avengers: Infinity War," in theaters April 27.


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Karen Blaha/Flickr (CC) Good morning! Here's the tech news you need to know this Thursday.
1. Amazon is interested in buying work messaging app Slack, Bloomberg reports. The deal could value it at $9 billion or more.
2. A top Apple exec is denying an unflattering story from an upcoming book. Phil Schiller says parts of a book about the invention of the iPhone are not true.
3. Despite the high price, Microsoft isn't turning a profit on the new Xbox. The Xbox One X sells for $500 (£392) in the US.
4. Snapchat is struggling to get marketers interested. Only 7% of marketers used Snapchat in Q1 of 2017.
5. Hackers are selling Mac ransomware that could cause "real damage." A security research firm has found Ransomware-as-a-service for sale online.
6. We got a look inside the exclusive, secret version of Tinder for VIPs and celebrities. It's called Tinder Select.
7. Ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says she's looking "forward to using Gmail again." Mayer worked at Google before moving to Yahoo.
8. We tried Nintendo's insane new "Super Mario Game" for the Switch. It lets you throw your hat to possess everything from enemies to dinosaurs.
9. Apple is quietly working on turning your iPhone into a one-stop shop for all your medical info, CNBC reports. The firm reportedly wants it to hold everything from a record of your doctor's appointments to your prescriptions.
10. Some Uber employees still plan to quit, they said on an anonymous app. 103 employees took part in a poll shortly after the firm's all-hands meeting on Tuesday.


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WASHINGTON — Medicare will require hospitals to post their standard prices online and make electronic medical records more readily available to patients, officials said Tuesday.
The program is also starting a comprehensive review of how it will pay for costly new forms of immunotherapy to battle cancer.
Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said the new requirement for online prices reflects the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to encourage patients to become better-educated decision makers in their own care.
“We are just beginning on price transparency,” said Verma. “We know that hospitals have this information and we’re asking them to post what they have online.”
Hospitals are required to disclose prices publicly, but the latest change would put that information online in machine-readable format that can be easily processed by computers. It may still prove to be confusing to consumers, since standard rates are like list prices and don’t reflect what insurers and government programs pay.
Patients concerned about their potential out-of-pocket costs from a hospitalization would still be advised to consult with their insurer. Most insurance plans nowadays have an annual limit on how much patients must pay in copays and deductibles — although traditional Medicare does not.
Likewise, many health care providers already make computerized records available to patients, but starting in 2021 Medicare would base part of a hospital’s payments on how good a job they do.
Using electronic medical records remains a cumbersome task, and the Trump administration has invited technology companies to design secure apps that would let patients access their records from all their providers instead of having to go to different portals.
Verma also announced Medicare is starting a comprehensive review of how it will pay for a costly new form of immunotherapy called CAR-T. It’s gene therapy that turbocharges a patient’s own immune system cells to attack cancer.
Immune system T cells are filtered from the patient’s own blood and reprogrammed to target and kill cancer cells that had managed to evade them. Hundreds of millions of copies of the revved-up cells are then returned to the patient’s blood to take on the cancer.
Though only a couple of such treatments have been approved for blood cancers, the cost can exceed $370,000 per patient.
“It’s a new area for the agency,” said Verma. “We haven’t seen drugs priced at this level and we’re having to think about our strategy.”

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Prince's heirs have sued Walgreens and the Illinois hospital that treated the music superstar after he suffered from an opioid overdose, alleging that a doctor and various pharmacists failed to provide Prince with reasonable care, contributing to his death.
The wrongful-death lawsuit filed in Cook County, Illinois, alleges a doctor and pharmacist at Trinity Medical Center in Moline, Illinois, failed to appropriately treat and investigate Prince's April 15, 2016, overdose, and that he died "as a direct and proximate cause of one or more ... deviations from the standards of care."
It accuses Walgreen Co. and pharmacists at two of its Minnesota branches of "dispensing prescription medications not valid for a legitimate medical purpose."
Walgreens and the hospital's parent company both declined to comment Monday, citing pending litigation.
Prince was 57 when he was found alone and unresponsive in an elevator at his Paisley Park studio compound in suburban Minneapolis on April 21, 2016. An autopsy found he died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin.
Authorities said it was likely Prince didn't know he was taking the dangerous drug, which was laced in counterfeit pills made to look like a generic version of the painkiller Vicodin. The source of those pills is unknown and no one has been charged in Prince's death.
A week before he died, Prince passed out on a flight home from an Atlanta concert and the private plane made an emergency stop in Moline. The musician had to be revived with two doses of a drug that reverses effects of an opioid overdose.
At Trinity Medical Center, Prince refused medical tests but was asked what drugs he took. Documents show a pill that he had with him, which was marked as Vicodin, was sent to the pharmacy for testing. A hospital pharmacist said it appeared to be Vicodin and returned it to Prince.
Prosecutors said last week that no chemical testing was done on the pill, but evidence suggests it was counterfeit and laced with fentanyl.
The lawsuit alleges the pharmacist and emergency room physician, Dr. Nicole Mancha, failed to timely diagnose and treat the overdose and failed to provide appropriate counselling.
The allegations against Walgreens stem from prescriptions that were dispensed to Prince, but written under the name of his bodyguard, Kirk Johnson. Authorities said Dr. Michael Todd Schulenberg admitted that he prescribed oxycodone to Prince under Johnson's name to protect Prince's privacy. Schulenberg disputes that, but paid $30,000 to settle allegations the drug was prescribed illegally.
Attorneys for Prince's family, George Loucas and John Goetz, said in a statement that they will have more to say when the time is right.
"Prince's family wishes, through its investigation, to shed additional light on what happened to Prince. At the same time further light on the opiate epidemic will hopefully help the fight to save lives," the attorneys said. "If Prince's death helps save lives, then all was not lost."

