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First look: Apple's HomePod is loud, heavy and powerful    AppleInsider (press release) (blog) HomePod Diary: Hands-on, and this thing is a Sonos Play 5 killer    9to5Mac How to Set Up Your New HomePod    Mac Rumors Apple's HomePod Has Arrived. Don't Rush to Buy It.    New York Times Everything You Need to Know About Your New Apple HomePod    Gear Patrol Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2H24DUR via Technology

VLC's biggest-ever update is finally available for download, complete with Chromecast support    BGR VLC 3.0 supports Chromecast, 8K, and HDR    The Verge VLC 3.0 adds Chromecast support and more as the best free media player gets even better    PCWorld VLC 3.0 arrives for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Android TV, Apple TV, and Chrome OS    VentureBeat Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2ESqj5g via Technology

Uber, Waymo Settle Self-Driving Car Lawsuit    MediaPost Communications Uber & Waymo settle self-driving car lawsuit in $244M deal    AppleInsider (press release) (blog) Why Google's bosses became 'unpumped' about Uber    Boston.com Waymo & Uber Settle Self-Driving Lawsuit After Only 5 Days    Android Headlines Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2Bk8so6 via Technology

New Overwatch Skins: See Year Of The Dog Legendary Skins    GameSpot Overwatch's Year Of The Dog's Best Additions Aren't Even Its New Skins    Forbes Overwatch: All New Lunar New Year 2018 Emotes    Twinfinite Lunar New Year - Overwatch    Overwatch Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2C9neuM via Technology

My Nintendo Points Will Be Redeemable For Switch Games Soon    Cinema Blend Hackers Get Linux Running on a Switch    PCMag Hackers Are Running Linux On The Switch And Claim Nintendo Can't Patch It    Forbes Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2Bne7Ki via Technology

Get ready for a bunch of new emojis (yes, including a partying face)    TechCrunch Here's a Look At the 157 Emoji Arriving This Year    PCMag Here are the New Emoji You Can Expect in 2018    Droid Life Emoji Recently Added, v11.0 - Unicode.org    Unicode.org Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2EbgRNb via Technology

Google Pixel is at the center of a new class action complaint    SlashGear Your Google Pixel 2 camera just got even better – here's why    Wired.co.uk All You Need To Know About Google Pixel Lawsuit    ValueWalk Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2BOICd4 via Technology

Shadow of the Colossus guide: The 14th colossus    Polygon Shadow of the Colossus Collectibles Puzzle Unlocks Secret    Game Rant Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2BOni7j via Technology

Subaru 50th Anniversary Models Don't Include The All-New Ascent    autoevolution The Subaru STI 50th Anniversary Edition Is the Rarest WRX You Can Buy Today    Top Speed Don Adair: Subaru's Crosstrek hatchback promises fun, delivers functionality    The Spokesman-Review (blog) Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2GYQgAM via Technology

Chicago Auto Show roars back into town    nwitimes.com Edmunds: How to Car Shop at an Auto Show    New Jersey Herald Motor Trend International Auto Show rolls into Baltimore (Photos)    Baltimore Business Journal Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2Cav5Z0 via Technology

The White House says the Chief of Staff only just "became fully aware" of abuse allegations against Rob Porter, but the FBI reportedly informed him in November. O'Donnell says Kelly is afraid to tell the American people what he knew and when he knew it. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Bm8fAX via Latest News

North Korea staged a large military parade on Thursday, just one day before the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BLh3kT via Latest News

He's 47 and has lived in America since 1993, holding a job and raising two children. Harry Pangemanan is also a Christian, who fears deportation to Indonesia, where Christians have been persecuted and even killed by Muslim extremists. He took sanctuary in a church for months, but now his fate is in the hands of a federal judge. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2nP0lsf via Latest News

A legal battle is brewing between Starbucks and a California family claiming they were served bloody cups of Frappuccino. Amanda Vice says in a lawsuit against the coffee chain that Frappuccinos she ordered for herself and her toddler daughter from a San Bernardino Starbucks in February 2016 came with a ghastly ingredient not typically found on the menu. “She was licking the whipped cream where it had been sitting on top,” Vice told CBS Los Angeles, describing the moment she noticed the drink was corpuscle-enhanced. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2C9b6JW via Latest News

Mexican authorities have found a tiger cub in a plastic container, due to be express mailed to another address. The Office for Environmental Protection on Wednesday found the Bengal cub when a sniffer dog looking for contraband detected it in the plastic container, sedated. The cub was found in the package filled with newspaper clippings, in the western state of Jalisco, due to be shipped to an address in the central state of Queretaro. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2C5qqaz via Latest News

After days of excavation, Toronto police on Thursday said they have recovered the remains of at least six different people on property that was landscaped by suspected serial killer Bruce McArthur, who has been charged with the murder of five men connected to the city’s gay village. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2ETxgmM via Latest News

