Here are your new 'Destiny' challenges for the week of Nov. 24

Tuesday means only one thing if you’re a Destiny fan: reset day.

It’s that wonderful time when Bungie’s rotating selection of high-reward activities are rebooted (along with any raid progress made in the previous week), giving everyone a fresh chance at scoring some of the game’s sweetest and rarest loot.

See also: ‘Star Wars: Battlefront’ is amazing fan service with too little meat on the bone

The release of …

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Here are your new 'Destiny' challenges for the week of Nov. 24

How to turn your cheese and cracker spread into a festive turkey in no time

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How to turn your cheese and cracker spread into a festive turkey in no time

Russian military plane shot down near Turkey-Syrian border

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Russian military plane shot down near Turkey-Syrian border

This Could Be The Mortgage Industry’s iPhone Moment

It took nearly five years and a team of 450 people, but today Quicken Loans is announcing Rocket Mortgage, an online mortgage that takes just a few minutes to complete. Quicken Loans sees Rocket Mortgage as the turning point in home financing. It’s home financing’s iPhone, Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert tells me. And he could be right. The process takes less than 10 minutes.… Read More

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This Could Be The Mortgage Industry’s iPhone Moment

For J.J. Abrams, building a game is a learning experience

J.J. Abrams cites a long list of gaming loves.

He played those early Infocom text adventures and lined up to drop quarters into Asteroids “coin-op” machines. He logged hours in PlayStation classics like Wipeout and Tomb Raider, and admits to having had “something of an obsessions” with Resident Evil.

See also: Don’t worry, ‘Star Wars’ fans: J.J. Abrams promises minimal lens flare

More recently, he was struck by the beauty of Journey and the depth of Grand Theft Auto’s world. He also filled the miniscule moments of downtime on the …

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For J.J. Abrams, building a game is a learning experience

The New Yorker wants younger readers — but not enough to change itself

David Remnick describes his job like this: “to get The New Yorker from one shore to the other shore with our soul intact and…our clothes dry.”

The shores he’s referring to are the very distant beaches of print — that world of glossy paper and ink — and online journalism, the world of ephemeral pixels.

It’s a swim that’s very choppy for just about every magazine and newspaper, and has been for yearsThe New Yorker —piles of which exist in the apartments of everyone who considers themselves smart and savvy — is no different. Its strength is print. Now in its 90th year, the magazine still operates at a high level. In 2015, it won three National Magazine awards including one for general excellence …

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The New Yorker wants younger readers — but not enough to change itself

The New Yorker wants younger readers — but not enough to change itself

David Remnick describes his job like this: “to get The New Yorker from one shore to the other shore with our soul intact and…our clothes dry.”

The shores he’s referring to are the very distant beaches of print — that world of glossy paper and ink — and online journalism, the world of ephemeral pixels.

It’s a swim that’s very choppy for just about every magazine and newspaper, and has been for yearsThe New Yorker —piles of which exist in the apartments of everyone who considers themselves smart and savvy — is no different. Its strength is print. Now in its 90th year, the magazine still operates at a high level. In 2015, it won three National Magazine awards including one for general excellence …

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The New Yorker wants younger readers — but not enough to change itself

Apple Pay set for February launch in China

Apple’s mobile payment service – Apple Pay – will arrive in China in February 2016, according to a latest report by the Wall Street Journal. Specifically, Apple is planning to launch the service in time for the country’s Spring Festival holiday on February 8.

The Cupertino-based company has already signed deals with China’s four main state-run banks that will enable users in the country to link their bank accounts with the mobile payments service when it arrives.

However, despite the deals, the iPhone-maker could still face regulatory issues, the report warns. In addition, there’ll also be stiff competition in the market, with state-run China UnionPay already monopolizing credit and debit card payment processing, and Alipay and WeChat enjoying huge share in electronic payments space.

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Apple Pay set for February launch in China

Real-Time Traffic Cameras Could Make Me Actually Use Bing Maps

Yes, Bing Maps does still exist, and thanks to a brand-new update, you might even have a reason to use it again.

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Real-Time Traffic Cameras Could Make Me Actually Use Bing Maps

Wisconsin abortion law ruled unconstitutional in federal court

A Wisconsin law that requires abortion providers to get admitting privileges at nearby hospitals is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court panel ruled Monday.

