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• How to watch Grey's Anatomy: stream the season 16 finale online from anywhere

  09-04-2020 23:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Way back in 2005, Ellen Pompeo made her debut as Dr. Meredith Grey - the titular character in a then unknown US medical drama called Grey's Anatomy. Fast forward to 2020 and the idea that the show was once just considered a mid-season replacement sounds a bit ridiculous, doesn't it? Here's how to watch Grey's Anatomy season 16 and stream every other season of the hit show online from anywhere in the world.
  Since its premiere, Grey's Anatomy has given birth to no less than three spin-off shows an
  
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• Intel, Mozilla join initiative to make IP available to coronavirus efforts

  09-04-2020 23:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Intel, Mozilla, Creative Commons and a number of other organizations have joined the Open COVID Pledge in an effort to make intellectual property (IP) available in the fight against Covid-19.To support the pledge's goal, companies, institutions and universities will give free licenses to their patents, copyrights and other property rights to anyone developing technologies to aid in the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of the virus.The licenses will be effective from December 1, 2019 and will l
  
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• Get smarter without leaving home: Here's a free month of The Great Courses Plus - CNET

  09-04-2020 23:32 via cnet.com
  
  Become a life-long learner by watching lectures at your own pace on topics you care about.
  
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• 18 best Animal Crossing: New Horizon tips for every level of player - CNET

  09-04-2020 23:30 via cnet.com
  
  Where to find Bunny Day eggs, how to get foreign fruit and when to sell turnips on your island in New Horizons, the latest installation of Animal Crossing.
  
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• Best laptops for engineering students in 2020

  09-04-2020 23:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It’s not easy choosing the best laptop for engineering students. That’s because not all powerful laptops are shoo-ins here – engineering students require portable PCs that deliver that delicate balance of processing power, graphics prowess and affordable price. The best laptops for engineering students must have the best processors to handle all those computational tasks, as well as rock the best graphics to tackle all the graphical needs of CAD, simulation and CAM softwar
  
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• Why I've Given Up All My Headsets for The Haymaker

  09-04-2020 23:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Yes, they're that good
  I have a ridiculous number of headphones and earbuds. Some might call it an obsession. As a self-proclaimed minimalist, I've been trying to whittle down my unintentional collection. The problem is, each model does something unique or at least does it better than every other one.I have a set of cans for listening to metal, a pair that gives me a mesmerizing movie experience, a noise-canceling set for practicing guitar, buds for running and for talking on the phone, a folda
  
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• Facebook releases Quiet Mode so you can take a break from social media - CNET

  09-04-2020 23:15 via cnet.com
  
  Social media addicts, rejoice.
  
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• Senator calls on FTC to create guidelines for video teleconferencing software

  09-04-2020 23:14 via zdnet.com
  
  Senator says online conferencing software needs to be regulated and follow basic privacy and security rules.
  
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• DOJ urges FCC to revoke China Telecom's license

  09-04-2020 23:12 via zdnet.com
  
  There's no love lost between Trump's administration and Chinese businesses. It must also be added that China Telecom has a spotty internet security record.
  
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• Search ad spending to fall 20 to 30 percent in Q2, eMarketer predicts

  09-04-2020 23:09 via zdnet.com
  
  In the first half of 2020, eMarketer says that US spending on search ads will be $6 billion to $8 billion than it previously expected.
  
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• Best Acer laptops 2020

  09-04-2020 22:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  No other laptop does power and affordability like the best Acer laptops. The name Acer has always been synonymous with affordability, giving budget-minded consumers reasonably-priced options in a sea of premiums, and there’s no better choice right now if you’re on a limited budget. These laptops tend to be more affordable than the competition, all while delivering top-notch performance and extreme reliability.That’s exactly what we are here for. We handpicked the best Acer lapt
  
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• Google searches could illuminate the shadowy spread of the coronavirus - CNET

  09-04-2020 22:37 via cnet.com
  
  Researchers are digging into search data to help track and understand a pandemic.
  
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• Why Tiger King is little more than a heartbreakingly tragic tale - CNET

  09-04-2020 22:33 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: The Netflix series is a major hit, but its cheap thrills may leave you with an emotional hangover.
  
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• Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bunny Day guide: Eggs, recipes and rewards - CNET

  09-04-2020 22:30 via cnet.com
  
  We tell you every egg to find, item to craft and outfit to wear before April 12.
  
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• Best office chairs in 2020: Herman Miller, Secretlab, La-Z-Boy, Steelcase, and others

  09-04-2020 22:26 via zdnet.com
  
  The very best office chairs for under $200 and $100, as well as the top office chairs for back pain, posture, gaming, and so on. Most of them are available to buy right now from Amazon.
  
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• Bill Gates says life under the coronavirus pandemic could get easier in June - CNET

  09-04-2020 22:25 via cnet.com
  
  But the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist tells CNBC that more needs to be done to combat COVID-19.
  