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Good morning! Here is the tech news you need to know this Friday.
1.Apple gave Uber's app "unprecedented" access to a secret backdoor that can record iPhone screens. The revelation of the app's access to privileged Apple code raises important questions for a company already under investigation for a variety of controversial business practices.
2. Uber's profits jumped 65% in the UK before it lost its licence in London. Profits surged to £3 million ($4 million) in 2016.
3. Apple's Siri briefly thought Bulgaria's national anthem was "Despacito". It's unclear why.
4. Netflix is raising prices for its subscribers. The price of the lowest-tier plan will not change from $7.99 monthly. But the most popular, the "standard plan," which allows HD and two simultaneous streams, will increase to $10.99 a month from $9.99.
5. Tesla CEO Elon Musk his the company's batteries and solar panels could help restore electricity to Puerto Rico if residents and the government decide they want to pursue that option.Musk said on Twitter Thursday that Tesla has already used a combination of its solar panels and Powerpack batteries to power a couple of small islands
6. A second government panel wants Facebook, Twitter, and Google execs to testify on the same day as their Senate appearance. They will be testifying about Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election before a House of Representatives panel on November 1.
7. Business Insider ranked the 100 coolest people in the UK tech scene. It features startup founders, investors, PR people, and journalists — as well as a drone racer and a "chief emoji officer".
8. Ride-hailing service Taxify has launched in Paris, one month after being banned in London. The Uber rival claims it has 2,000 Parisian drivers on its platform already, according to local newspaper Le Figaro.
9. Sidewalk Labs — the urban innovation unit of Google parent company Alphabet — may be close to a deal to build a high-tech neighborhood on Toronto's waterfront. Called Quayside, the 12-acre project is expected to cost at least $1 billion and will prioritize smart city technologies, according to The Wall Street Journal.
10.Electric aircraft startup Zunum Aero announced its plans to introduce a 12-seat hybrid-to-electric jet by 2022. In April, the three-year-old company made news by earning financial backing from Boeing HorizonX fund and JetBlue Technology Ventures.

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Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Thursday.
1. Legendary internet stock analyst turned investor Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers released her annual Internet Trends Report. This year’s report delves into data and personalisation, e-commerce innovation, and China’s rising intensity and leadership in internet-related markets.
2. Google’s new Pixel smartphone is reportedly taking a page from the iPhone X, according to Bloomberg. The Pixel 3 could feature a bigger screen, two front-facing cameras, and its very own notch.
3. Legendary investor Warren Buffett reportedly tried to invest $3 billion in Uber. The deal fell apart due to disagreements over the size and terms of the stake.
4. Snap chief executive Evan Spiegel said he regretted that his company invited scantily clad women dressed as the Snapchat deer to attend a party last year, and blamed an internal events staffer. He said mistakes like this were “frustrating” but that a young workforce should be expected to make mistakes.
5. Nintendo has 4 new Pokémon games coming to the Switch, including one that’s free. The first, “Pokémon Quest,” is already available on the Nintendo Switch, two variants of “Pokémon: Let’s Go,” will arrive later this year, and a fourth “core” game will launch in 2019.
6. A developer who worked on bitcoin early on,told Business Insider he exchanged hundreds of emails with the person or team known as Nakamoto in 2010. The experience, he said, was mostly weird.
7. Consumer Reports magazine has changed the Tesla Model 3’s rating to a “recommended buy” after the company made improvements to its breaking system. The magazine had originally criticised the vehicle.
8. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg hit back at Apple CEO Tim Cook, reviving the ongoing spat between the two companies. Sandberg dismissed Cook’s earlier comments about Facebook’s privacy issues, saying “Mark and I strongly disagree with their characterisation of our product.”
9. Uber’s CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the firm is on track to go public next year. He said the firm was ready in terms of its margins and profitability.
10. Amazon has given Whole Foods employees Prime-branded outfits to wear, as it rolls out Prime discounts in stores across the US. The outfits come with an apparent new slogan for the Prime discounts: “Savings to smile about.”

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Question: 13 US cities everyone agrees are the best places to live

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Ranking the best places to live is a difficult task, and any such list is going to generate debate over who was overrated and who was snubbed.
Comparing several rankings of cities gives us a better picture of which places consistently get high marks.
We looked at several popular rankings of the top US cities to live in, including lists by US News and World Report, 24/7 Wall Street, Money, Niche, Livability, and SmartAsset. Each of the rankings weighed metrics including quality of life, cost of living, availability of jobs, education rates, and safety.
It's clear to see that across the rankings, certain cities made repeat appearances at the top. Read on to see the best places in the US to live, according to several recent rankings.

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WASHINGTON — Medicare will require hospitals to post their standard prices online and make electronic medical records more readily available to patients, officials said Tuesday.
The program is also starting a comprehensive review of how it will pay for costly new forms of immunotherapy to battle cancer.
Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said the new requirement for online prices reflects the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to encourage patients to become better-educated decision makers in their own care.
"We are just beginning on price transparency," said Verma. "We know that hospitals have this information and we're asking them to post what they have online."
Hospitals are required to disclose prices publicly, but the latest change would put that information online in machine-readable format that can be easily processed by computers. It may still prove to be confusing to consumers, since standard rates are like list prices and don't reflect what insurers and government programs pay.
Patients concerned about their potential out-of-pocket costs from a hospitalization would still be advised to consult with their insurer. Most insurance plans nowadays have an annual limit on how much patients must pay in copays and deductibles — although traditional Medicare does not.
Likewise, many health care providers already make computerized records available to patients, but starting in 2021 Medicare would base part of a hospital's payments on how good a job they do.
Using electronic medical records remains a cumbersome task, and the Trump administration has invited technology companies to design secure apps that would let patients access their records from all their providers instead of having to go to different portals.
Verma also announced Medicare is starting a comprehensive review of how it will pay for a costly new form of immunotherapy called CAR-T. It's gene therapy that turbocharges a patient's own immune system cells to attack cancer.
Immune system T cells are filtered from the patient's own blood and reprogrammed to target and kill cancer cells that had managed to evade them. Hundreds of millions of copies of the revved-up cells are then returned to the patient's blood to take on the cancer.
Though only a couple of such treatments have been approved for blood cancers, the cost can exceed $370,000 per patient.
"It's a new area for the agency," said Verma. "We haven't seen drugs priced at this level and we're having to think about our strategy."

