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APPLE WATCH SERIES 2:
AN IN-DEPTH REVIEW
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SIERRA UPDATE
ARRIVES ON MACS:
4 THINGS TO
LOOK FOR
WIRELESS
CELLPHONE ALERTS
ON BOMBING SUSPECT
42
HOW THE TV SHOW ‘MR. ROBOT’
WON THE PRIZE
FOR HACKER REALISM
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YELP WARNS CALIFORNIA LAWSUIT COULD SCRUB CRITICAL REVIEWS 08
FEDS PREVIEW RULES OF THE ROAD FOR SELF-DRIVING CARS 24
WIRELESS SIGNALS CAN DETECT YOUR FEELINGS WITH NEW DEVICE 32
SAMSUNG SUFFERS BACKLASH IN CHINA OVER SMARTPHONE RESPONSE 34
COMCAST PLANS TO LAUNCH WIRELESS SERVICE NEXT YEAR 50
AIR FORCE BASE WILDFIRE POSTPONES HI-RES SATELLITE LAUNCH 74
SAMSUNG SAYS REPLACEMENTS AVAILABLE FOR RECALLED NOTE 7 78
INNOVATION, SAFETY SOUGHT IN SELF-DRIVING CAR GUIDELINES 82
BOX OFFICE TOP 20: ‘SULLY’ LANDS ANOTHER $21.7M 110
SCIENCE: FIRST WAVE-PRODUCED ELECTRICITY IN US GOES ONLINE IN HAWAII 128
HEALTH: PRO-PAINKILLER ECHO CHAMBER SHAPED POLICY AMID DRUG EPIDEMIC 138
TESLA TO BUILD CALIFORNIA UTILITY BATTERY STORAGE PROJECT 164
SOFTWARE CO.: WE WARNED TESLA ABOUT HANDS-FREE AUTOPILOT USE 178
OFFICIAL ENVISIONS A DAY WHEN MILLIONS OF DRONES FILL SKIES 184
MICROSOFT SETS $40 BILLION STOCK BUYBACK, RAISES DIVIDEND 190
TOP 10 APPS 90
iTUNES REVIEW 94
TOP 10 SONGS 168
TOP 10 ALBUMS 170
TOP 10 MUSIC VIDEOS 172
TOP 10 TV SHOWS 174
TOP 10 BOOKS 176

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YELP WARNS
CALIFORNIA
LAWSUIT
COULD SCRUB
CRITICAL REVIEWS
Yelp.com is warning that a California lawsuit
targeting critical posts about a law firm could
lead to the removal of negative reviews and
leave consumers with a skewed assessment of
restaurants and other businesses.
Lawyer Dawn Hassell said the business review
website is exaggerating the stakes of her legal
effort, which aims only to remove from Yelp lies,
not just negative statements, that damaged the
reputation of her law firm.
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Though its impact is in dispute, the case is
getting attention from some of the biggest
Internet companies in the world, which say
a ruling against Yelp could stifle free speech
online and effectively gut other websites whose
main function is offering consumers reviews of
services and businesses.
A San Francisco judge determined the posts
were defamatory and ordered the company to
remove them two years ago, which a second
judge and a state appeals court upheld.
Yelp is asking the state Supreme Court to
overturn the order. The high court faces an
Oct. 14 deadline to decide whether to hear the
case or let the lower-court ruling stand. Experts
expect Yelp to prevail.
“There were a lot of people who were unhappy
about this opinion,” said Eric Goldman, codirector
of the High Tech Law Institute at Santa
Clara University School of Law.
Internet giants Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft
said in a letter to the California Supreme Court
last month that the ruling “radically departs
from a large, unanimous and settled body of
federal and state court precedent” and could be
used to “silence a vast quantity of protected and
important speech.”
Yelp said it would give businesses unhappy
about negative reviews a new legal pathway
for getting them removed. They could sue the
person who posted the content and then get a
court order demanding the Internet company
remove it.
But Hassell disputes the ruling would do
anything that drastic.
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Her 2013 lawsuit accused a client she briefly
represented in a personal injury case of
defaming her on Yelp by falsely claiming that
her firm failed to communicate with the client,
among other things.
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Donald
Sullivan ordered the client and Yelp to
remove the statements. Hassell said the
client failed to answer her lawsuit or remove
the posts, so she had to seek a court order
demanding that Yelp do it.
“We have an impeccable reputation,” she said of
her firm, Hassell Law Group. “We have a right to
protect it.”
Yelp says the judge’s order violates a 1996
federal law that courts have widely interpreted
as protecting Internet companies from liability
for posts by third-party users.
A federal appeals court cited the law in a
Monday ruling saying Yelp’s star rating system
did not make it responsible for a negative
review of a Washington state locksmith
business because the overall rating is based on
user reviews.
In Hassell’s case, a three-judge appeals panel
has said the order requiring Yelp to remove the
defamatory statements did not violate the 1996
Communications Decency Act because the
company was not facing liability. That’s because
Hassell’s lawsuit named her former client and
not Yelp, the appellate court said.
The review site says the law is broader and
prevents the courts from treating the company
as the speaker or publisher of users’ posts
regardless of whether it’s named in a lawsuit.
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The ruling “would really inhibit a website’s
ability to provide a balanced spectrum of views
online and make it more doubtful that people
would get the information they need to make
informed decisions,” said Aaron Schur, Yelp’s
senior director of litigation.
Yelp uses an algorithm to weed out
biased and malicious reviews and encourages
users to contact the company if they receive
a final determination from a court that a
review is defamatory.
In Hassell’s case, Yelp has questioned the
court’s finding that the posts were defamatory.
Hassell said her lawsuit will not affect negative
reviews on Yelp. She said she was the victim
of lies and spent a considerable amount of
effort and money to get a court to rule that the
former client’s comments were defamatory.
“You can give critical reviews about people
on the Internet,” she said. “It doesn’t mean
it’s going to be defamation. You can’t write
untruthful content to hurt somebody.”
Goldman of the Santa Clara University School
of Law didn’t think the courts treated Hassell
differently because her business is a law firm,
as opposed to a restaurant or other business in
the service industry.
Daphne Keller, an Internet law expert at
Stanford Law School and former attorney at
Google, said prior court decisions favor Yelp
and she would be surprised if the California
Supreme Court didn’t reverse the ruling.
“It should be a no-brainer for Yelp to win,”
she said.
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SIERRA UPDATE
ARRIVES
ON MACS:
4 THINGS
TO LOOK FOR
The latest software update for Mac computers,
MacOS Sierra, brings iPhone services to Apple
laptops and desktops and further breaks
down walls between devices. It also borrows
an iPad feature for watching video while you
work and offers ways to automatically free up
storage space.
The free update is available Tuesday through
the Mac’s app store. If you have any crucial
third-party software or accessories, you might
want to hold off until you verify that they will
work properly with Sierra. Check with the
software or accessory maker, or look for any
complaints online. Be sure to back up your data
before upgrading.
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Once you have Sierra, here are things to look for:
iPHONE COMES TO THE MAC
Sierra brings two features already found on
iPhones: the Siri virtual assistant and Apple Pay.
Siri can help with directions, web searches,
reminders and even Mac-specific commands,
such as putting the Mac to sleep. I find it odd,
though, to talk to a computer, so I still use the
keyboard and trackpad most of the time. Unlike
Microsoft’s Cortana assistant on Windows
computers, however, Siri won’t take typed
requests in public settings such as coffee shops;
all you can do is talk to her.
Where Siri helps is in letting me pin results to
the Mac’s notification center, so I can continually
get baseball standings and scores after asking
Siri just once. I can also drag and drop Siri results
such as weather and maps into email, Word
documents and other apps.
Apple’s payment service, meanwhile, now works
with websites that enable it, although you’ll
still need an iPhone or Apple Watch nearby
to complete the transaction. Apple Pay saves
you the trouble of re-entering credit card and
shipping information.
The Photos app is getting new search and
highlights options to match updates in iOS
10, the aiPhone system update/a released last
week. As with iOS 10, Messages on the Mac gets
larger emojis and previews of web pages, rather
than raw links. It also gets the ability to display,
but not create, some of the expression options
introduced in iOS 10.
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DEVICES WORK AS ONE
Apple’s devices now all work together much
better, though you’ll only notice if you have an
iPhone or Apple Watch in addition to a Mac.
When you copy text or an image from one
device, you can paste it in another signed in to
the same Apple ID.
This feature proved crucial on a train when I
typed a passage in a Word document but didn’t
have Wi-Fi to send it in before a deadline. I
copied the passage with the usual Command-C
combination. I then pasted it into email on the
iPhone with the usual long press on the screen. I
sent that in with the phone’s cellular connection.
My boss didn’t need to know I wasn’t in the
office yet.
It works the other way, too. When I see an
interesting website on the phone, I can paste a
relevant passage into a Mac document without
revisiting the site.
And if you have an Apple Watch, you can
now unlock the Mac simply by waking up
the computer with the watch on. No more
typing in passwords. Setting that up took time
because the Mac required that I tighten my
Apple ID security settings first, but now the Mac
unlocks instantly.
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SAVING SPACE
Sierra brings several space-saving features,
including the automatic deletion of files from
the trash can after 30 days. Normally, you need
to manually empty the trash can every now
and then.
As space runs low, the Mac will also remove files
you can get again online - namely, iTunes video
and email attachments. If you choose to sync
your desktop and document folder through
iCloud, the Mac will also delete older files and
keep them online only. You’ll still see the file
on the Mac, but when you open it, the Mac will
retrieve it from iCloud, presuming you’re online.
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VIDEO ON THE MAC
A picture-in-picture feature, already in iPads
for a year, lets you watch video in a small
window that stays on top, even as you move
windows around. It works with iTunes and some
Safari video.
In fact, as I wrap up this story, I’m watching the
movie “Inside Out” in a corner.
No spoilers, please.
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FEDS PREVIEW
RULES OF THE
ROAD FOR SELF-
DRIVING CARS
Obama administration officials previewed
long-awaited guidance Monday that attempts
to bring self-driving cars to the nation’s
roadways safely - without creating so many
roadblocks that the technology can’t make it
to market quickly.
Traditional automakers and tech companies
have been testing self-driving prototypes on
public roads for several years, with a human in
the driver’s seat just in case. The results suggest
that what once seemed like a technology
perpetually over the horizon appears to be fast
approaching, especially with car companies
announcing a string of investments and
acquisitions in recent months.
