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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

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TECHNOLOGY AND MORE!

California to Stop Buying From Automakers That Backed Trump on Emissions

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nytimes.com - Although the statement does not mention G.M., Toyota or Fiat Chrysler by name, the new policy amounts to ban on state purchases of vehicles made by those companies and a handful of others, represente…

The real reason America is scared of Huawei: internet-connected everything

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technologyreview.com - There was a time when the world’s two great superpowers were obsessed with nuclear weapons technology. Today the flashpoint is between the US and China, and it involves the wireless technology that p…

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followme4.blogspot.com - TECHNOLOGY AND MORE! Google Pixel 4 review—Overpriced, uncompetitive, and out of touch Shared by Ars Technica arstechnica.com - We have the white version, which looks great with the contrasting black…

Huawei Mate 30 Pro Teardown: Front, glass back prone to breakage

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androidcommunity.com - The Huawei Mate 30 series has been highly anticipated because it would be the first to be not fully supported by Android. We were expecting Android 10 but there was no mention of the platform at all.…

Huawei finally ships the foldable Mate X, complete with a protective pouch

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arstechnica.com - The Huawei Mate X uses one big wraparound display made by BOE. You get a huge 8-inch display when open and a 6.6-inch display when closed. The back has a 6.38-inch display, along with this component …

Mustang Mach-E: 5 Tech and Design Details That Stood Out – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Ford finally showed the world its highly anticipated all-electric crossover, the Mustang Mach-E. The vehicle, which was unveiled Sunday at the Hawthorne Airport and in Tesla’s backyard, marks a serie…

Twitter launches a way to report abusive use of its Lists feature – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Like many things found on today’s social media platforms, Twitter’s Lists feature was introduced without thinking about the impact it could have on marginalized groups, or how it could otherwise be u…

Microsoft winds down its bigger plans for Cortana with mobile app shutdown – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - At Microsoft’s Ignite conference this month, the company announced a new vision for its personal productivity assistant, Cortana — one which aimed to make it more useful in your day-to-day work, incl…

Apple launches a dedicated mobile app for its developer community – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Apple today is introducing a new resource for the over 23 million registered members of its developer community, with the launch of a dedicated Apple Developer mobile app. The new app is an expansion…

Microsoft announces changes to cloud contract terms following EU privacy probe – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Chalk up another win for European data protection: Microsoft has announced changes to commercial cloud contracts following privacy concerns raised by European Union data protection authorities. The c…

5 reasons you need to be at Disrupt Berlin – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - We’re one month out from Disrupt Berlin (11-12 December) and no matter which part of the startup ecosystem you inhabit, Disrupt Berlin is a huge opportunity to learn, network and gain inspiration. Co…

Salesforce, Apple partnership begins to come to life – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Last year at Dreamforce, Salesforce’s enormous annual customer conference, Apple and Salesforce announced the beginnings of a partnership where the two organizations would work together to enhance Sa…

18 months after acquisition, MuleSoft is integrating more deeply into Salesforce – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - A year and a half after getting acquired by Salesforce for $6.5 billion, MuleSoft is beginning to resemble a Salesforce company using its language and its methodologies to describe new products servi…

Supreme Court agrees to review disastrous ruling on API copyrights

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arstechnica.com - The Supreme Court has agreed to review one of the decade's most significant software copyright decisions: last year's ruling by an appeals court that Google infringed Oracle's copyrights when Google …

Oculus Link for PC is live: Everything we know about cables, GPU support

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arstechnica.com - Oculus Quest owners, your chance to dive into the world of PC-VR gaming has begun. The Oculus Home app on Windows PCs has just been updated to support the standalone Oculus Quest, two months after th…

Cops put GPS tracker on man’s car, charge him with theft for removing it

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arstechnica.com - Back in 2012, the US Supreme Court ruled that it's illegal for the police to attach a GPS tracking device to someone's car without a warrant. But what if you find a GPS tracking device on your car? C…

Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 13.2.3

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arstechnica.com - It has only been 11 days since Apple released iOS 13.2.2, but once again we're seeing evidence of a greatly increased update cadence. Today sees the release of iOS and iPadOS 13.2.3. The update this …

Half-Life: Alyx: What we know about Valve’s upcoming full-length VR game

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arstechnica.com - For a certain class of video game fan, no news could be bigger than today's: Half-Life is back. In VR. As an entirely new game from the series' creators at Valve. We're here to connect the dots betwe…

The US gives Huawei its third 90 day support exemption from export ban

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arstechnica.com - For six months now, the Trump Administration has had an executive order in place that bans US companies from doing business with Huawei. Nearly the entire time, there has also been a "temporary gener…

Comcast trying to drive local sports network out of business, lawsuit says

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arstechnica.com - A lawsuit filed against Comcast today accuses the cable company of using its market power to try to drive a regional sports network out of business. The lawsuit was filed in US District Court in Colo…

7 Ways to Boost your Mobile Conversions | @thetorquemag

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torquemag.io - When you create an online store, naturally, your main goal is to generate sales. But, if all of your sales are coming from desktop users, you’re missing out on a ton of revenue you could be generatin…

Introducing 15 Best New Portfolios, November 2019 | Webdesigner Depot

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webdesignerdepot.com - Every month we publish a roundup of the best new portfolio sites, launched (or relaunched with significant updates) in the last four weeks. It doesn’t matter if it’s a freelancer, agency, or other cr…

35 Free Web & Mobile UI Templates for Figma

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speckyboy.com - Designing an effective user interface is not an easy task. However, when you have the right tools at your disposal, it becomes easier. The first step is to find a tool that you’ll enjoy working with …

What Is an Icon Font? (And How to Use One)

