Former Lib-Dem leader, Nick Clegg visits Kingston Hospital on June 1, 2017 in Kingston upon Thames, England. Leon Neal/Getty Images Nick Clegg tells BI he fears the government will give Parliament an incomplete Brexit deal to vote on. « The government’s clear intention is to try and lull parliament into signing away the future before it…

Twitter responded to criticism over how it lets major public figures (like, say, President Donald Trump) use its service to bully others and threaten violence (like a nuclear war) while banning average users for doing the same thing. On Friday, the company explained in a blog post that it draws a distinction between “world leaders”…

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CES 1970: the VCR comes home CES started in 1967, but it was a sleepy affair until 1970, when Philips unveiled its N1500 videocassette recorder. Until that point, VCRs cost upward of $50,000 and were used mainly by TV stations, but the Philips model with a built-in tuner was just $900 (around $5,000 today). It…

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Digital currency ripple has blown past its cryptocurrency rivals largely because it is working with large institutions, which give it an aura of legitimacy and practicality. However, cryptocurrency enthusiasts say that centralization is the exact opposite of what the technology of the digital currencies should be about. « The reason ripple is surging so much is…