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Federal officials have been struggling with
how to capitalize on the technology’s
promised safety benefits - the cars can
react faster than people, but don’t drink or
get distracted - while making sure they are
ready for widespread use. The new guidance
represents their current thinking, which they
hope will bring some order to what has been a
chaotic rollout so far.
Self-driving cars have the potential to save
thousands of lives lost on the nation’s roads
each year and to change the lives of the elderly
and the disabled, President Barack Obama
said in an op-ed published Monday by the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
“Safer, more accessible driving. Less congested,
less polluted roads. That’s what harnessing
technology for good can look like,” Obama
wrote. But he added: “We have to get it right.
Americans deserve to know they’ll be safe
today even as we develop and deploy the
technologies of tomorrow.”
One self-driving technology expert said
the overall tenor of the guidance signaled
that the federal government truly has
embraced autonomous driving. “In terms of
just attitude, this is huge,” said Bryant Walker
Smith, a law professor at the University
of South Carolina who closely tracks the
technology. He also cautioned that many
details remain unclear.
Under the proposal, the federal transportation
regulators, rather than states, should be in
charge of regulating self-driving cars since the
vehicles are essentially controlled by software,
not people, administration officials said.
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States have historically set the rules for licensing
drivers, but when the driver becomes a
computer “we intend to occupy the field here,”
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said.
States, he said, should stick to registering the
cars and dealing with questions of liability when
they crash.
Automakers should also be allowed to self-certify
the safety of autonomous vehicles by following a
15-point checklist for safe design, development,
testing and deployment, said officials who briefed
reporters. Though companies are not required to
follow the guidance - it is voluntary and does not
carry the force of formal regulation - Foxx said he
expects compliance.
“It’s in their vested interest to go through the
rigors that we’re laying out here” to gain the
confidence of both regulators and the public,
Foxx said.
In somewhat contradictory fashion, officials
also said the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration is examining whether it should
have “pre-market approval” authority, in which
the government inspects and approves new
technologies like autonomous vehicles. That
would be a departure from the agency’s historic
self-certification system and might require
action from Congress.
Officials spoke to reporters ahead of a news
conference scheduled for Tuesday at which they
plan to provide greater detail of their guidance
to automakers and states, as well as new powers
and resources NHTSA may require.
NHTSA has been striving to make the guidelines
a concise framework, rather than a lengthy set of
detailed standards and regulations. The agency’s
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administrator, Mark Rosekind, has said he wants
the guidelines to be flexible to keep pace with
industry innovation.
Some consumer advocates have objected to
administration’s decision to pursue voluntary
guidelines instead of drafting safety rules
and standards that are legally enforceable. If
the government had followed its process for
issuing rules, it would have provided the public
greater opportunity to weigh in on proposed
regulations and required NHTSA to address
any concerns that are raised before regulations
become final, they say.
But the rulemaking process is often laborious
and can take years to complete.
Automakers sought the NHTSA guidance in
part because they fear a patchwork of state
laws will slow or complicate deployment of
self-driving cars. Some state lawmakers see the
advent of autonomous cars as a way to attract
technology companies and spur economic
growth, and are proposing laws friendly to
the technology. The Michigan legislature,
for example, is considering bills that would
allow the testing of self-driving cars without
brakes or pedals on state roads. New York, on
the other hand, has a longstanding law that
requires drivers keep one hand on the wheel
at all times, which undermines the rationale for
self-driving technology.
Last week, Uber began offering free rides in
self-driving cars to customers in Pittsburgh,
making it the first company in the U.S. to offer
use of the vehicles to the public. The cars have a
person sitting in the driver’s seat ready to handle
situations beyond the abilities of the technology.
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WIRELESS SIGNALS
CAN DETECT YOUR
FEELINGS WITH
NEW DEVICE
What if your computer or smartphone could tell if
you’re happy or sad?
A new device developed by researchers at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology can detect a
person’s emotions using wireless signals reflecting
off a person’s body to measure human behavior.
Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory say their EQ-Radio
device is 87 percent accurate in telling if someone
is excited, happy, angry or sad.
It’s as accurate as an electrocardiogram
monitor, which uses a sensor on the body, in
measuring heartbeats.
They say it could one day be used by film studios
and advertising agencies to gauge audience
reaction, in homes to adjust temperature based on
mood, or in health care.
MIT’s team plans to present the work at a mobile
computing conference next month.
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SAMSUNG SUFFERS
BACKLASH IN CHINA OVER
SMARTPHONE RESPONSE
Liu Jingtang was a Samsung loyalist. The
Shanghai technology consultant traded up
steadily through its smartphones to the new
Note 7. But Liu’s devotion was shaken by the
Korean tech giant’s confusing response to its
latest product safety scare.
Liu, 32, said Samsung Electronics quickly
confirmed his Note 7 wasn’t covered by a
recall announced last week. But he said after
reports China might have suffered its first
explosion of the problem-plagued phone,
Samsung’s announcement that it saw no
problem with the battery with no other
explanation left him baffled.
“My loyalty to Samsung is bound to decline by
a lot,” said Liu. “Samsung was my priority, but
not anymore.”
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China should be a bright spot for Samsung as
it wrestles with a global recall of 2.5 million of
its new flagship smartphones. The company
has not confirmed any in China suffer the same
problems that led to fires in the United States.
But its brand has been battered by complaints
it is doing too little to reassure Chinese owners
their handsets are safe.
The potential damage to its image threatens
to disrupt Samsung’s efforts to use the Note 7
to propel faster growth in a crowded Chinese
market where it has slipped to sixth place after
being the No. 1 brand as recently as mid-2014.
Chinese consumers are unusually alert to safety
issues following an avalanche of scandals over
shoddy or fake food, medicines and other
goods. They also are sensitive about being
treated as well as Western consumers.
“I think consumers are pretty unhappy with
Samsung,” said Ben Cavender of China Market
Research Group. “Consumers start to feel like
they are being taken advantage of, that they are
not being accorded the same respect here as
they are abroad.”
Asked what it was doing to reassure Chinese
consumers, Samsung said in a statement it is
confident about the safety of Note 7s sold by
authorized outlets.
IKEA suffered a similar backlash in June after the
Swedish furniture recalled dressers in the United
States and Canada due to concerns they could
tip over and harm children. When the company
didn’t immediately do the same in China, people
posted angry comments online asking whether
it valued Chinese lives less. IKEA announced a
recall in China in July.
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Samsung has blamed the fires on a
manufacturing flaw in batteries and said Note
7 units sold in China would not be affected
because theirs came from a different supplier.
On Monday, Samsung said its investigation into
the first report of a Galaxy Note 7 fire in China
found unspecified “external factors” might be
to blame. It said it was unable to investigate
a second fire report because the consumer
refused to hand over the charred phone.
Liu, the technology consultant, said the
statement made him question why Note 7
phones sold in China would be different from
those sold abroad.
“They hastily put out this statement. Was that
really good? I think it was unsatisfactory,” said
Liu. As for external factors, he said, “does that
mean the customer deliberately heated it over a
fire? That doesn’t make much sense.”
Samsung surprised customers by saying no
phones in China were covered by its global recall
and then recalling 1,858 phones. It said those
were distributed for testing before sales to the
public began.
“For Samsung to recall only 1,858 units in China
while it recalls 1 million in the United States
seems insincere,” said a comment left on a
website of the Communist Party newspaper
People’s Daily.
“Whether those phones that are not recalled will
wind up being a problem or not will be a bomb
planted in the hearts of customers,” it said.
Samsung is the world’s biggest smartphone
brand by number of units sold but in China it
trails market leader Huawei Technology Ltd.
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and three other local brands - Vivo, Xiaomi and
Oppo. Apple Inc.’s iPhone was in fifth place in
the first half of this year.
The Note 7 “was a good opportunity (to expand
sales), but they blew it,” said Liu.
Working in Samsung’s favor is the fact that
phones are sold through retailers in China
instead of carriers. That allows users to switch
brands quickly and new competitors to enter
the market.
“In any given month, a brand is going to
leapfrog another brand and come up with
a brighter screen or bigger battery of faster
charging,” said Cavender.
On Tuesday, the Note 7 was on sale at
electronics retailers and shops run by stateowned
phone carrier China Mobile Ltd., though
employees said customers were asking about
the reports of explosions.
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“Sales for Note 7 were slightly affected by
the incident but we are still selling them,”
said a saleswoman who was reached by
phone at an outlet of Suning, the country’s
biggest electronics retailer, in the Wangjing
neighborhood on Bejiing’s northeast side. “We
are making explanations to customers every day,
it is up to the customer to believe it or not.”
The Note 7 was sold out in black and only
available in gold at a China Mobile store in
the capital’s eastern business district, said a
salesman who would give only his surname, Li.
He said a customer bought one Tuesday and no
one asked about the report of an explosion.
“There are some customers who only favor
Samsung and they don’t bother asking
questions,” said Li.
Longer term, the Note 7 in China is likely to “take
a major sales hit,” said Cavender.
“People who want to buy a phone are going to
switch to Apple or to a local brand like Huawei,”
said Cavender. “Or if they want a Samsung,
they probably are going to wait for the next
generation, because they don’t want to take the
risk that they will get a faulty product.”
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WIRELESS CELLPHONE ALERTS
ON BOMBING SUSPECT
Many people in the New York City area were
alerted Monday (19) morning to a screeching,
buzzing message about a man wanted in
connection with explosions in the area over
the weekend.
A Saturday explosion in Manhattan injured 29
people. Other devices were found in the New
York City area but caused no injuries.
The alert read, “WANTED: Ahmad Khan
Rahami, 28-yr-old male. See media for pic.
Call 9-1-1 if seen.”
Police had him in custody later Monday, after a
New Jersey bar owner reported a person asleep
in the bar’s doorway.
What are these alerts and how do they work?
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WHAT ARE WIRELESS
EMERGENCY ALERTS?
According to the Federal Communications
Commission, these text-like messages let
cellphone users in a particular area receive
notices about what are deemed critical
emergencies. Messages can be about weather
threats, Amber alerts for missing children or
emergencies like a chemical spill.
The wireless industry, the FCC and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency started this
program in 2012, according to the wireless trade
group CTIA.
FEMA said Monday that it was not the first time
the system had been used to ring out a search
for a dangerous suspect, but the agency could
not immediately provide a past example.
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HOW ARE THESE SENT?
FEMA authorizes messages from a local, state,
federal, or tribal government agency and sends
them on to wireless carriers. In this case, FEMA
said the alert was issued by the New York Office
of Emergency Management.
