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iPHONE 7 AND APPLE WATCH
SERIES 2 BREAK COVER
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SONY UNVEILS 2
UPDATED PLAYSTATIONS:
PRO AND SLIM VERSIONS
LOW TAXES AT
DOZENS OF FIRMS
IN SPOTLIGHT
AFTER APPLE
RULING
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CROWDFUNDED CLASSROOMS:
TEACHERS INCREASINGLY
SOLICIT ONLINE
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TECH MAY HELP STEER OLDER DRIVERS DOWN A SAFER ROAD 08
HALT AND CATCH FIRE: BATTERY WOES GO WELL BEYOND SAMSUNG 22
SAMSUNG VR EXEC WELCOMES COMPETITION TO BOOST AWARENESS 28
GE UPS ITS DIGITAL GAME, SNARING TWO 3-D PRINTING COMPANIES 32
WHAT IF: HACKS, EMAIL LEAKS COULD SWAY ELECTION WEEKS AWAY 48
DRONES SWOOP DOWN PARIS’ CHAMPS-ELYSEES IN FESTIVAL 70
RUSSIAN BLOGGER JAILED FOR PLAYING ‘POKEMON GO’ FILES APPEAL 72
ON VIEW AT TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL: THE FUTURE OF MOVIES 74
BOX OFFICE TOP 20: ‘DON’T BREATHE’ STAYS NO. 1 AGAIN 102
BROOKS TO INTRO ‘YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN,’ TALK WILDER IN OCT. 112
SCIENCE: EUROPE’S ROSETTA PROBE FINDS LOST PHILAE LANDER ON COMET 122
HEALTH - OBAMA LEGACY: QUIET BUT BIG CHANGES IN ENERGY, POLLUTION 130
TELEFONICA EYES SALE OF MINORITY STAKE IN BRITAIN’S O2 140
NOTIFICATIONS SENT FOLLOWING FISHING LICENSE DATA BREACH 152
VOLVO CARS, AUTOLIV TEAM UP TO DEVELOP AUTONOMOUS DRIVING 156
TOP 10 APPS 82
iTUNES REVIEW 86
TOP 10 SONGS 142
TOP 10 ALBUMS 144
TOP 10 MUSIC VIDEOS 146
TOP 10 TV SHOWS 148
TOP 10 BOOKS 150

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TECH MAY HELP
STEER OLDER
DRIVERS DOWN A
SAFER ROAD
Older drivers may soon be traveling a safer road
thanks to smarter cars that can detect oncoming
traic, steer clear of trouble and even hit the
brakes when a collision appears imminent.
A few of these innovations, such as blind-spot
warning systems, are already built in or ofered
as optional features in some vehicles, primarily
in more expensive models.
But more revolutionary breakthroughs are
expected in the next few years, when measures
such as robotic braking systems are supposed to
become standard features in all cars on U.S. roads.
Better technology, of course, can help prevent
drivers of all ages from getting into accidents.
But those in their 70s and older are more likely
to become confused at heavily traicked
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intersections and on-ramps. Aging also frequently
limits a body’s range of motion, making it more
diicult to scan all around for nearby vehicles and
other hazards. And older drivers tend to be more
fragile than their younger counterparts, sufering
more serious injuries in traic accidents.
“Anything that reduces the likelihood or severity
of a collision is really a technology that is primed
for helping tomorrow’s older adults,” says Bryan
Reimer, research scientist for the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology’s AgeLab and associate
director of the New England University
Transportation Center. “We are moving
toward an ecosystem where older adults will
increasingly be supported by the technology
that may help enhance their mobility.”
Automakers are rolling out more technology just
as the irst members of the culture-shifting Baby
Boom generation turn 70 this year. By 2030, the
U.S. Census Bureau expects there will be nearly
54 million people who are 70 or older living in
the country, up from about 31 million in 2014.
About 80 percent of that group is expected to be
licensed to drive, based on current trends, and
that ratio could rise even higher if technology
lets elderly people remain behind the wheel and
preserve a sense of independence longer.
The presence of safety technology will be a key
consideration for three-fourths of the drivers
older than 50 who plan to buy a car in the next
two years, according to a recent survey by auto
insurer The Hartford and MIT AgeLab. In an
indication that priorities are shifting, only onethird
of the surveyed 50-and-older drivers who
bought a car during the past two years focused
on safety technology.
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The push to engineer self-driving cars has
helped heighten awareness about the role
technology can play in eliminating the human
error that causes most accidents.
Google, now part of Alphabet Inc., ignited the
self-driving car research seven years ago when
it began working on autonomous vehicles in a
secret laboratory. Now, most automakers and
other major technology companies, including
Apple and Uber, are also working on selfdriving
technology, though there is still wide
disagreement over when robotic chaufeurs will
be ready - and legally cleared - to assume sole
responsibility for navigating public roads.
Google aims to have its fully autonomous
vehicles cruising around by 2020. That objective
is considered too ambitious by many auto
industry executives and experts who believe
self-driving cars are a decade or more away from
becoming a reality.
In the meantime, plenty of other technology
should be widely available for older drivers.
Earlier this year, the auto industry vowed to
make automated emergency brakes a standard
feature by September 2022, but it won’t be
that long before the technology is widely
available. Toyota plans to build it into most
models, including its Lexus brand, by the end
of next year.
Cameras on a dashboard screen that
show what’s behind the car have become
commonplace in recent years and will be
mandatory on all new cars by May 2018. The
equipment is expected to be especially helpful
for older drivers with a limited range of motion.
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Other technology expected to assist older
drivers includes automated parking, and
adaptive headlights that swivel in the same
direction as the steering wheel and adjust
the beams’ intensity depending on driving
conditions and oncoming traic.
Robotic systems that temporarily assist with
highway driving already are available, most
notably in Tesla Motors’ high end Model S. The
electric-car maker released its Autopilot feature
last fall, prompting some Model S owners to
entrust more of the driving to the robot than
Tesla recommends while the system is still
in testing mode. For instance, some drivers
have posted pictures of themselves reading
a newspaper or book with the Model S on
Autopilot, or even sitting in the back seat.
In May, an Ohio man was killed when a Model
S in Autopilot mode crashed into the side of
a tractor-trailer while traveling 9 mph above
the speed limit on a highway near Gainesville,
Florida. Federal investigators are looking into
the cause.
Highly publicized incidents like that may make it
more diicult to persuade older drivers to trust
the technology coming to their cars.
Older drivers also will need help understanding
its beneits and how to use it, says Dale Rife,
senior adviser to AARP. To help, AARP is planning
to put more focus on car technology in its
37-year-old driver safety programs.
“This evolution is going to accelerate in the
next few years,” Rife predicts, “but people fear
what they don’t understand. And if they don’t
understand it, they will just avoid it.”
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SONY UNVEILS 2 UPDATED
PLAYSTATIONS: PRO AND
SLIM VERSIONS
Sony is unveiling a slimmer, lighter, cheaper
version of its PlayStation 4, as well as a Pro
device targeted at hardcore gamers that
features high-resolution images and a
1-terabyte hard drive.
The Japanese electronics company revealed
the long-rumored updates to its video game
console at an event in New York’s Times
Square Wednesday.
The slimmer, more energy-eicient PS4
efectively replaces the existing model. It
will cost $300, down from $350 for the
previous version, and go on sale on Sept.
15 in most markets.
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The PlayStation Pro will cost $400 and go on sale
Nov. 10, in time for the holiday shopping season.
It will ofer 4K gaming, displaying hyper-realistic
graphics and immersive visuals - as long as it is
hooked up to a HDR, or high dynamic range TV.
At the same time, Sony executives stressed that
gamers will not need a HDR or 4K TV to be able
to play games on the console.
Sony says more than 40 million units of the
PlayStation 4 have sold to date.
The event was short - less than an hour - featuring
just three speakers and a cacophony of lashy
gameplay displays. It’s a sign that the video
game industry is moving toward more frequent,
smaller updates for its consoles, replacing the
decades-old tradition of brand-new systems
coming out every seven years or so, as consumers
become accustomed to frequent upgrades to
smartphones and other gadgets.
In another sign of this new reality, Microsoft
Corp. unveiled the Xbox One S, a slimmer
update to its Xbox One console, in June at
the Electronic Entertainment Expo, where
new consoles are traditionally unveiled. It
also hyped Project Scorpio, a more powerful
version due in 2017 that will ofer virtual
reality and 4K gaming, just like the PlayStation
Pro. Releasing the Pro before the new Xbox
gives Sony an edge over its rival for the
holiday season.
Both the Xbox One and PS4 were released in
November 2013.
Gartner Analyst Jon Erensen noted that
there was “not a lot of discussion” about the
beneits of upgrading to the PlayStation Pro for
gamers who already own a PS4. It will likely be
hardcore gamers who buy the new console.
