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Microsoft on Friday said consumers would become coal mine canaries who turn up bugs and problems in each Windows 10 update months before businesses have to commit to the fixes. In a blog post that outlined enterprise options for deploying Windows 10’s faster update tempo, Microsoft formalized what has been a long-standing practice by savvy…
Today in People Are Horrible, comedian Kamau Bell was accused of pan-handling from his own wife and her friends because he is black and she is white. Stereotypes, come on down! Earlier this week, Bell went to a restaurant called Elmwood Cafe in Berkeley, California for a birthday breakfast with his wife, Dr. Melissa Hudson…
(Photo : Facebook/Law and Order SVU) Read below for “Law and Order: SVU” news, spoilers, or recaps. In an upcoming episode of “Law and Order: SVU,” the series will take on the real-life problem of female intimidation in the gaming world. Episode 14, “Intimidation Game” follows the harassment of a female video game developer and…
Miracles 01.31.15 The Super Bowl of Toilets Want definitive proof we live in the future? The information researchers can glean from flushed toilets at halftime of the Super Bowl is exactly, disgustingly that. As with every mega event in America, our Super Bowl excesses will be on display this Feb. 1—eating, drinking, yelling and frequent…
Via NYC Department of Health A student at Bard College in Dutchess County has been diagnosed with measles, just days after taking an Amtrak train out of Penn Station. The unidentified student reportedly took the aforementioned train on January 25th, and though it appears he or she ended up back at Bard, the train traveled…
“I’ve been invited to speak at a conference in Portugal this March,” I casually say to Tom as we’re sitting on the couch, watching episodes of Fargo. “Is it okay if I go?” Of course, I don’t need his permission to travel at all; I’m an independent woman, and travel is part of my job….
by Jessica Goldstein Posted on January 30, 2015 at 12:30 pm Updated: January 30, 2015 at 3:11 pm “Acclaimed Novelist Sells 30 Million Books, Is Remembered For Her Physical Appearance In Obituary” Colleen McCullough, 1977. CREDIT: AP Colleen McCullough wrote 25 novels. Her The Thorn Birds sold 30 million copies worldwide for $1.9 million, then a…
If you’re one of the many Americans who couldn’t care less which group of grown men is better at surprise bear hugs and rolling in the grass, Dish DVR is granting you a big Super Bowl surprise with Reverse AutoHop. Now, you can cut out all that garbage footballfrom this year’s Super Bowl, and gorge…
As Verizon inches towards the end of its long-promised FiOS expansion, we can finally get a look at all the places these heavily trumpeted fiber cables have actually ended up. Behold the final(ish) Verizon FiOS Fiber map. It’s bleak as hell. The map itself comes from Fiber For All (you can see the full interactive…
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a state memorial ceremony for late Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon on January 29, 2015. (Gil Cohen Magen/AFP/Getty Images) The political ramifications are clear: House Speaker John Boehner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a colossal mistake by conspiring behind President Obama’s back, and the move has ricocheted…