Messages appear on phones just like texts and
are accompanied by a loud alarm. The phone
also vibrates, which the FCC says helps people
with hearing or vision disabilities. The alerts
don’t count as texts, so people on limited text
plans won’t get charged extra. Some phones,
especially older ones, might not be equipped to
receive these messages, though.
The alerts aren’t affected by network congestion
and are based on cell tower locations, so if you’re
on vacation in California, you won’t get alerts for
New York, even if your phone is registered there.
The FCC says targeting is typically down to the
county level.
CAN YOU GET RID OF THEM?
The FCC says some alerts can be blocked, if
the carrier allows it - but not alerts issued by
the president. On iPhones, the setting is under
“Notifications.” On Android, look for “Emergency
broadcasts” under “Sound,” though your phone
maker may have moved that. On Samsung’s
Galaxy S7 phone, for instance, the setting is
under “Privacy and Emergency.” Hit “Emergency
Alerts,” then “More,” then “Settings.”
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WHAT ARE DRAWBACKS
OF THE SYSTEM?
The current technology supports only text and
90 characters. That leads to a slightly awkward
phrase like “See media for pic” of Rahami,
rather than a link to a photo or a photo itself
being sent.
The FCC has proposed permitting longer
messages, embedded links or possibly
even images like maps. The wireless industry
has said it is wary of including links because
they could lead to network congestion or
confused customers.
For more information:
https://www.fema.gov
https://www.fcc.gov
https://www.ready.gov
http://www.ctia.org
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COMCAST PLANS TO LAUNCH
WIRELESS SERVICE NEXT YEAR
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Comcast plans to launch a cellphone service
roughly in the middle of next year, although it
would be limited to areas of the country where
it’s a cable provider.
That could potentially make the cable giant a
competitor to carriers like Verizon and AT&T for a
subset of the country. Comcast has just over 28
million customers.
It plans to create a service that would run on
its 15 million Wi-Fi hotspots and use Verizon’s
wireless network, which it has a deal to resell.
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts confirmed the
company’s plans at an investment conference
Tuesday in New York.
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He suggested that Comcast was looking at
the mobile service as an add-on to customer
bundles, and combining wireless service with
Comcast cable or internet would likely make
customers stick with Comcast longer.
It could also mean some savings for
Comcast customers.
“If Comcast is to make this a compelling offer,
especially given their lack of history in wireless,
they’re going to have to offer some steep
discounts in their bundles,” telecom analyst Jan
Dawson of Jackdaw Research said in an email.
Several attempts by big cable companies to
offer wireless service have foundered, like
the Wi-Fi-only phone launched by New Yorkarea
cable company Cablevision in early
2015 (Cablevision is now owned by European
telecom Altice). Cox Communications, one of
the biggest cable companies, pulled the plug
on its short-lived mobile phone service in
2011, saying it didn’t have the heft necessary
to compete, including the ability to sell certain
popular smartphones.
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CUPERTINO FIRM KEEPS PACE IN THE
SMARTWATCH MARKET
Earlier this month, Apple unveiled its new
Apple Watch Series 2, and the early reviews
have been positive ones. With a whole host of
improvements and additions – including water
resistance and GPS tracking – it is clear that
Apple means business and wants to dominate
the market after a lukewarm Watch launch last
year. Initial reviews for the second iteration
included that of TechRadar, which said that
the new Watch “refined” many of the core
features that Apple Watch owners already know
and love - so does Apple have another winning
device on its hands?
Apple Watch Series 2 review - TechRadar
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HEALTH AND SPORTS TAKE
CENTER STAGE
It is clear that Apple is placing an even greater
focus on fitness for the second edition of
the Apple Watch. Two major new features –
namely GPS tracking and water resistance
– are designed to complement running and
swimming respectively, with both delivering
an improved health-tracking functionality
compared to the previous model of the Watch.
Something that is interesting to note, however,
is that Apple has removed the Sport edition
branding from the Apple Watch line, a clear
indicator that every version of the Series 2 is
designed to be sporty.
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WATER RESISTANCE FINALLY
REACHES THE WATCH
Every ‘entry point’ of the new Apple Watch has
been given a water-resistant makeover, meaning
that you can now finally take your device with
you when you go for a swim – or even a shower!
A new mechanism has been designed to ‘eject’
water from the Watch’s speaker system, while
every other orifice has been given a waterresistant
coating to enable underwater use. For
swimmers, this means even greater flexibility,
and the chance to measure their strokes,
lengths and heart rate throughout their
sporting sessions.
Apple Watch Series 2 review - CNET
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EDITION COMES WITH A NEW WHITE
CERAMIC BODY
The Apple Watch Edition has always been a
contentious product. For those who have the
cash to splash, a couple of thousand dollars
won’t seem like that big a deal – but with
Apple known for its annual product releases,
does anybody need to spend quite that much
on a product that will be out of date in a
year or two? Apple clearly seems to think so,
announcing a new Ceramic model at $1,249.
With its stunning white ceramic design – which
is, of course, waterproof – this new Apple
Watch Edition is the ultimate swimming and
style companion.
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A HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE PROCESSOR
AND PERFORMANCE
The new Ceramic model aside, the upgraded
Apple Watch’s appearance is almost identical to
that of the previous model. One thing that has
definitely changed, however, is the under-thehood
performance. A second generation dualcore
S2 processor measures in at 50% faster than
the previous model, while a new GPU offers two
times the graphics performance of the Series 1.
A new S2 processor is also being shipped
with the Series 1 model at a reduced price for
those wanting to save $100.
The “completely re-engineered” model’s screen
is also twice as bright as that of the first Watch
- indeed, it boasts the brightest display of any
Apple product, its 1,000 nits representing a
significant increase on the previous model’s
450. This should make the outdoor viewing
of your Watch’s display easier than ever, but
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Apple Watch Series 2 review:
all about fitness - The Verge

The Verge did have some criticism, claiming
that the display “doesn’t always wake up
every time” the user’s wrist is raised, as well
as that it’s “not always possible to see [the
display] in direct sunlight”. There is therefore
evidence that Apple still has some work to do
on this aspect of an otherwise impressively
performing smartwatch.
NIKE PLUS OFFERING MARKS RENEWAL
OF OLD PARTNERSHIP
It may not represent the first time Nike has
paired with Apple for a new product launch,
as those who remember the Nike + iPod
range will attest, but the new Apple Watch
Nike Plus is certainly the most exciting of the
two iconic brands’ collaborations to date. A
new Nike-branded Apple Watch comes with a
breathable watch band, a new social network
of sorts - called Nike+ Run Club - and a host of
attractive features for sports lovers. The new
model is priced the same as the regular Series
2 Watch at $369, but won’t be available until
late October.
WATCHOS 3 MAKES THINGS
EVEN BETTER
Released as a free upgrade last week, the
new operating system for the Apple Watch is
taking things to the next level. Centered on
customization, watchOS 3 introduces new
watch faces, iMessage stickers and more
notifications, which should enable you to enjoy
your smartwatch experience more than ever
before. WatchOS has long been criticized for its
clunky, slow and hard-to-use interface, but the
new version of the system means that apps now
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“react instantly”, with “fewer instances of the
pinwheel” now also required than ever before.
GPS GIVES FITNESS FANATICS MORE
ROOM TO RUN
One of the widest-rumored and best-received
features of the new Watch is its ability to work
with GPS. You will no longer need to pair your
Watch with your iPhone to take advantage of
its accurate pace and distance measurements
on a run, meaning that you can leave the house
with nothing but your smartwatch - and running
gear, of course. John Gruber of the Daring
Fireball site said that the GPS automatically
switching to the iPhone when close by -
thereby enabling the user to save battery -
was a highlight. Buzzfeed’s Nicole Nguyen also
praised the GPS technology, adding that she
would no longer “have to wait for satellites to
find my position before starting a workout”,
given the device’s use of local data, plus GPS and
Wi-Fi, to detect her location.
Alongside the obvious benefits of GPS
technology, the new Apple Watch could
deliver geo-push notifications – allowing bars,
restaurants and shopping malls to send you
information when you are within reach – while
Uber could use the technology to enable you
to track cabs without your phone. Everybody’s
favorite game right now, Pokémon Go, will
also arrive on the Watch App Store this fall, as
the Bluetooth-enabled Pokémon Go Plus
wearable also looms on the horizon.
Apple has yet to reveal how much scope there
will be for developers and third parties to use
the GPS, or whether fitness apps will be able to
take advantage of the technology. Pairing the
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technology with Apple’s Workout API certainly
seems like an attractive feature, but to find out
more about the possibilities, we’ll need to wait
for updates to watchOS 3 and new apps and
developers to enter the marketplace.
LISTENING TO MUSIC ON THE GO
If you want to listen to music on the go, the
Watch’s new AirPods are headphones that you
should definitely consider. With pairing between
the two taking mere seconds, the Apple Watch
Series 2 is the perfect companion to your new
wireless headphones, whether you want to
listen to music or enjoy a motivating speech on
your morning jog. Early reviews of the AirPods
have been fairly positive; Engadget wrote
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that they were “stunned Apple squeezed as
much tech into the AirPods as they did”, while
Business Insider added that the headphones
“never felt like they’d slip out, even while
walking around or working out at the gym”.
Despite critics suggesting that the Watch
would never succeed, as well as slow sales
compared to the iPhone and iPad ranges, Apple
is determined to make its wearable a success.
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It’s clear that the Series 2 model represents a
significant step in the right direction, resulting
in a faster, water-resistant and independent
device designed to improve our health and
day-to-day lives.
The decision on whether to upgrade, however,
is yours. If you especially want to take your
wearable to the swimming pool or out on a jog
without your phone, the Series 2 is certainly a
worthwhile investment. If, however, you are a
more casual user, it may be best to wait for the
additional substantial improvements that future
generations of the Watch will presumably bring.
The smartwatch market may be an intensely
competitive one, but with the Watch Series
2, Apple is well-placed to achieve a strong
foothold for the year ahead. We can’t wait to
see how the coming months unfold for one of
the Cupertino firm’s most important product
categories in the year 2016.
by Benjamin Kerry & Gavin Lenaghan
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AIR FORCE
BASE WILDFIRE
POSTPONES HI-RES
SATELLITE LAUNCH
A wildfire burning at a central California Air
Force base on Sunday forced the postponement
of a satellite launch, officials said.
