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Why women in tech came to a ‘Halt’

Quick, name a couple of famous female coders in the vein of Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates. Nobody comes to mind, eh?

Nowadays, two of the best-known women in computer science might just be characters on a TV show.

On AMC’s 1980s-set drama “Halt and Catch Fire,” which is ending its second season on Sunday, friends Cameron and Donna run an upstart computer company called Mutiny. (They have a little something in common with female computing innovators Lore Harp and Carole Ealy.)

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The ‘Fantastic Four’ cast’s cringeworthy interview: Five awkward movie junkets

It’s almost become a weekly occurence.

Celebrities sit down with reporters from across the world to promote their movie. And then there’s that one interview that goes south very quickly.

In recent years, there have been a slew of these in which the relationship between reporter and subject sometimes turns downright hostile.

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New York’s hippest hotel may be a parked van

A New York hotel starting at $22 per night?

In a city where a chain hotel room can cost hundreds of dollars per night, that sounds like an old-fashioned New York scam.

That’s because the $22 buys you a night in a van, parked in strategic spots across the city.

“Jonathan” is using the home rentals company Airbnb to rent out his fleet of more than 50 vehicles — there’s even a sleeper taxi — to adventurous travelers, according to the New York Daily News.

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