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Description This program includes an author's note read by Michael Wolff. The first nine months of Donald Trump's term were stormy, outrageous - and absolutely mesmerizing. Now, thanks to his deep access to the West Wing, best-selling author Michael Wolff tells the riveting story of how Trump launched a tenure as volatile and fiery as the man himself. In this explosive audiobook, Wolff provides a wealth of new details about the chaos in the Oval Office. Among the revelations: What President Trump's staff really thinks of him What inspired Trump to claim he was wire-tapped by President Obama Why FBI director James Comey was really fired Why chief strategist Steve Baon and Trump's son-in-law ...

Description Let Trump Be Trump: The Inside Story of His Presidency is the ultimate behind-the-scenes account of how he became president of the United States. Corey R. Lewandowski, Trump's campaign manager who launched Trump's historic bid for the White House, teams up with David N. Bossie, the consummate political pro who helped steer the last critical months of the Trump campaign, to offer the first insiders' account of the most historic campaign in mode political history. Starting from the months leading up to Trump's aouncement all the way through staff shakeups within the White House, Let Trump Be Trump offers eyewitness accounts of the r...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageA wiing sell? Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Donald Trump hasn't quite become the rock star with milleials that he is with more disceing types.Neither has Hillary Clinton. Recent polling suggests that 37 percent of the young and restless have a strongly unfavorable opinion of the Democratic candidate. Then again, 50 percent feel the same strongly negative way about her Republican opponent.How can the Trump campaign address this troubling trend in the race to the bottom? On Friday, it offered a twin-pr...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageKliff Kingsbury, on the right, appearing on the podcast. The HawkCast/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET College athletes live an interesting life.They're suddenly placed on a higher plane and asked to perform daily.They're fawned upon when they win and vilified when they lose. In some cases, it's said that colleges are so desperate to persuade these young men to join their athletic programs that schools hire attractive young women to increase the attraction of the school.Once athletes are on the ...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageColin Kaepeick. Standing up for his principles? Stack/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET As protests go, it was as silent as you could get.While the rest of his team stood for the national anthem during a preseason game on Friday night, quarterback Colin Kaepeick sat on the bench.When asked about it by NFL.com, Kaepeick explained: "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be ...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageWill this move the African-American community? If so, to what? Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Recent analysis suggests Donald Trump doesn't write all his tweets.On Saturday moing, however, his Twitter account was adoed with a musing that felt as if it came instantly from his exalted mind.It read: "Dwayne Wade's cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago. Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!"On Friday, Nykea Aldridge, cousin of the Chicago Bulls guard, was...

Enlarge Image Screenshot by Luke Lancaster/CNET Try tweeting an eggplant at @NYPLEmoji and see what you get in retu.Created and curated by New York Public Library reference librarian Lauren Lampasone, the Twitter bot will respond to any emoji tweeted at it with a surprisingly relevant image from the library's extensive archive.The Jack O' Lante, for example, retued a vintage Collier's magazine cover. The eye emoji got a Mario Bettini science drawing in retu. The poop emoji gets a look-in too, of course.You can see the full source code for how the bot works, if you're so inclined. Otherwise, you can just revel ...

Don't like something some stranger is saying about you on Twitter? The social network has a solution.Twitter launched a new feature on Thursday that allows users to limit the notifications they see to only those sent by users they follow. It doesn't prevent strangers from mentioning you; it just insulates users from being exposed to those tweets. The new feature appear to be part of Twitter's attempt to address the chronic abuse and harassment that occurs daily on the social network. However, the move is little more than a band-aid since the offending tweets will still be present on the network; you are just choosing not to see them.Harassing and abusive tweets, while not a new occurrence on...

As the homogenization of social media continues, Twitter followed in Snapchat's wake by adding the ability to apply stickers with embedded hashtags. Now the business justification emerges: brands will be able to offer stickers with their own built-in hashtags so that you can promote for them and allow them to track your stickered tweets. The company's Promoted #Stickers initiative was aounced in a blog post on Monday, with Pepsi as the exclusive partner, and the option will be available to "select marketers" with managed accounts. They're pitched to advertisers as "a huge opportunity for brands to drive brand affinity and raise awareness of their message at...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageIn the interests of justice? screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I don't know whether you've heard, but there's no need to vote.The election is apparently going to rigged. At least that's what Republican candidate Donald Trump intimated on the campaign trail this week. It's unclear what evidence Trump has for this worrying assertion. What is clearer is that he's doing something about it.He's using the open and coected power of the web to hire so-called election observers. Well, when I say "hire," I of cou...