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Question: HK businesses seek more visibility on dev’t plans

A HONG KONG delegation said businesses based in the Special Administrative Region want a better idea of how the government plans to develop Metro Manila to guide their investment plans.
Jonathan K.S. Choi, deputy chairman of the Hong Kong-based Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, said the group has asked the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for a 10-year master plan for developing Metro Manila.
“We proposed to them that there should be a master design for the whole of Metro Manila. What are you going to do in the coming 10 years? You should have a master plan for that,” Mr. Choi said in a Tuesday briefing in Makati City.
“If we have the master plan and also the timetable we know what will happen in the future. Therefore we can plan ahead… we can target these projects… we can invest ourselves,” he said, adding that investors have “to cherry-pick” the best opportunities.
For his part, Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez noted the government’s efforts to liberalize trade and boost economic growth.
“It is really in our interest to continue to generate a positive business environment — to generate jobs and more business, especially for MSMEs,” Mr. Lopez said in his speech at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council event.
Mr. Lopez also highlighted the Philippines’ improving relationship with China.
“It is through President Rodrigo R. Dutere and President Xi Jinping that two countries’ relationship has prospered — not only in infrastructure but also in trade and investment. We are beginning to see a lot of improvements especially on the trade and investment side,” he added. — Janina C. Lim

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Japanese food manufacturer Ezaki Glico has announced sending its human resources to the cloud, laying the digital foundation for its global expansion.
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Ezaki Glico's primary business is manufacturing confectionery products such as chocolate, chips, chewing gums, and dairy products. Additionally, the company manufactures processed foods such as curry stocks and retort takikomi gohan pouch, as well as dietary supplement products.
Founded in 1922 by Riichi Ezaki, the company most-known for its Pocky confectionery now conducts business in 30 countries. Realising domestic consumption in Japan is limited, the company is actively promoting its overseas business in areas including Australia.
With its name already established, the company realised that in order to promote product and business development globally, it also needed to have a strong digital backbone to succeed on a global scale.
Ezaki Glico chose a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution from software vendor Workday.
According to the company, it will use the new HR system to consolidate its employee data, view up-to-date organisational information, and create reports in real time.
"This will contribute to business expansion by optimising workforce planning and supporting the company's hiring efforts," a statement explains.
With HR in the cloud, the company also expects to make better talent management decisions and better ensure they are allocating people in ways that make full use of their strengths and abilities.
Workday HCM will also be used as a tool to manage employee data including career history, skills, and training records. Additionally, employees will have self-service capabilities allowing them to build their own career paths and introduce themselves to counterparts in other countries.
Ezaki Glico plans to deploy Workday to major domestic and overseas bases in the fiscal year of 2017, and complete the deployment at all sites of the Ezaki Glico Group in 2019.
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Question: Hospitals may soon have to post prices for patients online

Hospitals may soon have to post their standard prices for patients online, under a proposed rule unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.
Also, the administration is seeking comments on how to stop so-called surprise billing — when patients are charged after unknowingly being seen by out-of-network providers — and how to give patients better information about the out-of-pocket costs they will face.
And officials are ramping up pressure on hospitals to give patients better access to their medical records electronically or face a penalty.
The proposed rule is the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ latest effort to give patients more information about the cost of health care and about their own medical history. The guidance applies mainly to Medicare patients and providers, but officials expect it will influence practices across the nation’s health care system. It would take effect in 2019.
Related: Trump wants to make it easier for you to access your medical records
The initiative builds on the Obama administration’s efforts to increase transparency. Hospitals are already required to provide either a list of their standard charges or their policies for allowing the public to view the prices. Trump officials want hospitals to post this information on the Internet and make it available in a way that third-party app developers can access.
The administration is also pressing providers to increase the sharing of information among hospitals so patients could see all their records, regardless of where they go for care. Currently, a hospital often gives patients access to their data through its own online portal.
“Our administration is serious about ensuring that when a patient leaves a hospital, they are able to get their medical information electronically,” said Seema Verma, the agency’s administrator.

