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Zuckerberg donates $25 million to fight Ebola

Zuckerberg donates $25 million to fight Ebola

The money will go to the CDC Foundation, the charitable organization that raises and distributes funds on behalf the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to public health organizations. "We need to get Ebola under control in the near term so that it doesn't spread further and become a long ter

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Apple and Facebook offer to freeze eggs for female employees

Apple and Facebook offer to freeze eggs for female employees

Apple and Facebook are offering to freeze eggs for female employees in an effort to attract more women on to their staff. Apple, the world’s most valuable brand, said it would offer the perk to US-based staff from January. “Apple cares deeply about our employees and their families, and we are always

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Amazon and Its Missing Books

Amazon and Its Missing Books

Her statement was greeted with ridicule and outrage in the places on the Internet where those who use Amazon’s self-publishing platform hang out. Here are a few of the more printable commentsfrom the Passive Voice blog: “She’s just mostly lying right there. That is all. LYING,” wrote Mir, an Amazon

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French Bank to Allow Sending Money With Tweets

French Bank to Allow Sending Money With Tweets

Groupe BPCE, one of the country’s largest banks, will introduce a service on Tuesday that allows individuals to send money with just a few clicks on the social network. The product, which will be available only to people with French bank accounts and cellphone numbers, will link individuals’ Twitter

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YouTube Takes Manhattan

YouTube Takes Manhattan

The elevator in Chelsea Market that serves the YouTube office there was not ready to go to the production space one floor above, so we ended up at the freight elevator, which opened partway, closed and then left, before it took us to the studio. “It’s a work in progress,” Ms. Aston said, smiling. Th

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Smart battery tells you when it's about to explode

Smart battery tells you when it's about to explode

Lithium-ion batteries power our laptops, cellphones, and electric cars. They are compact and rechargeable, but with a significant drawback: Occasionally, the batteries burst into flames. In 2013, Boeing grounded an entire fleet of planes after the lithium-ion batteries on two aircrafts caught fire.

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