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• US team seeks to provide water, hygiene in cyclone-hit Mozambique

  21-03-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States said Thursday it had sent a team to cyclone-hit Mozambique to provide safe drinking water and other necessities after the region's biggest storm in decades.Aimee Lauer, who is heading the response for the US Agency for International Development, said that an initially light 15-member team was en route to Mozambique with a potential expansion planned once the scope of the disaster becomes clear.The group will provide chlorine tabs for safe water and hygiene kits to help stem the
  
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• The Latest: Defense expert supports cop who shot black teen

  21-03-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Latest on the homicide trial of a white Pennsylvania police officer in the shooting of an unarmed black 17-year-old (all times local):
  
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• Midwest flooding could be costly: In Nebraska, tab is $1.3 billion and rising with waters

  21-03-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Midwest flooding that has overwhelmed levees and swamped wide swaths of Nebraska, Wisconsin and Iowa is creating a 'slow-moving natural disaster' that could cost some states billions.
  
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• GM to invest $300 million in Orion plant to build EVs and AVs

  21-03-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  New electric vehicle will be build on same platform as the Bolt.
  
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• 20 Minutes Of Overland Gameplay On The Switch - GDC 2019

  21-03-2019 23:28 via gamespot.com
  
  We got our hands on Overland the turn based tactical game on the Nintendo Switch at the Game Developers Conference.
  
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• President Trump says U.S. should recognize Israel's sovereignty over disputed Golan Heights

  21-03-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump's controversial move is sure to inflame tension in the Middle East. He said in a Tweet that the territory is critical to Israel's security.
  
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• In a gift to Netanyahu, Trump tweets U.S. support for Israel annexing Golan

  21-03-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump on Thursday reversed a long-standing American policy that treated Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights as temporary.
  
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• Venezuela arrests Guaido aide for 'terrorism' in defiance of US

  21-03-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's regime defied the US on Thursday to arrest a top aide of opposition leader Juan Guaido, whom Washington recognizes as the crisis-hit country's interim leader.The United States has repeatedly warned Maduro's government to not arrest Guaido or his close aides or it would face unspecified repercussions.
  
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• Google Stadia: Phil Harrison Talks Data Caps, Pricing, And Exclusive Games

  21-03-2019 23:10 via gamespot.com
  
  At GDC 2019, we sat down with Google VP Phil Harrison to talk about Stadia, his company's new cloud-based streaming service for video games. The platform will allow you to play all types of games, both triple-A and indie, from a variety of devices.During its GDC 2019 keynote presentation, Google announced Stadia will release within 2019, and come to the US, Canada, UK, and "most of" Europe. The only games confirmed for the service as of this time are Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Doom Eternal. Ha
  
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• T-Mobile unveils home broadband service that could expand after Sprint merger

  21-03-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  T-Mobile on Thursday unveiled a limited home internet service that it plans to pilot for 50,000 mobile customers at $50 a month, with the company promising it could build on that, and eventually offer a lot more once its $26.5 billion merger with Sprint finally goes through.For now, the new invitation-only service will focus on areas where the carrier can deliver high-speed internet access to connect up to 50,000 homes in rural and underserved parts of the country. Once it merges with Sprint, ho
  
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• Double Fine Goes Rogue(lite) With Rad, A Fresh View Of The Post-Apocalypse

  21-03-2019 22:54 via gamespot.com
  
  We all know Double Fine for its rich history of adventure games with an unmistakable, funky charm. Founder Tim Schafer is a household name at this point, especially because of games like Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, and Psychonauts, but there’s a lot more to the independent development studio than Schafer’s legacy. I'd say Double Fine's collection of games is already rad, and it's about to be even more so with Rad. The game is being led by Lee Petty, who has had a prominent role at
  
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• UPDATE 1-U.S. refiner Citgo taking offers on $1.8-bln, 3-year loan -sources

  21-03-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Citgo Petroleum, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Venezuelan state-run oil firm PDVSA, is seeking to raise $1.8 billion through a three-year term loan to cover operating expenses and to refinance existing debt, three people close to the deal told Reuters on Thursday.The financing would help Citgo fund operations and replace an existing revolving credit line, following U.S. sanctions and its split from the parent company, which remains under control of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and a milita
  
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• Huawei: Politicizing cybersecurity is a losing proposition

  21-03-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Huawei is an independent company, owned by our employees and not the Chinese government, writes Joy Tan, senior vice president of Huawei USA.
  
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• Democrats accuse Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner of violating law with private emails

  21-03-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee says the couple may have broken the Presidential Records Act.
  