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designshack.net - Icon fonts are a popular solution to a common CSS problem; how to incorporate web icons into your website design in an efficient, fast-loading way. With plenty of services available to make choosing …

Watch how a Tesla in autopilot mode avoids plowing into a group of ducks crossing the road

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boingboing.net - Master maker Simone Giertz and her friends transformed her Tesla Model 3 into an electric pickup truck. Their fake TV commercial is above; build video below. TRUCKLA: Available nowhere. Now. Tesla ca…

Burglars Really Do Use Bluetooth Scanners to Rob Cars

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wired.com - At the beginning of October, a 31-year-old construction estimator named Samantha parked her Honda Fit on the street in Chicago. She left her backpack with a laptop and external hard drive in it under…

McDonald’s AI Drive-Thrus May Be Too Smart For Their Own Good

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forbes.com - Using technology to provide a better customer experience (and, some argue, to cut down on labor costs) is one of the ways McDonald’s has tried to keep pace in a restaurant landscape where fast food h…

146 New Vulnerabilities All Come Preinstalled on Android Phones

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wired.com - When you buy an Android smartphone, it’s rarely pure Android. Manufacturers squeeze in their own apps or give it a fresh coat of interface. Carriers do it too. The resulting stew of preinstalled soft…

Samsung to release Galaxy Note10+ Star Wars™ Special Edition

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androidcommunity.com - The force is indeed upon us as more and more news and product tie-ins regarding the final installment in the Star Wars trilogy of trilogies have been announced. If you’ve been thinking of getting a n…

Microsoft to discontinue Cortana app in selected countries

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androidcommunity.com - A few days ago we told you that Microsoft is pulling out Cortana from the Microsoft Launcher and we were speculating that the stand-alone app will not be long for this world. Well, we now have confir…

Huawei may be given another two-week reprieve by the US

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androidcommunity.com - Here we go again. It appears there may be no end for the US-Huawei debacle. Huawei is being challenged but its revenues are still going up. Meanwhile, the US government is bent on cutting ties with t…

HTC exec asks what classic phone would be good to resurrect

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androidcommunity.com - Over a month ago, we learned HTC has a new CEO. Yves Maitre has been ready to work on the company’s future after the former CEO stepped down from her position. The struggling Taiwanese tech giant has…

Samsung Galaxy S11 may allow 8K video recording, 108MP photos

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androidcommunity.com - More information is available for the upcoming Galaxy S11. Samsung may be in the final stages of product design and we’re guessing the next leaks we’ll see are of prototypes. The new premium flagship…

Apex Launcher’s reputation skydives after invasive ads

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androidcommunity.com - Apex Launcher is one of the most popular Android launchers out there especially for those who prefer granular customization and controls. Or rather, it used to be. Almost overnight, the free and Pro …

Sony Xperia phones to receive Android 10 update, all listed here

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androidcommunity.com - Android 10 is not widely spread yet but OEMs have been quick to update their latest smartphones. Earlier this year, some companies have already announced they would be updating devices to Android Q w…

OnePlus 6/6T Android 10 update rollout may be paused

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androidcommunity.com - The OnePlus 6 series is getting the much-awaited OS update. Earlier this month, the OxygenOS 10.0 for OnePlus 6 and 6T were out then pulled out due to a bug. We mentioned the two would be getting it …

Ambient Mode rolling out to some more Android devices

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androidcommunity.com - If you have no plans of buying a Google Home Hub or any other smart display device anytime soon, you were probably excited when Google announced the Ambient Mode at the IFA this year. It will suppose…

Google-Oracle lawsuit will be heard once again

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androidcommunity.com - This has been an ongoing issue and we’re crossing our fingers it will be over soon. One of our first years here, we started discussing the Google versus Oracle debate. Soon, people were claiming more…

Can the planet really afford the exorbitant power demands of machine learning? | John Naughton

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theguardian.com - There is, alas, no such thing as a free lunch. This simple and obvious truth is invariably forgotten whenever irrational exuberance teams up with digital technology in the latest quest to “change the…

Investigation Finds Google ‘Blacklists’ Sites from Results

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newsbusters.org - Google makes many claims about its search engine. The results are not curated, they are not manipulated, and there is no blacklist of sites, says the company. However, none of these statements are tr…

Smart TVs are having a rotten couple of weeks, and it proves why you should buy a separate media streaming device

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businessinsider.com - Smart TVs have had a no good, rotten, very bad couple of weeks recently. First, Samsung and Vizio announced that the Netflix app won't work on older smart TV models because they won't support a newer…

The Internet Dream Became a Nightmare. What Will Become of It Now?

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nytimes.com - “Hey, everyone!” the world’s eighth-richest man said, with a bit too much brio, as he waved to the crowd at Gaston Hall in Washington. “It’s really great to be at Georgetown with all of you today.” B…

Programmatic 2019

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iabdanmark.dk - 9:00 Welcome to IAB Denmark’s Programmatic Conference 2019 Hosts: Katie Blair, Xandr and Jacob Lachmann, Industry Expert 9:05 Introduction by JP/Politikens Hus Dorthe Bjerregaard Knudsen, VP, JP/Poli…

Regulating Technology Firms in the 21st Century - Yang2020 - Andrew Yang for President

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yang2020.com - The advancement of technology in America has driven the advancement of humanity nationally and globally. But technology has also outpaced our government’s understanding of it, and regulations are fal…

Sorry, Apple: For the education market, Chromebook is the clear winner

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computerworld.com - Wow. It’s been a long time since we’ve heard any desktop smack talk, but here we are. In a CNET interview, Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller said that kids “need to have these cutting-edge learning…

