| Exclusive: Trump wants to make sure U.S. nuclear arsenal at 'top of the pack' Posted: 23 Feb 2017 03:09 PM PST  By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants to ensure the U.S. nuclear arsenal is at the "top of the pack," saying the United States has fallen behind in its weapons capacity. In a Reuters interview, Trump also said China could solve the national security challenge posed by North Korea "very easily if they want to," ratcheting up pressure on Beijing to exert more influence to rein in Pyongyang's increasingly bellicose actions. Trump also expressed support for the European Union as a governing body, saying "I'm totally in favor of it," and for the first time as president expressed a preference for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but said he would be satisfied with whatever makes the two sides happy.
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| ‘Truly heartbroken’: Sean Hannity honors longtime friend Alan Colmes after death at 66 Posted: 23 Feb 2017 09:57 AM PST  Fox News host Sean Hannity paid tribute to his longtime friend and colleague Alan Colmes on Thursday after the liberal commentator's death at 66. According to a statement released by his family, Colmes passed away Thursday morning after a brief illness and leaves behind his wife Jocelyn Elise Crowley. Hannity and Colmes rose to national prominence as co-hosts of the Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes," which ran from 1996 until 2009.
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| Poll: GOP should keep money for Medicaid expansion Posted: 24 Feb 2017 02:17 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Add Medicaid expansion to the list of Obama-era health care provisions that Americans want to keep. A new poll finds that 8 in 10 say lawmakers should preserve federal funding that has allowed states to add coverage for some 11 million low-income people.
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| Hard landing as plane skids on Dutch runway in raging winds Posted: 23 Feb 2017 10:50 AM PST  A passenger plane skidded along a runway at Amsterdam's busy airport Thursday as its landing gear collapsed on hitting the ground during heavy winds, but no passengers were injured, officials told AFP. Video images of the Flybe plane carrying 59 passengers and crew from Edinburgh showed the plane struggling to stay on course as it came in to land at Schiphol airport, with The Netherlands buffeted by a strong winter storm. Airport officials said they were still investigating the cause of the incident.
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| South Africa's Zuma condemns violence against foreigners Posted: 23 Feb 2017 09:55 PM PST ![South Africa's Zuma condemns violence against foreigners]( "South Africa's Zuma condemns violence against foreigners") South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has condemned acts of violence between citizens and non-nationals, his office said on Friday. Anti-immigrant violence has flared sporadically in South Africa against a background of near-record unemployment, with foreigners being accused of taking jobs from citizens and getting involved in crime. Citizens in Pretoria are set to march against foreigners on Friday and domestic media are reporting vandalism and acts of violence in the Atteridgeville area west of the capital.
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| San Jose mayor admits failures in flood evacuation order Posted: 22 Feb 2017 05:42 PM PST  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The mayor of San Jose acknowledged that the city failed to properly notify residents to evacuate during a flood emergency early Wednesday when some people said they got their first notice by seeing firefighters in boats in the neighborhood.
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| Activist heroically flies over barricade to seize Confederate flag Posted: 23 Feb 2017 02:16 PM PST  By climbing a flagpole outside the South Carolina's statehouse, Bree Newsome practically wrote the modern book on removing Confederate flags from public spaces. Apparently, not everyone read that book, so now we have a sequel. Black Lives Matter activist Muhiyidin d'Baha was arrested on Wednesday in South Carolina after epically leaping over a police tape barricade to snatch a Confederate flag out of a protestor's hand. Since it took place directly behind a CBS newscast, the stunning moment aired on live TV — the cameraman followed d'Baha as he quickly ran across the shot. SEE ALSO: How Black Lives Matter made the leap from social media to social action Check out the unbelievable moment here. Protester jumps barricade and attempts to get Confederate flag from man #chsnews pic.twitter.com/hTBql8qS9Z — Ray Rivera (@RayRiveraLive5) February 22, 2017 The flag was held by a member of the South Carolina Secessionist Party, protesting outside of the College of Charleston's Sottile Theatre, at an event featuring Newsome, an African-American activist, filmmaker and one of the driving forces behind the South Carolina state government's decision to permanently remove the Confederate flag from Capitol