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• Scientists think they know where the early universe’s dark matter has been hiding

  02-01-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Most of the mass in the universe is made up of a kind of matter that none of us have ever seen. It's called "dark matter" and, despite being incredibly abundant, it's also extremely difficult to study. Decades-old calculations suggested that there is more dark matter around younger galaxies than the ancient ones from the early days of the universe, but then where did the dark matter we see today come from? A new study offers the answer.Past research suggested that galaxies we see nearby have mor
  
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• Bandersnatch Was So Complicated, It Delayed Black Mirror Season 5

  02-01-2019 23:43 via gamespot.com
  
  What might be considered the first episode of Black Mirror's fifth season, Bandersnatch, is out now on Netflix. But thanks to that episode and what a huge undertaking it was, we'll have to wait for the rest the next installment of creator Charlie Brooker's sci-fi series.Bandersnatch debuted on Netflix on December 29 after a two-year effort, and anyone who's spent a little time with it can see why its creation took so long: it's a choose-your-own-adventure story, in which the viewer makes decisio
  
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• New video shows deadly crash involving 14-year-old driver

  02-01-2019 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  We're getting first looks at the chase, wreck and the 45-year-old mother who was allegedly killed by the teen.
  
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• Jack Black Starts A Gaming Channel On YouTube, And It's Already Massively Popular

  02-01-2019 23:36 via gamespot.com
  
  Actor Jack Black has launched a YouTube channel dedicated in part to gaming, and it's proving to be wildly popular before he's even uploaded any kind of substantial content. Black launched his new channel, Jablinski Games, on December 21, and it took just a week for it to reach 1 million subscribers. After 10 days, the channel is up to more than 2.5 million subscribers, so it's definitely off to a very good start.Probably jokingly, Black said Jablinski Games will be bigger than Ninja and PewDieP
  
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• Fortnite Battle Royale - Boom Box Gameplay

  02-01-2019 23:29 via gamespot.com
  
  With the new year comes new items! Fortnite has introduced the Boom Box, a legendary item capable of breaking down all nearby walls and buildings. Here's some gameplay showing what that looks like. Captured on PC.
  
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• Trump gives no timetable for Syria exit; wants to protect Kurds

  02-01-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump did not provide a timetable for the planned military exit from Syria, which he announced last month against the advice of top national security aides and without consulting lawmakers or U.S. allies participating in anti-Islamic State operations.The decision prompted Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to resign.Trump said on Wednesday he had essentially fired Mattis, whose letter of resignation was seen as a sharp rebuke to the Republican president.
  
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• Shanahan takes Pentagon helm as Trump blasts Mattis

  02-01-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan's first full day at the Pentagon's helm was overshadowed Wednesday when President Donald Trump attacked his predecessor Jim Mattis.Shanahan, who took the Pentagon's top spot January 1 after serving as deputy defense secretary, was thrust onto the world stage when Mattis quit last month amid long-running disagreements with President Donald Trump.During televised remarks ahead of his first cabinet meeting of 2019, Trump claimed he had "essentially fired
  
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• Netflix Warns Against Dangerous New Meme Inspired By Bird Box

  02-01-2019 23:09 via gamespot.com
  
  The new Sandra Bullock Netflix movie Bird Box has proven to be incredibly popular, but now the streaming giant has issued a warning to viewers about it.In the film, Bullock and others wear blindfolds so they can't see the horrors in the world that cause people to kill themselves. In real life, people are blindfolding themselves and doing regular stuff in what's been labeled the BirdBoxChallenge.As you'd expect, wearing a blindfold while walking down the street or through the woods can be problem
  
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• Trump Taunts Romney After Critical Op-Ed, Asks, ‘Is He a Flake?’

  02-01-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  “Here we go with Mitt Romney, but so fast! Question will be, is he a Flake?Trump wrote that he would “much prefer that Mitt focus on Border Security and so many other things where he can be helpful.Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts governor, wrote Tuesday that the president has “not risen to the mantle of the office,” distancing himself from Trump just two days before he will be sworn into the Senate.
  
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• Dow posts small gain in volatile start to 2019 as weak Chinese data spark fears

  02-01-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The Dow Jones industrial average began 2019 with a small gain. That increase followed an early plunge amid signs of a Chinese manufacturing slowdown.
  
