Bowe Bergdahl makes first appearance in military court, enters no plea

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the American soldier held captive by the Taliban for five years, appeared in front of a military court at Fort Bragg on Tuesday, charged with two offenses that could carry a sentence of up to life in prison

Bergdahl was arraigned Tuesday during a short hearing, and deferred entering a plea. He did not decide whether he wants to face a court-martial with a jury or one with just a judge.

Bergdahl was charged by the Army with “desertion and misbehavior before the enemy” for voluntarily walking off his base in Afghanistan in 2009. In May 2014, Bergdahl was released by the Taliban in exchange for prisoners being held by the U.S. at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility …

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The most lax way to wrap a gift basket for your chill loved ones

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People are becoming sad cubicle zombies because they're not sleeping enough

Bosses would do well to make sure their employees are able to get a good night’s sleep — their productivity depends on it.

That’s according to a new survey of more than 20,000 workers across the world that found that the average person missed 7.4 days of work per year due to poor sleep. Those who identified as below-average sleepers were absent for nearly twice as many days.

See also: Don’t let your smartphone be lazy: Make it help cure cancer as you sleep

The study, orchestrated by Big Health, a UK-based startup that makes a sleep management app called Sleepio, asked anonymous respondents questions about their sleeping patterns and work schedules along with any problems they were having in either area. …

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Adidas is giving Snoop Dogg his own football talk show ahead of the Super Bowl

Snoop Dogg has become something of a a modern Renaissance man lately: In addition to his renowned rap career, he made a bid for Twitter CEO, unveiled some original paintings and of course launched his own weed brand

Now he can add sports talk show host to his resume.

See also: Renowned comedian Barack Obama to appear on Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’

The rapper and avid football fan will host an eight-episode online series called Turf’d Up in the run-up to Super Bowl 50 next February where he will interview various ex-NFL players, sports personalities and other celebrities …

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Adidas is giving Snoop Dogg his own football talk show ahead of the Super Bowl

Pupils' internet use to be monitored

Schools in England will have to monitor students’ internet use under plans to protect them from radicalisation, education secretary Nicky Morgan says. – Source

Pupils' internet use to be monitored

Google reportedly partnering with Ford to mass produce self-driving cars

Google and Ford are coming together to form a joint venture that will focus on manufacturing of autonomous vehicles, according to a new report. The partnership between the companies will be announced at the upcoming CES event in January.

As per the report, the new company would be legally separate from Ford, so that there are no liability concerns for the automaker. Also, the deal between the two companies would be non-exclusive.

“We have been and will continue working with many companies and discussing a variety of subjects related to our Ford Smart Mobility plan,” said a Ford spokesperson when asked to comment on the matter. Google, on the other hand, declined to comment.

This comes over a few months after automotive veteran John Krafcik became the first CEO of Google’s self-driving car project. While at that time the Mountain View, California-based company clearly stated that the project is not becoming an independent company under Alphabet, recent reports have suggested the possibility of that happening in 2016.

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Watch SpaceX launch and land a rocket for the first time at Cape Canaveral - CNET

Elon Musk’s company follows up an explosion earlier this year with the first successful landing of a Falcon 9 rocket after launching 11 satellites into space.

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Sleeping in a shopping mall overnight is not like a childhood dream

I’ll admit it — I have a long held fantasy of staying in a shopping mall since I was a kid. I could imagine myself playing with game consoles I didn’t own all night long, trying on clothes because I could, and running through the mall experiencing a true taste of freedom.

I hoped it might resemble the movie Mannequin, with perhaps a little less nudity. Let’s just say there was no hanging out with dolls that come to life.

See also: 9 Christmas gifts you can steal from your workplace

A room located in one of Sydney’s larger malls, Westfield Bondi Junction, has been created and listed on the Australian holiday rental site …

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Presidential Candidates Must Articulate Decisive Cybersecurity Plans

Traditionally, physical security and cybersecurity have been considered two separate entities. The cybersecurity threat, while significant, was often relegated to the sphere of enterprises, individual privacy, intellectual property loss and financial theft. Physical security, on the other hand, meant potential risk to human safety and lives — and was naturally taken more seriously. Read More

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YouTuber GloZell Green interviews presidential candidate Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton may soon be sporting some green lipstick.

YouTube star GloZell Green, known for her green lipstick and funny videos, tweeted Monday that she interviewed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

I just interviewed our next president @hillaryclinton on @theconversation with @amandadecadenet xoxo -GloZell pic.twitter.com/6ULMae60VG

— GloZell Green (@GloZell) December 21, 2015

GloZell said on Instagram that the interview will be available to watch on The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet in a couple of weeks.

But this is not the first time the Internet star, who has more than 4 million subscribers to her channel, has chatted with a political figure. …

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Second-generation Motorola Moto X receives Android 6.0 update

The unlocked version of the second-generation Motorola Moto X is in the process of being updated to Android 6.0. The update weighs in at 884MB, and has been spotted in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, India and the U.K. The Marshmallow update adds Google Now on Tap, which gives you a contextual search feature, with results based on the content that is on your screen at the moment.

Other features that come with Android 6.0 include the new app permissions, which can be approved or denied on a feature-by-feature basis. Doze puts an inactive phone into a deep sleep. This allows standby time to rise … – Source

Second-generation Motorola Moto X receives Android 6.0 update

James Franco and Maker Studios launch new slate of originals

LOS ANGELES — Just when you thought James Franco couldn’t add another thing to his resume, the actor-writer-director is bringing his talents to a new online endeavor.

In partnership with Disney-owned Maker Studios, Franco and his company Rabbit Bandini Productions began rolling out a slate of new originals online Monday.

The four new series, which will be available on Facebook and YouTube, include Sex Scenes, a 16-episode docu-series (each episode is five minutes in length) that follows a master acting class taught by Franco at his own Studio 4; Studio 4: Acting Competition, a separate, 9-episode, competition-based reality series; The Ultimate Evil, a 5-episode series about journalist Maury Terry as he investigates the Son of Sam murders that terrorized New York in the 1970s; and Winesburg, a six-episode collective of short films based on the book Winesberg Ohio by Sherwood Anderson. …

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