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Rosyna Keller cache hit 182:single/related:0a518848a20ac25b8ed9349d07edc523 empty Grey Group has continued to defend its widely criticized smartphone app, “I Sea,” after it was pulled from the Apple App Store earlier this week when two security researchers exposed it as a fraud. The app purported to be a crowdsourced way for people to help migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea by…
06/23/16 01:54 PM EDT Updated 06/23/16 04:29 PM EDT Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is joining CNN as a political commentator, according to a source familiar with the arrangement. It’s a salaried position and will make Lewandowski exclusive to CNN, effective immediately. The hiring comes just three days after Trump fired Lewandowski, ending…
Scotland’s government began moves Friday to hold a new referendum on independence from the U.K. after the “Brexit” vote, saying it faced being taken out of the European Union against its will. Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was among the majority of Scots who voted to “Remain” the European Union. ROBERT PERRY / AFP…
We now know how the country voted as a whole in Thursday’s referendum, but how were demographic factors like age, income, and education reflected in the result? An eve-of-result poll released by YouGov at 10pm last night (which, admittedly, gave Remain a four-point lead) confirms the age/voting intention correlation shown by polls throughout the campaign: EU referendum…
EU referendum full results – find out how your area voted Britain has voted to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%, but Scotland, London and Northern Ireland all had a majority for remain. Find out how each local authority voted Watch: how Britain voted for Brexit Thursday 23 June 2016 16.24 EDT Last modified…
POLITICO Britain’s youth voted Remain Three quarters of British voters aged 24 and under voted against Brexit. By Hortense Goulard 6/24/16, 9:03 AM CET Updated 6/24/16, 3:05 PM CET /.meta /.summary /.story-intro British voters were heavily split based on age and location in Thursday’s EU referendum, with those aged 49 and under favoring Remain, polling indicates. Youths strongly…
In 2009, when Rio de Janeiro won the right to host the 2016 Olympic Games — beating out Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago — Brazil was flying high. Although it had not escaped the consequences of the 2008 financial crisis, it had suffered less economic damage, and come back more quickly, than other countries, including the…
When Watch Dogs, Ubisoft’s fastest selling video game ever, was released in 2014, it captured the hacking spirit of the times. The game’s hacker hero, Aidan Pearce, takes advantage of the connected nature of today’s smart cities to wreak havoc in Chicago while hunting down the organization that killed his niece. The game was so…
Mexico announced it would cut federal spending by 31.7 billion pesos ($167.9 billion), reducing the country’s international funding needs as emerging-market assets worldwide tumble following the U.K.’s decision to leave the European Union. A decision on whether to increase the country’s key interest rate will be made next week at a June 30 board meeting…
Since the shooting at an Orlando nightclub last week that left 49 people dead, reports have emerged that gunman Omar Mateen frequented the gay club, used gay dating apps and had gay lovers. But the FBI has found no evidence so far to support claims by those who say Mateen had gay lovers or communicated…