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• Smash Bros. Ultimate, Red Dead 2 Top Amazon's Best-Selling Games Of 2018

  02-01-2019 22:55 via gamespot.com
  
  With 2018 officially behind us, Amazon has revealed its 100 best-selling video game items of the past year. As usual, the list encompasses all of the gaming-related products the online retailer sold in 2018, from peripherals and accessories to gift cards and subscriptions, but the most popular game item in any category was Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.Nintendo's new mascot brawler was both Amazon's best-selling video game and the retailer's overall best-selling game product in 2018--a distinction
  
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• Fortnite Freebie Is Coming For Some After 14 Days Event Mix-Up

  02-01-2019 22:50 via gamespot.com
  
  The recent 14 Days of Fortnite event has wrapped up a bit sooner than some players expected. Epic has acknowledged that it shared an inaccurate date for when the challenges would expire, and it's giving out one of its special rewards to make up for it."We apologize for communicating the wrong end date for 14 Days of Fortnite on social channels," Epic wrote on its Twitter account. The company had indicated that players would have time after all 14 days of challenges were offered to complete them
  
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• Not Just Tesla: GM Is Reportedly About to Lose Its EV Tax Credit, Too

  02-01-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  GM has reportedly sold its 200,000th EV, which means the credit is due to disappear.
  
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• Skeleton crew of rangers still patrols Joshua Tree National Park despite government shutdown

  02-01-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Joshua Tree visitors may be able to enter the park for free, and services are limited, but that doesn't mean the park's rules are going unenforced.
  
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• Romney, laying down a marker against Trump, may have boxed himself in

  02-01-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Mitt Romney’s op-ed criticizing Trump’s character and behavior in office fostered speculation it was the opening salvo for a 2020 campaign, but a lot would have to happen before he mounts a real challenge.
  
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• President Trump slams former Secretary of Defense James Mattis

  02-01-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump blasted his former Defense secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday, claiming he "essentially fired" the top military aide.
  
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• Trump says he's ready to meet again with North Korean leader

  02-01-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has received a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and will be setting up a meeting with Kim "in the not-too-distant future" to restart talks about the North's nuclear programs.
  
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• Cuomo: ‘Joe Biden Has the Best Case’ of 2020 Dem. Hopefuls

  02-01-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  New York governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that Joe Biden has the most “credibility” of the many prospective candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.“I think of all the names that are out there, I think Joe Biden has the best case,” Cuomo told radio station WAMC.“I think there’s going to be a big field,” Cuomo said in response to questions about the candidacy of Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, who announced that she was
  
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• Tesla shares stumble on price cut, disappointing Model 3 deliveries

  02-01-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Prices of the Model 3, S and X were all slashed by $2,000.
  
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• 'I won': Trump rebuffs criticism from incoming Senator Romney

  02-01-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Romney, who starts work on Thursday when members of the 2019-2020 Congress take office, suggested in a newspaper essay published on Tuesday that Trump had "caused dismay around the world" and said his presidency had "made a deep descent in December.""On balance, his conduct over the past two years ... is evidence that the president has not risen to the mantle of the office," said Romney in the Washington Post essay, reprising a strong critique of Trump that he voiced during the 2016 presidential
  
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• The Latest: Deaths from Russia apartment collapse grow to 33

  02-01-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the building collapse in Russia (all times local):
  
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• Take a look inside Ivanka Trump's daily diet

  02-01-2019 22:01 via yahoo.com
  Whereas her father may be known for his affinity for Diet Coke and fast food-- a habit Melania Trump has reportedly been trying to get him to kick --Ivanka Trump's diet couldn't be more different
  
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• Oil Jumps as U.S. Equities Regain Ground, OPEC Output Declines

  02-01-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  West Texas Intermediate oil climbed as well, erasing earlier losses brought on by disappointing manufacturing data out of China.Total volume traded Wednesday was about 20 percent above the 100-day average.
  
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• Here's What's Hitting Xbox Game Pass In January

  02-01-2019 21:43 via gamespot.com
  
  The holidays may be over, but Xbox Game Pass members will be getting new Xbox One games to play at no additional charge in January. Six new games are landing on the service between January 3-10. That's in addition to two late December arrivals Microsoft introduced after the announcement of December's lineup.December's late additions include Life is Strange Complete Season, which contains all five episodes of the time-manipulating adventure game's first season. A week later, all three episodes of
  
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• A Doughnut Truck Caught on Fire and Cops Have Intense Feelings About It

  02-01-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  The NYPD offered to send in reinforcements
  
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• Trump rolls out the wheel to try to sell his wall

  02-01-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The president repeatedly invokes a comparison while attempting to sell increased border security to the American public.
  