grounds. D'Baha was counter-protesting the demonstration when he dove over the police tape, and is now being lauded on Twitter for his remarkable act of resistance. This is Muhiyidin d'Baha, a #blacklivesmatter organizer and, like Bree Newsome, a #RoleModel and #hero. Conviction and courage in action. https://t.co/UgZ3ZVfWs5 — Donald Deeley (@DonaldJDeeley) February 23, 2017 @RayRiveraLive5 Somebody give that young man a medal. He's definitely doing great work. — JL Sigman (@JLSigman) February 23, 2017 That's the shit right there. No place for the confederate flag to be used like that in the US nowadays. We live in 2017, not 1862. https://t.co/uGDpCj2sDX — Jeff (@Vivalawino) February 23, 2017 the guy snatching the confederate flag is a hero, he didn't deserve to be arrested — ️ (@PRINCESSYIXING) February 23, 2017 Not all heroes wear capes @RayRiveraLive5https://t.co/2uw64XNBTu — Melanin God™ (@TrueTashan) February 23, 2017 D'Baha, our new personal hero, was arrested after his leap for justice, and reportedly charged with disorderly conduct by the Charleston Police Department. Advocacy group Showing Up For Racial Justice Charleston has set up a crowdfunding page to raise money for d'Baha's bail, already garnering over $12,000 of their $12,500 goal. D'Baha, you are an inspiration to us all. We leave you with this perfect tweet. @RayRiveraLive5 Racist's worst nightmare coming true. "My God, it's happening," he thinks as a flying black activist appears out of nowhere — Olivia Rodricks (@olivia_rodricks) February 23, 2017 BONUS: Trevor Noah has a lesson on how to talk to conservatives
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| U.S. Kelly says Trump aims to send deportees to origin country Posted: 22 Feb 2017 11:11 AM PST ![U.S. Kelly says Trump aims to send deportees to origin country]( "U.S. Kelly says Trump aims to send deportees to origin country") U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration was aimed at catching undocumented immigrants and returning them to their countries of origin. The order "emphasized the mission of intercepting irregular immigrants from many countries on our borders, treat them humanely and return them to their countries of origin as fast as possible," he said in a news conference in Guatemala. Kelly's comments come the day after the United States issued new guidelines that included a plan to deport undocumented immigrants to the country they arrived from, which in many cases means Mexico.
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| Housing Bubble Ahead? Analysts Don't Think So Posted: 23 Feb 2017 12:49 PM PST ![Housing Bubble Ahead? Analysts Don't Think So]( "Housing Bubble Ahead? Analysts Don't Think So") Home prices rose again last year, and the housing market is starting off 2017 at a brisk clip. According to S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller data, which includes the 20 largest U.S. cities, home prices regained their 2007 peak late last year and increased 5.6 percent from November 2015 to November 2016 -- the latest figure available. Zillow's Home Value Index, which measures median home value nationwide, predicts its index will reach the 2007 level this spring.
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| 2 Teens Allegedly Shot Girl, 14, and Left Her to Die After Planned Robbery: Cops Posted: 22 Feb 2017 09:55 AM PST  She was found hours after being shot.
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| DAPL protesters refuse to leave camp ground Posted: 22 Feb 2017 11:56 AM PST  ABC News' Phillip Mena reports from the area where protesters are refusing to leave as they reach their deadline.
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| Turkey-backed Syria rebels seize battleground town from IS Posted: 23 Feb 2017 08:36 AM PST  Al-Bab (Syria) (AFP) - Turkish-backed Syrian rebels said Thursday they had fully captured the town of Al-Bab from the Islamic State group, marking a key defeat for the jihadists after weeks of heavy fighting. As Ankara said its allies now had "near complete control" of the town, a fresh round of peace talks opened between the Syrian opposition and regime in Geneva. Al-Bab, just 25 kilometres (15 miles) south of the Turkish border, was the last IS stronghold in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo.
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| Women in sports ad strikes nerve in Arab world Posted: 23 Feb 2017 02:53 AM PST ![Women in sports ad strikes nerve in Arab world]( "Women in sports ad strikes nerve in Arab world") An online commercial released by Nike this week that showed Arab women fencing, boxing and spinning on ice-skates has stirred controversy over its attempt to smash stereotypes about women leading home-bound lives in the conservative region. Maybe they'll say you exceeded all expectations." Within 48 hours the video was shared 75,000 times on Twitter and viewed almost 400,000 times on YouTube. "An ad (which) touches on the insecurities of women in a society digs deeper and becomes an empowerment tool rather than just a product," Sara al-Zawqari, a spokeswoman for the International Red Cross in Iraq, wrote on her Twitter page.