(CNN) — Sylvia Rosas decided to go to the emergency room after getting stung by a bee in her yard in Valrico, Florida. She had experienced allergic reactions in the past, but didn’t have an EpiPen on hand.
However, what really hurt was the $12,000 bill she received for the visit to the ER.
The 53-year-old said she was seen by several doctors, who ordered thousands of dollars in blood tests and an EKG during the 2015 visit that lasted less than two hours. Since the hospital was out of network, her insurer wouldn’t cover the visit, and she ended up having to pay the entire bill.
“Never did I think I’d have this type of a bill,” said Rosas, a mortgage loan officer who says she’s now hesitant to go to the doctor. “I was there for such a short time.”
Rosas isn’t the only one getting hit with big bills after a trip to the ER.
Spending on an emergency room visit rose to $1,917, on average, in 2016, up more than 31% from four years earlier, according to the Health Care Cost Institute, which analyzes spending and usage of nearly 40 million Americans with employer-sponsored coverage.
The spike in spending was driven almost entirely by an increase in the prices charged by hospitals, even as ER usage remained relatively flat. The spending covers the hospitals’ charges for stepping foot in the ER, known as a facility fee, as well as some tests and services. It doesn’t include ER evaluations by doctors, who usually send patients a separate bill.
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Overall, the soaring price of ER visits, along with steep hikes in prescription drugs and outpatient surgery costs, have helped fuel a 15% increase in overall health care spending, the institute found.
There may be several reasons why it’s getting costlier to go to the emergency room, experts said.
The price hikes stem in part from the fact that ERs are seeing a greater number of patients with more severe medical problems, said Niall Brennan, the institute’s CEO.
Hospitals base their ER facility fee charge on the severity of the condition they are treating. Folks with simpler issues, such as cuts or fevers, are more often turning to urgent care centers or pharmacy clinics. So emergency rooms are more likely to receive patients with serious problems, such as chest pain or asthma attacks, which are more expensive to treat.
Also, more emergency rooms now have access to advanced — and pricey — technology, such as CT scans and MRIs, said Renee Hsia, professor of emergency medicine and health policy at the University of California, San Francisco. And patients expect to have more testing done in the ER rather than waiting to go to a lab or doctor’s office after they are discharged.
The American Hospital Association challenged the institute’s study, saying that annual hospital price growth rates are at near record lows. But the industry group did agree that emergency rooms are treating more complex conditions, citing its report from 2013 that showed Medicare patients treated in the ER had more severe illnesses and visited more frequently.
Still, many ER patients are stunned by the bills they receive.
Rick Brown tried to avoid going to the emergency room after he fell into a small hole by his pool in November and hurt his ankle. He tried icing and elevating it, but after a few days the pain was excruciating.
He finally went to the ER near his home in Brick, New Jersey, where he had an X-ray and was seen by a physician assistant. Brown, who arrived at the hospital on his own crutches, learned he had fractured his ankle. The 58-year-old was given a splint, a prescription for painkillers and a recommendation that he follow up with a specialist.
A few weeks later, the bills started coming in — including a $2,600 for the ER and $5,700 from a physicians’ office. His insurance paid half the ER fee, but wouldn’t cover the doctor charges because the provider was out-of-network.
Brown, a bartender, was furious, noting that he was twice asked for his insurance card in the ER. Had he known he’d be on the hook for thousands of dollars, he said he would have hobbled out or waited to go to the doctor’s appointment he had made for later in the week.
“To have insurance and to be facing these astronomical bills, I get incensed,” said Brown. “You’re in a lot of pain and you have insurance. You are expecting it to be covered.”
Brown plans to talk to the hospital and the physicians’ office to try to reduce the charges.
That’s a good move, said Martin Makary, professor of surgery and health policy at Johns Hopkins University. When patients come to the ER, they don’t need to sign any paperwork promising to pay in full, Makary said. Federal law requires emergency rooms to screen and stabilize anyone who comes through the doors.
Makary published a study last year that found that hospitals mark up emergency services — such as suturing a wound or interpreting a CT scan — by an average of 340% more than what Medicare allows. (The Medicare allowable amount includes what Medicare reimburses, as well as any deductibles or co-pays the patients pay.) So consumers should try to bargain providers down if they get a big bill.
“Prices are highly fluctuant and often negotiable,” he said. “As with new cars, people are not expected to pay the sticker price.”


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Question: E-Waste Innovator Will Go to Jail for Making Windows Restore Disks That Only Worked With Valid Licenses

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California man Eric Lundgren, an electronic waste entrepreneur who produced tens of thousands of Windows restore disks intended to extend the lifespan of aging computers, lost a federal appeals court case in Miami after it ruled “he had infringed Microsoft’s products to the tune of $700,000,” the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
Per the Post, the appeals court ruled Lundgren’s original sentence of 15 months in prison and a $50,000 fine would stay, despite the software being freely available online and only compatible with valid Windows licenses:
The appeals court upheld a federal district judge’s ruling that the disks made by Eric Lundgren to restore Microsoft operating systems had a value of $25 apiece, even though they could be downloaded free and could be used only on computers with a valid Microsoft license. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit initially granted Lundgren an emergency stay of his prison sentence, shortly before he was to surrender, but then affirmed his original 15-month sentence and $50,000 fine without hearing oral argument in a ruling issued April 11.
All told, the court valued 28,000 restore disks he produced at $700,000, despite testimony from software expert Glenn Weadock that they were worth essentially zero.
Lundgren is well known for his e-waste recycling efforts (he built an electric car for $13,000 out of recycled parts that beat a top-of-the-line model from Tesla). He had planned to sell the disks to repair shops for 25 cents apiece, believing that it would simplify the process for many users who otherwise would not feel confident setting up a fresh install on older computers.
In February, Lundgren told the Los Angeles Times that Microsoft deliberately makes it inconvenient to restore old devices to a functional state in order to sell new software licenses—and crucially, that because the disks could only be used to restore a computer that already had a transferable Windows license, that he believed he was not in violation of the law.
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The discs were never sold, per the Post, after customs officials seized a shipment in 2012. Unfortunately, in what seems to have been a huge mistake, the disks had “labels nearly identical to the discs provided by Dell for its computers and had the Windows and Dell logos,” the Times wrote. As a result, Lundgren pleaded guilty to two of 21 charges, conspiracy and copyright infringement. He told the paper, “If I had just written ‘Eric’s Restore Disc’ on there, it would have been fine.”
He added that he believed Microsoft tried its hardest to quash him under the “false pretense” that selling the disks was equivalent to software piracy, rather than just making it easier to reinstall a licensed copy of Windows. Microsoft originally claimed the disks were worth $299, but the court eventually valued them at $25 apiece.
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“In essence, I got in the way of Microsoft’s profits, so they pushed this into federal court on false pretense,” Lundgren said. He said [Microsoft program manager Jonathan McGloin] “testified that a free restore CD was worth the same price as a new Windows operating system with a license. ... This was false and inaccurate testimony provided by Microsoft in an attempt to set a precedent that will scare away future recyclers and refurbishers from reusing computers without first paying Microsoft again for another license. ... Anyone successfully extending the life cycle of computers or diverting these computers from landfills for reuse in society is essentially standing in the way of Microsoft’s profits.”
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“I thought it was freeware,” Lundgren told the Times. “... The value’s in the license. They didn’t understand that.”
He told the Post prosecutors told him he could have several weeks to get his affairs in order before surrendering for his sentence, “But I was told if I got loud in the media, they’d come pick me up. If you want to take my liberty, I’m going to get loud ... I am going to prison, and I’ve accepted it. What I’m not okay with is people not understanding why I’m going to prison.”
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Question: For the first time, Facebook clearly tells its users what’s allowed

