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NBC Launching Streaming Comedy Service With Dan Harmon, Wyatt Cenac, UCB

NBC’s new service, called Seeso, will be ad-free and cost $3.99 a month.

Television giant NBC is trying a bold experiment: Charging viewers, at a discount price, to watch comedy shows online. To sweeten the deal, NBC promises access to exclusive series that won’t be on YouTube or Hulu. The new service, called Seeso, will cost $3.99 monthly and offer episodes and clips from current NBC sitcoms and late-night shows like The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and classics like The Office, The Kids in the Hall, and Saved by the Bell.

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Blood Test Startup Theranos Calls WSJ Exposé “Baseless” And “Erroneous”

A damning WSJ report suggests major problems at Elizabeth Holmes’s medical startup Theranos.

On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal published a troubling report that questions the accuracy and success of blood tests created by Theranos, a medical technology company helmed by Elizabeth Holmes, who founded the startup in 2003 as a 19-year-old student at Stanford University. According to the WSJ, the company’s technology—which Theranos says can run multiple medical tests using just a few drops of blood, as little as a finger prick—was only being used for 15 of the more than 240 variety of tests Theranos conducts.

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This Bikini Cleans The Ocean While You Swim

Looking good and doing good.

When a pipeline spilled thousands of gallons of oil off the coast of Santa Barbara in May, beachgoers reported seeing unusual globs of oil on beaches that weren’t officially closed. And even on a regular day, beaches across the country are often polluted from oils and grease that runs off highways when it rains. Even if beaches aren’t polluted enough to shut down for the day, they may not exactly be clean.

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How Facebook Is Using AI to Help Bring Photos To Life For The Blind

New AI technology can interpret the content of photos and provide more context than was possible before. But there’s still a long way to go.

Trevor Thomas is a professional hiker. Heading out on some of America’s most famous trails with his dog, Tennille, for treks of up to six months is par for his course, and as he blows through the miles, he regularly updates his many fans and followers with photos and videos of his exploits.

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