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A third of world’s aquifers are being sucked dry: NASA data

June 17, 2015 creative california, chris-arsenault, man-holding, rome, the-clock, twitter, university, water-resources

By Chris Arsenault ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Human water use is sucking dry around a third of the world’s largest underground water basins at an alarming rate, with potentially risky consequences for farmers and other consumers, researchers said. Eight of the planet’s 37 biggest aquifers are classified as “overstressed” because they have almost no new water flowing in to offset usage, according to two studies from the University of California based on NASA satellite data

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Virtual reality dominates floor at E3 gaming show

June 17, 2015 creative became-the-new, chris-arsenault, electronic, future, might-finally, reality-gaming, university, water-resources

Virtual reality gaming, once a distant concept, became the new battleground at this year's E3 industry convention, with developers seeking to win over fans with their immersive headsets and accessories.

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Amazon insists federal rules apply to U.S. deliveries by drone

June 17, 2015 creative aerial-systems, david-morgan, government, house, house-oversight, interstate, localities-must, representatives, said-on-tuesday, the-e-commerce, vice-president

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amazon.com, seeking to bolster its efforts to deliver products via drone, said on Tuesday that states and local communities should not be allowed to regulate unmanned aerial systems (UAS) authorized by federal aviation regulators. “Uniform federal rules must apply,” Paul Misener, the e-commerce retailer's vice president for global public policy, said in written testimony released by a U.S. House of Representatives oversight committee ahead of a Wednesday hearing

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French network management firm eyes vast Internet of Things grids

June 16, 2015 creative aerial-systems, committee, david-morgan, financing-round, interstate, its-network, localities-must, new-funding, sensor-networks, the-committee, the-successful, things, turn-backed, world

By Eric Auchard FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Actility, a supplier of software used to manage far-flung sensor networks dubbed the Internet of Things, said on Tuesday it has taken $25 million in new funding from top European telecom operators and the world’s largest contract electronics maker. The financing round is led by Ginko Ventures, which is in turn backed by Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, along with telecom operators KPN, Orange and Swisscom

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Internet privacy bill gets initial approval in Russian assembly

June 16, 2015 creative david-morgan, decide-whether, its-network, localities-must, parliament-gave, remove-outdated, russia, world

Russian parliament gave initial approval on Tuesday to a law that would require Internet search sites to remove outdated or irrelevant personal information from search results on request from users. The bill, passed by the State Duma lower house in its first reading, seeks to emulate European Union rules on the “right to be forgotten”, under which search engines must take down certain results that appear under a search of a person’s name

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Armed man shot trying to get into Arkansas air base: authorities

June 15, 2015 creative airlift-wing, base, colonel-charles, commander, david-morgan, incident-sent, its-network, sent-the-base, suspect, the-commander

The incident sent the base into lockdown for nearly three hours while authorities examined the car driven by the man. Authorities said he carried a rifle. “I do not know if the suspect fired rounds out of his weapon, but I do know that he was brandishing a weapon at the time he exited his vehicle,” said Colonel Charles Brown the commander of the 19th Airlift Wing at the base.

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Alwaleed backs Twitter interim CEO Dorsey, says brings continuity

June 15, 2015 creative interim-head, logo-reflected, needed, prince-alwaleed, reuters, social, twitter, zenica

Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of Twitter's earlier investors, told Reuters he believed Jack Dorsey would bring continuity to the social messaging firm and he would back him if he wished to become chief executive permanently. Dorsey, a co-founder of Twitter, was named interim head last Thursday after Chief Executive Dick Costolo abruptly announced he was stepping down effective July 1. In a written statement to Reuters, Alwaleed said he “knew Dorsey well and that as one of the founders who knows the company very well he would bring the needed continuity” while the company searched for a new chief executive

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With CEO shakeup, Twitter under pressure to please advertisers

June 15, 2015 creative amid-pressure, francisco, from-investors, interim-head, its-corporate, needed, san, shown-at-its, twitter, zenica

By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter Inc's next chief executive officer faces a crucial challenge as the company seeks to appease Wall Street after last week's management shakeup – helping disaffected advertisers connect with users. Twitter's outgoing chief executive, Dick Costolo, resigned abruptly Thursday amid pressure from investors to increase the user base and improve what's known as direct response advertising, the most lucrative type on the microblogging site. Before joining Twitter in 2010, Bain served as president of the Fox Audience Network where he was responsible for monetizing advertising platforms across News Corp's web properties.

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Disney’s powerful marketing force: social media moms

June 15, 2015 creative amid-pressure, attention, disney, eventually-drew, francisco, interim-head, its-corporate, its-marketing, media, playa-vista, shown-at-its, twitter, wendy-wright

Wendy Wright is a home-schooling mother of two, a prolific blogger and a self-described “Disney Nut.” Her cats are named Mickey and Minnie, and her blog is filled with advice for visiting Disneyland, tips for holding Disney-themed parties and reviews of Disney movies. Wright's enthusiasm for all things Disney eventually drew the attention of the Walt Disney Co , which invited her to join a carefully vetted group of roughly 1,300 Disney Social Media Moms.

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Oculus debuts consumer version of VR headset, partners with Xbox

June 11, 2015 creative california, francisco, gonzalez-rogers, internet, national, oculus, oculus-chief, oculus-rift, san, speaks-during, start-shipping, thursday, unveiling, warsaw

By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Oculus, the virtual reality company owned by Facebook Inc, debuted the much anticipated consumer version of its headset on Thursday and announced a partnership with Microsoft Corp's Xbox One gaming console. A prototype of the Oculus Rift has been available to developers since 2013, but Thursday marked the first time anyone had seen the consumer version, which will be available for pre-order later this year and will start shipping in early 2016