An Atlas 5 rocket was to carry a satellite known
as WorldView-4 into orbit from Vandenberg Air
Force Base. The satellite is designed to produce
high-resolution images of Earth from space.
The fire burning in a remote canyon didn’t
immediately threaten the space launch
complex, Col. Paul Nosek said on the base’s
Facebook page. But he said the blaze required
firefighters to be redeployed from standing by
at the launch.
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Nearly 800 firefighters were trying to corral the
fire that was nearly 2 square miles in size.
The launch will be postponed until at least Sept.
26, according to United Launch Alliance, a joint
venture by Lockheed Martin and Boeing Co.
The satellite is the latest in a series of imaging
satellites built by Lockheed Martin. It is operated
by Colorado-based DigitalGlobe, which provides
images for government and private customers.
The satellite is designed to spot the make of a
car from nearly 400 miles (643.71 kilometers)
above Earth.
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SAMSUNG SAYS REPLACEMENTS
AVAILABLE FOR RECALLED NOTE 7
Samsung says new Galaxy Note 7 smartphones
will be available in U.S. stores starting
Wednesday to replace about 1 million devices
that are being recalled because their batteries
can catch fire.
The South Korean company has been scrambling
to fix problems caused by faulty batteries in the
latest version of its top-of-the-line smartphone,
which first went on sale last month.
When it first offered on Sept. 2 to replace the
affected Note 7 phones, Samsung said it would
swap them for models of its other phones, such
as the Galaxy S7, until supplies of replacement
Note 7 devices became available.
Samsung followed up last week by announcing
that U.S. consumers who had purchased one of
the recalled phones could choose between a
replacement or a refund for the device, which
sells for about $850. That offer was jointly
announced with officials at the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission after Samsung was
criticized for not coordinating more closely with
the commission.
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Safety officials have urged Note 7 owners
to turn off their phones and return them
immediately. They cited reports of Note 7
batteries overheating in the United States,
including 26 instances where individuals were
burned and 55 that caused property damage.
The problem doesn’t affect all Note 7 phones,
because Samsung uses batteries from different
suppliers. But the company has said about 2.5
million devices may be affected worldwide,
including 1 million sold in the United States.
Samsung also said it’s pushing out two
software updates through wireless carriers. One
will show a green battery icon to confirm that
a Note 7 device is a new one that doesn’t have
the battery problem. The other will display a
short notice to owners of older phones covered
by the recall, telling them to turn off their
device and take it in for a replacement.
About a quarter of affected phones had been
exchanged in the United States by Tuesday,
according to a spokeswoman for Samsung’s
U.S. subsidiary. She was unable to say how
many Note 7 buyers sought refunds, but
said “the vast majority” received a different
Samsung phone as a replacement.
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INNOVATION, SAFETY
SOUGHT IN SELF-DRIVING
CAR GUIDELINES
Saying they were doing something no other
government has done, Obama administration
officials rolled out a plan Tuesday they say will
enable automakers to get self-driving cars onto
the road without compromising safety.
In drawing up 112 pages of guidelines, the
government tried to be vague enough to allow
innovation while at the same time making sure
that car makers, tech companies and ride-hailing
firms put safety first as the cars are developed.
Only time will tell whether the mission was
accomplished, but the document generally was
praised by businesses and analysts as good
guidance in a field that’s evolving faster than
anyone imagined just a few years ago.
“How do you regulate a complex software
system?” asked Timothy Carone, a Notre Dame
University professor who has written about
the future of automation. “They want to allow
innovation, but they want to be very proscriptive
in managing the risk side of this. In my mind,
they’re trying to manage the unknown.”
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The guidelines from the Department of
Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration don’t tell companies specifically
how to get to an autonomous car that can
safely carry people down the road, leaving a lot
to interpretation.
But they tell companies to explain how they’ll
comply with a 15-point safety assessment
before they roll out the cars. And the guidelines
also make clear that NHTSA will force recalls
if software doesn’t perform as it should. The
agency, for the first time in its history, may
even seek authority from Congress to approve
technology before it goes on the road.
“We want to be as nimble and flexible as
we can be, recognizing that we will never,
ever compromise on what we think is safe,”
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said at a
Washington news conference.
Among other things, the safety assessment asks
automakers to document how the car detects
and avoids objects and pedestrians, how the
car is protected against cyberattacks and what
sort of backup system is in place in case the
computers fail.
Companies that already have even semiautonomous
vehicles on the road will have
to submit assessments four months after the
government’s 60-day comment period ends.
Companies that are developing autonomous
and semi-autonomous vehicles will be asked
to submit assessments before those cars go on
the road.
For now, the assessments are voluntary, but the
government intends to make them mandatory
after a lengthy rule-making process.
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The guidelines come as the government
has struggled with how to capitalize on the
technology’s promised safety benefits - the cars
can react faster than people, but don’t drink or
get distracted - while making sure they are ready
for widespread use. Officials hope the guidelines
will bring order to what has been a chaotic
rollout so far.
The Transportation Department also said it,
rather than the states, would be responsible for
regulating cars controlled by software. States
have historically set the rules for licensing drivers,
but Foxx said states should stick to registering the
cars and dealing with questions of liability when
they crash when the driver is a computer.
The guidelines allow automakers to seek
exemptions from NHTSA from federal safety
standards that might be outdated, such as a
rule requiring a steering wheel in brake pedals
in a vehicle without a human driver. California
currently requires a steering wheel and brake
pedals, but NHTSA has the authority to approve
vehicles without them if the agency decides
they’re safe.
The government also wants cars, whether
partially or fully self-driving, to collect and
share data from crashes and near-misses so
companies and the government can learn
from the experience. Data isn’t currently
collected industrywide.
NHTSA made clear that it can use its current
recall authority to regulate the new cars. It
warned automakers that self-driving cars that
still rely on a human driver to intervene in some
circumstances must have a means for keeping
the driver’s attention. If they don’t, that “may be
Image: Kim Kyung-Hoon
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defined as an unreasonable risk to safety and
subject to recall,” the department said.
NHTSA says the warning isn’t aimed at electric
car maker Tesla Motors. But it would address
events like a fatal crash in Florida that occurred
while a Tesla Model S was operating on the
company’s semi-autonomous Autopilot system.
The system can brake when it spots obstacles
and keep cars in their lanes. But it failed to spot
a crossing tractor-trailer and neither the system
nor the driver braked. Autopilot allows drivers
to take their hands off the steering wheel for
short periods.
Tesla has since announced modifications
so Autopilot relies more on radar and less
on cameras, which it said were blinded by
sunlight in the Florida crash. The company
has maintained that Autopilot is a driver assist
system and said it warns drivers they must be
ready to take over at any time.
Some consumer advocates have objected to
voluntary guidelines instead of safety rules that
are legally enforceable.
“Consumers need more than just guidelines.
This new policy comes with a lot of bark, but not
enough bite,” Marta Tellado, President and CEO
of Consumer Reports, said in a statement.
Industry reaction, however, was largely
favorable. Former NHTSA Administrator David
Strickland, who now represents a coalition
involving Ford, Google, Lyft, Uber, and Volvo
Cars, said the guidelines are a foundation of
how to test and deploy autonomous cars. Yet if
a manufacturer doesn’t follow the guidelines “it
will be open and apparent,” he said.
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#03 – Snapchat
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Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
#04 – Bottle Flip 2k16
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Category: Games
Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
#05 – Messenger
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Category: Social Networking
Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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iOS
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Trailer
Movies
& TV Shows
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The Shallows
A surfer becomes stranded 200 yards from
the shore, and soon finds herself under
threat from a great white shark in a struggle
for survival.
by Jaume Collet-Serra
Genre: Thriller
Released: 2016
Price: $14.99
143 Ratings
FIVE FACTS:
1. The movie was partly shot on the
Australian Gold Coast, with other filming
taking place in a giant swimming pool.
2. The screenplay for the movie appeared on
the 2014 Black List, a list of the “most liked”
unmade scripts of the year.
3. The film’s original title was In the Deep.
4. Nancy’s nickname for the film’s seagull
character is Steven Seagull, a pun on actor
Steven Seagal.
5. Nancy makes her stand for survival on the
number “42” buoy - significant, given that 42
is considered in pop culture to be the answer
to the meaning of life.
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
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Hunt for the
Wilderpeople
A rebellious kid and his foster uncle go
missing in the wild New Zealand bush,
triggering a national manhunt.
FIVE FACTS:
1. The film was the first local feature to
gross over NZ$1 million in its opening
New Zealand box office weekend.
2. It is the fourth movie with Taika Waititi as
director to premiere at Sundance Festival,
following Eagle vs Shark, Boy and What We
Do in the Shadows.
3. One part of the chase scene involving the
red Toyota Hilux closely imitates - shot for
shot - a 1980s New Zealand TV commercial
for the car.
4. An open casting call was held for a
young teenage Maori girl to play Kahu,
with Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne the
successful applicant.
5. Ricky expresses a hatred for Kingi in
his haiku - Kingi being a character in Boy,
another film directed by Taika Waititi.
by Taika Waititi
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2016
Price: $14.99
69 Ratings
Rotten Tomatoes
99%
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Music

Skeleton Tree
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
The infamous and inimitable singersongwriter’s
16th studio album is his most
experimental, chilling and heartbreaking yet,
but still offers the enticing songwriting for
which he is known.
Genre: Alternative
Released: Sep 09, 2016
8 Songs
Price: $9.99
75 Ratings
‘Jesus Alone’
FIVE FACTS:
1. Cave’s son Arthur, 15, died after falling from
a cliff at Ovingdean near Brighton, England
on July 14, 2015.
2. One More Time with Feeling, a
documentary film about the aftermath
of Cave’s son’s death and the recording
process of Skeleton Tree, accompanied the
album’s release.
3. The album debuted at number two on the
United Kingdom’s midweek albums chart,
selling 17,600 copies in its first three days
of release.
4. A film about Cave’s life, titled 20,000 Days
on Earth and directed by artists Iain Forsyth
and Jane Pollard, was released in mid-2014,
shortly before his 57th birthday.
5. Cave has collaborated with a wide range
of other artists, including Johnny Cash, the
Flaming Lips and Kylie Minogue.
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‘I Need You’
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Here
Teenage Fanclub
One of the seminal alternative rock acts of the
‘90s, Teenage Fanclub’s 11th studio album is
one of the most anticipated of the year.
FIVE FACTS:
1. The group’s third album Bandwagonesque
was voted the album of the year for 1991
by music magazine Spin, beating Nirvana’s
landmark album Nevermind.
