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• Protect for less: Save 25% on phone cases and almost everything else at Speck - CNET

  29-05-2020 23:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Speck is having a sitewide sale now through this weekend only.
  
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• Coronavirus vaccine: Merck and Novartis join the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine

  29-05-2020 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Experts say it's unlikely there will be widespread distribution of a vaccine this calendar year, however.
  
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• Puffy 'cotton ball' clouds are a rocket launch's most common nightmare. Here's why they delayed SpaceX's historic flight.

  29-05-2020 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SpaceX and NASA delayed their historic astronaut launch on Wednesday after puffy clouds rolled in. They're the biggest threats to a rocket launch.
  
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• 'The Five' react to fired Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death

  29-05-2020 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Derek Chauvin charged with third-degree murder, manslaughter in death of George Floyd; reaction and analysis on 'The Five.'
  
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• SpaceX Starship prototype explodes in engine test

  29-05-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The failure is not expected to have any impact on SpaceX's Crew Dragon launch plans this weekend.
  
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• Transcripts released of Flynn's calls with Russian diplomat

  29-05-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration's new national intelligence director waded into political waters in his first week on the job, declassifying documents that allies of the president say bolster their contention that former national security adviser Michael Flynn was wrongly pursued.The extraordinary decision to release transcripts of Flynn's calls with a foreign country's ambassador, a closely guarded secret for more than three years, is part of an ongoing Trump administration effort to disclose informat
  
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• Sony reportedly tells devs to make new PS4 games work on PS5 - CNET

  29-05-2020 23:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Games submitted to Sony after July 13 will need to be forwards-compatible with the PS5, a report says.
  
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• Officials cite mistakes as CDC removes coronavirus guidance

  29-05-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. health officials removed some coronavirus reopening tips for religious organizations only hours after posting them late last week, deleting guidance that discouraged choir gatherings and the use of shared communion cups.A federal health official on Friday said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted a version of the guidance on May 22 that had not been cleared by White House officials.The initial guidance posted last week contained most of the same advice that was in a draft d
  
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• High school wrestling coach fired over post on George Floyd's detention

  29-05-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "His behavior was not consistent with our equity initiatives and nondiscrimination policies," the Bethel School District said of coach Dave Hollenbeck's Facebook post.
  
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• Epstein estate, victims reach agreement on compensation fund

  29-05-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A fund to compensate victims of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse may begin making payouts soon, after the deceased financier's estate, his accusers and the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands resolved their differences over the process.The accord came 9-1/2 months after Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial on sexual abuse and sex trafficking charges.
  
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• SpaceX Starship SN4 exploded (the last one imploded)

  29-05-2020 23:29
  
  So remember that SpaceX Startship SN3 implosion we witnessed back in early April of this year? Today SpaceX SN4 and its Raptor engine took part in a static fire test. The main bit of the test went great… then something went very wrong. NOTE: This explosion has no direct relation to the SpaceX launch still scheduled to take place on … Continue reading
  
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• Florida governor asks court to stay felon voting ruling

  29-05-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gave notice on Friday that he will appeal a federal judge's decision on voting rights for felons, while asking for a stay on the ruling that appeared to clear the way for hundreds of thousands of citizens to vote in a crucial 2020 state.The law in question, introduced by the state's Republican-controlled Senate last year, requires convicted felons in Florida to pay any court costs, fines, fees and restitution to victims before their right to vote could be restored.O
  
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• Moderna starts dosing patients in mid-stage coronavirus vaccine study

  29-05-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There are currently about 10 coronavirus vaccines being tested in humans and experts have predicted that a safe and effective vaccine could take 12 to 18 months from the start of development.Earlier this month, Moderna had released https://in.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna/coronavirus-vaccine-from-moderna-appears-safe-shows-promise-in-data-from-eight-people-idINKBN22U1KQ early-stage data that showed the vaccine, mRNA-1273, was safe and produced protective antibodies in a small
  
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• Declassified calls show Flynn discussing sanctions with Russian envoy

  29-05-2020 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Incoming DNI John Ratcliffe released the already declassified call summaries on Friday.
  