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| The Maha Shivaratri Hindu festival Posted: 24 Feb 2017 06:58 AM PST ![The Maha Shivaratri Hindu festival]( "The Maha Shivaratri Hindu festival") Maha Shivaratri, or the night of Shiva, is a festival celebrated annually in honor of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of death and destruction. See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photo Tumblr
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| Brain Tumor Patient Pulled From Hospital For Lacking Papers Posted: 23 Feb 2017 09:06 AM PST  A law office representing the undocumented patient told International Business Times she remained held in a detention center Thursday afternoon.
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| Why Did People on Medicaid Vote for Trump? Posted: 23 Feb 2017 06:47 AM PST ![Why Did People on Medicaid Vote for Trump?]( "Why Did People on Medicaid Vote for Trump?") Here's a question that's baffled health reporters in the months since the election: Why would people who benefit from Obamacare in general—and its Medicaid expansion specifically—vote for a man who vowed to destroy it?
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| FBI Rejected White House Request To Refute US-Russia Links Posted: 24 Feb 2017 02:00 AM PST  The White House requested the FBI to discredit recent news reports about alleged contacts between associates of President Donald Trump and Russian officials, reports said.
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| Woman who drove with man body on windshield gets 25 to life Posted: 23 Feb 2017 06:09 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California substance-abuse counselor who hit a man with her car and drove two miles with his body embedded in her windshield was sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in prison.
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| Syria peace talks struggle as bomb kills dozens Posted: 24 Feb 2017 07:38 AM PST  The UN sought painstakingly Friday to get a new round of Syrian peace talks off the ground, but there were few signs of progress as dozens more civilian deaths underlined the scale of the challenge. The UN's Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura, who brought rival regime and opposition delegates symbolically together late Thursday, held separate meetings with them Friday to hammer out the format for the meetings. "We discussed issues relating to the format of the talks exclusively," said Syrian regime delegation chief Bashar al-Jaafari after meeting de Mistura.
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| A girl named Ehlena and a dog named Wonder win at U.S. Supreme Court Posted: 22 Feb 2017 03:19 PM PST  The justices ruled 8-0 that Ehlena Fry, 13, and her parents may not be obligated to go through time-consuming administrative appeals with the local school board before suing for damages for the emotional distress she said she suffered by being denied the assistance of her dog, a goldendoodle named Wonder. The justices sent the case back to a lower appeals court to determine whether Ehlena's complaint involves the impermissible denial of a proper special education.
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| Norwegian Air launches $65 flights between the US and UK Posted: 23 Feb 2017 06:24 AM PST  New pair of shoes? Or transatlantic flight from the UK to the US? That's the new conundrum at travelers' disposal, with this week's launch of bottom-of-the-barrel fares by Norwegian Air, which is offering flights for as low as $65 USD one-way.
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| Wonder-ful news: 13-year-old girl wins Supreme Court decision over service dog Posted: 23 Feb 2017 03:07 PM PST  You may have seen photos of a young girl and her Goldendoodle, Wonder, on the steps of the Supreme Court on social media. So who is she and why is she smiling? Ehlena Fry, a 13-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, has won her Supreme Court case, which will allow her to sue her local school board for damages for the emotional distress she said she suffered by being denied the assistance of her service dog.
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| Trump Is Kremlin’s Puppet, Russian Editor Says Posted: 23 Feb 2017 03:21 AM PST  The editor-in-chief of Moscow Times said Russia is looking to take advantage of President Donald Trump's slip-ups in office.
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| After protest, China says will address army veterans' issues Posted: 23 Feb 2017 02:25 AM PST ![After protest, China says will address army veterans' issues]( "After protest, China says will address army veterans' issues") BEIJING (AP) — China's defense ministry said Thursday it expects economic growth and a strengthened social security system to solve problems faced by former soldiers, following reports of new street protests by disgruntled veterans who say they've been denied their promised retirement benefits.
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| South Africa anti-immigrant protests erupt in capital Posted: 24 Feb 2017 08:21 AM PST  PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Police fired stun grenades, rubber bullets and water cannon Friday as the latest wave of anti-immigrant protests broke out in South Africa's capital, while President Jacob Zuma condemned anti-foreigner violence and appealed for calm.
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| Couple with Down Syndrome to Celebrate 22nd Anniversary: 'I've Never Seen Love Like It' Posted: 23 Feb 2017 03:59 PM PST  Defying criticism, a couple with Down syndrome has been married for nearly 22 years.