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HALT AND CATCH FIRE: BATTERY WOES
GO WELL BEYOND SAMSUNG
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Samsung’s Note 7 isn’t the only gadget to catch
ire thanks to lithium-battery problems, which
have alicted everything from iPhones to Tesla
cars to Boeing jetliners. Blame chemistry and the
fact that the batteries we rely on for everyday
life are prone to leaking and even bursting
into lame if damaged, defective or exposed to
excessive heat.
That’s because lithium-ion batteries store a
lot of energy in a tiny space, with combustible
components separated by ultra-thin walls.
If something happens to those separators,
a chemical reaction can quickly escalate
out of control.
Samsung hasn’t speciied exactly what caused
the ires that led to the recall of 2.5 million
Galaxy Note 7s Thursday beyond calling it a
“battery cell issue .”
Still, lithium batteries are so ubiquitous that
ordinary users of phones and computers
shouldn’t worry. Research suggests that you’re
more likely to get hurt by a kitchen grease ire or
a drunk driver than the battery powering your
iPhone, Kindle or laptop.
“It’s not like we live in a world where people’s
smartphones spontaneously combust,” said
Ramon Llamas, research manager of research
irm IDC’s mobile phones team. He said owners
of Galaxy Note 7s should err on the side of
caution and contact Samsung for a replacement
that doesn’t run the same risk.
Here’s a look at other notable incidents when
lithium batteries by themselves or in electronics
have caused problems.
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ON AIRPLANES
There have been dozens of aircraft ires caused
by lithium batteries, so many that the batteries
are no longer welcome as cargo on passenger
lights. In one of the most recent incidents, a Fiji
Airways Boeing 737 was preparing for takeof
from Melbourne, Australia, when smoke was
discovered coming from the cargo bay. The
plane was evacuated and the cargo unloaded.
The source of the ire turned out to be lithiumion
batteries in a passenger’s checked bags.
Hoverboards and e-cigarettes are banned from
lights for the same reason.
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TESLA
In August, a Tesla electric car caught ire during
a promotional tour in southwest France. Tesla
said in a statement that it is “working with the
authorities to establish the facts” about the ire.
The driver was quoted in local newspaper Sud
Ouest as saying he answered a Facebook ad
ofering test drives of the Model S sedan. The
driver said he saw smoke, and the three people
aboard got out before seeing it catch ire.
Tesla hasn’t oicially found fault with the
battery. But in 2013 , it faced questions when
several Model S sedans caught ire after road
debris damaged their batteries. Tesla wound up
strengthening the battery shield on new and
existing cars.
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HOVERBOARDS
Hoverboards, or self-balancing scooters, have
been linked with at least 99 electrical ires
in the U.S., according to the the Consumer
Product Safety Commission. Hoverboards
might be more susceptible than other products
to battery ires because they come under
more duress than other electronic devices like
computers. Amazon, Best Buy and other retailers
dumped the products after videos of burning
hoverboards went viral. But they reopened sales
this year after passing new ire-safety tests.
COMPUTER BATTERIES
In June HP recalled nearly 50,000 HP, Compaq,
HP ProBook, HP ENVY, Compaq Presario, and
HP Pavilion computers after seven reports of
battery packs overheating, melting or charring,
including four reports of property damage
totaling about $4,000.
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SAMSUNG VR
EXEC WELCOMES
COMPETITION
TO BOOST
AWARENESS
Samsung just released its third virtual-reality
headset for its Galaxy phones, while Facebook’s
Oculus business and HTC have been shipping
more powerful systems connected to high-end
personal computers. Sony also has an upcoming
system for its PlayStation game console.
Yet many people still haven’t experienced VR.
Tom Harding, Samsung’s U.S. director of
immersive products and virtual reality, spoke
recently about VR, including eforts to improve
interaction and comfort. The transcript has been
edited for length and clarity.
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Image: Kim Jin
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Q: How would you characterize the year in VR?
A: We’ve seen the arrival of high-end PC virtual
reality. We will see the arrival of virtual reality
for game consoles. It helps grow awareness. It
excites developers even further to invest time
and money in developing premium titles.
Q: What do you think of competition from other
VR headsets, including Google’s upcoming
Daydream system?
A: The market is large enough to welcome
multiple types of VR experiences. Anything we
can do to expand awareness is positive.
Q: Will the lack of a hand-held controller for
Samsung’s Gear VR be a problem?
A: Developers are working out the best way
to interact in virtual reality. The latest Gear
VR headset has a new type of USB connector
that will open up a ton of possibilities,
including new ways to interact. Everyone’s
really experimenting.
Q: How else are you improving the experience?
A: The Oculus home button was delivered based
on feedback from users who say, “I don’t want
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to hold down the back button to get back to
the home.” You will also see a lot of reinements
based on consumer feedback - for example,
comfortable padding, an even wider ield of
view and even subtle things like the insides
being black.
Q: Why do you need a fancy $100 headset when
you can get a free or cheap cardboard version?
A: One of the strengths of Gear VR is we’re not
leveraging an existing sensor on the phone.
The sensor on the Gear VR is a dedicated sensor
just for checking in and sampling your head
position. It’s been calibrated to virtual reality.
We can guarantee that when you move your
head, the screen can keep up. Everything will be
ultra-smooth.
Q: How important is giving away headsets
as part of promotions as opposed to
making money?
A: It’s a new piece of technology. The work we
did with promoting is a really great way to bring
people to VR and give people a taste of what VR
could be. Nothing is quite like trying it for the
irst time yourself in understanding what VR is.
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GE UPS ITS
DIGITAL GAME,
SNARING TWO
3-D PRINTING
COMPANIES
General Electric is continuing its push into the
digital realm, spending $1.4 billion to acquire
two European 3-D printing companies.
At the same time, it’s upping its old-school
manufacturing capabilities with technology that
will allow it to quickly punch out components
for the automotive, airline and health industries
at the whim of any client.
The Fairield, Conn. company said Tuesday that
it expects the acquisition of Arcam AB and SLM
Solutions Group AB to boost revenue within its
3-D printing business to $1 billion by 2020.
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GE has shed most of its inancial service business
to focus on its high-tech industrial operations.
It had, before the deal announced Tuesday,
invested $1.5 billion in 3-D manufacturing
technologies since 2010.
Last February, in a letter to shareholders, GE
Chairman and CEO Jefrey Immelt promised
an earnings boost and payout to shareholders
while detailing his vision of a more nimble,
technology-based company. Once the most
valuable company in the world, GE’s market
value has declined by about $70 billion during
the past decade.
Shares of General Electric Co., which are up
more than 23 percent this year, slipped about 1
percent in midday trading.
Analyst Kenneth Wong at Citi noted that
GE paid a premium of about 36 percent for
SLM Solutions and more than 53 percent
for Arcam and investors took note, boosting
shares of other 3-D printing companies. 3D
Systems shares jumped more than 6 percent
and Stratasys rose about 5 percent in midday
trading Tuesday.
In its 2016 report, Wohlers Associates, an
independent 3-D printing technology
consulting irm, says the industry grew by $1
billion for the second year in a row, to more than
$5 billion. The number of manufacturers selling
industrial-grade 3-D printers doubled from 2011
to 2015 and that about 278,000 desktop 3-D
printers were sold worldwide last year, according
to Wohlers.
GE said it will keep the headquarters of the two
companies in place and retain management
and employees.
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Sweden’s Arcam AB focuses on customers in
the aerospace and health care industries. Arcam
generated $68 million in revenues in 2015 and
has about 285 employees. SLM Solutions Group,
based in Germany, has customers are in the
aerospace, energy, health care, and automotive
industries. SLM had $74 million in revenues last
year and has 260 employees.
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LOW TAXES
AT DOZENS
OF FIRMS IN
SPOTLIGHT AFTER
APPLE RULING
It turns out some wealthy companies are just
like some wealthy hedge fund managers:
They’re taxed at far lower rates than nearly
everyone else.
Whether or not Apple used illegal breaks to
pay virtually no taxes in Europe over 11 years,
as regulators there contend and the company
denies, the order last week that it pay billions in
back taxes highlights a worrisome divide among
the world’s biggest corporations: Some pay
relatively little taxes, others a lot.
Taxes paid in the U.S. and abroad by tech
companies like Apple amounted to 24 percent
of their proits in the 10 years through 2014,
according to a Credit Suisse report. Energy
companies paid 41 percent, nearly double.
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Experts say a tax system that divides
companies so starkly into winners and losers
raises issues of fairness, along with questions
about the wisdom of using tax codes to
shape corporate behavior. It may also pose a
danger to investors: Are companies that have
boosted earnings by shifting headquarters
abroad and other maneuvers vulnerable to a
tax-collector crackdown?
Just which ones are vulnerable is diicult to
know because tax rules are so complicated, but
there is a lot of money at stake.
