A teenage 'Fortnite' player found Apple's FaceTime bug

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Plan to tax the super-rich has been tried before. Here's what happened

Versions of a "wealth tax" proposed by the 2020 hopeful have been put in place in a number of countries. Most have gotten rid of them. | Continue reading


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A teenager found Apple's FaceTime bug – and why it was so hard to report it

Grant Thompson just wanted to play "Fortnite" and chat with friends. His discovery led Apple to suspend a popular iPhone feature. | Continue reading


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Quitting the internet won't solve its problems: they reflect human problems

Everything you hate about online culture is created and maintained by other people. | Continue reading


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Scientists discover 'Farout,' the most distant solar system object ever seen

The pinkish dwarf planet is more than 100 times farther from the sun than Earth is — and almost four times more distant than Pluto. | Continue reading


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New solar flare simulation reveals dazzling beauty of dangerous eruptions

"This research is teaching us how the sun evolves, and how it affects our daily lives." | Continue reading


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More Americans believe in global warming – but they won't pay much to fix it

Most Americans are unwilling to pay $10 a month to fight climate change, a survey found. | Continue reading


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Officials rejected Kushner for top secret clearance, were overruled

Jared Kushner was rejected for a top secret clearance by 2 career security specialists, but their supervisor overruled them and approved him, say sources. | Continue reading


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Officials rejected Kushner for top secret security clearance, but were overruled

Jared Kushner was rejected for a top secret clearance by 2 career security specialists, but their supervisor overruled them and approved him, say sources. | Continue reading


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American justice system ignores science in the pursuit of convictions

Forensic techniques including bite-mark comparisons and blood-spatter analysis have sent dozens of innocent people to prison. | Continue reading


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U.S. ramping up probe against Julian Assange, WikiLeaks says

Federal prosecutors have formally approached people in the U.S., Germany and Iceland and pressed them to testify against Assange, according to WikiLeaks. | Continue reading


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Venezuela's Maduro cuts off U.S. relations after Trump backs opposition leader

Maduro said his government was breaking relations with the United States and gave diplomatic personnel 72 hours to leave the country. | Continue reading


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Paying for funerals impossible for many poor families

Stories illustrate how the funeral homes now under scrutiny may have ended up having so many remains and why it is that families didn't notice. | Continue reading


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Egypt builds a new capital city to replace Cairo

It will feature a "smart traffic system," a huge green space bigger than New York’s Central Park, a mega-mall and housing for 6.5 million people. | Continue reading


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State-by-state study links gun ownership with youth suicide

“The availability of firearms is contributing to an increase in the actual number of suicides," one researcher said. | Continue reading


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Key West moves to ban sunscreens that could damage reefs

Some studies have shown that the chemicals encourage coral bleaching. | Continue reading


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Even a little marijuana may change teen brain, study finds

Researchers say even one or two joints cause changes in areas of the brain involved in emotion-related processing, learning and forming memories. | Continue reading


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New Picture of Ice-Filled Crater on Mars

The Korolev Crater is almost 51 miles wide and more than a mile deep — and full of ice that never melts. | Continue reading


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Steam-powered spaceship could cruise the cosmos indefinitely

Scientists say the microwave-sized craft would suck its watery fuel right out of the asteroids, planets and moons it's exploring. | Continue reading


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Decades later, hair-raising photo still a reminder of lightning danger

The photo has been reprinted, posted and passed around for decades: Two grinning brothers, hair standing on end, unaware that they were minutes away from being struck by lightning while climbing Moro Rock in California’s Sequoia National Park.“We were from San Diego and really st … | Continue reading


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Of all the voices we heard from on Tuesday night, the freshman lawmaker's was by far the most compelling. And she's not going anywhere. | Continue reading


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Revelation about data sales spur renewed calls for regulation

One mobile data industry executive told NBC News, "The third parties that have this stuff are happy to sell it to anyone.” | Continue reading


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JetSmarter tried to be the Uber of private jets

A CNBC investigation: JetSmarter, a start-up that claimed to revolutionize jet travel, was actually losing millions of dollars a month and failing to deliver on its promises. | Continue reading


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The 'doomsday' scenario: what happens if the shutdown drags on

