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• Pakistan promises to free Indian pilot as 'peace gesture'

  28-02-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Pakistan promised to free a captured Indian pilot on Friday as a "peace gesture" aimed at its nuclear arch-rival, but New Delhi insisted it would remain on "heightened" military alert for attacks.Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was shot down in an aerial engagement over the disputed region of Kashmir on Wednesday, had become the centrepiece of the latest conflict between the neighbours."As a peace gesture we are releasing the Indian pilot tomorrow," Prime Minister Imran Khan told the Pa
  
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• UK devs launch POC in Play initiative in partnership with ustwo Games

  28-02-2019 23:44
  POC in Play is a new initiative launched earlier today in partnership with ustwo Games addressing the issue of a lack of people of color in the UK games scene.  ...
  
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• US, Russia fail in UN push for action on Venezuela

  28-02-2019 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a US resolution in the UN Security Council on addressing the crisis in Venezuela, but a counter-proposal from Moscow did not win enough votes.The failure to take action on the two competing drafts laid bare divisions among world powers over the way forward in Venezuela, which is mired in a political standoff and an economic meltdown.The proposed US text -- which called for new presidential elections in Venezuela and unimpeded deliveries of humanitarian aid --
  
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• There are red flags common in human trafficking cases. Here's how the Florida spas compare

  28-02-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The red flags present in Florida that human trafficking possibly occurred are similar to those experts describe in a variety of other cases.
  
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• Opinion: Anthem May Have Its Problems, but Its NPCs Are Fantastic

  28-02-2019 23:29
  
  Coming away from Anthem, I constantly hear people talking about how it makes them feel like Iron Man; you get to zoom around in a powerful suit and blast away enemies. I also hear about how it’s not quite living up to expectations, at least not at launch, but you can read more about that in IGN’s review. But when I step away from Anthem, what I’m excited to write home about are the great characters hanging around in Fort Tarsis and all of the world-building collectibles scatter
  
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• Dr. Bronner's is the only good brand on Twitter

  28-02-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Whether it's Lil Debbie shilling out relationship advice or Sunny D igniting a conversation about depression, contemporary brand Twitter can be a depressing and dark place. Nothing feels more cynical than when a brand appropriates the standardized millennial voice -- ironic, detached, dejected -- and uses it to hock their emulsified meat products and drinkable corn syrups. There's no commitment to justice here, there's just marketing. So I'd love to call for a mass ban of corporations from
  
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• Venezuela's Guaido vows to return to Caracas despite threat of prison

  28-02-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Guaido said the leftist "regime" of President Nicolas Maduro was "weak, lacking support in Venezuela and international recognition."Speaking to reporters after meeting with Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, Guaido called for the enforcement of economic sanctions against the Maduro government to continue "so that everything is not robbed in Venezuela."Guaido, head of Venezuela's National Assembly, last month invoked constitutional provisions to assume an interim presidency, arguing th
  
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• Trump sides with Kim on tortured American, sparking firestorm

  28-02-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump took Kim Jong Un's word that he knew nothing of the torture of an American college student while in North Korean custody, an about-face that sparked a bipartisan backlash back home on Thursday.The US president appeared to side with the reclusive leader about the 2017 case of Otto Warmbier, drawing outrage from incredulous Democrats who accused Trump of repeatedly aligning with tyrants.The 22-year-old Ohio native was returned to the United States in a coma and died shortly afterwards
  
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• Pokemon Sword and Shield Trailer Breakdown

  28-02-2019 23:19
  
  Pokemon has sent out a call to arms with the reveal of the new Gen 8 games on the Nintendo Switch, Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. We’re going to point out all of the new and returning mechanics, what the trailer tells us about the new region, and piece together some clues about the two new Legendaries.
  But we’re going to start with the most sacred of rituals that marks the start of every new Pokemon Generation…
  The Judging of the Starters!Continue reading…
  
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• Southwest Airlines gets FAA approval for Hawaii flights

  28-02-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The airline says it will announce details on ticket sales and inaugural flights in the "coming days''
  
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• Elon Musk Finally Announces the $35,000 Tesla Model 3, but It's Actually $36,200

  28-02-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The new Standard Range model promises 220 miles of range and has a far more basic interior.
  
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• New Details On The Odd Licensed Title

  28-02-2019 23:00
  Publisher: Sony Pictures VRDeveloper: Tequila WorksRelease: 2019 Platform: PlayStation VR, Rift, ViveThat Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son exists is an enigma. The 1993 film starring Bill Murray, who plays a character trapped in a one-day time loop, is beloved, and creating a sequel to that story more than two decades later – in the form of a video game, mind you – was no small feat, requiring a rare confluence between both the games industry and Hollywood. We got to chat with the
  
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• Catching Up on Sleep on the Weekend Doesn't Work

  28-02-2019 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  If you’re not getting enough sleep during the week, new research suggests that you can’t make up for it on the weekends. The small study, published in the journal Current Biology, found that peop...
  
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• Sign up now for GDC 2019's all-new mentoring program!

  28-02-2019 22:43
  Launching at GDC 2019 is a brand-new mentoring program to help encourage game development professionals to continue and grow in their personal careers -- and now you can sign up to take part! ...
  
