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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says there is a "one-in-billions" chance that humanity is not living in a computer simulation. (YouTube, Recode)

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Guests look at 360-degree view of a Peace Corps village using Samsung technology goggles. Peace Corps officials said Wednesday they are making moves to refresh the image of the agency started by John F. Kennedy. The Peace Corps' in-house creative team collaborated with Ogilvy Washington to develop an updated look. (Jessie Fox/The Washington Times)

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Euro Migrant Lamp Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Revenue from the D.C. parking meter rate increase to $2.30 an hour will make up for a shortfall in the fiscal 2016 budget. About $30 million will cover maintenance cost of the electric meters and the remaining $10 will go into the District's annual contribution to Metro funding, said AAA Mid-Atlantic spokesman John Townsend. (The Washington Times)

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In this Nov. 2, 2015, file photo, Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos, speaks at the Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco. Forbes announced on June 1, 2016, that it has revised its estimate of Holmes net worth from $4.5 billion to nothing. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

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A Scottish teenager was recently able to hack into North Korea's version of Facebook using the password "Password," and the breach caused the newly launched website to be taken offline. (StarCon via News Corp Australia)

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Illustration on tort threats to pharmaceutical companies by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Illustration on the centrality of trade to national security by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Denver Broncos strong safety David Bruton looks on from the sidelines during an NFL football game between the Denver Broncos and the Baltimore Ravens Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, in Denver. Denver beat Baltimore 19-13. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MAY 29 - FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2015, file photo, Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, front center, and the former state treasurer, state Rep. Kevin Boyce, front right, promote Mandel's online database of state government spending, during a news conference in Columbus, Ohio. In April 2016 remarks to the Ohio Association of Realtors, Mandel accused Ohio Gov. John Kasich of blocking a 2014 bill that would have required the spending website to remain online after Mandel is no longer treasurer, continuing a tense relationship between the two Republicans. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins, File)

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Illustration on reclaiming American employees' stake in industry by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Former government contractor Edward Snowden revealed the NSA phone-snooping program's existence in 2013, spawning a massive public backlash that forced Congress to curtail the program. (Associated Press)

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More superdelegates for me! (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)

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Tim Hussey, CEO of Hussey Seating Co., stands between Maine Sen. Angus S. King Jr. (right) and Rolling Thunder leader Joe D'Entremont with a POW/MIA commemorative chair. The family-owned company, based in North Berwick, Maine, is a partner in the effort to place these chairs in public venues as a reminder of veterans who are missing or held captive. (Hussey Seating Co.)

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Filmmaker Steven Spielberg pauses during his speech during Harvard University commencement exercises, Thursday, May 26, 2016, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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Pizza Hut and MasterCard have teamed up to deploy Softbank's humanoid robot "Pepper" in select restaurants in Asia by the end of the year. (MasterCard)