According to a May report by the research irm
R.G. Associates, 78 of the biggest U.S. companies
- from tech stars Facebook and eBay to glass
maker Corning and food giant Kraft Heinz -
would have earned at least 15 percent less last
year without the beneit of overseas tax rates
far below that in the U.S. Stocks of each of those
four companies are up more than 20 percent in
the past year.
“If you have a company that moves proits
and operations around the world in a snakelike
fashion, you don’t know if they’re going
to wind up in the regulatory cross hairs,” says
Jack Ciesielski, head of R.G. Associates. “The
European Union is getting much better at
policing this.”
The 28-nation bloc has launched investigations
into deals struck by McDonald’s and Amazon.
They have ordered Starbucks to pay millions
of dollars in back taxes. And in the U.S., the
Treasury Department has been tightening
rules to make it more diicult to relocate to
low-tax countries.
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In Apple’s case, the European Union says it
was so skilled at using illegal breaks ofered in
Ireland, that the taxes it ended up paying on
every 1 million euros in proits amounted to just
50 euros - not enough to buy even two bottles
of Jameson whiskey. The company was ordered
to fork over nearly $15 billion in back taxes, plus
billions more in interest.
Apple says it never asked or received “special
deals” on taxes and did nothing illegal. The
company says it will appeal the ruling and
expects to prevail.
Whatever the outcome, studies show Apple isn’t
the only company adept at cutting its tax bill,
which is why oicials are cracking down.
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- NO TAXES: Nearly a ifth of proitable U.S.
companies paid no corporate taxes in 2012,
the latest year tracked in a March report by the
General Accounting Oice. Many eliminated taxes
by getting credit for big losses in previous years, a
common move, but others took advantage of the
kinds of overseas tax maneuvers that Apple uses.
- BIGGEST WINNERS: Drug maker Pizer beneited
the most from paying low foreign taxes last year,
according to an R.G. Associates study. If it had
to pay the U.S. rate of 35 percent on its overseas
earnings, proits would have been $3.1 billion
lower, or 55 percent less.
The top 10 tax “winners” last year also included
PayPal Holdings, whose proit would have been
41 percent lower, and Expedia, facing a potential
proit cut of 36 percent.
- INDUSTRY DIVIDE: Industries easily able to shift
valuable assets abroad - think intangible stuf
like patents on drugs - got the biggest boosts,
according to a study by Credit Suisse. Health
care and technology companies added $266
billion to their proits over 10 years, an increase
of 35 percent, by taking advantage of lower
rates abroad. Utilities, stuck with power plants in
the U.S., got zero beneit.
Steven Rosenthal, a senior fellow at the
nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, thinks a tax code
that treats companies so vastly diferent is
troubling if you believe markets should decide
which ones will thrive and attract the most
investment dollars.
“When governments put their tax thumb on the
scales,” he says, “too much capital lows to the
companies in favor, and too little to companies
that are not.”
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U.S. companies have been taking advantage
of various foreign incentives and holidays
for years now to avoid the U.S. corporate
rate of 35 percent, the highest in the
industrialized world.
The diference is that they have beneited
more from the moves in recent years.
Companies in the Standard and Poor’s 500
index paid 26.6 percent in taxes in the 12
months through March, according to Howard
Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow
Jones Indices. That number can jump from
one period to the next, but it’s been generally
falling, and is down sharply from 20 years ago.
Back then, the average rate paid for all
taxes - federal, state, local and foreign - was
32.8 percent.
Will the tailwind to earnings keep blowing?
Perhaps not much longer, according to the
report from Credit Suisse, which suggests that
investor ignorance about the issue could make
for a nasty surprise in some stock portfolios.
The report was written in December, before
the political environment got even more
perilous. In addition to Europe’s crackdown on
Apple, the U.S. Treasury recently announced
rules limiting “inversions” that have allowed
U.S. companies to slash taxes by moving their
headquarters overseas.
Ciesielski of R.G. Associates isn’t sure
companies taxed at low rates will soon be
facing higher ones, but he’s concerned.
“It’s a good thing,” he says of the boost low
rates give to proits. “But too much of good
thing can backire.”
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WHAT IF: HACKS, EMAIL
LEAKS COULD SWAY
ELECTION WEEKS AWAY
Brace for a stream of digital leaks and
shenanigans by Election Day.
Whether it’s newly disclosed Democratic Party
emails or someone tampering with voting
machines, this year’s presidential election could
come with hacking intrigue like none before it.
Consider messages stolen from the Democrats
by suspected Russian-linked hackers and posted
online in the summer by the self-described
persona Guccifer 2.0. That trove led to so much
outrage from fellow Democrats that the party’s
chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, was
forced to resign.
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Beyond partisan embarrassment from those
leaks, security risks to electronic voting
machines have the potential to do even more
damage. Compromised machines, producing
faulty vote tallies, would raise questions about
the very integrity of the political process.
“Election administrators are trained to run
elections, not defend computer systems,” said
Joe Hall, chief technologist for the Washingtonbased
Center for Democracy and Technology.
“The voting systems we use in many cases don’t
keep the kind of evidence one would need
to detect an attack, let alone recover from it,
without disruption or loss of votes.”
Donald Trump has already suggested
trouble is ahead, saying in early August he’s
“afraid the election is going to be rigged.” He
didn’t provide speciic evidence. He asked
volunteers on his website to sign up to be poll
monitors in November.
Foreign state-sponsored hacking of the
machines - or even voter-registration records
- would also have practical implications, like
delayed results or hiccups in allowing citizens to
cast a ballot.
“The biggest potential surprise in 2016
comes from the internet, and the potential
for state-sponsored or hacker-instigated data
dumps and turbulence that are disconnected
from the campaigns,” said Princeton historian
Julian Zelizer.
Image: Justin Hayworth
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Federal oicials are becoming increasingly
concerned about the possibility that hackers,
particularly those working for Russia or another
country, will make mischief.
Two U.S. cybersecurity irms have said their
analysis of computer breaches at the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee showed
detailed evidence that the intrusions were
probably linked to Russian hackers. The internet
domains and registrants used in the breach
of computers used by the committee tied
back to a Russian hacking group linked to that
nation’s intelligence services. That same
hacking group, known as “Fancy Bear,” was
previously connected to the cyber breach at
the Democratic National Committee.
Matthew Green, a Johns Hopkins cryptography
expert, ofered a simple solution to stave of
ballot hacks: “There is only one way to protect
the voting system from a nation-state-funded
cyberattack,” he wrote on Twitter. “Use paper.”
Image: Melina Mara
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BOLD MOVES FROM CUPERTINO FOR
LATEST HARDWARE
So, it’s inally happened: the big one. Sure, this
year’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
(WWDC) keynote was also a ‘big one’ for the
boys from Cupertino, giving us a irst look
at the likes of iOS 10, an enhanced Siri and
an overhauled Apple Music... but for many
observers, it will always be the company’s
hardware, rather than software-focused
events that are the ones to get truly excited
about. With the iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and
Apple Watch Series 2 all breaking cover on
Wednesday, September 7, this year’s ‘biggie’
certainly did not disappoint.
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But what if things hadn’t gone so well at the
venerable Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, the San
Francisco venue that has provided the backdrop
for so many other momentous Apple unveilings
down the years? Well, there would have been
no shortage of cunningly-fashioned media
narrative of decline. After all, late April saw the
company report a year-over-year drop in
iPhone sales for the very irst time, while IDC
has also just released an estimate that Apple
Watch sales plummeted by 56.7% in this
year’s second quarter, compared to the same
three months a year ago.
Of course, it’s worth pointing out - as IDC did
- that the fall in Watch sales could be largely
explained by Apple simply not releasing an
updated model on the anniversary of the irst
version’s launch. As for the iPhone’s igures,
sales of 51.2 million for the second quarter
were hardly too shabby. Nonetheless, both
of these devices that are so key to Apple’s
present and future have been given revamps.
Luckily, they are also impressive revamps
that demonstrate the Californian tech giant’s
sustained ability to take a well-calculated
risk or two alongside the usual, slightly more
predictable incremental updates.
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THE iPHONE 7 HOGS THE HEADLINES
Take a look at the media coverage relating to
the latest-to-be-unveiled version of Apple’s
seemingly evergreen smartphone, and you
might notice that it isn’t the device’s enhanced
camera capabilities, the introduction of the new
custom-designed Apple A10 Fusion chip or even
the disappearance of the long-familiar 16GB
iteration that has necessarily captured the most
attention. The handset even now boasts a ‘water
resistant’ coating, which - even if it doesn’t quite
render the phone completely waterproof - could
nonetheless save you from overly panicking if
you drop it in a puddle.
