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How the Duolingo Founders Offered Free Education To Millions

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As stars fill the night sky in Veracruz, Mexico, 23-year-old Uziel Alejandro López kicks back at home to play on his Android smartphone. His thumbs breeze over the brightly colored screen, but this...

Working From Home? 11 Ways To Stay Motivated

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I haven’t had any coworkers in five years now. Well, at least none that I see or hear on a daily basis. I’m a freelance journalist, one of many occupations these days that allows the complete and...

Netflix Can Make The Public To Care About Net Neutrality

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I’m not the first person to say that if you want to get Americans to care about an issue, hit them in their pocketbooks. Which is why Netflix—purveyor of fine streaming content to more than 40...

BlackBerry Stock Surges Surprisingly

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Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry continued its surprising stock rally on Wednesday, bringing it up over 26% over the last three days of trading even as other phone makers and the rest of the...

BART police officer accidentally shot and killed by fellow officer

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A police officer accidentally shot a fellow officer on Tuesday in San Francisco. 42-year old Det. Sgt. Tommy Smith died from the gunshot wound at the Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley.The reason...

Apple iPhone 6 will have 4.8 Inch Screen Says Analyst

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Cowen and Company managing director Timothy Arcuri issued an investor’s note today claiming that his supply chain sources confirm that the screen size for the next iPhone (iPhone 6 or Air or…) will...

Fish Oil seen to Protect the Aging Brain

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We’re all invested in maintaining brain health, particularly over the long haul. Cognitive decline is a too-common side effect of aging, and Alzheimer’s disease is unnervingly prevalent. So it’s...

Google Ad Chief Susan Wojcicki Talks about Next Big Battle

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Straightforward and unflashy, Susan Wojcicki doesn’t come off like the most powerful woman in advertising that Forbes and others have labeled her. When we meet outside her office at the Googleplex in...