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• Syria is 'sand and death,' Trump says

  02-01-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered a rather stark take on the situation in war-wracked Syria, summing it up in two words -- "sand and death" -- while remaining vague about the timing of the withdrawal of US troops."So Syria was lost long ago."I never said we are getting out overnight," Trump said.
  
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• New Horizons unveils a new world. Actually, it's 2 worlds smashed together.

  02-01-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  It's a new, weird world.  The deep space exploration craft New Horizons has sent back the first detailed images of an ancient world floating more than 4 billion miles from Earth, formally known as 2014 MU69. The clearest glimpse yet of MU69 shows that it's shaped like a snowman, with two roundish lobes that have been fused together.  It is by far the most distant world a spacecraft — and by extension humanity — has ever explored. "What this spacecraft and this team accompli
  
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• New Picture Reveals Ultima Thule Is Made of Two Asteroids That Got Stuck Together

  02-01-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  New Horizons' latest target has never been more clear.
  
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• Fallout 76 Bug Temporarily Disabled Nukes

  02-01-2019 21:21 via gamespot.com
  
  One of Fallout 76's most explosive features was temporarily out-of-service recently. A bugrendered players unable to launch nuclear weapons, before Bethesda issued a statement that it was aware and issued a hotfix. Usually the nuclear launch codes are reset on a weekly basis, everyMonday evening, and players have to battle their way through enemies to find the new ones. Codes in hand, they can go to a nuclear silo and launch them at spots on the map to punish other players, or simply give a fres
  
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• U.S. Envoy to Russia Visits American Detained on Spy Allegations

  02-01-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Huntsman visited Paul Whelan, a former Marine who is the director of global security for Michigan-based auto-parts supplier BorgWarner Inc., on Wednesday, according to a State Department official.Whelan hadn’t been in touch with his family since his Dec. 28 arrest, his brother David said on Twitter.
  
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• Syria rebel-jihadist clashes intensify, 50 dead

  02-01-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Clashes between jihadists and rebels in northwestern Syria have killed almost 50 people over two days, a war monitor said Wednesday.Clashes flared Tuesday between Al-Qaeda-linked coalition Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and an alliance of rebel groups in western Aleppo province.On Wednesday the fighting spread to the neighbouring province of Idlib, the country's last opposition bastion, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
  
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• Trump warns US government shutdown could last a 'long time'

  02-01-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump warned that the partial shutdown of the US government, which entered its 12th day on Wednesday, could last a "long time" as he stood firm in his demand for billions of dollars in funding for a border wall with Mexico.One day before Democrats take over control of the House of Representatives, Trump showed no signs of backing away from his insistence on $5.6 billion for his "beautiful" southern wall."This is national security we're talking about," he said at a cabinet meetin
  
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• RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel Rebukes Uncle Mitt Romney for Criticizing President Trump

  02-01-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  McDaniel reportedly stopped using her middle name - Romney - after assuming office last year.
  
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• Now is time to cash in that $1.5B Mega Millions lottery ticket; mystery surrounds winner

  02-01-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The winning ticket for the Mega Millions drawing Oct. 23 was sold in Simpsonville, South Carolina. The winner has until April 20 to claim the money.
  
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• PS4 Holiday Sale Week 4 Drops Prices On Even More Games And DLC (1,600+)

  02-01-2019 20:51 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony isn't messing around with its holiday sale this year. Between now and January 15, you can save up to 70% on nearly 1,700 games, expansions, and digital items for some of the biggest titles of 2018 and beyond. And if you're a PS Plus member, you'll get an even bigger discount on many of the on-sale items. We've already highlighted some of the best PS4 games on sale, and a selection of the best titles available for $5 or less. But now that we've arrived at Week 4 of the sale, a new batch of g
  
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• Missouri Teen Returns from Cruise with Mystery Illness That`s Left Her Permanently Blind

  02-01-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  A Missouri teen is fighting a life-changing medical condition after returning from a cruise.
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez Breaks With Pelosi in Key Early Vote for Democrats

  02-01-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The rules measure, set for a vote on Thursday when the new Congress convenes, will reimpose a "pay as you go" requirement that would allow challenges to legislation that adds to the deficit.The rules were negotiated by likely House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to satisfy concerns among members of the new the 235-member majority representing more conservative areas of the country.Ocasio-Cortez, a 29-year-old representative-elect from New York City, said on Twitter Wednesday that the system referred to as
  
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• A New Game Console Is On The Way To Compete With Xbox And PlayStation