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ART & ENTERTAINMENT

Kanye Announces Nebuchadnezzar Opera

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pitchfork.com - Kanye West has announced his first-ever opera, Nebuchadnezzar. West took to Twitter earlier today to post artwork of a golden program that seemed to feature an engraving of the titular Babylonian kin…

'End this peacefully': Attorney urges Marine deserter accused of murder to turn himself in

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abc11.com - ROANOKE, Va. -- The attorney who will represent the Marine who abandoned his post and is now accused of murder issued a public plea to her client. "You're a very caring, kind young man from everythin…

Kanye: ‘Protect Your Kids From Being Indoctrinated by Hollywood & the Media’

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infowars.com - Kanye West says that parents need to protect their children from being ‘indoctrinated’ into embracing lives of vapid meaninglessness by the media and the entertainment industry. The music icon was sp…

A 26 años del triunfo de Dayanara Torres en Miss Universo, revivimos sus mejores momentos

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telemundo.com - Dayanara Torres se ha convertido en una mujer ejemplar, siendo de las más queridas por el público latino gracias a su enorme corazón y su gran talento. Sin duda, hace 26 años cambió su vida por compl…

Mubi launches streaming service in India – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Mubi, a 12-year-old on-demand movie streaming and rental service, has arrived in India. Like other streaming services giants such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+ and Disney’s Hotstar, Mubi …

The House Fund closes its second fund with $44 million to pour into UC Berkeley grads, alums, and faculty – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - In 2016, we profiled a then-24-year-old named Jeremy Fiance who had managed to pool together $6 million for a fund focused on his alma mater, UC Berkeley, where as as student he’d brought to campus K…

Uber’s chief product officer is stepping down – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Uber Chief Product Officer Manik Gupta announced today he is leaving the company. Gupta’s last day will be December 13, he wrote in a note to Uber’s product team today. “After a few discussions with …

Watchmen on HBO trades the Cold War for the culture war, keeps superheroes

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arstechnica.com - In 2019, it might be impossible to convey how groundbreaking the original Watchmen comic series felt and eventually proved to be. Three decades after its release in the mid '80s, unorthodox superhero…

Hugh Laurie captains a sinking space cruise ship in teaser for Avenue 5

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arstechnica.com - Passengers and crew aboard a luxury spaceship find themselves in grave danger in Avenue 5, the new "space tourism" comedy series from HBO. Judging by the first teaser, the show looks like it could be…

Frank Miller inks deal for a Sin City TV series based on his neo-noir comics

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arstechnica.com - We're getting a TV adaptation of Sin City, Frank Miller's series of neo-noir comics inspired by crime pulp fiction, Deadline Hollywood reports. Miller just inked a deal with Legendary Television for …

The version of Star Wars on Disney+ changes the canon once again

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wired.com - Drew Stewart got the call at around 2am: They broke the universe again, you should check it out. So Stewart did something he's done countless times before; he has no idea how many. He turned on Star …

Así es el famoso Callejón de la Belleza en México

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telemundo.com - El Callejón de la Belleza en México ofrece todo tipo de servicios y tratamientos estéticos convirtiéndose en una de las áreas más populares entre estilistas. Muere el propietario de las Chivas de Gua…

Carniceros acuchillan, pistolean y degollan a vacas embarazadas en México

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telemundo.com - Denuncian el perturbador abuso animal de unos carniceros en Nuevo León, México a vacas embarazadas. Muere el propietario de las Chivas de Guadalajara, Jorge Vergara Encapuchados destrozan la UNAM en …

Obrero cae fatalmente en plena misa de Perú

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telemundo.com - Feligreses en plena misa vivieron momentos de pánico luego de un obrero caer desde el techo del templo. Jugadores y fanáticos de baloncesto formaron una batalla campal en medio de torneo Policía rean…

Encapuchados destrozan la UNAM en medio de manifestaciones

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telemundo.com - Los encapuchados vandalizaron varias oficinas, lanzaron petardos y prendieron en fuego una bandera mexicana. Muere el propietario de las Chivas de Guadalajara, Jorge Vergara Carniceros acuchillan, pi…

Técnica de realidad virtual salva la vida de niño con raro tumor

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telemundo.com - Cirujano hispano le salvó la vida a un niño de dos años quien sufría de un extraño tumor en el cerebro. Buscan a desertor de la marina sospechoso de matar al novio de su madre Descubren niños de guar…

The Hero’s Journal Helps You Make Progress Toward Your Goals | Side Hustle School

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sidehustleschool.com - Notes from Chris Episode 1004 A lot of people use goal-setting journals to help them stay on task, and Nick Vitellaro is no different. But he’d always been disappointed that the typical journal was b…

'Watchmen' theory explains why Lady Trieu bought Adrian Veidt's company

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inverse.com - We caught a glimpse of her towering Millennium Clock in Watchmen Episode 3, but we didn’t actually meet Lady Trieu in Episode 4. The enigmatic trillionaire seems to be molding herself after Adrian Ve…

What Does the Empire Want with THE MANDALORIAN's Bounty? - Nerdist

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nerdist.com - The following contains major spoilers for the first two episodes of Lucasfilm and Disney+’s The Mandalorian. We recommend watching both episodes before reading further. Unless you’re a fearless warri…

‘Waves’ Is An Electrifying Portrait of Black Family and Forgiveness

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thedailybeast.com - In director Trey Edward Shults’ third film, Waves, the question of justice looms large. His first film, Krisha, dealt with the deep bitterness addiction can sow in a family. That film doesn’t seek to…

John Legend and Pusha T talk racial bias in new Spotify podcast sponsored by P&G

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fastcompany.com - Over the past few years, Spotify has used its audio platform to create content designed to celebrate diversity and inclusion. Witness last year’s Black History Is Happening Now project, a content hub…