No, the bulk of the attention given to the
iPhone 7 - which, in common with the iPhone 6,
comes in both a standard and larger ‘Plus’ form
- appears to have been reserved for what could
be a sterling innovation involving the device’s
trusty headphone jack. To be more exact, the
traditional headphone socket has been ditched
altogether, as had been widely expected
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pre-event. By means of compensation for
those dreading such a drastic change, Apple
is ofering an adapter for plugging the older
headphones into the smartphone’s Lightning
connector, which is also used for charging.
Meanwhile, as outright replacement, new
wireless earbuds, called AirPods, have been
unveiled in a move that the company hopes
will usher in a “wireless future”.
As you might have imagined with Apple, almost
every change made to the functionality of its
devices seems to have some kind of aesthetic
dimension, and the situation is no diferent
with the beautifully slick and slim iPhone 7.
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The absence of a time-honored headphone
jack on the iPhone 7 enhances its waterproof
capabilities, as does the removal of the physical
home button in favor of a completely lush
‘button’ providing haptic feedback. The clicking
sensation produced by this change is sure to
bring to many Apple fans’ minds the touchpad
of recent MacBook and MacBook Pro models.
Oh, and while we’re on the subject of all things
visual, you’ve got ive color options for your
new iPhone - black, jet black, rose gold, gold
or silver - with space gray no longer available.
However, there’s plenty more about the iPhone
7 and iPhone 7 Plus to get enthralled about than
media headlines dominated by references to the
demise of a headphone jack may have led you
to believe. Did you know, for example, that the
handset’s 12-megapixel camera incorporates
optical image stabilization, along with an
enlarged f/1.8 aperture and 6-element lens for
brighter photos and videos, bursting with detail?
What about a level of graphics performance that
amounts to as much as three times the speed of
the iPhone 6 while using barely half the power,
to say nothing of the inclusion of iOS 10 - with
its noted enhancements to the likes of Messages
and Siri - ‘straight out of the box’?
It’s no great surprise, then, that Apple’s senior
vice president of Worldwide Marketing, Philip
Schiller, has said that “iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus
dramatically improve every aspect of the iPhone
experience, reaching a new level of innovation
and precision to make this the best iPhone we
have ever made.” Quite frankly, we think that
on all of this evidence, both models are worth
getting at least a little bit hyped-up about.
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SERIES 2 COULD FINALLY REALIZE
WATCH’S PROMISE
When any tech company describes its latest
wearable with such terms as “the ultimate device
for a healthy life” and “the next generation of the
world’s most popular smartwatch”, expectations
are naturally heightened - and again, it seems
that Apple has taken a bold approach with
only the second ever Watch hardware upgrade.
Indeed, it may even be the Watch that Apple
secretly always wanted to make all along.
Why do we say that? Well, many of the Apple
Watch Series 2’s enhancements represent
natural developments of the original’s
speciications and answer many of the criticisms
of the Watch that were voiced from the irst
edition’s launch. The absence of a GPS chip in
the device was one big bugbear, forcing those
wishing to call upon such functionality through
the Watch to tether it to an iPhone. Thankfully,
the new version has built-in GPS capability, a
critical update given the strong itness emphasis
of the latest Watch and the considerable
challenge posed by Samsung and Fitbit rivals.
Another big change with the Series 2, or S2,
is the introduction of genuinely convincing
waterprooing for a wearable that you may
well imagine will ind itself dunked - whether
accidentally or otherwise - in water on a regular
basis, such as when the user is at the swimming
pool. That’s why the original Watch’s IPX7 water
resistance just wasn’t enough for many owners,
who will likely be more than satisied with an
upgraded device that now even ejects water from
its speaker grill. As a matter of fact, the S2 can be
submerged some 50 meters in water, giving you
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extra assurance when you make use of the two
new workout options, pool and open water.
With other features of the S2 ranging from a
powerful new dual-core processor that helps
to make it as much as 50% quicker than the
S1, right through to the watchOS 3 software
that enables the instant and simple launch
of favorite apps, we suspect that the device
may well live up to Apple’s Jef Williams’ claim
that it “is packed with features to help our
customers live a healthy life.” If you just can’t
wait to get on with using yours to keep track
of your daily exercise activity, record precise
distance, pace and speed information for
your outdoor workouts or accurately measure
active calorie burn as you swim, you may be
interested to learn that you can have one for as
little as $369 in the United States.
APPLE CONTINUES TO
ENCHANT CUSTOMERS
There may have been just a few more question
marks than usual surrounding Apple’s sales and
revenue fortunes ahead of this year’s September
keynote, but it’s fair to say that with its latest
big hardware unveilings, the Cupertino irm
has given some pretty emphatic answers to
its critics. While it remains to be seen exactly
how the market will respond to two of Apple’s
most important products for the 12 months to
come, history suggests that much more than
a few sales hiccups will be required to halt
the Californian giant’s continued incredible
momentum in the face of tough rivals.
by Benjamin Kerry & Gavin Lenaghan
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DRONES SWOOP DOWN PARIS’
CHAMPS-ELYSEES IN FESTIVAL
Drones are racing through central Paris - but
they’re not hunting for terrorists, they’ve just
been brought out for fun.
The city is hosting its irst Drone Festival on
Sunday, including an international race along
the Champs-Elysees. Drones of varying shapes
and sizes are zipping along the avenue, lined
with trees and luxury stores, in a circuit that
stops just shy of the Arc de Triomphe.
While drones are increasingly used by French
security services, civilians are forbidden
from lying them over Paris without special
permission. Paris City Hall authorized them
for Sunday’s event, aimed at introducing the
public to France’s civilian drone industry.
France saw a spate of mysterious drone
lyovers last year over sensitive sites that
worried the authorities.
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RUSSIAN
BLOGGER JAILED
FOR PLAYING
‘POKEMON GO’
FILES APPEAL
A Russian blogger who has been sent to pre-trial
detention for playing “Pokemon Go” in a church
has appealed against his arrest.
Russian news agencies on Monday quoted
a local court in the city of Yekaterinburg as
saying that they have received an appeal from
Ruslan Sokolovsky who was ordered last week
to stay behind bars at least until November
pending trial.
Investigators have charged the 21-year old
blogger with enticing religious hatred, the
same ofense that sent two women from the
Pussy Riot punk collective to prison for two
years in 2012.
Sokolovsky has posted a video on his blog
showing himself playing the smartphone game
in a church built on the supposed spot where
the family of the last Russian tsar Nicholas II
was killed.
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ON VIEW
AT TORONTO
FILM FESTIVAL:
THE FUTURE
OF MOVIES
Prophecy abounds at the Toronto International
Film Festival. Pundits pronounce Oscar
guarantees. Buzz, the most cherished
commodity at the festival, is measured and
speculated on like stock prices.
But this year’s festival, teaming with diversity
on screen and behind the camera, stufed to
the gills with not just more than 300 ilms (138
of them premieres) but virtual reality and even
a smattering of television, might just ofer a
broader vision of what’s to come in movies.
“If you want to see the future of ilm, you need
to come to Toronto this year,” says Cameron
Bailey, artistic director of the festival. “It feels
like the range of the lineup in terms of the
diversity of the stories that are being told
and the storytellers that are telling them, the
introduction of new technology, like the VR
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lineup we have, the way that the festival has
pretty smoothly integrated television and longform
storytelling. All of those things, I think, are
where ilm is headed.”
It may be an optimistic portrait of cinematic
future put forth by the 41st Toronto Film
Festival, but the strength of festival lineup lends
a sense of inevitability. The festival kicks of
Thursday with the premiere of Antoine Fuqua’s
“Magniicent Seven” remake, starring Denzel
Washington and Chris Pratt.
“The industry can only beneit from seeing
more diverse everything. Not just in front of the
camera, behind the camera, executive positions,”
says Fuqua, the director of “Training Day.” ‘’It’s
good for everyone because movies are a shared
experience. People go to the theater and we all
get to laugh and have fun with each other.”
The movies at TIFF ofer a compendium of the
fall movie season, squeezed into a 10 day blitz.
Many of them are awards-hopefuls, including
most of the top ilms from Cannes, Venice and
Telluride. And after a lackluster summer rife
with blockbuster disappointment, the distance
between seasons has never felt so vast.
No ilms come into Toronto with more heat
than Damien Chazelle’s Los Angeles musical
“La La Land,” starring Emma Stone and Ryan
Gosling, and Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight,” a striking
coming-of-age tale of a gay black man. Both
have drawn enthusiastic raves out of Telluride
and Venice in recent days.
Of the many TIFF debuts, few match the size of
Peter Berg’s “Deepwater Horizon,” a visceral, bigbudget
rendering of the oil rig disaster, made
with its own enormous mock rig.
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Also on tap are courses of science-iction
(Denis Villeneuve’s alien communication thriller
“Arrival”), fantasy (J.A. Bayona’s emotional “A
Monster Calls,” a drama illed with equal parts
wonder and grief), and comedy (Kelly Fremon’s
witty and honest coming-of-age movie “Edge
of Seventeen”).