See also: Supreme Court to hear first abortion case since 2007

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel’s 2-1 decision doesn’t put the question to rest. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed earlier this month to hear a challenge to a similar Texas law in a case that could settle the issue nationally

The Wisconsin case centers on a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood and Affiliated Medical Services. The groups argue that the 2013 Republican-backed law amounts to an unconstitutional restriction on abortion. …

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Wisconsin abortion law ruled unconstitutional in federal court

Man posts inspirational list of everything that makes his wife cry

Writer Aaron Gillies noticed his wife, Lex, cried a lot. So he recorded all the things that made her cry, then posted the list online.

The result is a document of pure inspiration.

See also: Dog is completely beside herself when her human leaves for school

Seriously, y’all: these are all great reasons to cry.

A fluffy bunny escaping a fox? What sweet relief! A surprise dinner? Why, such kindness would activate even the driest of tear ducts. And we’ve never heard of anyone not weeping when faced with both a hangover and a tiny piglet. What do you think we are, robots?

The Internet, a place full of emotion, was very appreciative. …

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New Oppo phone leak looks an awful lot like the iPhone 6 Plus

Oppo has been known to introduce a little innovation in the smartphone industry. Most known are Oppo’s introduction of 1080p displays into smartphones and the introduction of VOOC, Oppo’s blazing fast charging system, faster than Qualcomm’s Quickcharge 2.0.

Oppo seems to be making a left turn following close behind HTC with a new phone’s hardware leaks. The new hardware features a unibody metal design that looks almost exactly like an iPhone 6 Plus. HTC at least centered the camera lens on the back of the HTC One A9 but Oppo decided to keep it right where the iPhone has it, only changing the orientation of the LED flash.

The Chinese company even has the bottom-firing speaker grille, charging port, and 3.5mm headphone jack identically laid out on the underside of the phone.

Is there a new trend among smartphone manufactures to “take inspiration” from Apple? Maybe. Perhaps Oppo is aiming for markets that are over saturated with mid to low range smartphones and trying to stand out by looking like an easily recognizable high end…

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New Oppo phone leak looks an awful lot like the iPhone 6 Plus

What Did You Do While Slack Was Down?

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What Did You Do While Slack Was Down?

Ben Carson also says he saw footage (that doesn't seem to exist) of U.S. Muslims celebrating on 9/11

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said on Monday that he had seen news footage of Muslims in New Jersey celebrating the 9/11 attacks, mirroring the controversial remarks made by Donald Trump over the weekend.

Such footage has never been found, and previous claims of celebrations by Muslims as the towers fell have either been debunked or uncorroborated. Trump has said he had seen footage of “thousands” of Muslims in the U.S. cheering in the aftermath of the attacks

The top two candidates for the Republican nomination have now both claimed to have seen this news broadcast.

WATCH: @RealBenCarson tells ABC he saw news footage of Muslims in New Jersey cheering as towers fell on 9/11:
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Clock Kid's family demands $15 million for civil rights violations

It was only a matter of time.

The family of Ahmed Mohamed, the Muslim teenager who was arrested when a clock he brought to his Dallas-area high school was mistaken for a bomb, has sent a letter to the city of Irving, Texas, demanding $15 million for violation of Ahmed’s civil rights.

See also: How ‘Clock Boy’ wound up at the White House

In the letter, originally obtained and published by The Dallas Morning News, an attorney for Ahmed’s family argues that “Ahmed clearly was singled out because of his race, national origin, and religion” and details the treatment Ahmed received:

The on-campus detention and 7-on-1 interrogation went on for approximately one hour and 25 minutes. Ahmed asked nearly immediately if he could contact his parents – which as you know, is his right under the Texas Juvenile Justice Code. His request was refused: “No. You’re being interrogated, so you cannot talk to your parents.” No one involved treated the clock as a potential explosive or incendiary device. …

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BlackBerry device sporting Samsung Exynos 7420 SoC caught in benchmark

BlackBerry’s first Android-running smartphone is the Priv, and it’s powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 808 chipset. However, it looks like the Canadian smartphone maker could be looking to diversify its chipset suppliers for future Android-powered offerings.

That’s because a BlackBerry handset running Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and sporting Samsung’s Exynos 7420 SoC has been spotted in the database of GFXBench. Before we go on however, do keep in mind that this may just be the work of someone with too much time on her or his hands.

On the other hand, there’s also the possibility that BlackBerry really is testing a prototype with the Samsung chip best known for being inside the S6 series. The handset features a 5.1-inch QHD touchscreen, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, a 16 MP rear camera, and a 5 MP selfie snapper.

These could be the specs of one of the next BlackBerry phones running Android, or they might just be ‘borrowed’ from the Galaxy S6 by someone who simply changed the model’s name.

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BlackBerry device sporting Samsung Exynos 7420 SoC caught in benchmark