Watch L’Inferno (1911), Italy’s First Feature Film and Perhaps the Best Adaptation of Dante’s Classic

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openculture.com - In its second decade, cinema struggled to evolve. The first films by the Lumière Brothers and Thomas Edison were short and gimmicky - shots of trains racing towards the screen, couples kissing and cu…

BEVERLY HILLS COP Sequel Starring Eddie Murphy Is Coming To Netflix - Nerdist

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nerdist.com - Axel Foley is coming back to screens… but a slightly smaller one this time. According to Deadline, Paramount has inked a one-time licensing deal with Netflix to make a new sequel to Beverly Hills Cop…

Chick-fil-A Will Stop Donating to Salvation Army, Christian Athletes Following LGBT Pressure | Breitbart

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breitbart.com - The company announced Monday that it is refocusing its charitable foundation to a smaller number of charities, focusing exclusively on education, homelessness, and hunger. “Our goal is to donate to t…

Grounded: how Ed Sheeran brought pop back down to earth

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theguardian.com - Of all the controversies generated by rock and pop music over the last decade, the weirdest may be those by artists who aren’t weird or controversial at all. Ed Sheeran, Lewis Capaldi, Adele, George …

Illegal Alien Allegedly Killed Vietnam Veteran the Day Before Veterans Day

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breitbart.com - Nemias Perez Severiano, a 31-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, is accused of killing Samuel Jackson, a disabled 69-year-old who served as a Marine in the Vietnam War, the day before Veterans Day th…

Monday November 18th – Open Thread

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theconservativetreehouse.com - “What did Jesus mean when He said the least in the kingdom was greater than John?” “…Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is…

British Ex-Top Cop: Prince Andrew Must Be Investigated Over Epstein Interview

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infowars.com - A former royal protection officer has called for a police investigation into Prince Andrew in the wake of his bizarre TV interview over his relationship with billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Da…

Chinese Troops Take to the Streets of Hong Kong for the First Time

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breitbart.com - The troops were unarmed, dressed in plain clothes, and assigned primarily to clean up debris and roadblocks created by protesters. Chinese officials and state-run media insisted the people of Hong Ko…

Video: Former Malaysia King's wife shows off their son Ismail Leon | Daily Mail Online

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dailymail.co.uk - Video: Former Malaysia King's wife shows off their son Ismail Leon Russian beauty queen, who was formerly married with Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan, introduces their son Ismail Leon. Oksana Voevodin…

I can ‘do anything I want, I’m a police officer’: Indiana cop fired after racially profiling black men in mall parking lot

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rawstory.com - A white police officer working for Lawrence Township in Indiana has been fired after he was filmed accosting two black men sitting in their car outside of a Nordstrom Rack and accusing them of being …

'The Masked Singer' Returns With Two Hour Episode & TWO Unmaskings!

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talentrecap.com - After a two-week, forced hiatus for the World Series or whatever, The Masked Singer is BACK! So we’re on to the important things again. And to make up for lost time, we have a two hour episode with E…

The Role of the Artist in the Age of Trump

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theatlantic.com - All art is political. In tense, fractious times—like our current moment—all art is political. But even during those times when politics and the future of our country itself are not the source of cons…

Caught on Tape: National Enquirer Boss’ Secret Plan to Pay R. Kelly $1M

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thedailybeast.com - A top executive in the National Enquirer tabloid empire proposed an elaborate scheme to secretly funnel more than $1 million to accused rapist and pedophile R. Kelly, according to documents and an au…

‘She’s in a cult’: George and Kellyanne Conway are ‘increasingly distant’ and Jared Kushner wants her gone

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rawstory.com - White House adviser Kellyanne Conway and her husband, conservative attorney George Conway, are not the first political couple with different views. But the others — Democratic strategist James Carvil…

The Lord of The Rings Officially Licensed T Shirts – The Lord of The Rings Director Secrets Revealed

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mralanc.blog - The Lord of The Rings T Shirts are officially licensed and include free Lord of The Rings stickers. The Lord of The Rings released two official t shirts to memorialize the movie that reached top char…

Guggenheim Hires First Full-Time Black Curator

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nytimes.com - “I am eager to begin work with my colleagues to develop new research, explore new ideas for exhibitions, programs and publications,” Ms. James said in a statement, “and continue to expand and shape s…

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BUSINESS

No way Pence didn’t know what Trump was up to in Ukraine after aide’s revelations: CNN panel

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rawstory.com - A CNN panel discussion on testimony given by a top aide to Vice President Mike Pence said her revelations about what she knew about President Donald Trump’s Ukraine dealings can only mean Pence knew …

Husband And Wife Admit Ponzi Scheme Relating To Hedge Fund Investments In Foreign Currencies

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justice.gov - NEWARK, N.J. – A Hudson County, New Jersey, couple have admitted to operating a Ponzi scheme in which they defrauded approximately two dozen investors by making extraordinary guarantees about investm…

A firm selling fake shares of Airbnb, Uber, and Lyft made $2 million in 4 months, DOJ alleges

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businessinsider.com - A New York-based firm allegedly made a killing selling phony shares of popular tech companies, according to a Forbes report, citing court filings. The complaint from the Department of Justice claims …

Bolt Bikes launches e-bike subscription platform for gig delivery workers in US, UK – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Bolt Bikes, the Sydney, Australia-based startup founded in 2017, is taking to the U.S. and U.K. its electric bike platform designed for gig economy delivery workers. The company is expanding on the h…

Gun Purchased in Buyback Program Found Near Body of Dead Gang Member in Chicago Shootout

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secondamendmentdaily.com - Chicago, IL — Where are Beto and the other ‘buyback boys,’ now? A story out of Chicago is shooting their idea of a Federal gun buyback full of holes. In 2004, a man named William Boyd surrendered his…