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• The Latest: New Zealanders to observe Muslim call to prayer

  21-03-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The Latest on the mosque attacks in New Zealand (all times local):
  
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• Missouri governor declares state of emergency amid rising floodwaters in Midwestern U.S.

  21-03-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Flooding triggered by last week's so-called "bomb cyclone" storm has already inflicted damage estimated at nearly $1.5 billion in Nebraska, killed at least four people in Nebraska and Iowa and left a man missing below Nebraska's collapsed Spencer Dam."The rising floodwaters are affecting more Missouri communities and farms, closing more roads and threatening levees, water treatment plants and other critical infrastructure," Governor Mike Parson said in issuing his emergency declaration."We will
  
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• Mortal Kombat 11's Closed Beta Starts This Month - GS News Update

  21-03-2019 22:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Play as Baraka, Jade, Kabal, Skarlet, or Scorpion in Mortal Kombat 11's closed beta this month!
  
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• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Guide--Where To Find Key Early-Game Shinobi Prosthetics

  21-03-2019 22:03 via gamespot.com
  
  Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is full of tough enemies, like all of From Software's titles. Fighting them requires quick reflexes as you block and deflect attacks while looking for an opening to strike back. But some enemies can be dealt with in more creative ways than just hacking away at them with your sword. As you work your way through Sekiro, you'll also find additional weapons that often give you quick access to various baddies' weaknesses.These weapons get added to the Shinobi Prosthetic, the
  
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• Report claims Boeing has been forced to delay first Starliner launch by months

  21-03-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  NASA needs a way to get astronauts to the International Space Station that doesn't involve paying Russia heaps of money, so it struck deals with both SpaceX and Boeing to build crew capsules capable of fulfilling that need. Earlier this month, SpaceX successfully sent its Crew Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, paving the way for crew tests to be conducted within months, but what about Boeing?A new report from Reuters suggests that Boeing is having a much, much harder time gettin
  
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• Crashed Boeing jets lacked two safety features that would have cost extra

  21-03-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Two Boeing jets that crashed in Ethiopia and Indonesia each lacked a pair of cockpit safety features that the plane manufacturer charged extra for. The systems  might have helped the pilots as they struggled to control their planes, aviation experts said. Lion Air Flight 610 crashed in October killing 189 people, and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 went down on March 10, shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, with the loss of 157 lives. Both Boeing 737 Max aircraft were new but did not have
  
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• Trump Courts American Jews With Bid to Secure Netanyahu’s Re-Election

  21-03-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump has made naked appeals to U.S. Jewish voters to abandon any allegiance to the Democratic Party, calling his opposition anti-Semitic while promoting his unprecedented decisions to expand U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty at the expense of the Palestinians.The president moved the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem in 2018, recognizing the divided city as Israel’s capital.
  
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• Every Triple H Wrestlemania Entrance In WWE History, Ranked

  21-03-2019 21:38 via gamespot.com
  
  Triple H is a 14-time world champion and one WWE's most successful and well-known superstars. But you wouldn't know it from his Wrestlemania win/loss record. In 22 matches, Triple H has racked up 9 wins and 13 losses.That's because for the majority of his career, Triple H was the biggest, most dominant villain in the WWE. And when Triple H loses at Wrestlemania, it's usually to give the fans a "happy ending," after months of disappointment and frustration at the hands of a nefarious heel. Tripl
  
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• Howard Kurtz: Why Ocasio-Cortez’s star power far outstrips her real power

  21-03-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  'MediaBuzz' host Howard Kurtz weighs in on freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez landing the cover of Time Magazine.
  
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• Firearm deaths of US school-age children at 'epidemic' levels, study says

  21-03-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  A new study announced an alarming increase in the number of firearm deaths of school-age children in the United States:  38,942 in those 5 to 18 years old from 1999 to 2017.
  
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• ACLU sues FBI for records related to black extremists report

  21-03-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union sued the FBI on Thursday for records related to a divisive 2017 report that said black extremists were on the rise following the shooting deaths of several African-Americans.
  
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• New Zealand banned assault weapons. In US, it's more complicated

  21-03-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  New Zealand's swift ban on semi-automatic weapons after the Christchurch massacre showed how political courage can spur change, but in gun-obsessed America, lawmakers and activists desperate to curb firearm violence looked on with both admiration -- and bitterness.Action," urged Ted Deutch, a Democratic congressman from Florida where a deadly school shooting last year galvanized a youth gun control movement, but produced no tangible change to federal laws.The speed of New Zealand's response -- d
  
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• Home loan applications rise as wealthier shoppers hunt for more expensive houses

  21-03-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Mortgage interest rates are now lower than a year ago, and home shoppers are buying in, but most are wealthier and purchasing more expensive homes.
  