Economists warn that a catastrophe is in the making if the partial government closure continues for weeks or months. | Continue reading


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Biggest drop in US fertility rate in recent history

Government researchers did not offer an explanation, but experts cited factors including changing economics and fewer teen pregnancies. | Continue reading


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Government shutdown stops FDA food safety inspections

"There are important things we are not doing," FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb says. | Continue reading


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Steel prototype for border wall cut through with saw, photo shows

NBC News obtained a photo showing results of a test on a steel wall prototype. | Continue reading


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Man allegedly stole roommate's winning $10M lottery ticket

The winner originally thought he had won $10,000. The ticket ended up being worth a lot more. | Continue reading


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He lures alleged child predators and shames them on Facebook

Shane Erdmann started the online vigilante operation POPSquad, one of many similar groups tapping into a hunger for vengeance. | Continue reading


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Grindr harassment suit could change legal landscape for tech and free speech

Months of harassment led Matthew Herrick to file a lawsuit against the dating app — and he's using laws meant to protect consumers from dangerous products to do so. | Continue reading


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Mark your calendars: 2019 spaceflight events you don't want to miss

If 2018 was a busy one for spaceflight, the coming year promises to be even busier. | Continue reading


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Fact Check: Did the U.S. catch 4,000 terrorists at the border in 2018?

Said one ex-official, "Terrorists trying to infiltrate the U.S. across our southern border was more of a theoretical vulnerability than an actual one." | Continue reading


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Giant California utility PG&E facing wildfire claims explores going bankrupt

The company has said it could face "significant liability" if its equipment was found to have caused last year's wildfires. | Continue reading


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Cigarette butts are the single greatest source of ocean trash

Cigarette butts have long been the single most collected item on the world’s beaches, with a total of more than 60 million collected over 32 years. | Continue reading


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UVa tells Latina sorority studying 25 hours a week is hazing, lawsuit says

A Latina sorority says it was wrongly punished for hazing by the University of Virginia after requiring its members to study 25 hours a week. | Continue reading


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Bashing Beto O'Rourke (and every other Democrat) doesn't help liberals' cause in 2020. It only helps Trump. | Continue reading


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For-profit college cancels $500M in student debt after fraud allegations

The settlement stems from allegations that Career Education Corporation lied about job placement rates and misled prospective students. | Continue reading


@nbcnews.com | 5 years ago

For-profit college cancels $500M in student debt after fraud allegations

The settlement stems from allegations that Career Education Corporation lied about job placement rates and misled prospective students. | Continue reading


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How my house went a year without buying stuff we don't need

We combined two households under one small roof. But there's no use in purging if you keep purchasing. | Continue reading


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How my house went a year without buying stuff we don't need

We combined two households under one small roof. But there's no use in purging if you keep purchasing. | Continue reading


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Legal marijuana made big promises on racial equity – and fell short

“Time is really up on selling your business dream as a social justice movement,” said the president of the Minority Cannabis Business Association. | Continue reading


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Netflix movie 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' to change the way we watch TV – again

This weekend’s major release introduces an entirely new way to experience entertainment. | Continue reading


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3,000+ patients at New Jersey surgery center possibly exposed to HIV, hepatitis

The patients may have been exposed to blood-borne illnesses due to "lapses in infection control in sterilization," according to the surgery center. | Continue reading


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Computer virus hits newspapers coast-to-coast

"It’s likely that the issues will affect the process of printing and delivering the Sunday newspapers as well," the Los Angeles Times said in a statement. | Continue reading


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Computer virus hits Southern California newspapers

"It’s likely that the issues will affect the process of printing and delivering the Sunday newspapers as well," the Los Angeles Times said in a statement. | Continue reading


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By the time a kid is 13, adtech companies have collected 72M data points on them

“You really now need an entirely separate internet, that is based around allowing children to remain anonymous,” said SuperAwesome CEO Dylan Collins. | Continue reading


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Elon Musk's Boring Co Tunnel Uses 100 Year Old Rollercoaster Tech

"It seems like they've built essentially a side-friction roller coaster," an expert said. | Continue reading


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Gender equality in the nursery is key to gender equality in workplace

In the 21st century, both men and women are needed in the workplace and the nursery. Because when the male hand also rocks the cradle, the world wins. | Continue reading


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