Ohi raises $2.75M to power same-day delivery for brands that aren’t Amazon – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - The world has gotten so much faster. Amazon has made two-day shipping the standard and same- or next-day shipping commonplace. And that doesn’t even include the collection of on-demand players that c…

Top VCs in Paris share their investment interests – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Since the election of president Emmanuel Macron in 2017, Paris has experienced a surge of momentum as a startup hub. Investor interest had been building for years, but Macron’s government has aggress…

Bill McDermott takes reins as ServiceNow CEO sooner than expected with new CFO – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - When former SAP CEO Bill McDermott announced he was stepping down in October after a decade in the position it was pretty unexpected. He indicated at that point, he would stay until the end of the ye…

SmartNews raises $92M at a $1.2B valuation – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Looks like there’s still money to be made in news aggregation — at least according to the investors backing the news app SmartNews. The company is announcing the close of a $92 million round of fundi…

Juno shuts down its operations in NYC as owner Gett signs strategic partnership with Lyft – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Gett, the ridesharing company backed by Volkswagen and valued at around $1.5 billion, is putting the brakes on a major part of its growth strategy. Today, the company announced that it is closing dow…

Luko raises $22 million to improve home insurance – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - French startup Luko has raised a $22 million Series A round led by Accel (€20 million). Founders Fund and Speedinvest are also participating in today’s funding round. When you rent a place in France,…

Cybersecurity firm Sonatype acquired by Vista Equity – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners has acquired Sonatype, a cybersecurity-focused open source automation company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Sonatype said the acquisition will h…

If you don’t have an investment banker, replicate one – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - The good news: even if you have a small company and can’t afford a banker, you can synthetically and cheaply replicate one. That’s part of the value proposition of an institutional VC; I have been th…

Elavon to acquire Sage Pay, a gateway that competes with Stripe, PayPal and Adyen, for $300M – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - E-commerce continues to gain momentum — a trend we’ll see played out in the next two months of holiday shopping — and with that comes more consolidation. Today, Elavon, the payments company that is a…

MMC Ventures outs new £100M ‘Scale Up’ fund to double-down on its portfolio at the later stage – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - MMC Ventures, the London-based VC that typically invests at seed and Series A via the various funds it manages, has launched a new £100 million “Scale Up” fund to provide expansion capital to its lat…

Steve Jang & Kanyi Maqubela form or fund as Kindred Ventures – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Venture capitalists often mutter, “I haven’t seen anything I like lately”. Founders frequently complain that “investors are back-seat drivers who won’t get their hands dirty.” A $55 million fund with…

John Legere is stepping down as CEO of T-Mobile, succeeded by deputy Mike Sievert on May 1 – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - He’s reportedly not going to take over WeWork, but John Legere is definitely on his way out of the CEO role at T-Mobile, the carrier that is currently merging with SoftBank-controlled Sprint. Today t…

Opera’s Africa fintech startup OPay gains $120M from Chinese investors – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Africa focused fintech startup OPay has raised a $120 million Series B round backed by Chinese investors. Located in Lagos and founded by consumer internet company Opera, OPay will use the funds to s…

Yahoo Japan and Line Corp confirm merger agreement – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - SoftBank Corp announced today that it has reached an agreement to merge with Z Holdings (the SoftBank subsidiary formerly known as Yahoo Japan) and Line Corp, in a move they hope will better position…

Warren doesn't just frighten billionaires – she scares the whole establishment | Robert Reich

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theguardian.com - On Thursday, the New York Times reported on a study showing that Elizabeth Warren’s proposed wealth tax (and presumably Bernie Sanders’ even more ambitious version) would reduce economic growth by ne…

Basics Of Bartering For Your Business

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ericnisall.com - That’s how far back bartering’s roots go. The fact the system is still used today is nuts! Of course, bartering is a little different now. The premise, however, is essentially the same. They give you…

Presidential Hopeful Andrew Yang Plans to Regulate Crypto Industry

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cointelegraph.com - Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang has outlined how he plans to regulate the cryptocurrency industry. On Nov. 14, Yang, an entrepreneur, lawyer, philanthropist and a Democratic candid…

New York Times Accuses FedEx Of Not Paying Taxes. FedEx’s Response Is Priceless.

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dailywire.com - The New York Times accused FedEx on Sunday of essentially having lobbied President Donald Trump to sign tax cuts into law with the promise of businesses using the saved money to reinvest in and furth…

I Found Work on an Amazon Website. I Made 97 Cents an Hour.

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news.yahoo.com - The computer showed a photo of what looked like a school board meeting. My job was to rate it on a scale of 1 to 5 for 23 different qualities: “patriotic,” “elitist,” “reassuring” and so on. I did th…

Mood in Beijing about trade deal is pessimistic, government source says

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cnbc.com - The mood in Beijing about a trade deal is pessimistic due to President Donald Trump's reluctance to roll back tariffs, which China believed the U.S. had agreed to, a government source told CNBC's Eun…

9 Reports Every SEO Needs: Introducing Custom Report Templates in Moz Pro

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moz.com - Reporting is central to our jobs as SEOs and helps us to communicate the value of our work to stakeholders and clients alike. Without good reporting, it can be a challenge to illustrate our success i…

Ocasio-Cortez Swipes Biden over His Remarks on Marijuana

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breitbart.com - Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) came under fire over the weekend after expressing skepticism for legalizing marijuana on a federal level during a town hall meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, adding th…

Ron Paul – Federal Reserve: Enemy of Liberty and Prosperity

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infowars.com - Lost in the media’s obsession with the impeachment circus last week was Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony on the state of the economy before the Joint Economic Committee. In his test…

