Angry Robot

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George R.R. Martin releasing new Game of Thrones short story this year

Not the GRRM news we are hoping for

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Hotel ransomed by hackers as guests locked in rooms

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Protest Grows ‘Out of Nowhere’ at Kennedy Airport After Iraqis Are Detained

Oh America. The next four or fewer years are going to be a real roller coaster ride huh?

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Trump’s Order Blocks Immigrants at Airports, Stoking Fear Around Globe

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US solar power employs more people than oil, coal and gas combined, report shows

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Apple strategy in ‘smart home’ race threatened by Amazon

I don’t completely buy that narrative. The smart home world is young still, and Apple’s install base is orders of magnitude larger than Amazon’s. Wouldn’t you guess Apple will get into the speaker/AI/home hub game soon?

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Kathleen Wynne stopping John Tory’s plan for tolls on DVP, Gardiner

The Ontario Liberals don’t believe in anything, do they?

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Apple Set to Join Amazon, Google, Facebook in AI Research Group

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Trump’s stand on immigration could work in Canada’s favour

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Looking Back, Looking Ahead—2017 Edition – The Omni Group

I love Omni, the Mac developers of OmniFocus which I use everyday, all day.

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No White House Leaks Like This … Until Now

Josh Marshall summary of two big must-read Trump leak stories that is itself a must-read. Quotes:

We are three days into the administration and the Trump White House leaks not so much like a sieve as a bucket with no bottom.

There is, to put it mildly, a rather clearly recurring theme: a torqued up man-child, alternatively rageful and fragile, both grandiose and profoundly insecure.