Further Reading Facebook’s secret rules mean that it’s OK to be anti-Islam, but not anti-gay Facebook has released a lengthy 22-point document that explains more fully what its "community standards" are—in short, what is and isn’t allowed on the platform.
Facebook representatives declined to respond to Ars’ request for comment on the record, insisting that we speak to them only on background. It is not clear why the company, after 14 years, is finally releasing its guidelines now. Facebook also noted that these newly published standards "closely mirror our internal guidelines."
Last year, ProPublica obtained a slide deck outlining some of the mystifying rules, which allowed, for instance, attacks on a subset of a group ("radical Muslims" or "white female drivers") but not larger groups with immutable characteristics ("all men").
Further Reading YouTube clarifies “hate speech” definition and which videos won’t be monetized The new rubric, which was released Tuesday, attempts to explain in plain English and more detail how Facebook thinks about its seemingly reluctant role as a regulator. Other tech companies, notably YouTube, have been attempting to make their internal standards process more clear to their user base.
"We do not tolerate harassment on Facebook," the company wrote in one of the sections.
"We want people to feel safe to engage and connect with their community. Our harassment policy applies to both public and private individuals because we want to prevent unwanted or malicious contact on the platform. Context and intent matter, and we allow people to share and re-share posts if it is clear that something was shared in order to condemn or draw attention to harassment. In addition to reporting such behavior and content, we encourage people to use tools available on Facebook to help protect against it."
The company also noted that, for the first time, it will add a formal appeals process to challenge content removal.
"Over the coming year, we are going to build out the ability for people to appeal our decisions," Monika Bickert, vice president of global policy management, wrote in a blog post. "As a first step, we are launching appeals for posts that were removed for nudity / sexual activity, hate speech or graphic violence."

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Ad agency holding group Interpublic Group announced Monday a deal to acquire Acxiom's Marketing Solutions business for $2.3 billion in cash in the latest major mashup in the advertising industry.
Under the agreement, the Marketing Solutions group — which accounts for three-fourths of Acxiom's revenue and develops software that helps companies and their brands manage large volumes of data — will be folded into IPG's properties. What's left of Acxiom will remain independent but will change its name, headquarters and focus.
To read more about IPG's data acquisition, click here.
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Question: Penn State says wilderness is too risky for outdoors clubs

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP)  Penn State University says it has banned its near-century-old outdoor recreation club from going outside because it is too dangerous out in the wilderness.
The 98-year-old Penn State Outing Club announced last week that the university will no longer allow the club to organize outdoor, student-led trips starting next semester. The university's offices of Student Affairs and Risk Management made the determination that the hiking, camping and other outdoors-focused activities the student-led club has long engaged in are too risky.
The Outing Club's current president Richard Waltz tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that the decision wasn't an open dialogue and they weren't briefed on the determination.
A Penn State spokeswoman says student safety is the school's primary focus. Two other outdoor recreation clubs also have been directed to end trip offerings.

Georgia special
The special election in Georgia to fill HHS Secretary Tom Price’s old congressional seat could end with a historic Democratic upset. The Sixth District seat has been held by a Republican continuously since Newt Gingrich won it in 1978, but changing demographics and what’s known as a “jungle primary” are giving Democrat Jon Ossoff a shot at winning today’s vote.
Georgia tea leaves
Spanning wealthier and Republican-leaning suburbs north of Atlanta, Tom Price’s old seat is just the kind of place Democrats would love to pull off an upset. They’d point to it as evidence of excitement in their base, and support from the upper-income Republicans and college graduates who eluded them in 2016. But winning will be tough. We look at data from the 50,000 early votes already cast to gauge the contest.
Custody battle
A lawyer for conservative radio show host Alex Jones says his client is nothing more than a showman. He said it in a Texas court, where Jones is fighting for custody of his children. His ex-wife argues the views and conspiracy theories on Jones’ radio show prove he’s unfit for fatherhood.
Silver lining
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Church cops
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Question: 10 things in tech you need to know today

