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Friday, June 28, 2019

WIRED Book of the Month: *Fall; or, Dodge in Hell* by Neal Stephenson

In Fall; or, Dodge in Hell, the sci-fi author tracks our inevitable descent into AR-enabled filter bubbles—only to leave it all behind.

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New Balance's Latest Shoes Come With 3D-Printed Soles

3D printing has other benefits besides personalization. It keeps manufacturing in the United States.

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Nene Leakes says she was ‘Asking for a friend’ about ‘Husband’ talking to a ‘female employee’

Fans of Nene Leakes are wondering if the Real Housewives of Atlanta star is having marital trouble with her husband Gregg Leakes after an inquiry online led folks to believe that he was talking to another woman behind her back.

On Wednesday, Nene took to Twitter to ask if a man who talked to a female employee without the wife’s knowledge overstepped his boundaries. But she insists she was asking for a friend. However that didn’t stop her fans from speculating that marital trouble was brewing between the couple, PEOPLE reports.

READ MORE: Nene Leakes says she’s definitely on season 12 of RHOA despite suspension rumors

 

Well since Leakes is the owner of multiple clothing boutiques, she does fit the bill of someone who has employees. Also, her husband has recently finished chemotherapy treatment and during the course of it, the two were at odds on the reality show with Nene lashing out several times on social media about just how “mean” her husband was.

One fan asked who the mystery man was she was referring to.

“@greggleaks?!?” one fan wrote asking with several question marks.

READ MORE: Nene Leakes accuses ‘RHOA’ costar Kim Zolciak-Biermann and family of racism again

Another fan didn’t buy the shade Nene was dishing out.

“Sounds like a story line to get you back to being relevant on RHOA and it sounds like another thing there putting it there to justify you leaving Gregg… you’ve been doing that for quite a while now,” another user tweeted.

“You need to have that deep conversation with Gregg. Before you jump to conclusions. Communication is very important! But, actually listen to what he is saying don’t read anything into your conversation. Pray before you talk to him. Ask GOD to intervene!” another fan said.

Last March, Nene denied rumors that she was splitting with her husband who she was caring for as he battled stage 3 colon cancer at the time.

READ MORE: NeNe Leakes claps back at reports of split with husband

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5 Queer People on How They Found Their Chosen Families

Whether online or IRL, here's how five LGBTQ+ people found their community.

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Want Your Kid to Play Pro Soccer? Sign Her Up for Basketball

Elite athletes are specializing in their sports earlier and earlier, but some sports medicine experts say that won't help you make it to the pros.

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Taser Maker Says It Won't Use Facial Recognition in Bodycams

Axon, the maker of Tasers and police bodycams, said it won't deploy facial recognition systems, after a company ethics board recommended against it.

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Africa Cup of Nations: What to look out for on day eight in Egypt

Algeria beat Senegal to reach the last 16 in the Africa Cup of Nations on Thursday, but which other favourites clash on day eight?

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What is behind Mali's massacres?

Mali is in the grip of increased Islamist and ethnic violence. Are the current strategies working?

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The Terrifying Unknowns of an Exotic Invasive Tick

The Asian longhorned tick showed up in the US last year and has flourished in unexpected places. And it's biting humans.

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Senators Try—Again—to Solve the Nuclear Waste Debacle

A bipartisan group is trying to find a place, or perhaps many places, to bury nuclear waste by making it harder for everyone to say no.

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DR Congo copper and cobalt miners killed in Kolwezi

The governor of Lualaba province says the fatalities are "clandestine artisanal diggers".

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Thursday, June 27, 2019

Why is an African chief's skull mentioned in the Versailles Treaty?

Chief Mkwawa died 16 years before WW1 began but his skull was mentioned in the treaty that ended the conflict.

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Steven Levy on Jony Ive’s Design Legacy

Apple’s lead designer, who retired from the company, changed the expectations not just of technology design, but the role of design in consumer products.

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Africa's top shots: 21-27 June 2019

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

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Tunisia President Beji Caid Essebsi suffers 'severe health crisis'

The world's oldest president, aged 92, won Tunisia's first free presidential elections in 2014.

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That Viral 'Gyro Drop' Ride Was Fake. Here's How You Can Tell

A popular video about an amusement park ride with a crazy drop turned out to be fake. This physics analysis spells it out.

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Did Cory Booker side-eye Beto O’Rourke for upstaging him by speaking Spanish first?

Today’s water cooler conversation about last night’s Democratic presidential debate likely centered on the moment Beto O’Rourke made Cory Booker almost lose his religion with what appeared to be a dirty look when the Texas congressman broke out and spoke Spanish.

Booker became an instant meme when he seemed to size up O’Rourke’s Spanish-speaking skills with a side-eye that was heard around the internet Wednesday night, TIME reports.

Perhaps Booker wasn’t feeling that O’Rourke beat him to the punch since he’s bilingual himself and often speaks Spanish in interviews with Univision.

READ MORE: Beto O’Rourke does mea culpa on The View; hints Stacey Abrams could be running mate

Twitter quickly took note though of Booker’s not-so-poker-face.

“Cory Booker watching Beto speak Spanish is shook honey,” one person commented.

Booker himself took it in stride when he commented about it later on CNN.

Wednesday night while Booker’s reaction took center stage, there were other candidates who fought for position  and pleaded their case to become President, including: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, former HUD Secretary Julián Castro, former Maryland Rep. John Delaney, Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Booker did have a time to shine and ultimately spoke some Spanish in his response, but it wasn’t as well-received as O’Rourke’s Spanish moment was and more so became the focus of social media memes.

Two other candidates found the moment laughable too. They get to hit the stage Thursday night in the second round of the debate.

 

On Thursday night, taking the stage will be Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet; former Vice President Joe Biden; South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg; New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand; California Sen. Kamala Harris; former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper; Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders; California Rep. Eric Swalwell; writer and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson and entrepreneur Andrew Yang. Español

READ MORE: Kamala Harris pressed to get more personal about why she’s running for president

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Desalination Is Booming as Cities Run out of Water

In California alone there are 11 desalination plants, with 10 more proposed. But there are big downsides to making seawater drinkable.

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Repour Wine Saver Review: A Cheap Way to Keep Your Wine from Spoiling

This simple gadget keeps a bottle of wine tasting fresh for days on end.

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8 Essential Books in the Queer Comics Canon

Want more comics with LGBTQ+ characters? Start here.

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