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• Don’t expect to see PlayStation 5 exclusives on PS4

  29-05-2020 23:08
  
  At the dawn of a new hardware generation, console makers are presented an interesting problem: what do you do when a new console launch is essentially fragmenting your userbase? Usually, console makers like Sony and Microsoft will continue supporting previous-generation hardware well into the new generation, but generally, they stop making exclusive games for those platforms. Microsoft, however, plans to … Continue reading
  
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• Apple acquires Inductiv [UPDATE: Another Christopher Re group]

  29-05-2020 23:02
  
  A startup company called Inductiv was acquired by Apple to improve the abilities and functionality of their voice assistant system Siri. Inductiv worked with artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically identify and correct errors in raw data. Engineers have begun working with Apple, according to one report, to improve Siri’s speed and accuracy. The most recent iteration of Inductiv (aka HoloClean) … Continue reading
  
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• Team Biden on Klobuchar: ‘We Need to Avoid Her’

  29-05-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In recent weeks, Sen. Amy Klobuchar has positioned herself as a leading contender in the race to join former Vice President Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket. But growing civil unrest in her home state of Minnesota in response to the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of a white police officer—and renewed scrutiny of her record as the top prosecutor in the state’s largest county—appears to have severely hampered her ambition to be the Democratic Party’s vice pres
  
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• SpaceX's latest Starship rocket prototype just exploded during an engine test

  29-05-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SpaceX's previous Starship prototypes burst during fuel-tank testing, but the fourth prototype exploded during an operation to test-fire its engine.
  
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• YouTube Music now lets you pre-save albums - CNET

  29-05-2020 22:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Track lists for unreleased albums are now visible and available for pre-saving to a library.
  
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• Last chance for these Memorial Day 2020 deals: Lenovo laptop, Vizio 4K TV, exercise gear, vacuum and more - CNET

  29-05-2020 22:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Even the pandemic can't stop this parade of deals.
  
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• Welp, SpaceX's Starship Prototype Just Blew Up

  29-05-2020 22:52 via popularmechanics.com
  
  Rocketry is hard.
  
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• Amy Klobuchar under scrutiny for 2006 case involving officer charged in George Floyd death

  29-05-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Klobuchar was elected to the Senate in 2006 around the time that Derrick Chauvin was involved in the shooting that killed Wayne Reyes.
  
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• Former Justice Department official says Trump is 'basically calling for the shooting of protesters'

  29-05-2020 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vanita Gupta, head of the department's Civil Rights Division in the Obama administration, said the Minneapolis Police Department was on her “radar” during her tenure.
  
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• Latest SpaceX Starship prototype suffers explosive testing anomaly - CNET

  29-05-2020 22:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's just another day in Starship testing. This incident is unrelated to the SpaceX Crew Dragon NASA Demo-2 test flight.
  
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• Reps. Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley introduce resolution condemning police brutality after George Floyd death

  29-05-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “The murder of George Floyd in my district is not a one-off event," Omar said.
  
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• Rove: Trump needs to take a measured response to China

  29-05-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News contributor Karl Rove weighs in on escalating tensions with China.
  
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• Hear TV dialog the way it was meant to be heard with the Zvox soundbar, on sale for $140 - CNET

  29-05-2020 22:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This soundbar with 12 levels of voice boost is over 50% off right now.
  
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• Editorial: Stop focusing on looting in Minneapolis. Be outraged that police keep killing black men

  29-05-2020 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There is anger on the streets in Minneapolis. It is understandable given the killing of yet another unarmed black man as he was arrested.
  
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• 2020 Jeep Gladiator Review: You can’t always get what you want

  29-05-2020 22:17
  
  The word “iconic” is overused, but the 2020 Jeep Gladiator stands a better chance than most of earning it. It’s still hard to believe that it took the automaker this long to make a pickup, but you can’t argue with the results, at least when it comes to looks. Clearly related to the Wrangler, but not merely the SUV with … Continue reading
  
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• Minneapolis protests: CNN journalist arrested live on air

  29-05-2020 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Omar Jimenez and a camera crew were detained in Minneapolis during protests
  
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• Trump says U.S. will be 'terminating' relationship with WHO

  29-05-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The president criticized the World Health Organization for their response to the pandemic and said U.S. funds would be redirected to other public health needs.
  
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• Trump announces probe of Chinese companies listed in US

  29-05-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a probe into the actions of Chinese companies listed on American financial markets as tensions flared anew between the world's two biggest economies.The announcement followed Beijing's move to implement a new security law on semi-autonomous Hong Kong that critics say would stifle freedom, as well as with Trump's claims that China obfuscated the origins of the coronavirus that has killed more than 100,000 people in the United States."I'm instructing my
  
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• 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid SUV slides in under $40,000 - Roadshow

  29-05-2020 22:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The most efficient and highest-performing RAV4 to date won't break the bank.
  
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• The 3 best gaming laptop deals right now at Best Buy - CNET

  29-05-2020 22:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Save up to $700 on a gaming mobile rig from Acer, Asus or Razer.
  
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• Woman drives vehicle into protesters at George Floyd rally in Denver

  29-05-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The black SUV entered a street that had been closed. A man jumped on the hood to avoid being run over, then jumped off and was later struck.
  