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• `Confusing` Sign May Have Caused Deadly Charter Bus Crash in Virginia

  21-03-2019 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  As investigators work to determine what caused a charter bus crash in Virginia that killed two people and hospitalized 54 others, people familiar with that stretch of interstate wonder if a group of signs may have contributed to the crash.
  
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• May Now Open to No-Deal Brexit If Parliament Rejects Her Deal

  21-03-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  British prime minister Theresa May, after repeatedly warning the public of the dangers associated with a so-called no-deal Brexit -- in which the country leaves the European Union absent a formal agreement with the EU -- is now reportedly open to that option if Parliament continues to reject the deal she has negotiated with Brussels.After announcing Wednesday that she had formally requested that the EU extend the Brexit deadline from March 29 to June 30, May came to accept the possibility that t
  
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• Juan Guaido's chief of staff snatched from his home at 2am

  21-03-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States has threatened Venezuela with severe consequences unless President Nicolas Maduro immediately release a senior aide to Juan Guaido, who was snatched from his home by masked intelligence agents in the early hours of Thursday. Roberto Marrero, chief of staff to Mr Guaido, shouted out loud that Mr Maduro’s agents had planted two rifles and a grenade on him, Mr Guaido tweeted. On Thursday afternoon, 12 hours later, Mr Marrero was still being held. John Bolton, the US national
  
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• Brexit End Likely to Be Based on a Customs Union, JPMorgan Says

  21-03-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The realities of the Brexit situation indicate that the U.K. is going to end up with “something that’s founded on a customs union” with the European Union, according to Karen Ward, chief market strategist for Europe, Middle East and Africa at JPMorgan Asset Management.
  
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• Dem long shot John Delaney wants to take on the 'bully' in the White House

  21-03-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Neither of his parents went to college, and it was a scholarship from his father’s labor union that helped fund his attendance at Columbia University.
  
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• Trump says US will recognize Israel's sovereignty over Golan Heights

  21-03-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  * Israel captured Golan Heights from Syria after war in 1967* Netanyahu responds on Twitter: ‘Thank you President Trump!’* Follow today’s US politics newsDonald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu in 2018. Trump said the Golan Heights were of ‘critical strategic and security importance to the state of Israel and regional stability’. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty ImagesDonald Trump has announced that the US will recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Height
  
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• Kellyanne Conway thanks Trump for defending her after president calls her husband a 'stone cold loser'

  21-03-2019 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  White House aide Kellyanne Conway publicly backed Donald Trump on Wednesday after an extraordinary 48-hour Twitter row between the president and her husband came to a head. Mrs Conway used a cable news interview to insist she would not resign and rebuked her husband George for airing his views in public. It follows two days during which Mr Conway and Mr Trump have traded blows on twitter in a war of words that has generated a slew of headlines. It began earlier this week with Mr Conway, a p
  
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• This town shouldn't be under water

  21-03-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  After heavy rain caused severe flooding across the midwest, cities in Iowa are underwater.
  
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• HBO's Deadwood Movie Gets First Trailer And May Release Date

  21-03-2019 20:06 via gamespot.com
  
  It's taken 13 years, but the Deadwood movie, which continues the story of the HBO series that ended in 2006, is finally ready to show itself to the world. HBO has announced that the film will premiere on the network on May 31 and released the first teaser trailer, giving fans a small taste of what to expect.The movie returns to the town of Deadwood as South Dakota celebrates its statehood in 1889. The plot synopsis from HBO reads, "Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wou
  
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• U.S. farmers face devastation following Midwest floods

  21-03-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  WINSLOW, Neb./CHICAGO (Reuters) - Midwestern farmers have been gambling they could ride out the U.S.-China trade war by storing their corn and soybeans anywhere they could - in bins, plastic tubes, in barns or even outside.Record floods have devastated a wide swath of the Farm Belt across Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and several other states.Early estimates of lost crops and livestock are approaching $1 billion in Nebraska alone.
  
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• 4 things to know about Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand's prime minister

  21-03-2019 19:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is the youngest New Zealand leader in more than a century.
  
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• Unprecedented spring flooding possible, US forecasters say

  21-03-2019 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The stage is set for unprecedented major flooding this spring for most of the nation, U.S. weather officials said Thursday.
  