2. . Kurt Cobain once called Teenage Fanclub
“the best band in the world”.
3. In May 2015, Teenage Fanclub was the
support act for Foo Fighters at their Old
Trafford Cricket Ground gig in Manchester, UK.
4. In 2006, the band held two special
concerts in London and Glasgow, playing the
Bandwagonesque album in its entirety.
5. The band was once signed to the nowdefunct
Creation Records, which also boasted
such acts as Oasis, Primal Scream and My
Bloody Valentine.
Genre: Alternative
Released: Sep 09, 2016
12 Songs + digital booklet
Price: $7.99
10 Ratings
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‘Thin Air’
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BOX OFFICE TOP 20:
‘SULLY’ LANDS
ANOTHER $21.7M
“Sully” kept afloat in its second weekend at the
box office.
The Warner Bros. dramatization of the Miracle
on the Hudson directed by Clint Eastwood and
starring Tom Hanks remained at No. 1 with
$21.6 million, bringing its total domestic haul
to $70.2 million.
Lionsgate’s horror revival “Blair Witch” was a
distant No. 2 with a $9.6 million debut.
Working Title Films’ comedy threequel
“Bridget Jones’s Baby” with Renee Zellweger
back as the titular character opened at No. 3
with $8.6 million.
Oliver Stone’s “Snowden,” which stars Joseph
Gordon-Levitt as NSA whistleblower Edward
Snowden, debuted at No. 4 with $8 million,
marking the lowest box office opening in the
filmmaker’s career.
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The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters
Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution
studio, gross, number of theater locations,
average receipts per location, total gross and
number of weeks in release, as compiled
Monday by comScore:
1.
“Sully,” Warner Bros., $21,653,017,
3,525 locations, $6,143 average,
$70,194,368, 2 weeks.
2.
“Blair Witch,” Lionsgate, $9,576,057,
3,121 locations, $3,068 average,
$9,576,057, 1 week.
3.
“Bridget Jones’s Baby,” Universal,
$8,571,785, 2,927 locations,
$2,929 average, $8,571,785, 1 week.
4.
“Snowden,” Open Road, $8,000,058,
2,443 locations, $3,275 average,
$8,000,058, 1 week.
5.
“Don’t Breathe,” Sony, $5,640,232,
3,208 locations, $1,758 average,
$75,369,013, 4 weeks.
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6.
“When the Bough Breaks,” Sony,
$5,483,126, 2,246 locations, $2,441
average, $22,655,858, 2 weeks.
7.
“Suicide Squad,” Warner Bros.,
$4,701,834, 2,740 locations, $1,716
average, $313,774,166, 7 weeks.
8.
“The Wild Life,” Lionsgate, $2,771,443,
2,493 locations, $1,112 average,
$6,785,712, 2 weeks.
9.
“Kubo and the Two Strings,” Focus
Features, $2,540,031, 1,757 locations,
$1,446 average, $44,272,005, 5 weeks.
10.
“Pete’s Dragon,” Disney, $2,152,802,
1,948 locations, $1,105 average,
$72,917,327, 6 weeks.
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11.
“Hell or High Water,” Lionsgate,
$2,074,974, 1,505 locations,
$1,379 average, $22,875,505, 6 weeks.
12.
“Bad Moms,” STX Entertainment,
$1,765,403, 1,486 locations,
$1,188 average, $110,010,331, 8 weeks.
13.
“Hillsong - Let Hope Rise,” Pure Flix,
$1,357,243, 816 locations,
$1,663 average, $1,357,243, 1 week.
14.
“No Manches Frida,” Lionsgate,
$1,291,512, 456 locations,
$2,832 average, $9,195,621, 3 weeks.
15.
“The Secret Life Of Pets,” Universal,
$1,231,895, 1,005 locations,
$1,226 average, $363,388,255, 11 week.
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“Sausage Party,” Sony, $1,203,151,
1,181 locations, $1,019 average,
$95,338,012, 6 weeks.
17.
“Jason Bourne,” Universal,
$1,098,085, 1,008 locations,
$1,089 average, $160,408,000, 8 weeks.
18.
“War Dogs,” Warner Bros.,
$1,025,050, 902 locations,
$1,136 average, $41,675,235, 5 weeks.
19.
“Mechanic: Resurrection,” Lionsgate,
$802,401, 958 locations, $838
average, $20,142,970, 4 weeks.
20.
“The Light Between Oceans,”
Disney, $785,939, 1,133 locations,
$694 average, $11,186,715, 3 weeks.
Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast
Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics
are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney,
Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned
by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are
owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and New Line are units
of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors
including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn;
Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by
AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.
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HOW THE TV SHOW
‘MR. ROBOT’ WON
THE PRIZE FOR
HACKER REALISM
Finally, the computer hackers of the world have
a TV show they can call their own.
“Mr. Robot,” a mind-bending drama in which
a morphine-using computer-security drone
gets enmeshed in a revolutionary plot against
corporate domination, is notable for many
things - unreliable narration, an ominous
Christian Slater, hallucinatory plot twists, a
foreboding and dystopic atmosphere shot
through with black humor.
(There’s also the star turn by Rami Malek as
young hacker Elliot Alderson; he took home an
Emmy for best lead actor in a dramatic series
Sunday night. Malek opened his acceptance
speech with a callback to one of his character’s
first lines: “Please tell me you’re seeing this, too.”)
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But the show is also unusually dedicated
to getting the details of hacker culture and
computer vulnerabilities right. That’s won it a
devoted following among people who know
more than a little about both subjects - and
who are used to seeing cartoonish hacker
stereotypes and ludicrous technical jargon in
mainstream programs.
SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF
“For me the biggest thing was, I watched all of
season one and didn’t throw anything at the
TV,” said longtime hacker Marc Rogers during a
panel discussion that packed a ballroom at the
recent Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas.
Rogers joined the show as one of its hacker
consultants for its second season, which wraps
up Wednesday night. He’s one of a small group
of real-world experts, including computersecurity
mavens and a former FBI cybercrime
specialist, who share the same mission: Keep the
hacks realistic while making sure that the show
is still good TV.
Because if they don’t, they’re going to hear
about it from the real-life hackers.
“It’s insane,” said Kor Adana, a “Mr. Robot” writer
who worked as a network security analyst
before breaking into show business. “Even if we
show part of a screen for a millisecond, It will
get screenshotted and it will get dissected and
someone will post a really intricate write up
about what we’re doing; whether it makes sense
or whether we’re just phoning it in.”
Adana, who manages the team of consultants in
addition to serving as a writer, said the focus on
accuracy has always been part of “Mr. Robot.” The
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show’s creator, Sam Esmail, dabbled in hacking
as a teenager, then saw family members in Egypt
use social media and other technology to push
for political change during the Arab Spring.
HACKING IN ITS DNA
Esmail liked the idea of young people changing
the world via their superior understanding of
technology. That’s more or less what the hacker
characters in “Mr. Robot” try to do - though
they’re not always successful, Adana said. But
Esmail insisted on doing it right.
Adana and another consultant joined the show
during the first season, with Adana pitching
ideas in the writer’s room. Nobody wanted to
see “Mr. Robot” mocked online like two hackingcentric
CBS thrillers, “Scorpion” (which features
faked-up computer code in its logo) and the
now-canceled “CSI: Cyber.”
As with any TV show, though, the story comes
first. The consultants brainstorm to create
realistic hacks that get Elliot from point A to
point B in the story; only then do they write the
code that will show up on screens. And while
real-life hackers tend to reuse hacks that work,
characters on the show need to keep coming up
with new ones to keep things interesting.
Next, the consultants work with the props
department to make sure the sets feature
appropriate hardware and give the code to an
animator, who creates the text that actually
appears in the show. They take care to ensure
the code is typo free, although they do tweak
some elements to ensure they’re not providing a
“how to” guide for aspiring hackers.
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CONVINCING HACKERS
“Seconds of screen time could be hours of
discussion,” Rogers said, adding that late night
phone calls from Adana to sort out last-minute
technical issues aren’t uncommon.
Sometimes hacks are yanked if they can’t be fixed.
For example, a ransomware attack originally written
into the second season premier was ultimately cut
and replaced after consultants decided it wouldn’t
really work on a technical level.
Adana and the consultants are also responsible
for fleshing out the show’s hacker characters,
ensuring that they’re more than quirky, borderline
autistic geniuses. Elliot, for instance, is at heart
an idealist who wants to change the world
for the better, although he’s also a flawed and
frequently unstable person who has a complicated
relationship with both mainstream society and
reality itself.
“I think the young, and kind of angry, rebellious,
anti-authority hackers related to him in a way,”
Adana said. “He’s idealistic in the same way as a
lot of hacktivists (who) want to change the world.
They want to make an impact through technology
and that’s what he’s doing.”
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In the waters off the coast of Hawaii, a
tall buoy bobs and sways in the water,
using the rise and fall of the waves to
generate electricity.
The current travels through an undersea cable
for a mile to a military base, where it is fed into
Oahu’s power grid - the first wave-produced
electricity to go online in the U.S.
By some estimates, the ocean’s endless motion
packs enough power to meet a quarter of
America’s energy needs and dramatically
reduce the nation’s reliance on oil, gas and
coal. But wave energy technology lags well
behind wind and solar power, with important
technical hurdles still to be overcome.
To that end, the Navy has established a test
site in Hawaii, with hopes the technology can
someday be used to produce clean, renewable
power for offshore fueling stations for the fleet
and provide electricity to coastal communities
in fuel-starved places around the world.
“More power from more places translates to a
more agile, more flexible, more capable force,”
Joseph Bryan, deputy assistant secretary of
the Navy, said during an event at the site. “So
we’re always looking for new ways to power
the mission.”
Hawaii would seem a natural site for such
technology. As any surfer can tell you, it is
blessed with powerful waves. The island state
also has the highest electricity costs in the
nation - largely because of its heavy reliance
on oil delivered by sea - and has a legislative
mandate to get 100 percent of its energy from
renewables by 2045.
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Still, it could be five to 10 years before wave
energy technology can provide an affordable
alternative to fossil fuels, experts say.
For one thing, developers are still working to
come up with the best design. Some buoys
capture the up-and-down motion of the waves,
while others exploit the side-to-side movement.
Industry experts say a machine that uses all the
ocean’s movements is most likely to succeed.
Also, the machinery has to be able to withstand
powerful storms, the constant pounding of the
seas and the corrosive effects of saltwater.