There are highlights from Sundance (Kenneth
Lonergan’s “Manchester by the Sea,” Nate
Parker’s scandal-plagued “The Birth of a Nation”)
and Cannes (Jef Nichols’ “Loving,” Andrea
Arnold’s “American Honey”). And there are
dozens of intriguing titles up for sale, including
a crop of atypical political dramas that feature
Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy (“Jackie”),
Devon Terrell as a young Obama (“Barry”) and
Woody Harrelson as Lyndon Johnson (“LBJ”).
That’s still not mentioning Terrence Malick’s
history-of-the-world documentary (in IMAX!),
“Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey,” fashion designer
Tom Ford’s “A Single Man” follow-up, “Nocturnal
Animals” or the Miles Teller-led boxing drama
“Bleed for This.”
“The enthusiasm that runs through the people
that make the decisions of what’s going to be
there is ridiculous,” says Jonathan Demme, who
will premiere his Justin Timberlake concert ilm,
“JT and the Tennessee Kids.” ‘’They’ve got good
taste and they show TOO many movies. I’ve got
the press schedule in my pocket right now. I’m
going to see as many movies as I can in between
our screenings.”
David Oyelowo (“Selma”) will bring two ilms
to Toronto that relect the festival in both the
diversity of its casts and that they were each
directed by women. A record 19 of this year’s
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galas are directed by women. Oyelowo stars
in Amma Asante’s “A United Kingdom,” about a
Botswana royal’s interracial marriage, and Mira
Nair’s “Queen of Katwe,” about a young Ugandan
girl trying to become a world chess champion.
For Oyelowo, a Brit of Nigerian descent, the two
ilms are a kind of antidote to stories previously
told about Africa. Oyelowo co-starred in 2006’s
“The Last King of Scotland,” about Uganda
dictator Idi Amin.
“I did have this thought in the back of my mind,
I went, ‘This is great but I just know there’s more.
I know for a fact there’s more in terms of how
Africa could and should be represented on ilm,’”
says Oyelowo. “I developed this desire to just
have more breadth of you’d seen out of Africa.
‘The Last King of Scotland’ was part of a crop of
ilms like ‘The Constant Gardner,’ ‘Hotel Rwanda,’
‘Blood Diamond’ and they were all about the
darker side of what happens on that continent.
All of which is true. Like anywhere, there’s good
and bad. But there was almost nothing else
balancing it out.”
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#01 – iTunes U
By Apple
Category: Education
Requires iOS 8.3 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
#02 – Bitmoji Keyboard - Your Avatar Emoji
By Bitstrips
Category: Utilities
Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
#03 – Six!
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#04 – Remind: Safe Classroom Communication
By remind101
Category: Education
Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
#05 – T-Mobile Tuesdays
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#06 – Snapchat
By Snapchat, Inc.
Category: Photo & Video
Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
#07 – Messenger
By Facebook, Inc.
Category: Social Networking
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#08 – Instagram
By Instagram, Inc.
Category: Photo & Video
Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
#09 – Google Maps
By Google, Inc.
Category: Navigation
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iOS
#10 – Facebook
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Category: Social Networking
Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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#01 – OS X El Capitan
By Apple
Category: Utilities
Compatibility: OS X 10.6.8 or later
#02 – Kindle
By AMZN Mobile LLC
Category: Reference
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#03 – Microsoft Remote Desktop
By Microsoft Corporation
Category: Business
Compatibility: OS X 10.9 or later, 64-bit processor
#04 – Microsoft OneNote
By Microsoft Corporation
Category: Productivity
Compatibility: OS X 10.10 or later
#05 – Xcode
By Apple
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Compatibility: OS X 10.11 or later
#06 – Evernote
By Evernote
Category: Productivity
Compatibility: OS X 10.9.0 or later, 64-bit processor
#07 – Slack
By Slack Technologies, Inc.
Category: Business
Compatibility: OS X 10.9 or later, 64-bit processor
#08 – ooVoo Video Call, Text and Voice
By ooVoo LLC
Category: Social Networking
Compatibility: OS X 10.9 or later, 64-bit processor
#09 – App for Instagram - Instant at your desktop!
By Joacim Ståhl
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Compatibility: OS X 10.7 or later, 64-bit processor
#10– OneDrive
By Microsoft Corporation
Category: Productivity
Compatibility: OS X 10.9.0 or later, 64-bit processor
Mac OS X
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#01 – Minecraft: Pocket Edition
By Mojang
Category: Games / Price: $6.99
Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
#02 – Moji Maker
By AppMoji, Inc.
Category: Entertainment / Price: $0.99
Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
#03 – LIMBO
By Playdead
Category: Games / Price: $0.99
Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
#04 – Heads Up!
By Warner Bros.
Category: Games / Price: $0.99
Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
#05 – Ellen’s Emoji Exploji
By Warner Bros.
Category: Entertainment / Price: $1.99
Requires iOS 9.3 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
#06 – 7 Minute Workout Challenge
By Fitness Guide Inc
Category: Health & Fitness / Price: $2.99
Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
#07 – Plague Inc.
By Ndemic Creations
Category: Games / Price: $0.99
Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
#08 – Facetune
By Lightricks Ltd.
Category: Photo & Video / Price: $3.99
Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
#09 – Geometry Dash
By RobTop Games AB
Category: Games / Price: $1.99
Requires iOS 5.1.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
iOS
#10 – Reigns
By Devolver Digital
Category: Games / Price: $2.99
Requires iOS 9.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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#01 – GarageBand
By Apple
Category: Music / Price: $4.99
Compatibility: OS X 10.10 or later
#02 – Notability
By Ginger Labs
Category: Productivity / Price: $5.99
Compatibility: OS X 10.9 or later, 64-bit processor
#03 – Final Cut Pro
By Apple
Category: Video / Price: $299.99
Compatibility: OS X 10.10.4 or later, 64-bit processor
#04 – Logic Pro X
By Apple
Category: Music / Price: $199.99
Compatibility: OS X 10.10 or later, 64-bit processor
#05 – Document Writer Pro
By Xue Wenbin
Category: Business / Price: $9.99
Compatibility: OS X 10.10 or later, 64-bit processor
#06 – Disk Cleaner
By Pocket Bits LLC
Category: Utilities / Price: $5.99
Compatibility: OS X 10.8 or later, 64-bit processor
#07 – Call of Duty®: Black Ops
By Aspyr Media, Inc.
Category: Games / Price: $19.99
Compatibility: OS X 10.8.5 or later
#08 – iStudiez Pro
By iStudiez Team
Category: Productivity / Price: $9.99
Compatibility: OS X 10.8 or later, 64-bit processor
#09 – OS X Server
By Apple
Category: Utilities / Price: $19.99
Compatibility: OS X 10.11.6 or later
#10 – Duplicate Photos Fixer Pro
By Systweak Software
Category: Photography / Price: $0.99
Compatibility: OS X 10.7 or later
Mac OS X
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y Jon Favreau
Genre: Kids & Family
Released: 2016
Price: $19.99
386 Ratings
Movies
& TV Shows
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
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The Jungle Book
(2016)
Inspired by the 1967 animated movie of
the same name, this adaptation – which
blends both CGI and live-action – sees
orphan Mowgli set out on a journey of selfdiscovery,
assisted by his animal guardians.
FIVE FACTS:
1. All of the locations in the movie are
computer-generated VFX. The story may have
been set primarily in India, but the movie was
completely shot at the LA Center Studio in
Los Angeles, California.
2. The CG character Baloo is so large and
furry, he took almost ive hours of rendering
time per frame.
3. The talking animals in this movie were
created using animal behavior, then having
the actors copy those movements in motioncapture
VFX.
4. This is the irst time that Kaa the snake is
portrayed as female, rather than male. Jon
Favreau said the change was a deliberate
one, as he felt there were too many male
characters in The Jungle Book (1967).
5. Mowgli has a scar on the right side of his
chest that appears to be the letter “r”, as well
as a scar on his left shoulder that is a “k”. This is
a nod to the original author Rudyard Kipling,
where the “R” and “K” are the author’s initials.
Trailer
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Behind the Scenes
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The Darkness
While on holiday, a family awakens an
ancient supernatural entity that then
plagues their home.
FIVE FACTS:
1. Director Greg McLean has also worked on
Wolf Creek (2005) and Crawlspace (2012).
2. The music for the movie was provided by
Johnny Klimek, who has also worked on Wolf
Creek (2005) and Cloud Atlas (2012).
3. The ilm reunites Kevin Bacon and Jennifer
Morrison for the irst time since Stir of
Echoes (1999).
4. It is produced by Jason Blum, the founder
and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, which
is known for working on the Paranormal
Activity franchise Whiplash, as well as the
Insidious franchise.
