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NASA says no alien announcement coming

Despite rumors, a NASA administrator says the agency has no plans to announce anything about extraterrestrial life.

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<p>Samsung's planned home appliance manufacturing facility in Newberry County, South Carolina, will generate 954 local jobs by 2020.&nbsp;</p>

That fancy Samsung fridge might be made in South Carolina

The South Korean company is planning for a $380 million home appliance factory in Newberry County, South Carolina, that's expected to create 954 local jobs by 2020.

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Google's massive fine, cyberattack hits Europe

Today's major headlines include Google's massive fine from the EU, a new ransomware attack is hitting Europe and the infamous Galaxy Note 7 might be back on July 7.

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Qualcomm's Snapdragon 450 makes $200 phones faster, last longer

The new chip promises better battery life, graphics and performance over its previous iteration, the Snapdragon 435.

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Marissa Mayer reportedly stands by Uber's Travis Kalanick

Commentary: Speaking at Stanford University on Tuesday, the former Yahoo CEO says Kalanick likely had no idea what was really going on at Uber.

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<p>The UberEats app is launching in Sydney with more than 100 restaurants.</p>

Uber ex-contractor accused of stealing $25K in rides, food

A former contractor takes a plea deal after issuing thousands of dollars worth of Uber credits to himself, family and friends.

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<p>Who needs data? Why not just rely on talent?</p>

Chris Sale, pitching star, ignores big data

Commentary: In a baseball era in which every last piece of data is tabulated, the Red Sox pitcher shows no interest at all. A lesson for tech, perhaps?

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<p>Bringing everything back to "2001: A Space Odyssey," we have HAL 9000, the iconic artificial intelligence robot that makes up one of the main characters in the sci-fi film. That character was represented in the film as an all-seeing red light from within a wall-mounted control panel that sports a creepily soothing voice. </p> <p>Nowadays we have IBM's Watson, the namesake of IBM founder Thomas J. Watson, which <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20028420-76.html" >competed in an episode of "Jeopardy"</a> earlier this year. Tied to a room of hardware below the stage, Watson answered questions against two human opponents on the popular game show and ended up winning. </p> <p>And before Watson there was its predecessor, also made by IBM, dubbed Deep Blue, an AI that was programmed to annihilate humans--at chess that is. In 1997 the machine won against world champion Garry Kasparov, who had beaten the machine just the year before. After Kasparov accused IBM of cheating, Deep Blue was retired. </p>

AI could help make North America richer, China more so

Economies could grow by $15.7 trillion, according to a new report.

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<p>Pinterest agrega nueva tecnología de búsqueda para atraer a más usuarios.</p>

Pinterest gives you three new ways to avoid getting hacked

Yo, 175 million monthly Pinterest users. Listen up.

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Facebook dominates social media with 2 billion users a month

Facebook is still the most wildly popular social network, by like, a lot.

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Nasty Petya ransomware spreading fast

The world didn't learn its lesson from WannaCry. Unpatched Windows PCs are locking up across the globe, bringing many government systems and businesses to a halt.

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Zillow casts McMansion Hell site into cease-and-desist limbo

The popular how-not-to-do-architecture Tumblr received a cease-and-desist from the house hunting site for using its photos.

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