“The ocean is a really hard place to work,” said
Patrick Cross, specialist at the Hawaii Natural
Energy Institute at the University of Hawaii at
Manoa, which helps run the Hawaii test site.
“You’ve got to design something that can stay in
the water for a long time but be able to survive.”
The U.S. has set a goal of reducing carbon
emissions by one-third from 2005 levels by 2030,
and many states are seeking to develop more
renewable energy in the coming decades.
Jose Zayas, a director of the Wind and
Water Power Technologies Office at the U.S.
Department of Energy, which helps fund the
Hawaii site, said the U.S. could get 20 to 28
percent of its energy needs from waves off the
U.S. coasts without encroaching on sensitive
waters such as marine preserves.
“When you think about all of the states that have
water along their coasts ... there’s quite a bit of
wave energy potential,” he said.
Wave energy technology is at about the
same stage as the solar and wind industries
were in the 1980s. Both received substantial
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government investment and tax credits that
helped them become energy sources cheap
enough to compete with fossil fuels.
But while the U.S. government and military
have put about $334 million into marine energy
research over the last decade, Britain and the
rest of Europe have invested more than $1
billion, according to the Marine Energy Council,
a trade group.
“We’re about, I’d say, a decade behind the
Europeans,” said Alexandra De Visser, the Navy’s
Hawaii test site project manager.
The European Marine Energy Centre in Scotland,
for example, has 14 grid-connected berths that
have housed dozens of wave and tidal energy
devices from around the world over the past 13
years, and Wave Hub in England has several such
berths. China, too, has been building and testing
dozens of units at sea.
Though small in scale, the test project near
Kaneohe Bay represents the vanguard of U.S.
wave energy development. It consists of two
buoys anchored a half-mile to a mile off the coast.
One of them, the Azura, which stands 12 feet
above the surface and extends 50 feet below,
converts the waves’ vertical and horizontal
movements into up to 18 kilowatts of electricity,
enough for about a dozen homes. The company
working with the Navy, Northwest Energy
Innovations of Portland, Oregon, plans a version
that can generate at least 500 kilowatts, or
enough to power hundreds of homes.
The other buoy, a 50-foot-wide, doughnutshaped
device called the Lifesaver, was
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tall ring is anchored to the ocean floor with cables;
when the buoy is moved by the sea, the cables
move, turning the wheels of a generator. It is
producing on average of just 4 kilowatts but is
capable of generating more.
Test sites run by other researchers are being
planned or expanded in Oregon and California
to take advantage of the powerful waves that
pound the West Coast. One of those projects,
Cal Wave, run by California Polytechnic State
University, hopes to provide utility-scale power to
Vandenberg Air Force Base.
The Hawaii buoys are barely noticeable from
shore without binoculars, but developers
envision dozens of machines working all at once,
an idea that could run into the same kind of
opposition that wind turbines have faced from
environmentalists, fishermen and tourist groups.
“Putting 200 machines on the North Shore of
Oahu within a mile or two off the coast might be
difficult, said Steve Kopf, CEO of Northwest Energy
Innovations. “Nobody wants to look out and see
wind turbines or wave machines off the coast.”
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For more than a decade, members of a littleknown
group called the Pain Care Forum have
blanketed Washington with messages touting
prescription painkillers’ vital role in the lives of
millions of Americans, creating an echo chamber
that has quietly derailed efforts to curb U.S.
consumption of the drugs, which accounts for
two-thirds of the world’s usage.
In 2012, drugmakers and their affiliates in the
forum sent a letter to U.S. senators promoting
a hearing about an influential report on a “crisis
of epidemic proportions”: pain in America. Few
knew the report stemmed from legislation
drafted and pushed by forum members and that
their experts had helped author it. The report
estimated more than 100 million Americans
- roughly 40 percent of adults - suffered from
chronic pain, an eye-popping statistic that some
researchers call deeply problematic.
The letter made no reference to another health
issue that had been declared an epidemic
by federal authorities: drug overdoses tied
to prescription painkillers. Deaths linked to
addictive drugs like OxyContin, Vicodin and
Percocet had increased more than fourfold since
1999, accounting for more fatal overdoses in
2012 than heroin and cocaine combined.
An investigation by The Associated Press and
The Center for Public Integrity reveals that
similar feedback loops of information and
influence play out regularly in the nation’s
capital, fueled by money and talking points
from the Pain Care Forum, a loose coalition
of drugmakers, trade groups and dozens of
nonprofits supported by industry funding that
has flown under the radar until now.
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Hundreds of internal documents shed new light
on how drugmakers and their allies shaped
the national response to the ongoing wave of
prescription opioid abuse, which has claimed
the lives of roughly 165,000 Americans since
2000, according to federal estimates.
Painkillers are among the most widely
prescribed medications in the U.S., but
pharmaceutical companies and allied groups
have a multitude of legislative interests
beyond those drugs. From 2006 through 2015,
participants in the Pain Care Forum spent over
$740 million lobbying in the nation’s capital
and in all 50 statehouses on an array of issues,
including opioid-related measures, according to
an analysis of lobbying filings by the Center for
Public Integrity and AP.
The same organizations reinforced their
influence with more than $140 million doled
out to political campaigns, including more than
$75 million alone to federal candidates, political
action committees and parties.
That combined spending on lobbying and
campaigns amounts to more than 200 times
the $4 million spent during the same period by
the handful of groups that work for restrictions
on painkillers. Meanwhile, opioid sales reached
$9.6 billion last year, according to IMS Health, a
health information company.
“You can go a long, long way in getting what
you want when you have a lot of money,”
said Professor Keith Humphreys of Stanford
University, a former adviser on drug policy
under President Barack Obama. “And it’s only
when things get so disastrous that finally there’s
enough popular will aroused to push back.”
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Obama gave his first speech on the opioid
epidemic last fall. In July, Congress passed its first
legislation targeting the crisis, an election-year
package intended to expand access to addiction
treatment. But the law includes little new
funding and no restrictions on painkillers, such as
mandatory training for prescribers, a step favored
by federal advisory panels.
Obama administration officials say they have
tried to strike a balance between controlling the
harms of opioids and keeping them available
for patients.
“We did not want to deny people access to
appropriate pain care,” said Michael Botticelli,
Obama’s drug czar. “We were all trying to figure
out what the balance was, and that’s still the case
going forward.”
Painkillers are modern versions of ancient
medicines derived from the opium poppy, also
the source of heroin. Prescription opioids were
long reserved for the most severe forms of
pain associated with surgery, injury or terminal
diseases like cancer.
That changed in the 1990s with a surge in
prescribing for more common ailments like back
pain, arthritis and headaches. A combination of
factors fueled the trend, including new medical
guidelines, insurance policies and pharmaceutical
marketing for long-acting drugs like OxyContin.
The drug’s manufacturer, Purdue Pharma,
pleaded guilty and agreed to pay more than
$600 million in fines in 2007 for misleading the
public about the risks of OxyContin. But the
drug continued to rack up blockbuster sales,
generating more than $22 billion over the
last decade.
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Despite having no physical address or online
presence, the Pain Care Forum hosts highranking
officials from the White House, Food and
Drug Administration and other agencies at its
monthly gatherings.
Purdue’s Washington lobbyist, Burt Rosen, cofounded
the forum more than a decade ago and
coordinates the group’s meetings, which include
dozens of lobbyists and executives.
Purdue declined to make Rosen available for
interviews and did not answer specific questions
about its lobbying activities or financial support
for forum participants. Purdue said it supports a
range of advocacy groups, including some with
differing views on opioids.
“In practice and governance, the Pain
Care Forum is like any of the hundreds
of policy coalitions in Washington and
throughout the nation,” the company said
in a statement, adding: “Purdue complies
with all applicable lobbying disclosure laws
and requirements.”
While Purdue, Endo Pharmaceuticals and other
members have maintained the forum does not
take policy positions, the AP and Center for
Public Integrity’s reporting shows the group’s
participants have worked together to push and
draft federal legislation, blunt regulations and
influence decisions around opioids.
Opioid drugmakers say they are striving to
improve the safety of their products and how
they are used. They point to new harder-tocrush
pills and initiatives that, among other
things, allow states to share databases designed
to spot “doctor shopping” by patients.
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Elsewhere, experts are reevaluating the
effectiveness of opioids for most forms of
chronic pain, noting little long-term research.
“The biggest myth out there is that there’s a
conflict between reducing our dependence on
opioids and improving care for patients in pain,”
said Dr. Caleb Alexander, co-director of Johns
Hopkins University’s Center for Drug Safety and
Effectiveness. “It’s an artificial conflict, but there
are lots of vested interests behind it.”
‘THE EPIDEMIC OF PAIN’
By spring 2014, the figure that 100 million
Americans suffered from chronic pain was getting
new attention: as a talking point for the nation’s
top drug regulator.
The head of the FDA used the statistic to illustrate
the importance of keeping painkillers accessible,
despite the escalating toll of opioid addiction and
abuse in American communities.
In an online essay, then-Commissioner Dr.
Margaret Hamburg said reducing the toll was
a “highest priority,” but that her agency had to
“balance it with another major public health
priority: managing the pain that affects an
estimated 100 million Americans.”
That line populated her speeches and interviews
for months.
But Michael Von Korff of the Group Health
Research Institute, whose research contributed to
the statistic, said the number has no connection
to opioids. Instead, he said, it mostly represents
“people with run-of-the-mill pain problems who
are already managing them pretty well.”
Von Korff’s work is funded by federal, foundation
and health insurance sources. He also is an
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officer with Physicians for Responsible Opioid
Prescribing, a group that’s pushing for restrictions
on the drugs.
Pain Care Forum participants spent nearly $19
million on lobbying efforts that included the
legislation requiring federal research on pain
and the Institute of Medicine report that first
highlighted the figure.
Concerns about the use of the statistic in
connection with opioids and ties between some
of the report authors and the pharmaceutical
industry were covered by the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel in 2014.
Nearly half the experts assembled by the
Institute of Medicine to write the 364-page
report had served as leaders in Pain Care Forumaffiliated
groups, such as the American Pain
Foundation, the American Pain Society and
the American Academy of Pain Medicine - all
supported by industry funding.
Hamburg said in an email that the report was
“another piece of scientific literature that helped
inform the broader field,” which her agency had
no role in producing.
The Pain Care Forum discussed the legislation
that led to the report at its first meeting in
February 2005, according to notes by one of
the group’s principal members, The American
Pain Foundation. Memos from the now-defunct
foundation are among hundreds of documents
obtained through public information requests
by the AP and the Center for Public Integrity
from the city of Chicago, which accused six
drugmakers of misleading the public about
opioid risks in an ongoing lawsuit.