5. Kevin Bacon has also starred in Footloose
(1984), Apollo 13 (1995) and X-Men: First
Class (2011).
Trailer
Rotten Tomatoes
04%
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y Greg McLean
Genre: Horror
Released: 2016
Price: $14.99
18 Ratings
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Glory (Deluxe Version)
Britney Spears
The ninth studio album from pop legend
Britney Spears is the star’s long-awaited return
to top form.
Genre: Pop
Released: Aug 26, 2016
17 Songs
Price: $12.99
3029 Ratings
FIVE FACTS:
1. The singer began working on the album in
2014; she also renewed her record deal with
RCA Records.
2. She has been performing a residency
at the AXIS auditorium at the Planet
Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas
since late 2013.
3. On Most Requested Live with Romeo,
Spears revealed it was her son who chose the
name of the album.
4. Spears has topped the list of mostsearched
celebrities seven times in the last
12 years, a record since the inception of
the Internet.
5. She has claimed ive Guinness World
Records, including ‘Best Selling Album by a
Teenage Solo Artist’ and ‘Best Selling Album
in the US by a Female Artist’, both in 2000.
‘Make Me...’
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Performance from this year’s
Billboard Music Awards
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My Woman
Angel Olsen
One of the most hyped singer-songwriters of
the decade, Angel Olsen’s third studio album is
one of her most daring yet, and a must-buy for
fans of Bon Iver and Courtney Barnett.
FIVE FACTS:
1. Olsen is signed to the Jagjaguwar record
label, which also has the likes of Bon Iver,
Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Dinosaur Jr.
on its roster.
2. She has collaborated with well-known folk
artist Bonnie “Prince” Billy.
3. She released her second studio album
Burn Your Fire for No Witness in 2014, to
widespread critical acclaim.
4. She worked on the new album with
producer Justin Raisen, who has also
worked with Kylie Minogue, Santigold and
Sky Ferreira.
5. Olsen has collaborated with a number of
other notable indie rock igures, including
Tim Kinsella of Cap’n Jazz and LeRoy Bach
of Wilco.
Genre: Alternative
Released: Sep 02, 2016
10 Songs + digital booklet
Price: $9.99
29 Ratings
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BOX OFFICE TOP 20:
‘DON’T BREATHE’
STAYS NO. 1 AGAIN
The low-budget home invasion horror ilm
“Don’t Breathe” led the box oice for the
second straight week, topping all ilms over
the Labor Day weekend with a four-day haul of
$19.7 million.
No new entries made much of a dent on the
last weekend of Hollywood’s summer season.
The DreamWorks period drama “The Light
Between Oceans,” starring Michael Fassbender
and Alicia Vikander, opened with $6.2 million
Friday through Monday. It was made for about
$20 million.
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Fox’s rival horror ilm, “Morgan,” was completely
overshadowed by “Don’t Breathe. It debuted
with just $2.5 million over the holiday frame.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters
Friday through Monday, followed by distribution
studio, gross, number of theater locations,
average receipts per location, total gross and
number of weeks in release, as compiled
Tuesday by comScore:
1.
“Don’t Breathe,” Sony, $19,707,927,
3,051 locations, $6,459 average,
$55,131,879, 2 weeks.
2.
“Suicide Squad,” Warner Bros.,
$12,687,021, 3,292 locations,
$3,854 average, $300,104,337, 5 weeks.
3.
“Kubo and the Two Strings,” Focus
Features, $8,764,182, 2,985 locations,
$2,936 average, $36,625,618, 3 weeks.
4.
“Pete’s Dragon,” Disney, $8,499,464,
3,272 locations, $2,598 average,
$66,251,403, 4 weeks.
5.
“Sausage Party,” Sony, $6,458,225,
2,766 locations, $2,335 average,
$89,604,349, 4 weeks.
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6.
“The Light Between Oceans,” Disney,
$6,179,208, 1,500 locations,
$4,119 average, $6,179,208, 1 week.
7.
“War Dogs,” Warner Bros., $6,100,292,
2,848 locations, $2,142 average,
$36,613,252, 3 weeks.
8.
“Hell or High Water,” Lionsgate,
$5,864,587, 1,303 locations,
$4,501 average, $16,016,220, 4 weeks.
9.
“Bad Moms,” STX Entertainment,
$5,800,361, 2,306 locations,
$2,515 average, $103,587,555, 6 weeks.
10.
“Mechanic: Resurrection,” Lionsgate,
$5,682,633, 2,258 locations,
$2,517 average, $15,825,419, 2 weeks.
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11.
“Jason Bourne,” Universal,
$5,065,435, 1,976 locations,
$2,563 average, $156,236,090, 6 weeks.
12.
“The Secret Life of Pets,” Universal,
$4,810,915, 2,069 locations,
$2,325 average, $359,818,405, 9 weeks.
13.
“No Manches Frida,” Lionsgate,
$4,628,506, 362 locations, $12,786
average, $4,628,506, 1 week.
14.
“Star Trek Beyond,” Paramount,
$3,231,885, 1,202 locations, $2,689
average, $155,075,207, 7 weeks.
15.
“Ben-Hur,” Paramount, $2,945,244,
2,167 locations, $1,359 average,
$24,453,383, 3 weeks.
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16.
“Finding Dory,” Disney, $2,932,001,
2,075 locations, $1,413 average,
$482,853,070, 12 weeks.
17.
“Florence Foster Jenkins,”
Paramount, $2,837,415,
1,341 locations, $2,116 average,
$24,218,334, 4 weeks.
18.
“Morgan,” 20th Century Fox,
$2,518,540, 2,020 locations,
$1,247 average, $2,518,540, 1 week.
19.
“Southside with You,” Roadside
Attractions, $1,739,732,
897 locations, $1,940 average,
$5,397,125, 2 weeks.
20.
“Hands of Stone,” The Weinstein
Company, $1,631,026,
2,011 locations, $811 average,
$4,048,233, 2 weeks.
Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast
Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics
are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney,
Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned
by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are
owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and New Line are units
of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors
including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn;
Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by
AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC
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BROOKS TO INTRO
‘YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN,’
TALK WILDER IN OCT.
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“Young Frankenstein” will come alive in theaters
once again on Oct. 5, with a live introduction
from writer-director Mel Brooks, who will pay
tribute to the classic spoof’s late star Gene
Wilder. The intro will be broadcast from the 20th
Century Fox Lot in 500 theaters nationwide,
according to an announcement from Fathom
Events Tuesday.
In addition to touring the studio lot, where
much of the movie was ilmed, Brooks is
expected reminisce about his friend and
collaborator Wilder, who died last Sunday from
complications from Alzheimer’s.
“Young Frankenstein” is one of Wilder’s most
fondly remembered ilms. The announcement
comes on the heels of AMC Theaters bringing
other Wilder favorites “Blazing Saddles” and
“Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” back to
theaters this past weekend.
Online: www.FathomEvents.com
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CROWDFUNDED
CLASSROOMS:
TEACHERS
INCREASINGLY
SOLICIT ONLINE
Paper? Pencils? Laptops? Robots? Teachers are
increasingly relying on crowdfunding eforts to
stock their classrooms with both the mundane
and sometimes big-ticket items.
Contributions to education campaigns have
climbed on GoFundMe and DonorsChoose,
collectively, from just more than $31.2 million
in 2010 to nearly $140 million in 2015, the do-ityourself
fundraising sites report. Both sites are
on pace to eclipse that in 2016.
GoFundMe has collected $58 million in just the
last 12 months, and DonorsChoose saw more
than 50,000 campaigns live on the site for the
irst time this back-to-school season.
In her irst year as an elementary school teacher
in Kingman, Arizona, Shannon Raftery raised
$340 through crowdfunding to supplement the
money she took out of each paycheck to pay for
classroom supplies. Now in Philadelphia, she’s
looking to raise $500 for her new kindergarten
classroom at Roosevelt Elementary School.
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She has a supportive principal, she said,
but there is just not enough money in the
notoriously cash-strapped Philadelphia district
to equip her classroom the way she’d like.
In her case, reality is a $200 budget allocated
to cover 25 students in a school where at least
40 percent of students live in poverty. She has
spent that even before the start of classes after
Labor Day.
“I’d rather spend my own money than have my
kids go without something,” she said. “Every
dollar helps.”
But even as Raftery plans to continue pulling
$100 to $150 from each paycheck to meet her
classroom needs, she said, she knows it won’t
be enough. She has bought cleaning supplies,
bulletin board paper, and peach and sky blue
paint to cover her stark white walls. She hopes to
add to seating with beach chairs and bean bags.
“I don’t want a cold environment to ruin a kid’s
irst impression of school,” Raftery said.
Donors can scroll through all education
campaigns listed on the sites, resulting in
millions of dollars’ worth of supplies and
equipment infused into both high-poverty
schools and more aluent districts.
