Uber executive who worked on self-driving…

An Uber Technologies Inc. executive who worked on the ride-hailing company’s self-driving vehicle program has left the firm. He is the third executive to exit Uber in two months.The San Francisco company confirmed the departure of Sherif Marakby, Uber’s vice president of global vehicle programs, who joined the company a year ago and left Monday. Uber did not say why he left. The company said in a statement that Marakby’s “deep experience and knowledge of the automotive industry” helped Uber “tremendously in working to make self-driving cars a reality.”Marakby said in a statement that self-driving technology was one of the most interesting challenges he worked on in his career and that he was “grateful to have contributed to what will…
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Star Wars: Who Are The Gray…

With the recent release of the teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, there has been a lot of conversation about the concept of “Gray Jedi.” This was perpetrated by the following quote in the trailer: Luke Skywalker: “Breath. Just breath. Now, reach out. What do you see?” Rey: “Light. Darkness. A balance.” This quote seems to indicate that there is much more to The Force then just the Jedi and Sith. Moreover, the two opposing orders may be just the tip of a very large iceberg regarding The Force and its place in the universe. With the mention of balance between the light and darkness in the trailer, many began to wonder if #Disney was bringing in the…
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Derek Carr: Fans who aren’t still…

APAny Oakland fans who are no longer supporting the Raiders because they’re moving to Oakland aren’t real fans, according to quarterback Derek Carr. Carr said at the start of the team’s offseason workout program that he expects Oakland fans to remain loyal to the team, and doesn’t think they were ever really fans if they don’t. “We’re not going to split up like you’ve seen other cities do,” Carr said, via ESPN. “We’re not going to do things like that. For the ones that do, I don’t really believe that they’re true Raider fans. I feel their hurt. I’m with you. I hurt, too. But at the same time, we’re all in this together and we’re just going to do…
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Who is running, and how it…

Jean-Luc Mélenchon gives a speech on Monday in Paris.Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images “The hero of the game? Bah, that’s me,” French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon boasts in a YouTube video about Fiscal Combat, a video game played by millions of French voters over the last two weeks. “You confront oligarchs. It’s a battle. You capture them. You shake them. And that makes euros fall out of their pockets.” The clip briefly cuts away from Mélenchon to show his campaign manager hunched over a laptop, pulverizing yet another oligarch to the accompaniment of a chiptune soundtrack. “Those Euros?” Mélenchon asks when the camera returns to him. “You can put them toward the common good!” For many years, Mélenchon has been about as…
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More bad news for Carmelo Anthony,…

Carmelo Anthony, not happy. (Elsa/Getty Images) Another day, another story involving Knicks star Carmelo Anthony. Only this particular item has nothing to do with basketball. Per TMZ, Anthony has separated from his wife, La La. The couple, married since 2010, are reportedly on good terms, according to the TMZ story, although La La moved out of the family home last week and now has her own Manhattan residence. Carmelo has experienced quite a bit of tumult over the past several months since triumphantly leading Team USA to a gold medal at the Rio Olympics. The Knicks suffered through another subpar season, finishing at 31-51 and missing the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year. The 32-year-old has feuded very publicly with…
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‘Dancing With the Stars’: Normani Dazzles;…

On Monday, April 17, Dancing With the Stars took viewers to the happiest place on Earth — the ballroom! Yes, it was Disney night, a staple from the ABC competition series that happens every season and requires the couples to bring famous songs and characters from popular movies to life. While some are easier to adapt than others, the performances were generally strong across the board. Check Out These Sexy, Shirtless ‘DWTS’ Hunks! Early on, it was announced that Erika Jayne and Gleb Savchenko, Nick Viall and Peta Murgatroyd and Normani Kordei and Val Chmerkovskiy were the three couples in jeopardy, but one of those pairings came back to deliver the highest-scored dance of the night. Dancing With the Stars’ Hottest Hookups!…
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Poll finds a majority of Americans…

President Donald Trump’s setbacks on campaign promises like repealing the Affordable Care Act and his shifting positions on other stances look like they’re catching up with him — bigly.A new poll from Gallup released early Monday finds that a majority of Americans no longer view Trump as keeping his promises, with poll numbers on that question falling from 62 percent in February to 45 percent in early April, a stunning 17 percentage point tumble. The drop was seen across every demographic group: women, men, millennials, baby boomers and people with political leanings of all kinds. While numbers sank the furthest among respondents who identified as a Democrat or liberal, independents who said they thought Trump kept his promises fell from…
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St Petersburg attack: ‘Man who trained…

Image copyright AFP Image caption The driver was praised for moving the train into the station after the blast A suspect accused of helping to prepare the St Petersburg metro bombing has been detained near Moscow, Russian security officials say.Abror Azimov, who was born in 1990 and is from Central Asia, was held in Odintsovo district west of the capital.He is the ninth person to be detained in connection with the attack, which killed 14 and wounded more than 50 earlier this month.It was carried out by Kyrgyz-born Russian Akbarzhon Jalilov, 22.What we know about the St Petersburg attack In pictures: St Petersburg explosion Abror Azimov is believed to have trained Jalilov ahead of the suicide bombing, Russia’s Tass news…
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‘Fate of the Furious’ Box Office:…

The movie will boast the biggest launch ever at the global box office if Sunday estimates hold, besting ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens,’ even while lagging behind the last installment in the U.S. In this age of sequelitis, Universal’s Fast and the Furious franchise remains a well-oiled machine at the worldwide box office even as its engine slows somewhat in the U.S. Over the weekend, The Fate of the Furious raced to an estimated $532.5 million global debut, including $100.2 million domestically and an all-time best of $432.2 million overseas (the previous foreign record-holder was fellow Universal title Jurassic World with $316.7 million). Sitting in the drivers’s seat was China with a record-shattering $190 million. If those numbers hold when final…
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Police issued an aggravated murder warrant…

(CBS/Cleveland Police) Local and federal law enforcement officers are frantically searching for a suspect who is accused of shooting and killing a 74-year-old man Sunday in Cleveland and then posting a video of the coldblooded slaying on Facebook. The suspect, identified by police as 37-year-old Steve Stephens, pulled his Ford Fusion to the side of a road in east Cleveland about 2 p.m. Sunday and said in the video: “I found somebody I’m about to kill.” “I’m about to kill this guy right here; he’s an old dude,” Stephens said as he approached Robert Godwin Sr., who was out looking for aluminum cans on the sidewalk. “Can you do me a favor?” Stephens said to Godwin before asking him to say the name Joy Lane….
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