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In June 2006, the forum organized a Capitol
Hill briefing headlined “The Epidemic of Pain in
America.” Briefing materials included statements
like: “Appropriate use of opioid medications like
oxycodone is safe and effective and unlikely to
cause addiction in people who are under the
care of a doctor and who have no history of
substance abuse.”
Attendees were asked to support a bill from
then-Congressman Mike Rogers, which would
later be rewritten by the forum and reintroduced
in 2007 and 2009, according to the memos.
It called for the Institute of Medicine - now a
part of the National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering and Medicine - to develop a
comprehensive report on pain in America.
Parts of the legislation eventually passed with
Obama’s sweeping health care overhaul of 2010.
Rogers, a Republican from Michigan, received
at least $310,000 in contributions from forum
groups from 2006 to 2015, which went to his
campaign and to a leadership account that he
could use to donate to his peers.
Rogers, who left office last year, rejected the idea
that he was influenced by the contributions,
and said he began working on pain issues as a
state senator after helping his brother through a
series of back surgeries.
“I think they said, ‘This guy is a champion, he’s
doing something we believe in and we want to
support guys like that,’” he said.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and former Sen. Chris
Dodd, D-Conn., who together introduced the
Senate version of the bill, received more than
$360,000 and $190,000 respectively from
forum participants.
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Staffers for Hatch did not respond to repeated
requests for comment. Dodd, who left office in
2011, said in a statement: “Sen. Hatch and I worked
together to increase awareness and understanding
of this serious medical condition in the hopes of
providing relief to the millions of Americans who
suffer from chronic pain.”
Phil Saigh, the executive director of the American
Academy of Pain Medicine, said he informed the
Pain Care Forum years ago that his group did not
consider itself a member of the coalition. Yet the
academy has continuously appeared in directories
of forum participants since 2006, including as late
as 2013, the most recent documents available.
The academy and the American Pain Society say
some of the funding they receive from drugmakers
is in the form of grants used for expenses tied
to educational meetings and events. Both
organizations also operate separate “corporate
councils,” in which companies are granted
meetings with physicians in exchange for annual
payments up to the $20,000 range.
Jennifer Walsh, a spokeswoman for the National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine,
said, “We stand by our report, the committee, and
the process that produced it.”
Experts who could personally profit from reports
are prohibited from serving on its committees,
she added. But the academies, which advise the
federal government on scientific and medical
topics, declined to release financial disclosure
forms completed by panelists.
Those on opposite sides of the opioids debate
agree that the report raised important points
about pain treatment, including warnings about
the addictiveness of painkillers.
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After the report’s release in June 2011, the
American Pain Foundation received $150,000
from Purdue to promote its findings through
the Pain Care Forum. The foundation planned
“congressional briefings and hearings” and
“meetings with the leadership of various federal
agencies,” according to a November 2011 letter.
The foundation closed the next year. Senate
investigators had asked about the nonprofit
receiving nearly 90 percent of its funding
from industry.
Meanwhile, a handful of lawmakers tried to draw
attention to rising rates of painkiller abuse.
In 2010, then-Rep. Mary Bono, R-Calif., co-founded
the Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug
Abuse, which focused on educating lawmakers
about drug abuse. She clipped newspaper stories
from her colleagues’ home states, but recalled,
“They’d just say ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah,’ and move on to
more pressing matters.”
Bono, whose family had dealt with opioid
addiction, drafted legislation in 2010 designed
to curb opioid prescribing by requiring the FDA
to limit the labeling for OxyContin and related
drugs to “severe pain.” OxyContin had long been
marketed for a broader indication listed on the
label as “moderate-to-severe pain.”
According to Bono, a Purdue lobbyist visited her
and threatened to pull back on its state-level
funding for drug abuse initiatives.
“They were just letting it be known that if I didn’t
play nicer with them, they could cause some
things to happen that I wouldn’t like,” she said.
Purdue said in a statement that it met with Bono
to support “her efforts to stop prescription drug
abuse.” The company says it does not oppose
measures that “improve the way opioids are
prescribed,” even when they could reduce sales.
Former Rep. Bill Brewster, D-Oklahoma, a contract
lobbyist for Purdue at the time, said in an email
that he recalled the conversation as “cordial
and constructive.”
Purdue spent nearly $800,000 on lobbying
efforts that included Bono’s bill and subsequent
versions of it. Pain Care Forum participants gave
her campaigns more than $60,000 from 2006
through 2012.
Bono’s bill, the Stop Oxy Abuse Act, never
received a congressional vote or hearing, even
after Republicans regained control of the House
in the November 2010 elections. She lost her
congressional seat in 2012.
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‘WHAT’S A REGULATOR TO DO?’
In June 2012, a senior FDA official gave a
presentation to the Pain Care Forum titled: “FDA
and Opioids: What’s a regulator to do?”
For several years, the FDA had been developing
risk-management plans to reduce misuse of longacting
opioids like OxyContin. With oversight
of drugmakers and their marketing efforts, the
agency seemed perfectly positioned to tackle
the problem.
But the plans that the FDA laid out lacked the
major reforms suggested by the agency itself in
2009, when it announced the initiative. Instead of
mandatory certification training for doctors and
electronic registries to track opioid prescriptions
to patients, the FDA official outlined much milder
steps: Drugmakers would fund optional classes
for prescribers and supply pharmacy brochures to
patients about opioid risks.
Over several years, the FDA seemed to have
backed away from any significant restrictions.
“It was my observation that the staff at FDA had
really bought into the idea that pain was greatly
undertreated in the United States,” said Dr. Elinore
McCance-Katz, former chief medical officer with
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service
Administration, a federal health agency.
As early as December 2008, the Pain Care Forum
was developing a strategy to “inform the process”
at the FDA, according to meeting minutes from
the American Pain Foundation.
When the FDA sought public comment on how
to proceed, the forum helped generate more
than 2,000 comments opposing new barriers
to opioids, according to a 2010 foundation
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memo. Additionally, the forum produced a
4,000-signature petition opposing electronic
registries for opioid prescriptions, which advocacy
groups said would stigmatize patients.
Finally, in July 2010, the FDA assembled a
panel of outside advisers - primarily physicians
- to review its plans to manage opioid risks,
including voluntary doctor training.
During a comment period, several members
of the public warned it was a mistake. Dr.
Nathaniel Katz, a former FDA adviser turned
pharmaceutical consultant, traveled from
Boston to implore the panel to support
tougher requirements.
“The days of prescribers not being trained how
to safely prescribe the number one medication
in the United States have to be brought to
an end by you today,” said Katz, who had
previously chaired the FDA panel, according to a
meeting transcript.
Ultimately, the panel voted 25-10 against the
measures developed by the FDA, saying they
would have little effect on opioid abuse. But
the FDA put them in place anyway, one month
after the agency briefed the Pain Care Forum on
the plans. The FDA is not required to follow the
recommendations of its advisory panels.
Agency officials said they decided that requiring
certification for opioid prescribers would have
been overly burdensome and disrupted care
for patients.
“You can’t imagine the bitter screeds we hear
from the prescribing community about the
paperwork involved,” said Dr. Janet Woodcock,
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head of the FDA’s drug center. She added that
the opioid crisis fundamentally stems from
individual prescribing decisions, saying, “We
don’t regulate medical practice.”
In the last two years, the FDA has placed several
limitations on opioids, including adding new
bolded warnings to immediate-release opioids
such as Vicodin and Percocet. But prescriber
training remains optional, even after a second
FDA advisory panel again recommended the
step earlier this year. Woodcock says the agency
is still weighing that recommendation.
Currently, states such as Massachusetts
are imposing their own physician-training
requirements, a development that Katz
attributes to a lack of federal action.
“The FDA failed to make a decision that could
have averted many of the thousands of deaths
we’re seeing per year,” Katz said. “So when
people continue to die and communities
continue to be devastated, then others will arise
to do the policing.”
CHARTING A ‘SAFER COURSE’
It was a federal agency hundreds of miles
from Washington that finally sidestepped the
influence of the pain care lobbyists.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
located in Atlanta, overcame threats of
congressional investigation and legal action to
publish the first federal guidelines intended to
reduce opioid prescribing earlier this year.
Essentially, the agency said the risks of
painkillers greatly outweigh the benefits for the
vast majority of patients with routine chronic
pain. Instead, the guidelines said, doctors should
consider alternatives like non-opioid pain
relievers and physical therapy.
For more than 15 years, CDC officials have
tracked the precipitous rise in painkiller
overdoses, which has been followed by a similar
surge in heroin deaths. The CDC called the
painkiller trend an epidemic in 2011, pushing
Washington officials to do the same. The
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agency’s director, Dr. Tom Frieden, labeled opioids
“dangerous medications” that “should be reserved
for situations like severe cancer pain.”
When the CDC drafted its opioid guidelines,
it moved quickly and quietly, initially giving
outside groups just 48 hours to comment on draft
guidelines distributed last September.
Opioid proponents said the guidelines were
not based on solid evidence and criticized the
CDC for not disclosing outside experts who had
advised the effort, alleging that they included
physicians who were biased against painkillers.
One pharma-aligned group, the Washington
Legal Foundation, said the lack of disclosure
constituted a “clear violation” of federal law.
And a longtime Pain Care Forum participant -
now known as the Academy of Integrative Pain
Management - asked congressional leaders
to investigate how the CDC had developed
the guidelines. A House committee asked the
CDC to turn over documents about its advisers,
but staffers said the probe did not uncover
any violations.
Some of the most vigorous pushback came
from Pain Care Forum affiliates embedded in the
federal system. Under the 2010 pain legislation
backed by the forum, the NIH had created a
19-member panel to coordinate pain research
made up of federal officials, civilian physicians
and pain advocates.
At the group’s December meeting, panelists with
connections to the Pain Care Forum called the
CDC’s approach “horrible” and “shocking.”
Dr. Richard Payne, a former board member of the
American Pain Foundation, questioned whether
the experts advising the CDC had “conflicts of
interests in terms of biases, intellectual conflicts
that needed to be disclosed.”
Payne himself had received more than $16,240 in
speaking fees, meals, travel and other payments
from drugmakers, including Purdue, between
2013 and 2015, according to federal records.
Myra Christopher, a long-time Pain Care Forum
participant, said the panel should inform the CDC
that it could not support the opioid guidelines
and that their release should be delayed.
