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July 16, 2015
Who Serves The Best Burger In America?
Nominate your favorite burger chain, and it may appear in our Best Burger bracket next week.
Which U.S. restaurant chain serves the most delicious burger? We want your nominations! Send us your choice using the box below, and it may appear next week in our best burger bracket.
Amazon's Prime Day Sales Broke Black Friday Records
The sales holiday yielded more than 34 million purchases worldwide.
Yesterday's much-vaunted Prime Day—which coupled a P.T. Barnum-style marketing blitz with a discount arms race—apparently went very, very well for Amazon.
Facebook Will Let You Bookmark Videos With "Watch Later" Button
Watch out, YouTube.
In yet another play to outmaneuver YouTube, Facebook is now testing a "Watch Later" feature for videos on its desktop edition, TechCrunch reports.
Auto Update: How "Teen Driver" Hopes To Give Cars A Major System Upgrade
GM insists the parental control program isn't "Big Brother," but a way to usher in more complex automotive software upgrades.
"Okay, unbuckle your seat belt," the GM spokesman tells me over the din of a cranked Sirius station. I undo the belt of the 2016 Chevy Malibu. In a "click," the radio stops instantly.
July 15, 2015
ZestFinance Is Providing Loans For Middle Class-Americans Denied By Banks
A finance tech company thinks machine learning can change the way loans are issued.
A data-centric financial tech company is now trying predictive analytics in a new realm: "near-prime" lending for customers with credit records that are not quite good enough for conventional bank loans.
Hacker Site Darkode Shut Down By Authorities
Global law enforcement teamed up to shutter a popular cybercriminal web forum.
The FBI, working with law enforcement authorities abroad, just busted a large hacker forum. The site, called Darkode, was used to trade stolen data and to distribute hacker and spammer tools.
Netflix's Second-Quarter Earnings Are In, And International Viewers Matter
The streaming platform now boasts 65.6 million subscribers globally.
Netflix reported its quarterly results today—and it's good news for the company. The streaming platform's subscriber numbers, both in the U.S. and in foreign markets, indicate the direction the company's original content will take in the face of competition from Amazon, HBO, and other on-demand services.
Here Are The First Up-Close Photos Of Pluto
Mountains! Canyons! Ice!
NASA has released the first shots of Pluto from yesterday's flyby, taken from its New Horizons space probe. Look through the slideshow above to see the stunning shots.
Is Subsidized Internet For The Poor Finally Here?
New proposals from the FCC & AT&T could bring broadband Internet to millions of low-income Americans.
The White House unveiled an effort this morning to expand broadband access to low-income households. Under a new federal program called ConnectHome, low-cost broadband connections (even including free Google Fiber access in some markets) will be offered to low-income families in markets across the country. Expanding broadband access means access to job opportunities, homework help, and communication with family and loved ones they wouldn't otherwise have.
Today Is Amazon Prime Day
Amazon's invented sales holiday is in full swing.
Prime Day is here: To celebrate its 20th birthday, Amazon is slashing prices left and right, serving up even more sales than it did on Black Friday. Deals are available through the end of the day—but only to the Prime members who pay $99 for a yearly subscription.
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