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Good morning! Here is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday.
1. A self-driving Uber car hit and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona while in autonomous mode. Uber suspended its entire self-driving car programme as a result.
2. The UK’s data regulator has a warrant to raid political research firm Cambridge Analytica and seize its servers, after Facebook suspended the firm for misusing user data. Facebook had already sent in its own investigators to Cambridge Analytica, but “stood down” after the Information Commissioner’s Office got involved.
3. Cambridge Analytica’s chief executive, Alexander Nix, was filmed by Channel 4 boasting that the research firm could entrap politicians with sex workers. Cambridge Analytica nonetheless denied using such tactics.
4. Facebook’s stock price took a hammering through Monday as politicians lined up to slam the company over the way it policed third-party use of user data. The firm had dropped around $35 billion by close of trading.
5. A Business Insider investigation has found it’s incredibly easy to buy illegal fake luxury goods on Facebook Marketplace, with few protections for buyers in place. We spoke to sellers who tried to obtain our bank details and phone numbers.
6. Amazon is tracking how many people return to its cashierless Go supermarket after an initial visit. Shopping frequency will probably help determine whether Amazon decides to expand the concept.
7. Secretive virtual reality startup Magic Leap has given a preview of its platform to third-party developers with a “creator portal” that offers resources for people who want to build apps for its yet-to-launch headset. The portal lets people preview apps in a simulator.
8. Facebook’s longtime and vocal head of security, Alex Stamos, may leave the company in August because he disagrees with how it handles big issues like fake news. Stamos merely commented on Twitter that “it’s true” his role at Facebook had now changed, but didn’t confirm or deny his departure.
9. Google is expanding its Instant Apps program to games, meaning Android users can find a game via the Play Store, click the “try now” button, and immediately start playing without downloading an app. The idea is to help people find more new games.
10. BlackBerry’s shares rose after the firm announced a partnership with Microsoft, providing security for Office apps. The firm’s share price was up 5% on Monday.

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Karen Blaha/Flickr (CC) Good morning! Here's the tech news you need to know this Thursday.
1. Amazon is interested in buying work messaging app Slack, Bloomberg reports. The deal could value it at $9 billion or more.
2. A top Apple exec is denying an unflattering story from an upcoming book. Phil Schiller says parts of a book about the invention of the iPhone are not true.
3. Despite the high price, Microsoft isn't turning a profit on the new Xbox. The Xbox One X sells for $500 (£392) in the US.
4. Snapchat is struggling to get marketers interested. Only 7% of marketers used Snapchat in Q1 of 2017.
5. Hackers are selling Mac ransomware that could cause "real damage." A security research firm has found Ransomware-as-a-service for sale online.
6. We got a look inside the exclusive, secret version of Tinder for VIPs and celebrities. It's called Tinder Select.
7. Ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says she's looking "forward to using Gmail again." Mayer worked at Google before moving to Yahoo.
8. We tried Nintendo's insane new "Super Mario Game" for the Switch. It lets you throw your hat to possess everything from enemies to dinosaurs.
9. Apple is quietly working on turning your iPhone into a one-stop shop for all your medical info, CNBC reports. The firm reportedly wants it to hold everything from a record of your doctor's appointments to your prescriptions.
10. Some Uber employees still plan to quit, they said on an anonymous app. 103 employees took part in a poll shortly after the firm's all-hands meeting on Tuesday.


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Question: Trump Promises a Revelation on Hacking

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald J. Trump, expressing lingering skepticism about intelligence assessments of Russian interference in the election, said on Saturday evening that he knew “things that other people don’t know” about the hacking, and that the information would be revealed “on Tuesday or Wednesday.”
Speaking to a handful of reporters outside his Palm Beach, Fla., club, Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump cast his declarations of doubt as an effort to seek the truth.
“I just want them to be sure because it’s a pretty serious charge,” Mr. Trump said of the intelligence agencies. “If you look at the weapons of mass destruction, that was a disaster, and they were wrong,” he added, referring to intelligence cited by the George W. Bush administration to support its march to war in 2003. “So I want them to be sure,” the president-elect said. “I think it’s unfair if they don’t know.”
He added: “And I know a lot about hacking. And hacking is a very hard thing to prove. So it could be somebody else. And I also know things that other people don’t know, and so they cannot be sure of the situation.”
When asked what he knew that others did not, Mr. Trump demurred, saying only, “You’ll find out on Tuesday or Wednesday.”
Mr. Trump, who does not use email, also advised people to avoid computers when dealing with delicate material. “It’s very important, if you have something really important, write it out and have it delivered by courier, the old-fashioned way, because I’ll tell you what, no computer is safe,” Mr. Trump said.
“I don’t care what they say, no computer is safe,” he added. “I have a boy who’s 10 years old; he can do anything with a computer. You want something to really go without detection, write it out and have it sent by courier.”
The comments on Saturday were a departure from a statement that Mr. Trump issued through transition officials last week, in which he said that it was time for people to “move on” from the hacking issue but that he would be briefed on the matter by intelligence officials early in the new year.

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'We Don't Know Where He Is': Five States on Alert After Alleged Facebook Killer Promised More Deaths


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Question: Pope backs global nuclear arms ban as U.N. conference sputters

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Pope Francis waves as he leads the Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican March 26, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
VATICAN CITY Pope Francis urged the United Nations on Tuesday to seek the "total elimination" of nuclear weapons, speaking as the United States and some other major powers boycotted a conference considering a global ban.
In a message to the conference that started in New York on Monday, Francis called on nations to "go beyond nuclear deterrence" and have the courage to overcome the "fear and isolationism" he said was prevalent in many countries today.
The United States, Britain, and France are among some 40 countries that have said they will not participate.
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in December - 113 in favour to 35 against, with 13 abstentions -that decided to "negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination" and encouraged all member states to participate.
Francis said international peace and stability "cannot be based on a false sense of security, on the threat of mutual destruction or total annihilation, or on simply maintaining a balance of power".
"We need to go beyond nuclear deterrence: the international community is called upon to adopt forward-looking strategies to promote the goal of peace and stability and to avoid short-sighted approaches to the problems surrounding national and international security," he said.
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said it was not realistic to believe that countries such as North Korea would comply with any treaty.
Analysts say North Korea has likely mastered the technology to power the different stages of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) but is likely still a long way from being able to hit the mainland United States.
Francis, who has made several past appeals for a ban on nuclear weapons, urged countries to avoid the "mutual recrimination and polarization which hinder dialogue rather than encourage it".
(Reporting by Philip Pullella; Editing by Tom Heneghan)