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| One Android company wants to use smartphones to make PCs truly dead Posted: 22 Feb 2017 08:08 PM PST 
Android is an operating system that's supposed to power smartphones, tablets, cars, wearables, and other gadgets. But it's not an OS meant to take over your primary PC. Or is it? Recent reports indicate that Google has some great plans for Android, including turning the OS into a platform that can run on any device, laptops and desktops included. Even Samsung is heading in that direction on its own, as the Galaxy S8 is rumored to come with a special accessory that can be used to connect the smartphone to an external display. But until any of these plans get official, there's an Android company based in China that's already doing novel things with Google's mobile OS. Jide Technologies, which makes its Android-based, Windows-like Remix OS, is ready for the next big thing: Turning Android smartphones into full-fledged computers. We talked about Remix OS in the past, a free OS that lets you install Android on any Windows or Mac to offer you a Windows-like user interface and overall experience. The best part is that you still get to use the same apps you downloaded from Google Play on a bigger screen, complete with modified UI elements for the larger display real estate. But Jide is ready to move forward with an even bolder plan. Rather than installing Remix on your desktop, you could install Remix OS on Mobile (ROM) on your smartphone, and then just connect it to a display or TV. That's Remix Singularity in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUbnref3kGM That certainly sounds great, at least on paper. ROM will be "as close to stock Android as possible," Jide co-founder David Ko told The Verge in an interview. "But imagine when you get back to your office or study, you connect your phone, and it turns into a PC mode, just like a laptop or desktop." Yes, that sounds amazing in theory. In practice. ROM will not ship with Google Play preloaded, so users will have to sideload the app to get their Play apps working on bigger screen. Furthermore, Jide needs partners to agree to have ROM installed on their devices, something that might not coincide with their contractual obligations to Google. Finally, there's the hardware factor. You'd probably need a rather powerful mobile device to drive a great ROM experience on a monitor. But Jide is primarily targeting first-time Android users who won't all have the means to afford a powerful enough device. That said, Remix Singularity definitely sounds exciting, so we'll just have to wait to see it in action.
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| Video of 'chubby' tigers taking down a drone may be way darker than you think Posted: 23 Feb 2017 09:30 PM PST  A video of "chubby" Siberian tigers taking down a drone, complete with a silly soundtrack — like so much viral content — is more than what it seems. While the video's been shared far and wide, but the origins of the footage have been a cause for concern for a while now. SEE ALSO: Watch a bunch of chubby tigers take down a drone and try to eat it As science journalist John R. Platt tweeted, the footage is "obviously a tiger farm." Reminder: China has an estimated *7* wild tigers left. Many more in this video = obviously a tiger farm. They'll be turned into bone & wine https://t.co/7hxmkSDei2 — John R Platt (@johnrplatt) February 23, 2017 While the name of the park isn't mentioned in the description of the videos (as to avoid searching of the park's record according to Platt,) the location is. Heilongjiang Province in China is the home of Harbin Siberian Tiger Park. It's one of the two biggest tiger-breeding facilities in the country, according to a 2013 report on the country's clandestine tiger trade by the Environmental Investigation Agency. The park is advertised as a tourist attraction, where visitors can offer meat and even live animals, to the tigers. As per a report by McClatchy, the number of visitors doesn't cover the cost of feeding or breeding hundreds of tigers each year. The real money comes from the sale of tiger pelts, tiger bone wine, and other products that have been banned in China. McClatchy visited Harbin Siberian Tiger Park, and reported bottles of tiger bone wine on display — albeit not advertised as tiger bone wine, but some had images of tigers on the packaging. Some of these "bone strengthening wines" advertise the use of tiger bone in its manufacture to distinguish itself from other wines in its category, according to the Environmental Investigation Agency's report. The same park was under scrutiny after conservation groups were outraged at images of obese tigers, thought to be seriously ill. Last word on tiger-drone video: Chinese media often share cute tiger videos. They're all propaganda to hide the reality of tiger farms. — John R Platt (@johnrplatt) February 24, 2017 Since 1993, there has been a ban on the trade of tiger bones, but the state has encouraged the growth of tiger farms. In 2007, India and the UK called on China to ban tiger farms due to concerns over the impact it had on the wild population. [h/t Motherboard] BONUS: This organization is providing kids with 3D-printed prosthetics — free of charge
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| Florida Police Officer Charged With Manslaughter Posted: 23 Feb 2017 11:12 AM PST  The officer had shot and killed a 73-year-old woman during a public demonstration in August.
