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We read it for the articles. You may have heard that beginning with its March issue, scheduled to hit newsstands on Friday, Playboy is doing away with naked women. This might sound like Vogue doing away with fashion, or Cat Fancy doing away with cats, or, frankly, Vanity Fair doing away with movie stars and…
Only a competing Republican debate could have messed this up for CBS — so luckily, it was the network who broadcast this week’s. The network swept the top 10 shows in the ratings, with the exception of The Walking Dead on AMC, which finished third with 13.7M viewers. But the other nine of the top…
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and aftermath of Ankara bombing (all times local): 3:10 p.m. A Turkish Foreign Ministry official say the ambassadors of the five permanent U.N. Security Council member states have been invited to the ministry separately and are being briefed on the…
Download the report: English, Français, Русский, العربية, Türkçe As the conflict in Syria approaches its 6th year, the humanitarian and medical toll of the violence remains appalling. Millions of people have been internally displaced, or have sought refuge abroad. Millions more are trapped in communities that are under siege or hemmed in by the closed…
Instant Articles is a new way for publishers to distribute stories on Facebook An Instant Article is a HTML5 document optimized for fast mobile performance, rich storytelling capabilities, branded design and customized visual display. Through this guide, you’ll learn how to create an Instant Article and use a standardized markup language (similar to XML) to…
After years of apparently dwindling away into the annals of history, the Ku Klux Klan saw something of a resurgence in activity last year, according to a report published by a hate group watchdog. The number of Klan-affiliated groups in America grew to 190 last year, up from 72 in 2014, according to the Southern…
It can be difficult to keep up with all the fads and trends in New York City dining, what with the green juices and the bone marrow and the tiny, tiny cupcakes. But the latest hot cosmopolitan trend is simple: It’s bowls, baby! “Hot, Skinny People Are Ditching Salads for ‘Power Bowls’,” the New York…
This is Episode 7 of Real Future, Fusion’s documentary series about technology and society. More episodes available at realfuture.tv. Hafu Chan is a legend. For the past eight years, she’s been a star in one of the most popular sports in the world: competitive video gaming, known as eSports. And she’s done it while facing…
As revenues continue to decline for newspapers in the U.S. and elsewhere, many have adopted paywalls or digital-subscription models, inspired by the New York Times’ metered access plan. But there have been a number of significant holdouts, and one of the most prominent is The Guardian in Britain. Now, the paper’s CEO says it may…
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s refusal to help the FBI access an encrypted phone is an important and unprecedented event in the long, strained relationship between Silicon Valley and the government. But there is one particular line, near the end of his letter, that sticks out: “We are challenging the FBI’s demands with the deepest respect…