“There still is that group of teachers that has
amazing ideas even in the most well-funded
districts, like the sixth-grade teacher wanting
and currently campaigning for an underwater
robot to restore isheries,” said Chris Pearsall,
DonorsChoose spokesman.
Teachers create campaigns by writing a story
about their needs, often accompanied by
classroom pictures.
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Teachers have turned to crowdfunding even
in states with high per-pupil spending. But
while the numbers are enough to cause pause,
they aren’t necessarily surprising, said Michael
Leachman, director of state iscal research at the
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Post-recession local, state and federal revenue
has been unable to keep up with states’ needs
after deep cuts. Now, other economic factors,
like low property taxes and inlation, are
preventing them from a full recovery, even as
most states have seen gradual improvement in
education funding, Leachman said.
“It’s obviously disturbing that teachers are
having to raise the money that they need to
provide good education to kids,” he said.
With crowdfunding, teachers can access funding
and supplies within weeks of starting a campaign.
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Allan Rogers teaches third grade at Jackson
Elementary School in Jackson, Louisiana, a
rural community damaged by recent looding.
He works with students who are already using
crowdfunded supplies mere weeks into the
school year.
“There have been people who have lost
everything due to the looding, and prior to
the looding they already didn’t have much,”
Rogers said of students and staf at the school,
where there is no technology budget and
about 96 percent of students are get free or
discounted lunches.
Teachers at the school have campaigned for
basic supplies, like white board markers, but
are also trying to buy a functioning computer
for each classroom, said Megan Phillips, the
school’s principal. They’ve relied exclusively on
crowdfunding to purchase computers, iPad and
iPods for students to use, she said.
“We’re always trying to give students what
they deserve,” Rogers said. “Not only what
they need, but what they deserve.”
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Europe’s Rosetta space probe has located its
lost Philae lander, wedged in a “dark crack”
on a comet, the European Space Agency
said Monday.
Rosetta’s camera inally captured images
on Friday of the lander on comet 67P/
Churyumov-Gerasimenko, weeks before the
probe’s own mission ends, the agency said .
The pictures showing the lander’s body and
two of its three legs were taken as Rosetta
passed within 2.7 kilometers (1.7 miles) of
the surface.
After being launched in 2004, Rosetta took 10
years to accelerate and catch up with comet
67P. In November 2014 it released Philae,
achieving the irst landing of a spacecraft on
a comet.
Philae bounced after its initial touchdown and
its precise location on the comet couldn’t be
pinned down until now, though its general
vicinity was known.
After sending data to Earth for three days its
battery ran out and it went into hibernation,
only to recharge enough as the comet came
closer to the sun to communicate briely with
Rosetta in mid-2015.
ESA plans to crash Rosetta into the comet
Sept. 30, because the probe is unlikely to
survive lengthy hibernation in orbit as the
comet heads away from the sun.
Data from Rosetta and Philae have already
improved scientists’ understanding of the
nature of comets and the role they played in
the early universe. Analyzing the data fully is
expected to keep researchers busy for years.
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“We were beginning to think that Philae would
remain lost forever,” said Patrick Martin, ESA’s
Rosetta mission manager. “It is incredible we
have captured this at the inal hour.”
Rosetta project scientist Matt Taylor said that
locating Philae provides missing information
“needed to put Philae’s three days of science into
proper context.”
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FAR-AWAY ASTEROID NAMED AFTER
FREDDIE MERCURY ON BIRTHDAY
Queen guitarist Brian May says an asteroid in
Jupiter’s orbit has been named after the band’s
late frontman Freddie Mercury on what would
have been his 70th birthday.
May says the International Astronomical Union’s
Minor Planet Centre has designated an asteroid
discovered in 1991, the year of Mercury’s death,
as “Asteroid 17473 Freddiemercury.”
May, who has a doctorate in astrophysics from
Imperial College, London, says the newly named
asteroid is “just a dot of light, but it’s a very
special dot of light” and recognizes Mercury’s
musical and performing talents.
Mercury, born Sept. 5, 1946, wrote and
performed hits including “Bohemian Rhapsody”
and “We Are The Champions” with Queen,
releasing over a dozen studio albums between
1973 and 1991.
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NASA SPACECRAFT BEAMS BACK CLOSE-
UP VIEWS OF JUPITER’S POLES
A NASA spacecraft has captured the best views
of Jupiter yet, revealing turbulent storms in the
north pole.
Jupiter’s northern polar region is stormier than
expected and appears bluer than the rest of
the planet, said mission chief scientist Scott
Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute in
San Antonio.
“This image is hardly recognizable as Jupiter,” he
said in a statement.
NASA released a batch of close-up pictures
taken by the Juno spacecraft last week when
it lew within 2,500 miles of Jupiter’s dense
cloud tops.
The irst glimpse of Jupiter’s poles came in 1974
when Pioneer 11 lew by on its way to Saturn.
The detailed pictures taken by Juno look “like
nothing we have seen or imagined before,”
Bolton said.
Juno also sent back unique views of Jupiter’s
bright southern lights considered the most
powerful in the solar system.
The lyby was the irst of three dozen planned
close passes during the 20-month mission.
Unlike rocky Earth and Mars, Jupiter is a gas
giant that likely formed irst, shortly after the
sun. Studying the largest planet in the solar
system may hold clues to understanding how
Earth and the rest of the planets formed.
During the rendezvous that took Juno from pole
to pole, the solar-powered spacecraft turned on
its camera and instruments to collect data.
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After a ive-year journey, Juno slipped into
orbit around Jupiter in July to map the massive
planet’s poles, atmosphere and interior. It’s the
irst spacecraft to carry a titanium vault designed
to shield its computer and electronics from
intense radiation.
Juno is only the second mission to orbit
Jupiter. When it completes its job in 2018, it will
deliberately crash into Jupiter’s atmosphere and
disintegrate. NASA planned the inale so that
Juno won’t accidentally smack into Jupiter’s
moons, particularly the icy moon Europa, a
target of future exploration.
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Mostly unnoticed amid the political brawl
over climate change, the United States has
undergone a quiet transformation in how and
where it gets its energy during Barack Obama’s
presidency, slicing the nation’s output of
polluting gases that are warming Earth.
As politicians tangled in the U.S. and on the
world stage, the U.S. slowly but surely moved
away from emissions-spewing coal and toward
cleaner fuels like natural gas, nuclear, wind
and solar. The shift has put the U.S. closer to
achieving the goal Obama set to cut emissions
by more than a quarter over the next 15 years,
but experts say it is nowhere near enough to
prevent the worst efects of global warming.
The overlooked changes took center stage
Saturday in China. Obama and Chinese
President Xi Jinping entered the world’s two
worst polluters into a historic agreement to
ratchet down heat-trapping pollution. Obama
hailed “the investments that we made to allow
for incredible innovation in clean energy.”
U.S. Department of Energy statistics show jolts
in where America gets its volts:
-In 2008, 48 percent of America’s electricity
came from coal, the dirtiest power source;
now it’s about 30 percent. That’s less than the
combined U.S. output of carbon-free nuclear
and renewable energy.
-There are now more than three solar power
jobs in the U.S. for every job mining coal.
-In just the irst ive months of 2016, more solar
power was generated than 2006 through 2012.
-In 2008, the U.S. imported about two-thirds of
its oil, and politicians spoke longingly of energy
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independence. Now, America imports less than
half its oil.
-U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide - the main
greenhouse gas - are down more than 10
percent, and this year is on pace to be the
lowest in about a quarter-century.
“There were gigantic changes happening in
the energy world, gigantic tectonic changes,”
said Peter Fox-Penner of the Boston University
Institute for Sustainable Energy. “It’s a sea
change. There is no question.”
Facing steep obstacles in Congress, Obama
never aggressively pursued new emissionscurbing
legislation, aside from a half-hearted
attempt at cap-and-trade in his irst term
that was politically disastrous for Democrats.
Instead, he relied on executive authority and
regulations at home while largely going above
lawmakers’ heads by focusing on brokering
global deals to curb carbon and other
greenhouse gases.
So how much credit does Obama deserve?
And how much was completely outside his
control? That debate is playing out in Obama’s
inal months in oice, as the president
tries to go out with a bang on climate and
the environment.
Jack Gerard, president of the American
Petroleum Institute, the oil and gas lobby,
pointed out that Obama pitched his sweeping
pollution limits on coal-ired power plants as
the main driver of lower future emissions - but
the courts have put those rules indeinitely on
hold. Meanwhile, emissions have fallen due to
a dramatic increase in cleaner-burning natural
gas, which Obama was slow to try to regulate.
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“We are leading the world in carbon reductions
today, and it’s driven primarily by cleanerburning,
afordable natural gas that was brought
to you by innovation and technological advances
in the oil and natural gas industry,” Gerard said.