Brace For Impact! The U.S. Economy Is Going Down, And It Is Going Down Hard

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infowars.com - I have so many bad economic numbers to share with you that I don’t even know where to start. I had anticipated that the U.S. economic slowdown would accelerate during the fourth quarter of 2019, and …

Donald Trump Jr. whines after the New York Times exposes bulk-buying scheme for his ‘bestselling’ book

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rawstory.com - Donald Trump Jr. on Friday complained to the hosts of “Fox & Friends” that the New York Times had placed a “deadly dagger” next to sales of his new book “Triggered” that indicates it was boosted by a…

Will marketers lose access to consumer data? Privacy predictions 2020

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marketingmag.com.au - Regional regulations will make a global impact in courtrooms and boardrooms in 2020 and Forrester predicts two areas of the marketing ecosystem will be upended. Third-party data and adtech are in the…

Ikonen der Wirtschaft: Elon Musk und die Ökonomie der Stars - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Wirtschaft

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spiegel.de - Eigentlich haben Stars in der Wirtschaft nichts zu suchen. Unternehmer und Manager sollen ihre Arbeit machen. Und das heißt: nützliche Produkte anbieten, ordentlich bezahlte Jobs schaffen, Mitarbeite…

A $4 U.S gold coin sells for $204,000

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artdaily.com - SANTA ANA, CA.- Numismatic auction powerhouse Stack’s Bowers Galleries just sold an ultra-rare 1879 400 cent piece known as the $4 Gold Stella at the Whitman Baltimore Winter Expo at the Baltimore Co…

6 Ways to Pay Your Regular Bills Using Bitcoin | Blocks Decoded

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blocksdecoded.com - Getting crypto into the mainstream means using it for everyday payments. And what is more “every day” and normal than paying your household bills? Services that connect cryptocurrency to the more mun…

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This 'Invisibility Cloak' Actually Works - Nerdist

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nerdist.com - Saying that Hyperstealth Biotechnology’s “invisibility cloak” is just as good as Harry Potter’s would be an obvious overstatement, but even though it hasn’t reached that level of sophistication (or m…

China now launches more rockets than anyone in the world

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arstechnica.com - In recent weeks, China's space program has made news by revealing some of its long-term ambitions for spaceflight. These include establishing an Earth-Moon space economic zone by 2050, which, if succ…

The coming fight over who controls digital health data – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Spending for consumer digital healthcare companies is set to explode in the next few years; the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is currently reviewing the require…

Gremlin brings Chaos Engineering as a Service to Kubernetes – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - The practice of Chaos Engineering developed at Amazon and Netflix a decade ago to help those web scale companies test their complex systems for worst case scenarios before they happened. Gremlin was …

Fertility startup Mojo wants to take the trial and error out of IVF – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Fertility tech startup Mojo is coming out of stealth to announce a €1.7 million (~$1.8M) seed round of funding led by Nordic seed fund Inventure. Also participating are Doberman and Privilege Venture…

Nanoracks just booked a SpaceX launch to demo tech that turns used spacecraft into orbital habitats – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - SpaceX is going to launch a payload for client Nanoracks aboard one of its new rideshare missions, currently targeting late 2020, that will demonstrate a very ambitious piece of tech from the commerc…

NASA adds SpaceX, Blue Origin and more to list of companies set to make deliveries to the surface of the Moon – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - NASA has added five new companies to the list of vendors that are cleared to bid on contracts for the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. This list, which already includes nine…

Intel and Argonne National Lab on ‘exascale’ and their new Aurora supercomputer – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - The scale of supercomputing has grown almost too large to comprehend, with millions of compute units performing calculations at rates requiring, for first time, the exa prefix — denoting quadrillions…

This room-sized LED egg captures amazing 3D models of the people inside it – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - Capturing human performances in high-definition 3D is a complicated proposition, and among the many challenges is getting the lighting right. This impressive new project from Google researchers puts …

Ubiquity6’s Display.land is part 3D scanner, part social network – TechCrunch

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techcrunch.com - The world is being mapped in 3D — one brick, one bench, one building at a time. For things like hyper-accurate augmented reality, autonomous robots, and self-driving cars, 2D maps and GPS only get yo…

Neuroscience Says Doing This 1 Thing Makes You Just as Happy as Eating 2,000 Chocolate Bars

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inc.com - Wanting to be happier is a universal trait. It's rare to find a person whose reply to, "How would you like to feel today?" is, "Morose, please." The scientific study of happiness (aka positive psycho…

Giving autonomous cars a theory of mind improves their integration

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arstechnica.com - Imagine you're trying to make a left turn onto a busy road. Car after car rolls past, keeping you trapped as your frustration rises. Finally, a generous driver decelerates enough to create a gap. A c…

Boeing: NASA did not overpay us for Starliner, and we have “actual experience”

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arstechnica.com - Last week, NASA's Inspector General issued a report critical of NASA's extra payments worth $287 million to Boeing for operational flights of its Starliner spacecraft. "In our judgment, the additiona…

Physicists capture first footage of quantum knots unraveling in superfluid

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arstechnica.com - The same team who tied the first "quantum knots" in a superfluid several years ago have now discovered that the knots decay, or "untie" themselves, fairly soon after forming, before turning into a vo…

Write AI code once, run anywhere—it’s not Java, it’s Intel’s oneAPI

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arstechnica.com - Saturday afternoon (Nov. 16) at Supercomputing 2019, Intel launched a new programming model called oneAPI. Intel describes the necessity of tightly coupling middleware and frameworks directly to spec…