Chris Knierim and Alexa Scimeca Knierim were married one year after winning their first U.S. pairs title in 2015. Now, the couple has achieved their dream of competing in the Olympics together. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2smYcZi via Latest News

Engineers at Russia's top nuclear research facility have been detained after they attempted to mine bitcoin on its computers, Russian news agencies reported Friday. Several employees at the Russian Federal Nuclear Centre in the city of Sarov have been detained after making "an attempt to use the work computing facilities for personal ends, including for so-called mining," a spokeswoman for the centre, Tatiana Zalesskaya told Interfax news agency. The centre is overseen by Rosatom, the Russian nuclear agency, and works on developing nuclear weapons. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2sjQy1M via Latest News

Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock is down 8.7 percent in the past month after the iPhone X "supercycle" turned out not to be as super as investors had hoped. While there may still be long-term value in Apple stock, Goldman Sachs analyst Rod Hall says investors shouldn't be in a hurry to buy. Hall says the weakness in iPhone unit sales that weighed on Apple stock following its fiscal first-quarter earnings report will remain an albatross for Apple stock for at least two more quarters. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2EetS8E via Latest News

On Yahoo News’ “Skullduggery” podcast, ex-FBI agent and GOP Rep. Mike Rogers had sharp words for the administration over the Rob Porter domestic abuse allegations. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2sncmKe via Latest News

Pyeongchang, South Korea, built itself a brand-new $109 million stadium to host the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2nOD21I via Latest News

By Phil Stewart and Lisa Barrington WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis dismissed concerns on Thursday that the United States was being dragged into a broader conflict in Syria, after a major clash with pro-Syrian government forces overnight that may have left 100 or more of them dead. The U.S.-led coalition said it repelled an unprovoked attack near the Euphrates River by hundreds of troops aligned with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who were backed by artillery, tanks, multiple-launch rocket systems and mortars. The incident underscored the potential for further conflict in Syria's oil-rich east, where the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias holds swathes of land after its offensive against Islamic State. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2C3P2k9 via Latest News

Comedian Rob Delaney announced on Friday the heartbreaking death of his 2-year-old son, Henry. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BiCpVE via Latest News

China has put into combat service its new generation J-20 stealth fighter, a warplane it hopes will narrow the military gap with the United States, the Chinese air force said on Friday, making it operationally ready. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2nPipSO via Latest News

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Police shared the drawing on its crime watch page, and while it was initially mocked by some for its simplicity, officials said it did the job. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2EtrudG via Latest News

Scott Pruitt still acknowledges that climate change is happening, but he now argues that it could actually be good for the planet from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2H23GvZ via Latest News

Kids may say the darndest things, but parents tweet about them in the funniest ways. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2G25VOi via Latest News

Singapore-based Broadcom said Friday it would pay rival Qualcomm $8 billion if regulators fail to approve a proposed merger between the two computer chip giants. The "termination fee" offer came a day after California-based Qualcomm rejected a record $121 billion hostile bid as too low, while citing a risk that the proposed tie-up could be blocked by regulatory authorities. Broadcom chief executive Hock Tan said he welcomed Qualcomm's offer of talks on the takeover bid and suggested a meeting in the coming days. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2EuJAfb via Latest News

American speed skater Shani Davis was not pleased about how Team USA selected its flag-bearer for the opening ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2G0vTln via Latest News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Congress and spending legislation (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2G1mDNY via Latest News

A renewed onslaught of bombing in Syria’s besieged Eastern Ghouta enclave has wreaked havoc in the region, killing nearly 200 people in a matter of days and shattering cease-fire negotiations. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Bjabdq via Latest News

The former President also warned that Russia’s Vladimir Putin “is zero-sum. Russia has denied trying to influence the November 2016 vote but US intelligence agencies concluded it had. Mr Trump has previously downplayed the findings but last year said he was “with our agencies, especially as currently constituted with the leadership”. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2nSYEJq via Latest News

Mexican marines have captured a kingpin in the violent Zetas drug cartel who had a $5-million reward on his head in the United States, authorities said Friday. Jose Maria Guizar Valencia, alias "Z43," was arrested Thursday in the upscale Mexico City neighborhood of La Roma "without the use of force," the head of the National Security Commission, Renato Sales, announced in a press conference. "He is believed to be responsible for trafficking drugs from South America to the United States, and was one of the main drivers of violence in the states of southeastern Mexico," said Sales. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2nVmVOR via Latest News

If you love Big Macs, then you will really want to try the "Bling-Mac." It's an 18 karat gold, gem-encrusted version of the classic sandwich. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BjoVZA via Latest News

Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) investors are hoping to get some love from Cisco this Valentine's Day if the company can repeat last quarter's impressive earnings beat on Feb. 14. Wall Street analysts are expecting Cisco to get a huge boost from tax reform and demonstrate that its transition to a more software-centric business model is starting to make a meaningful impact on its growth numbers. Analysts are projecting Cisco will report earnings per share of 59 cents on revenue of $11.8 billion. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2H2q08z via Latest News

It's the most significant diplomatic encounter between the rivals in years from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2FYACUL via Latest News

Live: 2018 Winter Olympics, Day 2 in PyeongChang    NEWS.com.au Google doodle dedicated to PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018    BGR India Pence Avoids 'Interaction' with N.Korean Officials at Olympics    The Chosun Ilbo Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2ETzGlk via Technology

Android Messages may soon let you text from the web    The Verge Android Feature Request: Let Us “User-Initiate” App Updates on Google Play, Just Like System Updates    Droid Life Google explores texting from your browser    Engadget The game-changing side effect a Chrome OS tablet could create    Computerworld Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2Ewhy2Y via Technology

The HomePod is the point of no return for Apple fans    The Verge First look: Apple's HomePod is loud, heavy and powerful    AppleInsider (press release) (blog) HomePod Diary: Hands-on, and this thing is a Sonos Play 5 killer    9to5Mac Sonos on Twitter: "Good luck with your #homepod launch @Apple. We made you a playlist. https://t.co/zh8KctGAJe"    Twitter Apple's HomePod Has Arrived. Don't Rush to Buy It.    New York Times Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2nWnqs3 via Technology

His wireless Apple headphone started smoking during a workout. Then it exploded, he said.    Washington Post Florida Man's Apple AirPod Started Smoking, Blew Up, He Says    PCMag Florida man says his Apple AirPod exploded    Engadget Florida man's AirPods reportedly 'blow up' during gym workout    AppleInsider (press release) (blog) Apple AirPod Smokes, Then Blows Up (Report)    Tom's Guide Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2H0to41 via Technology

YouTube temporarily suspends Logan Paul's ad revenue    TechSpot YouTube suspends Logan Paul's ad revenue because he's still making bad decisions    Fairfield Daily Republic YouTube has punished YouTube star Logan Paul, again    Recode Jake Paul vs. KSI: How the YouTube feud started—and why it exploded    The Daily Dot We forgave Logan Paul for Suicide Forest and now he's tasering dead rats. There are good YouTubers but he's not one ...    The Independent Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2Ewae7q via Technology

VLC 3.0 supports Chromecast, 8K, and HDR    The Verge VLC update adds Chromecast and HDR support    Engadget VLC 3.0 adds Chromecast support and more as the best free media player gets even better    PCWorld VLC 3.0 arrives for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Android TV, Apple TV, and Chrome OS    VentureBeat Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2FXV5cj via Technology

T-Mobile offering a free line when you add a line starting tomorrow    androidandme.com T-Mobile Hosting BOGO Line of Service for Those With a Family Plan    Droid Life T-Mobile starts Valentine's day promotion    Telecompaper Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2BkUmmv via Technology

'Destiny 2' Nightfall raids get an improved scoring system    Engadget Bungie is overhauling Destiny 2's Nightfall strike and Prestige raids    Polygon Destiny 2's Nightfall Is Getting An Overhaul    Kotaku Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2nReKnx via Technology

Fortnite Vs. PUBG: Which Battle Royale Game Is Right For You?    GameSpot Fortnite Battle Royale performance and settings guide    PC Gamer Fortnite Continues To Crush It    Kotaku Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2EeMQIm via Technology

Overwatch's New CTF Map Is A Big Improvement    Kotaku New Overwatch Skins: See Year Of The Dog Legendary Skins    GameSpot Overwatch's Year Of The Dog's Best Additions Aren't Even Its New Skins    Forbes Overwatch Seasonal Event | Lunar New Year 2018    YouTube Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2EstenB via Technology

Nintendo Switch Hacked to Run Linux, So Can We Get Save Game Backups Now?    ExtremeTech Hackers hijack Nintendo Switch, show Linux loaded on console    Ars Technica Nintendo wants everyone to buy a Switch    Polygon News: Cash in My Nintendo Loyalty Points for Switch Games - PCMag Asia    PCMag Asia Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2EfxFCQ via Technology

Google will make copyright disclaimers more prominent in image search    The Verge Google will make copyright credits more apparent in image searches    Engadget Google reaches agreement with Getty Images to display its content in Search    Android Police Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2ERuu15 via Technology

Shadow Of The Colossus Players Solve The Remake's Big Mystery    Kotaku The Secret Shadow of the Colossus Gold Coin Mystery Has Been Solved    PlayStation LifeStyle The Shadow of the Colossus remake's greatest mystery has been solved    Destructoid Shadow of the Colossus (PS4) REVIEW – A Gigantic Success    Cultured Vultures Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2ETt7iz via Technology