  02-01-2019 20:38 via gamespot.com
  
  Slightly Mad Studios CEO Ian Bell has revealed the company is developing a standalone console. Exact hardware and software specs haven't been announced yet, but Bell has provided a few details.The first mention of the console came via Twitter, when Bell tweeted, "The Mad Box is coming." Bell told Variety that the Mad Box will probably release in about three years and support up to 120 frames-per-second for virtual reality play. "It will support most major VR headsets and those upcoming and the s
  
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• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Next Event Features Classic Characters

  02-01-2019 20:30 via gamespot.com
  
  A new in-game event is set to kick off in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate soon. This week's Spirit Board event is titled Classics, and as its name suggests, it revolves around old-school video game characters.Throughout the weekend, characters from the NES, Famicom, and the Famicom Disk System--such as the Balloon Fighter and Donkey Kong Jr.--will appear much more frequently on the Spirit Board. You'll also have a chance to get a handful of Legend-class Spirits during the event, including Donkey Kong
  
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• Smash Bros. Ultimate's Next Spirits Event Features Retro Characters

  02-01-2019 20:30 via gamespot.com
  
  A new in-game event is set to kick off in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate soon. This week's Spirit Board event is titled Classics, and as its name suggests, it revolves around old-school video game characters.Throughout the weekend, characters from the NES, Famicom, and the Famicom Disk System--such as the Balloon Fighter and Donkey Kong Jr.--will appear much more frequently on the Spirit Board. You'll also have a chance to get a handful of Legend-class Spirits during the event, including Donkey Kong
  
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• New On Amazon Prime Video In January 2019: Movies, TV Shows, Originals, And More

  02-01-2019 20:30 via gamespot.com
  
  What better way to ring in the new year than with a bunch of new TV shows and movies to binge? Amazon Prime Video is adding a bunch of new titles to its library to kick off 2019, including some very exciting films.Among the movies coming to Prime this month is 2006's Alpha Dog, Escobar: Paradise Lost, and Fahrenheit 11/9. Additionally, Golden Globe nominee Eighth Grade, which was released in 2018, will arrive on the service on January 13. The most exciting new addition just might be the original
  
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• Spawn Reboot Will Have 'No Joy' Says Todd McFarlane

  02-01-2019 20:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Don't expect the upcoming reboot of Spawn, Todd McFarlane's Hellspawn antihero, to have much in the way of levity. McFarlane said in a recent interview that the movie is "just gonna be this dark, ugly two hours' worth of movie."Speaking with Nerdist, McFarlane explained that Spawn isn't going to feel like the lighter (although still serious) fare of superhero movies that have come out of Marvel Studios and the like in recent years. The Spawn reboot is being written and directed by McFarlane and
  
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• Trump says U.S. officials to make plea to lawmakers for border wall

  02-01-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump invited Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress to the White House to discuss border security on the 12th day of a partial government shutdown.
  
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• Democrats in new Congress: Thorns in Trump's side

  02-01-2019 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  US Democrats, who regain control of the House of Representatives on Thursday, have pledged to challenge Donald Trump on multiple fronts: from Congressional inquiries on Russian election meddling to battles over immigration and health care, as murmurs about impeachment proceedings persist.Congress will feature the largest number of progressive lawmakers in many years, and they appear to be in no mood to appease a president who is standing firm on his pursuit of funding for a wall on the southern
  
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• Trump Holds Firm on Wall Before Meeting Congressional Leaders

  02-01-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump said the U.S. needs a wall “for the security of our country,” and that drones and electronic measures weren’t enough.“It could be a long time” before the shuttered parts of the government are reopened, Trump told reporters Wednesday at the start of a Cabinet meeting.Trump initially suggested he might accept less than the $5.6 billion he’s been demanding for border security.
  
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• The Latest: Death toll in Russia apartment collapse up to 28

  02-01-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the building collapse in Russia (all times local):
  
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• Both Sides Find Compromise Hard on the Government Shutdown

  02-01-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump’s desire to shift blame for the shutdown onto Democrats have made it even harder to reach a deal to end it.
  
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• GM hit 200,000 U.S. electric vehicles sold in 2018

  02-01-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The credit for GM EVs falls to $3,750 in April.
  
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• US fired tear gas into Mexico early on New Year's Day

  02-01-2019 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — U.S. authorities fired tear gas into Mexico during the early hours of the new year to repel about 150 migrants who tried to breach the border fence in Tijuana.
  
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