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BusinessInsider.com 

Apple CEO Tim Cook took a look at secretive billion-dollar startup Magic Leap (AAPL)

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Here's one big sign that Apple is serious about developing a pair of smartglasses: CEO Tim Cook visited Magic Leap's offices last summer to check out their augmented reality technology, former Magic Leap employees said. 

Cook has been signaling that the company is working on AR, and eventually a pair of smartglasses as Apple's "next big thing." AR, an emerging technology, integrates computer graphics into the real world.

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Forbes.com 

Zombie Pension Accounts

On your way out the door it’s all too easy to leave the pension decision for later. And too often later never comes. Left behind, the account is out of sight, out of mind, unmanaged, adrift and potentially untethered from its owner.

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

Iraqi prime minister joins Trump for meeting focusing on IS

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday held his first meeting with Iraq's prime minister Monday as the American leader shapes his policy for defeating the Islamic State group.

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

Iraqi prime minister joins Trump for meeting focusing on IS

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday held his first meeting with Iraq's prime minister Monday as the American leader shapes his policy for defeating the Islamic State group.

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Iraqi prime minister joins Trump for meeting focusing on IS

During al-Abadi's last visit to Washington, the Iraqi premier worked to drum up greater financial and military support as he faced the daunting task of rebuilding cities destroyed in the fight against the Islamic State group. [...] as Iraqi forces come closer to recapturing the city of Mosul — it's militant group's biggest stronghold in Iraq — the extent to which the Trump administration is willing to commit to efforts to rebuild Iraqi cities, many of them in ruins from the fighting, remains to be seen. Читать дальше...

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

USA Today names Joanne Lipman as new top editor

NEW YORK (AP) — Gannett has named Joanne Lipman as the editor-in-chief of USA Today, one of the country's biggest newspapers. A former Wall Street Journal reporter and editor, she founded a Conde Nast business magazine, Portfolio, to much fanfare in 2007, shortly before the financial crisis. Gannett spokeswoman Amber Allman said that Lipman was the first woman to be USA Today's permanent editor-in-chief.

RT (Daily news) 

Philly mayor ‘devastated’ by Cinco de Mayo cancelation over ICE fears

Organizers of the main Cinco de Mayo celebration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania say they've canceled this year's festivities due to the Trump administration's immigration policies and threats they have received about federal agents targeting the event.
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Sydney Morning Herald 

Apple's next big thing: augmented reality

No technology has fired up Apple boss Tim Cook quite like augmented reality, which overlays images, video and games on the real world.

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Trump expedites visas for family of Syrian in Wisconsin

U.S. District Judge William Conley issued a temporary restraining order earlier this month prohibiting the administration from enforcing the revised version of the ban specifically against the man's family. A top immigration official filed a declaration on Friday ordering U.S. officials in Jordan, where the wife and daughter would travel for visa interviews, to process their applications by March 28. Before the hearing was postponed, the administration argued in a filing last week that the temporary... Читать дальше...

RT (Daily news) 

Brussels district hosts 51 NGOs with suspected terrorist links – report

As many as 51 out of more than 1,600 non-profit organizations and activist groups registered in the mainly Muslim Molenbeek district of the Belgian capital have suspected links to terrorism, Belgium's De Morgen daily says, citing a confidential police report.
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New York Post 

Aaron Hernandez killed two men over spilled drink: witness

BOSTON — A former friend of ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez told the jury at his double-murder trial Monday that Hernandez opened fire on a car because he believed two men inside had taunted him at a Boston nightclub. Alexander Bradley testified about the shootings on July 16, 2012. Bradley said Hernandez ordered him to pull...

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

Boeheim fully intended for next year to be last at Syracuse

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Jim Boeheim says he fully intended for next year to be his last as Syracuse's basketball coach, and he never thought otherwise until Sunday. Athletic director John Wildhack says he quickly moved to keep Boeheim for the sake of continuity, and received approval from the chancellor and board of trustees.