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• Bill Gates predicts life under the coronavirus pandemic will get easier in June - CNET

  09-04-2020 22:25 via cnet.com
  
  Appearing on CNBC, the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist says more needs to be done to combat COVID-19.
  
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• Get a pair of games worth $60 for free at Epic this week - CNET

  09-04-2020 22:19 via cnet.com
  
  This week's freebies: Close to the Sun and Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
  
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• Volkswagen furloughs entire workforce in Chattanooga as coronavirus slams economy - Roadshow

  09-04-2020 22:16 via cnet.com
  
  Workers will still receive health care benefits and bonuses during the furlough period.
  
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• As delivery workers emerge as frontline soldiers, India's government warms to e-commerce

  09-04-2020 22:14
  
  Three days after India imposed a nationwide lockdown, Devender Singh revved up his motorcycle to deliver meat and eggs to customers - but his heart was in his mouth as he closed in on a police barricade on a deserted New Delhi road.
  
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• Facebook sues Bangkok resident for selling fraudulent ad tools

  09-04-2020 22:12
  
  Facebook Incsued a Bangkok-based Indian man on Thursday for developing and marketing a software to bypass the social network's advertising review process and deliver prohibited ads to users.
  
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• Can you track your coronavirus stimulus check? Here's what we know right now - CNET

  09-04-2020 22:09 via cnet.com
  
  The first stimulus payments are expected to start arriving soon from the IRS, and you want to know when that'll happen. Here's what we can tell you.
  
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• Can you track your coronavirus stimulus check? Here's right now what we know - CNET

  09-04-2020 22:09 via cnet.com
  
  The first stimulus payments are expected to start arriving soon from the IRS, and you want to know when. So we looked into that.
  
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• Trump questioned by senator on coronavirus surveillance plans - CNET

  09-04-2020 22:00 via cnet.com
  
  Sen. Markey says community data, not personalized data, should be used during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Trump needs to answer questions on coronavirus surveillance plans, senator says - CNET

  09-04-2020 22:00 via cnet.com
  
  Sen. Markey says community data, not personalized data, should be used during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• NASA solar mission spots wild threads woven into the sun's atmosphere - CNET

  09-04-2020 21:51 via cnet.com
  
  Three words: hot electrified gases.
  
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• Coronavirus: Ofcom formally probes David Icke TV interview

  09-04-2020 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's media regulator says it is investigating the programme as a "matter of urgency".
  
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• The best Asus laptops of 2020

  09-04-2020 21:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The best Asus laptops are some of the best-known and most beloved laptops on the market today. For years now, the Taiwanese manufacturer has been hard at work in crafting some of the best performing and beautiful laptops (on top of the best PCs and PC components). So, consumers are essentially blessed with a plethora of incredible Asus laptops to choose from.What’s more, the best Asus laptops cover a wide range of budgets and use cases, from quality Chromebooks and other budget laptops to
  
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• Facebook sues software engineer for cloaking deceptive ads

  09-04-2020 21:43 via zdnet.com
  
  Basant Gajjar's firm LeadCloak allegedly provided software to promote scams related to COVID-19, pharmaceuticals, diet pills and more.
  
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• Check out the 2021 Ford F-150's gigantic touchscreen - Roadshow

  09-04-2020 21:30 via cnet.com
  
  And lots of other upgrades are in store for the next F-150.
  
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• A day in the life of an Amazon courier on the frontlines of the U.S. pandemic

  09-04-2020 21:28
  
  Excelso Sabulao delivers groceries for Amazon.com Inc in California so he can help provide his parents an income. Now, with endless interactions at stores and at homes during a pandemic, he worries his work will kill them.
  
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• Elon Musk mentions Plaid Tesla Cybertruck, says it's his future ride - Roadshow

  09-04-2020 21:26 via cnet.com
  
  Another variant of the future electric truck sounds like it's in the works.
  
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• Fitbit price cut: deals on the Fitbit Versa, Charge 3 and Ionic smartwatch

  09-04-2020 21:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  If you're trying to keep active while being confined to your home, a fitness tracker can be the perfect companion, and lucky for you, Best Buy has price cuts on Fitbit's best-selling activity trackers. For a limited time, you can get the Fitbit Charge 3 on sale for $119.95. That's a $30 discount and the best price we've found for the activity tracker. Best Buy also has the Fitbit Versa Lite on sale for $147 and a $50 price cut on the Ionic smartwatch.The ultra-slim Fitbit Charge 3 is packed
  
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• Nuro will start self-driving delivery vehicle services in California - Roadshow

  09-04-2020 21:16 via cnet.com
  
  The small driverless vehicles could help deliver goods amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Ancient string shows Neanderthals were into fiber technology, scientists say - CNET

  09-04-2020 21:16 via cnet.com
  
  Who's primitive now, huh?
  