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• Epic Games Store Won't Accept "Crappy" Games

  21-03-2019 19:39 via gamespot.com
  
  Epic Games disrupted the industry when it unveiled the Epic Games Store, a distribution platform similar to Valve's Steam, late last year. Since then, we've seen a number of exclusive game releases on the Epic Games Store, skipping Steam at least for the time being. While Epic has a lot of catching up to do in terms of feature set, CEO Tim Sweeney has declared its stance on allowing "crappy" games onto the platform.In an interview with PC Gamer, Sweeney said the Epic Games Store won't distribute
  
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• Sekiro Guide: How Death Impacts Your Journey

  21-03-2019 19:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Death is an old friend to fans of From Software's Bloodborne and Dark Souls games, as the Soulsborne titles all implement mechanics and features that relate to dying. From Software's newest game, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, is no different. However, death works a little bit differently in Sekiro.In the following guide, we go over all the ways that death impacts your journey in Sekiro. Whether you want to know when the best time to use the revive mechanic is or how to deal with the effects of Drag
  
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• Blizzard Is Making World Of Warcraft Free This Weekend For People With Inactive Accounts

  21-03-2019 19:10 via gamespot.com
  
  If you've let your World of Warcraft subscription go inactive, Blizzard really wants you to come back this weekend. To encourage players with inactive accounts to return, the publisher is upgrading those accounts with all expansion packs through Legion and offering a three-hour trial of the latest expansion, Battle for Azeroth. World of Warcraft is free to play now through Sunday, March 24.To take advantage of the limited-time offer, all you have to do is re-download the Battle.net desktop app,
  
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• Giant inland sea created by the disastrous Mozambique cyclone

  21-03-2019 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Cyclone Idai left death, destruction, and a sprawling inland sea in its wake. The powerful tropical cyclone -- which struck Mozambique last Thursday as the equivalent of a Category 2 or 3 hurricane with winds of around 100 mph -- has left at least 150 dead and 600,000 in need of help in the flooded nation said the EU, though the Associated Press reports over 300 fatalities as of March 21 when accounting for deaths in neighboring Zimbabwe.The cyclone's widespread flooding -- in part overshad
  
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• Apple’s event on Monday could revolutionize the way we watch TV

  21-03-2019 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Next week, Apple will hold a special media event in California where the company is expected to, at long last, unveil its brand new TV service. The event should be particularly interesting given that we've seen all sorts of information, at often times conflicting, regarding Apple's plans in the media space.What we do know is that Apple has been investing a lot of money into developing original TV programming, but what remains unclear is how Apple plans to make said content available. Will it be
  
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• President Trump's latest executive order is a shot in the campus free speech wars

  21-03-2019 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  But while Trump’s order is a clear declaration he agrees with conservative concerns about America’s colleges, it’s not clear what actual effect the move will have in academia.
  
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• The Latest: UN calls on Venezuelan parties to lower tensions

  21-03-2019 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local):
  
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• 10 Great Reasons to Buy Apple Stock

  21-03-2019 18:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple stock's price target is going up.After a rough start to 2019 that included a guidance cut and multiple analyst downgrades, Apple (ticker: AAPL) stock has bounced back and appears to once again be on the right track.Investors appear optimistic about an end to the trade war with China that the company blamed for its guidance cut.
  
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• Battlefield 5 Firestorm Battle Royale Mode Detailed In New Trailer

  21-03-2019 18:44 via gamespot.com
  
  Battlefield 5 is getting the long-awaited arrival of its battle royale mode Firestorm next week, and DICE has released a new trailer (above) along with a ton of details on the mode. The 64-player mode has some recognizable battle royale elements, but with a distinct Battlefield flavor.A ring of fire around the map slowly closes in and destroys all in its path. The map is called Halvoy, and DICE boasts that it's ten times bigger than Battlefield 5's largest map, Hamada. In addition to the standar
  
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• Battlefield 5 Firestorm Battle Royale Gameplay Detailed In New Trailer

  21-03-2019 18:44 via gamespot.com
  
  Battlefield 5 is getting the long-awaited arrival of its battle royale mode Firestorm next week, and DICE has released a new trailer (above) along with a ton of details on the mode. The 64-player mode has some recognizable battle royale elements, but with a distinct Battlefield flavor.As detailed in a series of extensive blog posts from DICE, a ring of fire around the map slowly closes in and destroys all in its path. The map is called Halvoy, and DICE boasts that it's ten times bigger than Batt
  
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• Facebook Employees Had Access to 'Hundreds of Millions' of Users' Passwords

  21-03-2019 18:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Facebook on Thursday confirmed that it had improperly secured “hundreds of millions” of user passwords, leaving them open to be viewed.
  
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