The US president’s decision has larger political consequences beyond the impact on global greenhouse gas emissions, Ban told The Associated Press in Madrid. He said the choice leaves a leadership vacuum in international diplomacy. (AP Photo-file) The US president’s decision has larger political consequences beyond the impact on global greenhouse gas emissions, Ban told The Associated Press in Madrid. He said the choice leaves a leadership vacuum in international diplomacy. (AP Photo-file)
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Donald Trump should stand “on the right side of history” by reconsidering the decision to pull his country out of the Paris climate change accord, a decision Ban called “misguided” and responding to a “short-term vision.”
The US president’s decision has larger political consequences beyond the impact on global greenhouse gas emissions, Ban told The Associated Press in Madrid. He said the choice leaves a leadership vacuum in international diplomacy.
For almost a decade, Ban spearheaded negotiations that led to the pledge of keeping global temperatures from raising another degree Celsius by 2100. Nearly 200 countries signed the agreement in December 2015. Ban today joined more than 50 former world leaders in a statement criticizing Trump administration’s decision.
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Real Madrid came second in their Champions League group
Real Madrid finished second in their Champions League group, with Tottenham coming first.
It meant Zinedine Zidane’s men faced the worrying prospect of being drawn against one of the elite teams of Europe.
And they will need to improve their form if they are to stand a chance of making it through the last-16.
PSG will play away in the first leg, with Real Madrid transfer target Neymar set to strut his stuff at the Bernabeu.
Real are defending champions in this competition, having won the title in the past two seasons.
The first leg will be played on 13/14 or 20/21 February, with the return legs on 6/7 or 13/14 March.
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BOSTON, March 29 Billionaire investor William Ackman told investors that betting on Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc was a "huge mistake" and apologized "deeply and profoundly" for losing so much of his shareholders' money on the investment.
The bet on Valeant left Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management with back-to-back double-digit losses in 2015 and 2016 and tarnished his reputation as one of the hedge fund industry's most talented investors.
Ackman decided to sell his entire position earlier this month, suffering a roughly $4 billion loss since having bought the stake in early 2015.
"My approach to mistakes is that I personally assume 100 percent of the responsibility on behalf of the firm," he wrote in the firm's annual letter released on Tuesday evening.
The 50-year-old manager acknowledged the toll that it has taken on his image and said that he misjudged the management team in place when he bought the stock.
(Reporting by Svea Herbst-Bayliss; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

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Bill Gurley, Benchmark general partner & early Uber investor, discusses his view on Uber after a workplace culture turnaround, Facebook's brand after its data scandal and the state of tech investing.


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MOSCOW Russia has blocked access to several Internet pages promoting what the authorities say is a planned illegal anti-government protest in or near Moscow's Red Square on Sunday.
The planned demonstration would take place a year before a presidential election and a week after the biggest anti-government protests in years ended in hundreds of arrests, including that of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Sunday's organisers describe themselves online as "young people and ordinary students from Moscow" and say they have nothing to do with Navalny, who is serving out a 15-day jail sentence for his role organising the March 26 protests.
As of Friday afternoon, around 2,000 people had signed up online to attend the student protest, which in the authorities' eyes is illegal because its organisers did not seek permission beforehand or agree the venue and timing with them.
A copy of what appeared to be an authentic letter from the prosecutor general's office to the country's communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, was leaked online on Friday asking for access to five Internet pages to be blocked, saying they amounted to calls for "mass disorder" and "extremist activity".
Three of those five pages were blocked on Friday afternoon.
The prosecutor general's office was not immediately available for comment, but its press service confirmed to the TASS news agency it had asked for access to several pages to be blocked because they were advocating illegal protests in Moscow and "in large cities" on April 2.
Roskomdadzor was not immediately available to comment.
President Vladimir Putin, who is expected to run for what would be a fourth term next year, spoke out against the protests on Thursday, saying that anyone who broke the law should be punished.
(Reporting by Andrew Osborn and Maria Tsvetkova; Editing by Jack Stubbs)

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Members of the ultra-nationalist SERB group and the Union of Paratroopers interrupted the screening of a documentary about the war in Ukraine on Sunday, spraying a pungent gas in the auditorium and shouting, “the blood of Donbass residents is on your hands.”
Police evacuated the hall after the groups threatened viewers, hit a woman and covered the projector. The organizers of Artdokfest, an independent documentary film festival, have canceled another film about the war.
Arresting spectacle
The Friday premiere of a ballet about a gay dancer that was postponed amid controversy earlier this year was a "world event" and there was "nothing provocative" in the performance, the Kremlin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Saturday.
The director of “Nureyev,” Kirill Serebrennikov, is currently under house arrest for the alleged embezzlement of government funds.
Pentagon denial
Following Russia’s claim that Syria was liberated from Islamic State, a terrorist group banned in Russia, U.S. military officials told the Kremlin-run Sputnik news portal that IS continues to be a presence in the country.
"Our carefully considered military assessment is that Daesh is still present on both sides of the Euphrates River,” a representative of the Combined Joint Task Force said, adding it was continuing strikes in support of regional militias.
High-priced New Year
The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) has received complaints about the rise in food prices ahead of the New Year's holiday, but says it sees no cause for inspections.
“Food prices are largely determined by supply and demand," FAS said in a statement carried by the state-run RIA Novosti news agency Sunday.
Sex scandals
More than half of Russians have heard of the Hollywood sex scandals involving Harvey Weinstein and 19 percent think it is the “usual practice” in the film industry.
According to the poll by Public Opinion Fund (FOM), a state-funded pollster, 22 percent think the topic is “getting too much attention” and 31 percent think people “shouldn't be exposed” for old sexual harassment incidents.
New Buk
The Interfax news agency reported this weekend that Russia this week will roll out a new anti-aircraft system manufactured by the state-owned Almaz-Antei called the Buk-M3.
The new weapon will be deployed in Kursk region in the Western Military District to bolster the 20th Army.
Ongoing protest
Several thousand supporters turned out to hear presidential hopeful and opposition leader Alexei Navalny in the provincial city of Kaliningrad.
The anti-corruption activist also made appearances in the provincial industrial towns of Kemerovo and Novokuznetsk.