But Brian Deese, Obama’s senior adviser, said the
seeds of the fracking technology that enabled the
natural gas revolution were found in federal Energy
Department research conducted in the 1970s.
He noted that the people who warned Obama’s
policies - like his “Clean Power Plan” emissions limits
- would be disastrous are the same people now
celebrating the natural gas revolution.
“You can’t on the one hand argue that the Clean
Power Plan is an overarching regulation that’s
going to impose all these costs, enforce all these
changes in the industry, and on the other hand
argue that change is happening independent
of what government is doing and therefore
these regulations are meaningless,” Deese said in
an interview.
The advent of fracking, or hydraulic fracturing,
produced much more natural gas, which became
much cheaper and elbowed out coal as America’s
fuel of choice. That has surprised all sorts
of experts.
In 2000, Dana Fisher, director of the University
of Maryland’s Program for Society and the
Environment, predicted the U.S. was unlikely to
wean itself of coal because it was cheap and
plentiful. And John Reilly of MIT’s Joint Program on
the Science and Policy of Global Change, predicted
heat-trapping gas emissions would grow.
Both admit they were wrong, with an embarrassed
Reilly calling the subsequent decline “a dramatic
turnaround from what everyone has expected.”
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Obama had little to do with the fracking boom,
except to not get in the way with regulations,
energy experts said. But Obama pushed through
2009’s stimulus package that goosed spending
and research in renewables, like solar, wind and
hydro. His administration also increased fuel
mileage requirements for cars and trucks and
ratcheted up appliance and building energy
eiciency standards.
“His war is against fossil fuels, and natural gas
is a fossil fuel,” said Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., the
Senate’s most prominent climate change doubter.
“You can’t separate that out and say it’s somehow
diferent than other fossil fuels. It’s not.”
Natural gas is a “bridge fuel” from coal, which
spews about twice as much heat-trapping carbon
dioxide, but America still needs to wean itself
from that fossil fuel too, said Granger Morgan,
Carnegie Mellon University engineering and
public policy professor.
And there are some downsides to these
signiicant changes - like higher power bills in
a few places - said Jef Holmstead, a Bush-era
environmental oicial who lobbies for utilities
that depend on coal.
“It’s a shame that we’ve shut down a lot of plants
that were continuing to provide low-cost power,”
Holmstead said.
The change in America’s energy supply is still too
slow and pollution cuts are not enough to prevent
dangerous global warming, Morgan said, adding
“but it’s certainly better than the alternative, which
is continuing to sail on as if we weren’t heading
into the big storm.
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TELEFONICA
EYES SALE OF
MINORITY STAKE
IN BRITAIN’S O2
Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica
says it is considering selling a minority stake in its
British mobile phone operator O2, four months
after regulators blocked its takeover.
Telefonica SA said in a statement Monday it is
looking into a variety of strategic plans for O2,
one of the United Kingdom’s major operators.
The Madrid-based company said it has already
started preparing a possible initial public ofering,
which it described as just one of the possibilities.
The statement said all the options involved
Telefonica keeping a majority share.
Last May, the European Union’s regulator
blocked a $15 billion takeover of O2 by CK
Hutchison, citing concerns the deal would
have stiled innovation and led to higher prices
for consumers.
Telefonica is weighed down by some 52 billion
euros ($58 billion) in debt.
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CLOSER (FEAT. HALSEY)
THE CHAINSMOKERS
MAKE ME... (FEAT. G-EAZY)
BRITNEY SPEARS
HEATHENS
TWENTY ONE PILOTS
WE DON’T TALK ANYMORE
(FEAT. SELENA GOMEZ)
CHARLIE PUTH
TREAT YOU BETTER
SHAWN MENDES
COLD WATER (FEAT. JUSTIN BIEBER & MØ)
MAJOR LAZER
GOLD
KIIARA
MAMA SAID
LUKAS GRAHAM
LET ME LOVE YOU (FEAT. JUSTIN BIEBER)
DJ SNAKE
SIT STILL, LOOK PRETTY
DAYA
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DIG YOUR ROOTS
FLORIDAGEORGIALINE
ENCORE:
MOVIE PARTNERS SING BROADWAY
BARBRASTREISAND
MIS NÚMERO 1... 40 ANIVERSARIO
JUANGABRIEL
BLURRYFACE
TWENTY ONE PILOTS
TRAVELLER
CHRISSTAPLETON
A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS
COLDPLAY
LOOKING FOR A SAVIOR
UNITEDPURSUIT
COVERS WITH FRIENDS
JASONMANNS
IT DOESN’T HAVE TO MAKE SENSE
INGRIDMICHAELSON
25
ADELE
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MAY WE ALL (FEAT. TIM MCGRAW)
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
YO TE RECUERDO (FEAT. MARC ANTHONY)
JUAN GABRIEL
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN?
(GRACIAS AL SOL)
JUAN GABRIEL
MAKE ME... (FEAT. G-EAZY)
BRITNEY SPEARS
THIS IS WHAT YOU CAME FOR
(FEAT. RIHANNA)
CALVIN HARRIS
CAN’T STOP THE FEELING!
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
RISE
KATY PERRY
ABRÁZAME MUY FUERTE
(FEAT. LAURA PAUSINI)
JUAN GABRIEL
YONCÉ
BEYONCÉ
ME TOO
MEGHAN TRAINOR
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THEDARKESTKNIGHT
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS,SEASON 7
305B
BACHELOR IN PARADISE,SEASON 3
WOOHOOWEEKEND
THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY,SEASON 11
305A
BACHELOR IN PARADISE,SEASON 3
BLOOD,SWEAT,ANDFEARS
KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS,SEASON 12
LOSMUERTOS
FEAR THE WALKING DEAD,SEASON 2
BORROWEDTIME
SUITS,SEASON 6
REUNION,PT.1
THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK CITY,SEASON 8
SPA-CATION
THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY,SEASON 7
SHAKETHETREES
SUITS,SEASON 6
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STING
SANDRA BROWN
THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS
M.L. STEDMAN
IT’S NOT OKAY
ANDI DORFMAN
A GREAT RECKONING
LOUISE PENNY
RUSHING WATERS
DANIELLE STEEL
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
PAULA HAWKINS
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD
J.K. ROWLING
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
BAPARIS
THE GIRL WITH THE LOWER BACK TATTOO
AMY SCHUMER
THIS PROUD HEART
PEARL S. BUCK
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NOTIFICATIONS
SENT FOLLOWING
FISHING LICENSE
DATA BREACH
Notices that personal information might have
been compromised will be sent to hunting and
ishing license holders in Idaho and Oregon
following the breach of a vendor’s computer
system. They likely will be sent in Washington
state, too.
Oicials in Idaho and Oregon said Dallas-based
Active Network will mail the notices to people
in their states following the computer hack last
week that shut down online license sales.
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Washington oicials said they’re in contact
with the company and expect similar letters
to be sent in their state, but that hadn’t been
inalized Friday. Oicials say the number of
records exposed could be in the millions.
Online license sales have been halted in all
three states until the extent of the hack is
fully understood.
“They’ve only been able to conirm that it
was possible that personal information was
accessed,” Idaho Department of Fish and
Game spokesman Mike Keckler said. “We
do not know yet whether or not that
actually occurred, and we may not
ever know.”
Hunting and ishing licenses can still be
purchased at the states’ wildlife oices or at
businesses that sell the licenses.
It’s unclear when online sales might resume.
“I don’t have an estimate,” Bruce Botka of
Washington’s wildlife agency said. “Our most
important concern is ensuring the security of
that particular channel.”
Oicials in the three states said only about 20
percent of license sales occur online, with about
80 percent in person at state wildlife oices or
businesses that sell the licenses.
But that can be a problem for out-of-state
hunters or anglers planning trips to the
Northwest. Oregon oicials have had to
resort to processing license applications over
the phone, said Rick Hargrave of Oregon’s
Department of Fish and Wildlife.
“Kind of the old-school way,” he said.
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VOLVO CARS, AUTOLIV
TEAM UP TO DEVELOP
AUTONOMOUS DRIVING
Chinese-owned Volvo Cars and Sweden-based
automotive safety group Autoliv say they are
creating a jointly-owned company to develop
autonomous driving software for Volvo cars.
The carmaker said Tuesday the new company,
which has yet to be named, will develop
advanced driver assistance systems and
autonomous driving systems.
In a joint statement, Autoliv CEO Jan Carlson
said it was “a recognition” that “autonomous
driving is the next step to transform road safety.”
The company’s initial workforce will be of 200,
and is set to start early next year.
In August, Volvo Cars announced it was
teaming up with ride-sharing company Uber
to develop next-generation driverless cars, in a
$300 million project.
China’s Great Wall Motor and Geely Holding
own Volvo Cars.
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