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• Uber rolls out new Hourly ride order feature in some US cities

  29-05-2020 22:00
  
  Following a successful pilot of the feature, Uber is introducing ‘Hourly’ in several cities in the United States. The feature, as its name suggests, enables Uber riders to request cars on an hourly basis rather than per-ride. This feature will be easier for riders who need to make multiple stops, go to the grocery store, and other occasions in which … Continue reading
  
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• US: Russian jets in Libya present broader worries for region

  29-05-2020 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Africa Command flatly rejected Russian claims that Moscow did not deploy fighter jets to Libya, saying Friday that the 14 aircraft flown in reflect Russia's longer term goal to establish a foothold in the region that could threaten NATO allies.Brig. Gen. Gregory Hadfield, deputy director for intelligence, said the U.S. tracked the MiG-29 fighter jets and SU-24 fighter bombers that were flown in by Russian military, passing through Iran and Syria before landing at Libya's al-Jufra air base.T
  
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• George Floyd death puts spotlight on 'warrior training' for police

  29-05-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After the killing of George Floyd, the controversial practice of imbuing police cadets with a readiness to kill, known as “warrior training,” receives fresh scrutiny.
  
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• How should the U.S. respond to China's Hong Kong power grab?

  29-05-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Chinese government passed a law giving it sweeping new powers to stamp out dissent on the semiautonomous island of Hong Kong. Should the U.S. and others nations push back?
  
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• Argentine prosecutor seeks criminal probe of ex-president

  29-05-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An Argentine prosecutor asked a judge on Friday to authorize a criminal investigation into former President Mauricio Macri and his former head of intelligence for alleged illegal surveillance of politicians and journalists.The request from federal prosecutor Jorge Di Lello followed a complaint filled by the current government's intelligence chief, Cristina Caamaño, who reported finding a hard drive with apparent evidence of illegal surveillance of the emails of at least 85 people, includi
  
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• Move over James Bond; India returns alleged bird spy to Pakistan

  29-05-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Indian police have released a pigeon belonging to a Pakistani fisherman after a probe found that the bird, which had flown across the contentious border between the nuclear-armed nations, was not a spy, two officials said on Friday."The pigeon was set free yesterday (May 28) after nothing suspicious was found," said Shailendra Mishra, a senior police official in Indian-administered Kashmir.The Pakistani owner of the pigeon had urged India to return his bird, which Indian villagers turned over to
  
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• Exclusive: U.S. warns governments, firms against aiding Iran fuel shipments to Venezuela - envoy

  29-05-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Seeking to deter further shipments of Iranian fuel to Venezuela, the Trump administration has quietly warned foreign governments, seaports, shipping companies and insurers that they could face stiff U.S. sanctions if they aid the tanker flotilla, the U.S. envoy on Venezuela told Reuters on Friday.Elliott Abrams, Washington’s special representative on Venezuela, said the pressure campaign targeting heavily sanctioned U.S. foes Iran and Venezuela was being waged “to be sure everyone re
  
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• Death rate after elective surgery soars if a patient has Covid-19

  29-05-2020 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The death rate after elective surgery soars if a patient has Covid-19, a new study has revealed, as doctors say non urgent procedures should be postponed. The study, published in The Lancet, revealed that among patients with Covid-19 who underwent elective surgery the death rate was 18.9 per cent. Researchers conducted an observational study of 1,128 patients across 24 countries between January 1 and March 31 this year. The study included data from hospitals mainly in Europe and America with ong
  
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• House seats Democrats and GOP are trying to flip in 2020

  29-05-2020 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In total, Republicans need a net gain of at least 17 seats to flip the House back to GOP control.
  
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• Great gifts under $100 for Father's Day - CNET

  29-05-2020 21:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Dad will love all of these gifts -- and all of them are $100 or less.
  
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• Column: The burden of ending racism sits squarely on the shoulders of white people

  29-05-2020 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Even Trump voters must rise up against the racist brutality that plagues our country.
  
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• Trump to curb China students, strip Hong Kong privileges

  29-05-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States will restrict Chinese students and start reversing Hong Kong's special status in customs and other areas, as Beijing imposes a controversial security law.Trump said the Chinese government has been "diminishing the city's longstanding and very proud status.""This is a tragedy for the people of Hong Kong, the people of China, and indeed the people of the world," Trump told reporters.
  
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• Trump says he'll sanction China over Hong Kong, and pulls out of WHO

  29-05-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump said Friday the U.S. would pull out of the World Health Organization and threatened to revoke financial benefits afforded to Hong Kong, to sanction Beijing for its crackdown there.
  
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• Trump announces U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization

  29-05-2020 21:23 via politico.com
  
  Alarmed health experts said the move will set back global efforts to fight the pandemic.
  
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• Trump Announces U.S. ‘Terminating’ Relationship with World Health Organization

  29-05-2020 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump announced Friday that the U.S. is "terminating" its relationship with the World Health Organization over its failure to enact reforms in response to the administration's criticisms of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic."Because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will be today be terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs," Tr
  
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