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| 2017 Jeep Compass Posted: 23 Feb 2017 09:01 PM PST  Better than before, and that's no backhanded compliment.
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| Illinois state worker union members approve strike if needed Posted: 23 Feb 2017 10:39 AM PST ![Illinois state worker union members approve strike if needed]( "Illinois state worker union members approve strike if needed") Illinois could face a shutdown of its state government after its biggest labor union representing state workers said on Thursday its members overwhelmingly voted in favor of a strike. Just over 80 percent of members voted in favor of allowing the union's bargaining committee to call a strike if "no other path forward can be found" in reaching a new contract with the state, said Roberta Lynch, executive director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 31. The union's 38,000 members, who include prison guards, healthcare providers for veterans and the disabled, child welfare investigators, state highway workers and others, have been without a contract since July 2015.
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| US promises Mexico no mass deportations or military force Posted: 23 Feb 2017 11:40 AM PST  US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly promised Thursday "no mass deportations" or military force against immigrants in the United States despite a crackdown on those in the country illegally. "There will be no, repeat no mass deportations", Kelly told a news conference in Mexico City after meeting with Mexican ministers. The meetings aimed to calm diplomatic tensions with Mexico, which has been targeted by President Donald Trump with a hard line on trade and immigration.
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| Philippines to defend Duterte's drug war at U.N. rights body Posted: 23 Feb 2017 06:44 AM PST ![Philippines to defend Duterte's drug war at U.N. rights body]( "Philippines to defend Duterte's drug war at U.N. rights body") The Philippine foreign minister on Thursday said he would tell a United Nations rights body that the killings in President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs were not state-sponsored. More than 7,700 people have been killed since Duterte unleashed the drugs war in June, about 2,500 in what police say are shootouts during raids and sting operations. Most of the rest are under investigation and activists believe many were extrajudicial killings.
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| Trump administration lifts transgender bathroom guidance Posted: 22 Feb 2017 05:41 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Transgender students on Wednesday lost federal protections that allowed them to use school bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identities, as the Trump administration stepped into a long-simmering national debate.
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| Professor has taken a selfie every day for the past 30 years Posted: 23 Feb 2017 06:32 AM PST  BOSTON (AP) — Long before they were called selfies, Karl Baden snapped a simple black and white photo of himself. Then he repeated it every day for the next three decades.
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| U.S.-backed offensive pounds Islamic State in western Mosul as civilians flee Posted: 24 Feb 2017 05:15 AM PST ![U.S.-backed offensive pounds Islamic State in western Mosul as civilians flee]( "U.S.-backed offensive pounds Islamic State in western Mosul as civilians flee") U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces captured Mosul airport on Thursday, state television said, in a major gain in operations to drive Islamic State from the western half of the city. Elite Counter Terrorism forces advanced from the southwestern side and entered the Ghozlani army base along with the southwestern districts of Tal al-Rumman and al-Mamoun
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| Is Apple’s strategy forcing pros to ditch Mac for Windows? Posted: 23 Feb 2017 03:21 PM PST 
One of the more interesting narratives involving Apple in 2016 focused on whether or not the company was abandoning its base of traditionally loyal pro users. The issue came to a head this past October when Apple released its new MacBook Pro, a machine that many developers and creative professionals lambasted as overpriced and under-powered.
Apple's 2016 MacBook Pro update was particularly frustrating for pro-oriented users because it had been quite some time since Apple had rolled out a meaningful update to its flagship notebook line. In effect, many creative types were hoping for more than a TouchBar and greeted Apple's new MacBook Pro with a collective, This is it? Not helping matters of course is that Apple's Mac Pro has seemingly been sitting on the sidelines, ignored, for years on end. Indeed, it's been well more than three years since Phil Schiller introduced the Mac Pro while boldly stating, "can't innovate anymore, my ass!" Recently, John Gruber linked to an interesting article from Marco Solorio detailing why video professionals are increasingly eyeing the possibility of abandoning the Mac and moving over to Windows. The Nvidia GTX 1080 might be the final nail in the coffin. I can guarantee at this point, we will have to move to a Windows-based workstation for our main edit suite and one that supports multiple PCIe slots specifically for the GTX 1080 (I'll most likely get two 1080s that that new price-point). I'm no stranger to working on Windows systems (I've built my own Windows boxes since Windows 3/NT) and have Windows systems running now in our facility. But with that said, I do prefer Apple OS X when possible. But with no support of a modern PCIe-based workstation from Apple, our hands are tied to move to Windows (we may get an HP Z840 system, something similar, or a custom build we'll do in-house). Even if the GTX 1080 could be flashed for OSX, we wouldn't be able to take full advantage of what the 1080 has to offer, due to The Mac Pro Tower's older PCIe buss technology.