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• Intel Core i9-10900F power requirements leaked – and you’ll need a beefy CPU cooler

  09-04-2020 21:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Intel’s Core i9-10900 is a power-hungry beast of a processor which will need a seriously powerful cooling solution, if the latest from the rumor mill turns out to be correct.For the uninitiated, this may be the 10-core flagship CPU of the Comet Lake range which the chip giant is supposedly ready to reveal at the end of April.
  Intel vs AMD - which is best?Here are the best processors of 2020Check out how to overclock your CPU
  We’ve already heard speculation concerning Intel&
  
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• The best Asus gaming laptops 2020

  09-04-2020 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  For playing games, you can count on the best Asus gaming laptops to handle your needs without costing you an arm and a leg. Whether it's the most demanding PC games you play or easier titles that are absolute classics, you’ll find that these gaming laptops will see you through your gaming needs.Asus laptops are almost universally packed with powerful hardware, beautiful displays and svelte builds, and it shows in its gaming laptops. That means that whichever one you choose will definitely
  
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• How small businesses can quickly and affordably pivot to productive remote working

  09-04-2020 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The ongoing pandemic has turned our lives and many businesses upside down. Whilst the global economy is taking a battering not seen in decades, small and medium sized businesses are particularly impacted. There were around 5.8 million small businesses in the UK in 2019, and around 29 million businesses with fewer than 500 employees in the US in 2017 - representing 99.7% of all US businesses, and almost half of total private sector employment.Small businesses are the lifeblood of any economy, how
  
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• Coronavirus updates: UK's Boris Johnson moved out of ICU, more record jobless claims in US - CNET

  09-04-2020 21:00 via cnet.com
  
  Plus: About 50,000 Americans who were stuck abroad have been repatriated.
  
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• Coronavirus updates: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved out of ICU, more record unemployment claims in the US - CNET

  09-04-2020 21:00 via cnet.com
  
  Plus: About 50,000 Americans who were stuck abroad have been repatriated.
  
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• France rules Google must pay news firms for content

  09-04-2020 20:47
  
  France's competition authority ruled on Thursday that Google must pay French publishing companies and news agencies for re-using their content.
  
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• Facebook files lawsuit against cloaked ads for COVID-19 scams - CNET

  09-04-2020 20:41 via cnet.com
  
  The suit alleges that LeadCloak broke Facebook's terms by providing ad cloaking software for coronavirus scams and fake news on Facebook and Instagram.
  
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• The context marketing revolution: Individuals, not brands, are the largest producers of media

  09-04-2020 20:37 via zdnet.com
  
  Countless companies continue to rely on traditional marketing models, assuming that their "campaigns" will sway customers, but according to Mathew Sweezey, director of market strategy for Salesforce, they couldn't be more wrong. He points out that individuals -- not brands, not businesses, not traditional media outlets -- are now the largest producers of media in the world, and companies need to shift their understanding to succeed in the coming years.
  
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• Join us and play The Tech Pub Quiz tonight on Facebook and YouTube - live now!

  09-04-2020 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Is your tech knowledge so good that Tim Cook calls you for help with pub quiz questions? Or do you reckon you've got a photographic memory for app logos? If so, we've got a challenge for you tonight – The Tech Pub Quiz, and it's live now on TechRadar's Facebook and YouTube channels.
  That's right, we put together some fiendishly difficult tech-themed questions on everything from gadget history to the latest Netflix shows, then challenged the finest minds on TechRadar* to answer them. R
  
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• Post-coronavirus China car market could hold positives for other countries - Roadshow

  09-04-2020 20:30 via cnet.com
  
  Volkswagen and Daimler report good news out of China, which provides some hope the rest of the world will rebound as well.
  
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• Bitcoin Cash "halving event" could cause many miners to give up

  09-04-2020 20:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bitcoin Cash, which forked off from Bitcoin back in 2017, has reduced its block rewards by half, leading many cryptocurrency miners to see their gross margins drop to nearly zero.The world's fifth-largest cryptocurrency network by market capitalization recently reached block height 630,000 and this led to the so-called “halving” event that reduced the network's mining reward from 12.5 Bitcoin Cash per block to just 6.25.As a result of the halving, miners competing for block rewards o
  
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• Uber to give drivers millions of face masks to battle coronavirus

  09-04-2020 20:16
  
  Uber Technologies Incon Thursday said it plans to ship millions of face masks to its active drivers and food delivery people around the world to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
  
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• How a Quibi thriller went from failed movie to bite-size streaming - CNET

  09-04-2020 20:10 via cnet.com
  
  Showrunner Nick Santora reveals how the Liam Hemsworth adventure Most Dangerous Game evolved from movie to TV to Quibi launch title.
  
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• Facebook supplies UK's NHS with 2,000 Portal devices to connect isolated patients - CNET

  09-04-2020 20:09 via cnet.com
  
  The video-calling devices will be distributed throughout hospitals and care homes.
  
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• Mazda's rotary rumor mill keeps spinning, this time for the MX-30 SUV - Roadshow

  09-04-2020 20:05 via cnet.com
  
  The battery-electric MX-30 could be the intended recipient of a single-rotor Wankel range extender.
  
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