Create a Full Spectrum Spirograph in Adobe… | Veerle's Blog 4.0

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veerle.duoh.com - People who have been following my blog for ages, know that I have a soft spot for these kind of creations as I've written this tutorial before on my previous blog. Today, I'm reviving it with a bit o…

How TypeScript 3.7 Helps Quality - Kill All Defects

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killalldefects.com - In this article I’ll go over a few key highlights from the recent release of TypeScript 3.7. I’ll be looking at things through the lens of how they impact software and code quality, because let’s fac…

Handling null and undefined in JavaScript

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medium.com - One aspect of JavaScript development that many developers struggle with is dealing with optional values. What are the best strategies to minimize errors caused by values that could be null, undefined…

A new trailer for "The Expanse" Season 4, premiering on Amazon Prime Video in December, highlights the alien threat the Rocinante crew will face

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newsweek.com - Previous teaser trailers for Season 4 of The Expanse—premiering on Amazon Prime Video December 13—have shown brief flashes of what may away the Rocinante crew on the alien planet Ilus. But a new trai…

Slimmed down robot stalks stores, stocks shelves | ZDNet

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zdnet.com - Though new to market and not yet widely distributed, shelf scanning robots will become a common sight in physical retail locations within the next couple years. Aiding that push, Bossa Nova, one of t…

American trust in scientists remains stable—despite "demonstrated growth" in conspiracy theories

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newsweek.com - The American public's trust in science and scientists remains stable (and relatively high) over decades—despite the apparent spread of conspiracy theories and various attempts made to remove scientis…

President Trump Rushed to Hospital, Secret Service Feared Poisoning After Food Taster Fell Ill – Watch Live

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AP: GAO Report Says Climate Imperils 60% of Superfund Sites

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newsmax.com - At least 60 percent of U.S. Superfund sites are in areas vulnerable to flooding or other worsening disasters of climate change, and the Trump administration’s reluctance to directly acknowledge globa…

Flashback: Infowars Broke Secret Poisoning of Trump Years Ago

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Free Class - Mike Klingler

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mikeklingler.com - I confirm that I am at least 16 years of age or older I have read and accept any EULA, Terms and Conditions, Acceptable Use Policy, and/or Data Processing Addendum which has been provided to me in co…

Tenergy TN160 12-Bay AA/AAA NiMH/NiCd LCD Smart Battery Charger

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power.tenergy.com - Features And Benefits: SAVE TIME & CHARGE MORE - The Tenergy TN160 1.2V AA, AAA smart battery charger offers 12 different channels allowing you to charge any combination of AA/AAA NIMH/NiCd rechargea…

Bill to end animal testing for cosmetics introduced in Congress with support from industry leaders

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blog.humanesociety.org - The United States is one of the world’s largest cosmetics markets and this bill has the potential to spare the lives of thousands of mice, rabbits, rats and guinea pigs. Photo by Niderlander NiDerLan…

Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Colchicine after Myocardial Infarction. - PubMed - NCBI

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ncbi.nlm.nih.gov - Experimental and clinical evidence support the role of inflammation in atherosclerosis and its complications. Colchicine is an orally administered, potent antiinflammatory medication that is indicate…

Early Surgery or Conservative Care for Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis. - PubMed - NCBI

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ncbi.nlm.nih.gov - The timing and indications for surgical intervention in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis remain controversial. In a multicenter trial, we randomly assigned 145 asymptomatic patients …

Five Recruiting Trends for the New Decade

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shrm.org - Traditional job interviews leave something to be desired. Relying on hiring managers to handle them without injecting some level of personal bias is fraught with risk, and the fact that many busy man…

The Birth of Venus: Building a Deep Learning Computer From Scratch - Mihail Eric

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mihaileric.com - In this post we are going to learn about Venus, my deep learning computer, and how I built it. More specifically, I will describe how I went from a collection of hardware parts: to a functional syste…

Guggenheim Museum appoints Ashley James Associate Curator, Contemporary Art

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artdaily.com - NEW YORK, NY.- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum announced the appointment of Ashley James as Associate Curator, Contemporary Art. James, whose work merges curatorial practice with an academic backgro…

Blum & Poe presents a new series of work by Los Angeles-based artist Matt Johnson

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artdaily.com - LOS ANGELES, CA.- Blum & Poe presents a new series of work by Los Angeles-based artist Matt Johnson. This is the artist’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. In an ever-expanding practice in sea…

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WORLD

North Korea: We won't 'gift' Trump with summit before concessions

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thehill.com - North Korean officials on Monday said that the nation will not agree to another sitdown between Chairman Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnOvernight Defense: Ex-Ukraine ambassador offers dramatic day of testimon…

Iraq’s military is spreading fake news about the protests — and Iraqis are laughing back

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washingtonpost.com - Demonstrators shout slogans and dance during a protest over corruption, a lack of jobs and poor services in Baghdad on Oct. 26. (Khalid Al-Mousily/Reuters) By Miriam Berger and close Miriam Berger Re…

Opinion | Alexander Vindman should be celebrated, not smeared

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washingtonpost.com - Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman arrives on Capitol Hill to testify before House impeachment investigators. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) By Michael McFaul close Michael McFaul Bio BioFollow Follow Contributing…

5 Takeaways From the Leaked Files on China’s Mass Detention of Muslims

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nytimes.com - He called for an all-out “struggle against terrorism, infiltration and separatism” using the “organs of dictatorship” and to show “absolutely no mercy.” The documents do not record him directly order…

Extinction Rebellion’s latest act of protest should terrify us all

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fastcompany.com - Passersby along the river Thames might have noticed a peculiar object adrift in its waters on a recent November day. Well, less an object than a full-size single-family home, half-submerged in the wa…

Trump Sides With War Criminals

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theatlantic.com - Perhaps the president was seeking to shore up military support, or remind civilians of his popularity with the military at a trying political moment. Except that both the civilian and military leader…