Twitter is not responsible for the activities of ISIS on the social network, a federal judge rules. Corbis via Getty Images Twitter caot be held responsible for ISIS' activities on the social network, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in dismissing a lawsuit that accused the company of providing material support to the militant Islamic group.The lawsuit, which was filed in January by the widow of an American killed in Jordan, accused Twitter of knowingly permitting ISIS to use its network to spread propaganda, attract new recruits and raise funds for terrorist activities. While noting that the ISIS-related kill...

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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageThis is more of an Android expression. John Moore, Getty Images I have, over the last months, gained a certain impression of Donald Trump.He seems to be a man who has a toothy, charming side and a slightly more boisterous, blowhardy, thin-skied and insulting side.Naturally, I've gleaned this picture mostly from his Twitter feed. Where else should one go to get a sophisticated image of someone?In recent times, I've noted that there seem to be these two Trumps. One is determined to call Elizabeth Warren "Po...

Hackers for Hillary met in Las Vegas for a fund-raiser. David Becker/Getty Images Talk about a comment backfiring. Donald Trump continues to face fallout after saying he hopes Russian hackers find Hillary Clinton's "missing" emails. At a press conference in Florida last month, the Republican presidential nominee said he hopes Russia tracks down 30,000 personal emails that Clinton deleted during her tenure as secretary of state. Trump's campaign later said the candidate was being sarcastic.Trump's comments may have convinced some cybersecurity experts to rally behind Clinton.Around 60 security professionals at...

HP Meg Whitman is crossing party lines to endorse Hilary Clinton for President.In an interview with the New York Times on Tuesday, the President and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and former Republican candidate for Califoia goveor called Republican nominee Donald Trump a "dishonest demagogue" and encouraged other Republicans to follow her lead. "I will vote for Hillary, I will talk to my Republican friends about helping her, and I will donate to her campaign and try to raise money for her," Whitman told the Times.Whitman also stated that all Americans, regardless of party affiliation, should "put countr...

With only three days to go before the opening ceremonies, Twitter is gearing up for the Rio Olympics, including a special section in its Moments feature capturing all of the games' biggest, well, moments. The social network is also releasing hundreds of Olympic-related emojis. Fans can get into the spirit by tweeting a three-letter country code hashtag displaying flag emojis for every team, including the Refugee Olympic Team (#ROT)."Twitter's activation of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will bring fans around the world together to see what's happening with the teams before, during and after the top athletes compete for glory," Leslie Berland, Twitter's chief marketing officer said a blog. "Twitt...

The US Constitution is hot.The document, which tus 229 years old next month, has become an Amazon best-seller after the father of a Muslim soldier killed in Iraq pulled out a miniature copy at the Democratic National Convention last week to criticize Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump."Donald Trump, you're asking Americans to trust you with their future. Let me ask you, have you even read the United States Constitution?" he asked, shaking the pocket edition in the air. "I will gladly lend you my copy." Since then, a $1 pocket edition of the document has climbed the inteet retailer's best-seller list, coming in second only to "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."However, the edition ...

Natalie Kerris has left job as communications chief at Twitter after a little more than five months. Natalie Kerris/Twitter Natalie Kerris, Twitter's vice president for global communications, is leaving the company after a little more than five months on the job.Kerris' departure, which was first reported by BuzzFeed, was confirmed Monday evening in a statement from the San Francisco-based social-networking company."During her time leading communications at Twitter, Natalie helped us share the Twitter story with the world. We are grateful for her energy and enthusiasm and the impact she's had, even in this sh...

[embedded content] "The Simpsons" has never been shy about making fun of American politics. After all, several presidents have been Simpsons-fied on the long-ruing animated comedy series. Bill Clinton, famously, was always hitting on Marge. George Bush Sr. was a neighbor for a while.But as the 2016 race for the US presidency increasingly resembles a "Simpsons" episode, it was inevitable that the animated series take aim at both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.In a short video clip called "3 a.m." -- posted on YouTube on July 30 by Animation on Fox -- we see Homer and Marge grappling with who to support in the upcoming election, as they watch a ...

Enlarge Image Screenshot by Michelle Starr/CNET The latest victim in a long line of high-profile twitter attacks is the CEO of Pokemon Go developer Niantic, John Hanke. On July 31, a series of Tweets was posted to Hanke's 16,000 followers. They were hashtagged "OurMine" and claimed the hack was for Brazil, where Pokemon Go has yet to be released.One tweet also claimed that Hanke's password was "nopass," but the Quora links to the hacker's explanations have been removed. Interestingly, OurMine is a company that claims to assess social network account security, so the hack seems like a marketing stunt, directin...