Prince George brings back Crocs, sales reportedly surge

There's the midas touch and then there's the Prince George Effect

It's no secret that Kate Middleton has become a style icon, but following in her chic footsteps is her 1-year old son, George, whose influence in the sartorial sphere may have overshadowed his mum's. Whatever the tiny tyke has worn has turned into pure fashion gold, with sales of whatever garments he wears virtually selling out

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Just how influential is he? Well, take some recently reported sales figures from Crocs as an example of his power. After he wore the curious rubber clogs, possibly best known for being the go-to shoe for Mario Batali, sales of the brand reportedly surged 1,500% on Amazon, according to Grazia (We are in the process of confirming those numbers with the company) Read more...

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Google's new self-driving cars hit streets of Mountain View

Google took another step toward taking self-driving cars mainstream on Thursday, after the company announced that its new prototype vehicles are already cruising the streets of Mountain View, California

This new breed of car, a two-door pod-shaped vehicle that Google said it built from scratch, was engineered from the ground up to be self-driving

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The company emphasized safety in its announcement: Each self-driving car will have a human driver as backup, a removable steering wheel, and accelerator and brake pedals, which will let drivers take over if needed. In addition, each car will also have a maximum speed of 25 mph Read more...

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Firefighters save pregnant dog from house fire

Firefighters played heroes for a dog exposed to smoke in a house fire

Local news station KKTV reports that the fire department in Pueblo, Colorado rescued a pregnant dog after a fire broke out in a home Thursday morning.

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Taken this morning at a #fire, keeping our #community and #furryfriends safe #pfd pic.twitter.com/37pgJPWzSn

— Pueblo Fire Dept (@PFDPIO) June 25, 2015

There were no people home when the fire happened, but at least one dog died from smoke inhalation. The fire department told reporters that multiple animals were in the home at the time of the fire, but it is unclear how many survived aside from the dachshund pictured Read more...

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Yes, Taylor Swift's '1989' Will Be On Apple Music When It Launches

As if Apple Music didn’t already have a leg up when it comes to getting a good start in the streaming music world, the tech giant now has a very powerful ally in their corner: Taylor Swift.

Bernie Sanders Calls For 65% Top Estate Tax Rate

Sanders' "responsible" estate tax has a $3.5 million exemption, top 65% rate, and closes "loopholes" like GRATs, dynasty trusts, even annual exclusion gifting.

Searching For The Smoking Gun With Text Analytics

Oleksandr Pryymak, a data scientist who works at Facebook, grapples with this challenge: how can you quantify surprise? Speaking early Sunday morning to an audience of computing experts at PyData London 2015, he explained concepts and mathematics that might be used for this purpose.

'Suits' Season 5, Episode 1 Review: 'Denial'

'Suits' is back, and it's back with the most rattled Harvey Specter we've ever seen.