New Jersey teenager accused of ordering the vandalism of synagogues across the country

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newsweek.com - A teenager from New Jersey who was "triggered by the state of the country" is accused of ordering the vandalism of synagogues across the U.S., authorities said. Richard Tobin, 18, allegedly recruited…

'It's mindblowing': historic wins for two Somali-Americans amid ugly smears

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theguardian.com - When 23-year-old Safiya Khalid was elected to the city council of Lewiston, Maine, last week she nabbed a collection of “firsts” – youngest person ever elected to the council, and its first Somali-Am…

Think of the children: FBI sought Interpol statement against end-to-end crypto

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arstechnica.com - Justice Department officials have long pushed for some sort of backdoor to permit warranted surveillance and searches of encrypted communications. Recently, that push has been taken international wit…

Trump dice estar considerando “seriamente” dar su testimonio en el juicio político en su contra

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telemundo.com - “Me gusta la idea y, para que el Congreso vuelva a estar enfocado, lo voy a considerar seriamente”. Así ha respondido esta mañana el presidente, Donald Trump, al llamado que realizó la presidenta de …

Lech Walesa on Why Democracy Is Failing: ‘There Is No Leadership’

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foreignpolicy.com - Lech Walesa, the legendary Polish Solidarity leader who played a central role in dismantling Soviet communism toward the end of the Cold War, is in Washington this week to mark the 30th anniversary o…

Viewpoint: The Deep State Isn't the Real Threat to Democracy

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theatlantic.com - In their public testimonies, Bill Taylor, George Kent, and Masha Yovanovitch demonstrated professionalism, integrity, and plainspoken courage. I had the good fortune of seeing those qualities up clos…

Pew Research: 6-in-11 Americans Want More Deportations of Illegal Aliens

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breitbart.com - The latest Pew Research Center survey reveals that nearly 70 percent of all Americans believe increased security at the porous U.S.-Mexico border is very or somewhat important — including more than 9…

Cost of War on Terror Not Worth It and Not Needed, Expert Argues

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newsmax.com - The financial cost of the war on terror is unjustified and not needed in order to keep the United States safe, argues Jerrod Laber, a fellow at Defense Priorities, in an op-ed published Sunday in the…

Have you claimed the most valuable asset your ancestors passed down to you? | Sovereign Man

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sovereignman.com - If you were a southern Italian peasant around the turn of the 20th century, your life was pretty rough. The feudal system had officially ended with the unification of Italy a few decades earlier. But…

Illegal Alien Accused of Killing Father of Three in Drunken Hit-and-Run

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breitbart.com - Heriberto R. Perez-Velasquez, a 31-year-old illegal alien from Guatemala, hit and killed 59-year-old Mark Knapp in Weedsport, New York, on November 10, according to the Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office…

Candidate Joe Biden: President Trump “is not fit to command our troops”…

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theconservativetreehouse.com - Former Vice-President Joe Biden doesn’t necessarily write his tweets. The political careerists within his campaign are the ones who construct his messaging; however, the content is an accurate repres…

4 Dead, 6 Wounded in California Football Party Shooting

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newsmax.com - Four people were killed and six more wounded when “unknown suspects” sneaked into a backyard filled with people at a party in central California and fired into the crowd, police said. The shooting to…

Hong Kong Police Storm University Held by Protesters

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newsmax.com - Police breached a Hong Kong university campus held by protesters early Monday after an all-night siege that included firing repeated barrages of tear gas and water cannons. Anti-government protesters…

Russia Offers Job to Convicted Agent Maria Butina

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newsmax.com - In her first public appearance since being deported by U.S. authorities who had jailed her for being a Russian agent, Maria Butina was on Monday offered a job by Moscow to defend Russians imprisoned …

Trump administration drops bombs at record pace in Afghanistan war

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usatoday.com - WASHINGTON – As American ground forces in Afghanistan shrink, U.S. and allied warplanes are dropping bombs and firing missiles at insurgent targets at a record pace in the 18-year-long war. The spike…

Police knew a war veteran was a U.S. citizen. ICE detained him anyway.

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washingtonpost.com - Jilmar Ramos-Gomez. (Courtesy of Richard Kessler) By Alex Horton close Alex Horton General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email EmailBio BioFollow Follow November 14, 2019 at…

Walmart shooting: 3 dead in shooting in Duncan, Oklahoma

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usatoday.com - DUNCAN, Okla. – Three people were killed Monday in a shooting outside a Walmart that ended when a bystander pointed a gun at the shooter, police and a witness said. Police responding to a call shortl…

Immigration jails in Trump era are packed, but deportations are fewer than in Obama’s

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seattletimes.com - It has been nearly 700 days since Bakhodir Madjitov was taken to prison in the United States. He has never been charged with a crime. Madjitov, a 38-year-old Uzbek national and father of three U.S. c…

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#SOCIALMEDIA

Political Advertising on Facebook Is Different Than Normal Political Advertising - The Bulwark

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thebulwark.com - There’s been a lot of discussion about political ads on social media sites recently, with Twitter’s announcement that they’re rejecting political ads and Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional testimony exp…

The Birth of Venus: Building a Deep Learning Computer From Scratch - Mihail Eric

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mihaileric.com - In this post we are going to learn about Venus, my deep learning computer, and how I built it. More specifically, I will describe how I went from a collection of hardware parts: to a functional syste…

How to Use Instagram Hashtags for Business: A Guide for Marketers

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socialmediaexaminer.com - Wondering how to use hashtags to improve your visibility on Instagram? Looking for a guide to follow? In this article, you’ll discover a complete guide to using hashtags strategically across Instagra…

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