The article is from May 2016, but seeing as how Apple's Mac Pro still hasn't seen an update since the piece was written, the arguments raised by the story are still as relevant as ever. Expectedly, Gruber shining light to the story sparked a very interesting debate on Reddit regarding Apple's handling of its Pro user base. While some folks argued that Apple's decision not to cater to creative professionals was extremely short-sighted, others argued that Apple has historically never catered to a niche group of users. The most interesting comment I came across astutely suggests that the influence wielded by creative professionals is far greater in proportion than its size. As the argument goes, Apple should do everything in its power to appease professional users even though the money involved may not be more than a blip on Apple's bottom line. It shouldn't matter if Pros aren't huge money makers anymore for Apple, Apple should be supporting them rather than screwing them and then losing them. You ignore pros and creatives and artists and high end users, aka, influential people, it's gonna trickle down. When entire industries start shifting to PC, video, film, photography, that's going to end up being tens of millions of people down the line, people in the industries and young people pursuing that path. I love my Mac Pro. But its time to upgrade, my options are 'downgrade' to an iMac, or go with a PC. Very seriously considering PC, because of Apple.
I personally think the answer lies somewhere in the middle. It's important to recognize that Apple isn't the same company that it was in 2000, or even in 2008 for that matter. The company's priorities have shifted and what may have made sense business-wise years ago may not make sense today. That said, I don't think Apple necessarily needs to bend over backwards to address concerns held by developers and creative professionals, but it should at the very least be more willing to hear those concerns from the community instead of pretending that they don't exist. In other words, just a little bit more transparency would go a long way. In any event, the entire Reddit thread is worth checking out as there are a number of insightful arguments on both sides of the debate.
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| A Bodyboarder Dies In Fatal Shark Attack On Reunion Island Posted: 22 Feb 2017 12:16 PM PST  A man bodyboarding on the northwest coast of Reunion Island died after a fatal shark attack.
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| Scientists discover 7 earth-size planets with possible life orbiting star Posted: 23 Feb 2017 06:46 AM PST  NASA announced the discovery of the most Earth-size planets found in the habitable zone of a single star. The dwarf star, TRAPPIST-1, was discovered in 2008.
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| Documents: After shooting, Roof went toward 2nd black church Posted: 22 Feb 2017 04:42 PM PST  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The man convicted of killing nine worshippers during Bible study at a black church in 2015 drove toward a second black parish afterward, according to federal court documents unsealed Tuesday, but no one was there because that sanctuary's class had been canceled.
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| Illegal immigrants: the facts behind the US-Mexico fight Posted: 23 Feb 2017 08:49 AM PST  Washington (AFP) - Top US and Mexican officials were meeting Thursday in Mexico City over Washington's plans to crack down on illegal immigration and force Mexico to bear more of the burden for halting the flow.
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| Israel bans Human Right Watch worker, accuses group of peddling pro-Palestinian line Posted: 24 Feb 2017 06:31 AM PST ![Israel bans Human Right Watch worker, accuses group of peddling pro-Palestinian line]( "Israel bans Human Right Watch worker, accuses group of peddling pro-Palestinian line") Israel has denied a work permit to a Human Rights Watch researcher, accusing the group of serving as Palestinian propagandists in a move the U.S.-based organisation called an "ominous turn". The news emerged as Israel faced criticism from the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva over the 18-month jail sentence handed to an Israeli soldier who shot an incapacitated Palestinian assailant in the head. U.N. human rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said the sentence given to soldier Elor Azaria was "excessively lenient" and part of a "chronic culture of impunity" for Israeli abuse of Palestinians.
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| New Volkswagen eGolf offers more power and more range Posted: 22 Feb 2017 10:15 AM PST  VW has announced that the latest-generation plug-in electric Golf will come with an EPA-estimated range of 125 miles (200km) when it goes on sale in the US this spring. Despite a more potent motor, the car can go further on a single charge because of improved and more efficient battery chemistry.
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