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(CNN) Weight loss is still incredibly challenging for most people, as evidenced by the growing global obesity epidemic.
According to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics , more than two in three US adults are considered overweight (defined as a body-mass index between 25 and 30), and 36.5% of US adults fall into the obese category (BMI greater than 30).
Many people also want to lose weight. According to arecent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, approximately half of overweight and obese adults report that they are trying to lose weight. Which is why my patients often ask, "Why aren't I losing weight?"
There is no simple, universal answer to this question, but after nearly two decades of working with patients trying to lose weight, and with the help of two leaders in the field of nutrition and obesity medicine, I've put together this list of some of the most common behavioral and medical reasons you might not be losing weight, even though you think you are doing everything right. I've also tried to include suggestions to get you on the right track to sustained weight loss.
You have calorie 'amnesia'
This is one of the most common and easy-to-fix issues that I see in my practice: Put simply, people often eat more calories than they realize.
Total calories consumed matters when it comes to weight loss, despite what some popular diets claim. People frequently forget about the little things during or between meals that add up calorically and can interfere significantly with weight loss.
The fix: Keep a food journal or track your food intake with an app. Research shows that this simple behavior can double weight loss, and it often helps my patients break through frustrating weight loss plateaus.
You relax your diet too much on weekends
This is another very common issue that is a bit more challenging to fix, as weekends are generally much less structured and more social than weekdays. Three days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) of more relaxed eating (and in many cases drinking) can easily erase four days of more focused effort.
I don't expect you to be perfect seven days a week, but the majority of successful weight loss maintainers from the National Weight Control Registry (an ongoing study tracking people who have lost at least 30 pounds and kept the weight off for at least a year) maintain a fairly consistent diet throughout the entire week, not just on weekdays.
The fix: Try to limit indulgences if you are trying to lose weight. One night, have a glass of wine or a more indulgent entrée but not both. On another night, split a dessert, skip the wine, and try to choose a healthier entrée. Be careful with having an entire "cheat" meal -- or worse, "cheat" day -- as this can really interfere with weight loss.
Your medication is working against you
Most physicians do not receive adequate training in obesity medicine and nutrition. Many may not be aware that the medications they prescribe may lead to weight gain or make weight loss more challenging.
According to Dr. Caroline Apovian, president of the Obesity Society, frequently prescribed medications that may cause weight gain include Benadryl, Ambien, benzodiazepines, older antidepressant and antipsychotic medications, Paxil, beta-blockers (for high blood pressure), several diabetes medications including insulin, sulfonylureas and thialidazones, and some contraceptive methods, especially Depo-Provera.
The fix: If you are taking any of these medications, talk to your doctor to see whether there is a suitable alternative. (Do not stop any prescribed medication without speaking to your doctor first.) There is a full list of medications that may cause weight gain If you are taking any of these medications, talk to your doctor to see whether there is a suitable alternative. (Do not stop any prescribed medication without speaking to your doctor first.) There is a full list of medications that may cause weight gain available online
You eat too much of a good thing
It is true that recommendations concerning dietary fat have changed in the past decade, and nutrition science has found that unsaturated fat, including nuts, seeds, avocado and olive oil, plays an important role in a healthy diet.
However, you can easily eat too much healthy fat along with other healthy foods, including whole grains.
Fat has more than double the calories of carbohydrates or protein, so fat calories, even if they are healthy, add up more quickly. Whole grains have three times the number of carbohydrates as non-starchy vegetables per serving, so again, portion size matters.
The fix: Practice portion control when it comes to healthy but more calorie-dense foods such as nuts, peanut butter, seeds, avocado, olive oil and whole grains including quinoa, whole-grain cereal and pasta, and brown rice.
Your body is resistant to insulin
This is an issue I often encounter with patients and one that my colleague Dr. Michael Rothkopf, president of the National Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists, confirms is an often overlooked reason for weight loss failure.
It may also require specialized testing to uncover. According to the CDC, approximately 30% of adults and nearly 70% of overweight adults have metabolic syndrome , a constellation of abnormalities strongly associated with insulin resistance and excess insulin production.
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Insulin suppresses the release of stored fat and promotes the formation of fat from sugar. The metabolism of a person who has insulin resistance or insulin excess will be shifted away from fat loss and toward fat storage.
The fix: If you are a woman and your waist circumference is more than 35 inches or you're a man with a waist size greater than 40 inches, talk to your doctor about checking for insulin resistance. If you have it, there may be dietary modifications and medications that could help you lose weight.
There are other potential reasons why the scale may not be budging: short sleep duration, excess sedentary behavior, overeating after workouts, stress eating and eating a highly inflammatory diet filled with processed food and inadequate fruits and vegetables. But the above list should get you started figuring out how to get the scale moving in the right direction.

Now, knowing how to eat healthy doesn't seem quite as straightforward. Especially when there's a new catchy diet every week.
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