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Christopher holds a chair at the nonprofit Center
for Practical Bioethics, which receives funding
from opioid drugmakers, and her position was
established through a $1.5 million gift from
Purdue. Both she and Payne also served on the
Institute of Medicine panel on pain in America.
Christopher and Payne said they were
thoroughly vetted before serving on the
panel and disclosed their past work and
activities. Federal officials who oversee the
panel responded that all members met federal
requirements to serve, including completing
financial disclosure forms, though the NIH said
those cannot be publicly released.
One week after the NIH panel’s critique, the CDC
said it would delay finalizing its guidelines to
allow more public comment and released a list
of advisers. One of 17 “core experts” advising the
agency reported serving as a paid consultant to
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, the law firm suing
multiple opioid drugmakers on behalf of the
city of Chicago.
In March, the final guidelines appeared.
The first recommendation for U.S. doctors:
“Opioids are not first-line therapy” for chronic
pain. It was a statement considered common
practice by many doctors as recently as the
early-1990s, a decade before the Pain Care
Forum formed in Washington.
“We’re trying to chart a safer and more effective
course for dealing with chronic pain,” Frieden
said. “We don’t expect any magic. We don’t
expect things to be better in 15 months when
it’s taken 15 years to get this much worse.”
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TESLA TO
BUILD CALIFORNIA
UTILITY BATTERY
STORAGE PROJECT
esla announced that it will build a battery
storage system at a California utility substation
that will have the largest output of any existing
lithium-ion storage facility.
Southern California Edison selected Tesla to
construct the storage project in Riverside
County, the company said in a statement.
The facility will store 80 megawatt hours of
electricity, or enough to power more than 2,500
households for a day, Tesla said.
The system is designed to increase electrical grid
reliability by taking a charge from it during offpeak
hours and delivering power to customers
during peak hours, the Los Angeles Times
reported. It is expected to go online by the end
of this year.
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Edison and other California utilities are under
a 2013 order by California’s Public Utilities
Commission to install 1.3 gigawatts of storage
capacity by 2020. One gigawatt is the equivalent
of 1,000 megawatts.
Southern California Edison is ahead of schedule
to meet its 2016 storage targets, said utility
spokesman Paul Griffo.
The high cost of energy storage has been a
factor limiting wider use of the technology. Tesla
and Southern California Edison did not disclose
the cost of the battery storage system.
“Much like renewable resources, we expect to
see a declining cost curve in energy storage over
time,” Griffo said.
Projects already are under development that
will have five times the output of Tesla’s, the
newspaper said.
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CLOSER (FEAT. HALSEY)
The Chainsmokers
HEATHENS
TwenTy one piloTs
MY WAY
Calvin harris
GOLD
kiiara
FOREVER COUNTRY
arTisTs of Then, now & forever
WE DON’T TALK ANYMORE
(FEAT. SELENA GOMEZ)
Charlie puTh
LET ME LOVE YOU (FEAT. JUSTIN BIEBER)
DJ snake
UNSTEADY
X ambassaDors
COLD WATER (FEAT. JUSTIN BIEBER & MØ)
maJor lazer
THIS GIRL
kungs & Cookin’ on 3 burners
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SINNER
aaron lewis
THEY DON’T KNOW
Jason alDean
THE VERY NEXT THING
CasTing Crowns
BLURRYFACE
TwenTy one piloTs
DIG YOUR ROOTS
floriDa georgia line
25
aDele
TRAVELLER
Chris sTapleTon
POPESTAR - EP
ghosT
NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL A WORKOUT 2016
various arTisTs
COME AWAY WITH ME
norah Jones
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FOREVER COUNTRY
arTisTs of Then, now & forever
THAT’S MY GIRL
fifTh harmony
BLUE AIN’T YOUR COLOR
keiTh urban
SETTING THE WORLD ON FIRE (WITH P!NK)
kenny Chesney
CAN’T STOP THE FEELING!
JusTin Timberlake
MOVE
luke bryan
THE GREATEST
sia
YONCÉ
beyonCé
VICE
miranDa lamberT
DANCING KING
yoo Jae seok
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THE CONJUGAL CONJECTURE
The big bang Theory, season 10
EVERYTHING’S COMING UP LUCIFER
luCifer, season 2
SECOND GUESSING
Teen mom, vol. 15
PILLAR OF SALT
fear The walking DeaD, season 2
CHAPTER 1
ameriCan horror sTory: roanoke, season 6
CUT THE CANCER OUT
The real housewives of new Jersey, season 7
BETTER TO REIGN IN HELL...
goTham, season 3
ROB’ING THE CRADLE
rob & Chyna, season 1
FLYING
The gooD plaCe, season 1
WHITE LIES, PT. 3
maJor Crimes, season 5
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HOME
harlan Coben
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
paula hawkins
THE BONESETTER’S DAUGHTER
amy Tan
THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR
shari lapeña
CRUSHING ON LOVE
melissa fosTer
CHANDLER
laurelin paige
THE KEPT WOMAN
karin slaughTer
KILLING THE RISING SUN
bill o’reilly & marTin DugarD
COMMONWEALTH
ann paTCheTT
APPRENTICE IN DEATH
J. D. robb
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SOFTWARE CO.:
WE WARNED
TESLA ABOUT
HANDS-FREE
AUTOPILOT USE
The company that made the camera and
computer system for Tesla Motors’ semiautonomous
Autopilot says the electric car
maker ignored its warnings of safety problems.
Israel-based Mobileye said Friday (16) that last
year, prior to the release of Autopilot, it warned
Tesla not to allow drivers to use the system
without their hands on the steering wheel. The
system Tesla rolled out in the fall allows drivers
to remove their hands from the wheel while the
car takes control of steering and other functions.
Mobileye’s statement escalates a public spat
with Tesla and will almost certainly draw the
interest of two federal agencies investigation the
death of a driver while using Autopilot in a May
crash in Florida. At issue is whether Tesla rolled
out the system before it was ready, essentially
allowing it to be tested by owners. Mobileye
stopped supplying components to Tesla a few
weeks ago.
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Mobileye, a huge player in an auto industry that
is moving quickly toward autonomous cars,
makes software that takes data from cameras
and other sensors and decides when the car
should take action such as applying the brakes.
But in the Florida crash, Tesla said the cameras
in the Tesla Model S failed to spot a crossing
tractor-trailer due to bright sunlight.
The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, which along with the National
Transportation Safety Board is investigating the
crash that killed former Navy Seal Joshua Brown,
would not comment.
Tesla said that Mobileye’s statements are
inaccurate and stem from Tesla’s plans to
develop its own vision system. When Tesla
refused to stop development, Mobileye stopped
support on future work “and released public
statements implying that this discontinuance
was motived by safety concerns,” the Palo Alto,
California-based Tesla said in a statement.
Mobileye previously had said its system was
never designed to spot cross traffic, but it didn’t
know if Tesla had modified the system.
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The company said Friday that in May of 2015,
Chairman Amnon Shashua raised concerns with
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, saying that Tesla should
not let drivers use Autopilot without their hands
on the steering wheel. Later, in a face-to-face
meeting, Musk said Autopilot would be “handson,”
Mobileye said.
Later in the year, Tesla deployed the system,
which can maintain a set speed, keep the car
within its lane and brake automatically. But
Autopilot allowed drivers to take their hands
off the wheel for short periods. Tesla says it tells
drivers that they must continue to pay attention
while Autopilot is working and be ready to
retake control of the vehicle. The company
also says it has never claimed or implied that
Autopilot makes cars fully autonomous.
Mobileye said it made “substantial efforts” to
take more control of the Tesla project, but the
two companies could not reach agreement. In
July, Mobileye ended its relationship with the
electric car company.
Last week, Musk said Tesla would update the
Autopilot system to rely more on radar sensors
and less on cameras, which will dramatically
reduce the number and severity of crashes.
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OFFICIAL
ENVISIONS A
DAY WHEN
MILLIONS OF
DRONES FILL SKIES
So many people are registering drones and
applying for drone pilot licenses that federal
aviation officials say they are contemplating
the possibility of millions of unmanned aircraft
crowding the nation’s skies in the not-toodistant
future.
In the nine months since the Federal Aviation
Administration created a drone registration
system, more than 550,000 unmanned aircraft
have been registered with the agency, said Earl
Lawrence, director of the FAA’s drone office.
Speaking at the first meeting of a new
government-industry drone advisory
committee, Lawrence said new registrations
are coming in at a rate of 2,000 a day. By
comparison, the FAA says there are 260,165
manned aircraft registered in the U.S.
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The FAA began issuing drone pilot licenses to
commercial operators less than a month ago.
Already, 13,710 people have applied to take the
pilot exam, and 5,080 have passed it, Lawrence
said. It’s clear the agency’s estimate of 15,000
licensed drone pilots by the end of 2016 will
easily be exceeded, he said.
The FAA now forecasts there will be more than
1.3 million licensed drone pilots by 2020.
Lawrence asked the 35 committee members and
dozens of attendees at the meeting: Will there
eventually be hundreds of thousands of drones
in the nation’s skies? Or will there be millions?
Hobbyists and commercial operators alike are
required by the FAA to register their aircraft, but
agency officials acknowledged that they have
no way of measuring how many unregistered
drones are in use.
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Image: Dickson Lee
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U.S. drone sales are expected to top 2.4 million
aircraft this year, more than double last
year’s sales, according to the Consumer
Technology Association, whose members
include drone manufacturers.
NASA is working with industry and the FAA
to create a new low-altitude air traffic control
system specifically for drones. Industry and
government officials say such a system will be
needed if there are to eventually be widespread
drone deliveries by Amazon and other
companies. Google and the Chipotle Mexican
restaurant chain are currently testing drone
deliveries of burritos at Virginia Tech.
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MICROSOFT
SETS $40 BILLION
STOCK BUYBACK,
RAISES DIVIDEND
Microsoft Corp. says its board has approved a
dividend increase and a new $40 billion stock
buyback plan.
The Redmond, Washington, company said
Tuesday it will pay a quarterly dividend of 39
cents on Dec. 8 to shareholders of record Nov.
17. That’s up 3 cents, or 8 percent, from its
previous payout.
The technology giant also said it’s on track
to complete its existing $40 billion stock
buyback plan by year-end. The new plan has no
expiration and may be terminated anytime.
Shares of Microsoft are up about 30 percent in
the past year. In after-hours trading, the stock
rose 67 cents to $57.48.
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