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• U.S. stocks edge downward as Wall Street takes a pause

  28-02-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Also on Thursday, President Donald Trump said he had walked out of his Vietnam summit with Kim Jong Un because of demands from the North Korean leader to lift U.S.-led sanctions.Wall Street analysts now expect first-quarter earnings to fall 1.1 percent compared with Jan. 1 estimates for 5.3 percent growth, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.Fourth quarter earnings is coming to a quick close and there's been no news on the U.S.-China trade negotiations.
  
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• A Welcome Failure

  28-02-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump walked away from talks with North Korea, the best possible outcome given that he never should have walked into the talks to begin with.In the unlikely event that North Korea wanted to give up its nuclear program, it could have demonstrated its commitment over time in low-level talks building toward an agreement. Instead, President Trump took the high-wire route of two direct meetings with Kim Jong-un, giving the North Korea dictator, if nothing else, an incalculable propaganda coup
  
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• Hipfire Games raises additional $205k for VR game Fail Space

  28-02-2019 22:35
  Helsinki-based VR developer Hipfire Games has raised an additional $205k in funds for its debut VR mobile game, Fail Space. ...
  
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• Pokemon Go: Legendary Pokemon Dialga Headed to Raid Battles

  28-02-2019 22:27
  Legendary Pokemon Dialga is headed to Pokemon Go.
  As revealed by Niantic on Pokemon Go's official site, Dialga will join Raid Battles on March 1 at 1:00PM PT and will remain in the game until March 28 at 1:00PM PT.
  Dialga is the fifth Legendary Pokemon from the Sinnoh region to come to Pokemon Go, following Giratina, Cresselia, Heatran, and Palkia. Overall, Dialga will be the 80th Sinnoh Pokemon available in Pokemon Go so far.
  Pokemon Go most recently added a new AR Snapshot mode, allowing you t
  
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• Amazon steers further toward autos, hires GM executive

  28-02-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Amazon has hired a top General Motors executive, a source familiar with the move said Thursday, in a further sign of the technology giant's likely expansion into autonomous vehicles.The tech group's new executive is Alicia Boler Davis, who has been head of GM's global manufacturing operations.Amazon had no immediate comment on the hiring of Davis, reported earlier by CNBC.
  
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• In U.S. charm offensive, China's Huawei launches ad to combat dark image

  28-02-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Huawei Technologies ran a full page ad in major U.S. newspapers on Thursday urging readers not to believe "everything you hear," about the Chinese tech firm, as it defends itself against government accusations its equipment can be used to spy.The world's largest telecommunications equipment maker, which has been charged with bank fraud related to U.S. sanctions against Iran, touted its relief efforts in disaster-torn countries like Chile and Indonesia, and its work to connect the undeserved arou
  
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• Get At Sundown: Shots in the Dark for Free with IGN Prime

  28-02-2019 22:01
  IGN Prime has partnered with Mild Beast Games and Versus Evil to bring you At Sundown: Shots in the Dark. IGN Prime members, grab your copy of the 4-player hide-and-seek shooter where the maps are covered in darkness and light is your enemy.
  At Sundown: Shots in the Dark is a hide-and-seek shooter where the maps are covered in darkness and light is your enemy, as 4 players compete in a death-match to be the best! Strategic gameplay is vital in the shadows of this dark world in which you only bec
  
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• A Mountain Biking Game Designed For Speedrunners

  28-02-2019 22:00
  Publisher: ThunderfulDeveloper: Megagon IndustriesRelease: 2019 Rating: Rating Pending Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC, MacTrials Rising might come to mind when thinking about biking games in 2019, but the upcoming Lonely Mountains: Downhill is taking a quieter approach to the genre. The third-person experience opts for pedal mountain biking rather than motorized power, forgoing Trials’ fireworks and bombastic setpieces. Instead, Lonely Mountains drops you at the top of styli
  
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• Get a job: Embodied is hiring a Junior Scripter

  28-02-2019 21:58
  Embodied is looking to add a talented and creative Jr. Scripter to its growing technical team. ...
  
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• Playdius rebrands as Dear Villagers, plans to focus on PC and console titles

  28-02-2019 21:49
  In preparation to reveal a new line-up of games, the French indie publisher Playdius announced earlier today that it has re-branded as Dear Villagers. ...
  
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• Mark Meadows: Republican claims ‘there is not a racial bone’ in his body after ‘birther’ comments unearthed

  28-02-2019 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Republican representative Mark Meadows defended himself from allegations of racism this week, one day after his testy argument over race erupted during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing for former Trump campaign fixer Michael Cohen.In the resurfaced video, Mr Meadows is seen speaking to a crowd while campaigning for his congressional seat.2012 is the time that we’re going to send Mr. Obama home to Kenya or wherever it is,” Mr Meadows said in the video.
  
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• The Latest: N Carolina operative out of jail in ballot case

  28-02-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the unresolved North Carolina congressional race (all times local):
  
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• Mountain lion killed by Colorado trail runner was a kitten, necropsy report says

  28-02-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The final necropsy report of the mountain lion killed by Colorado trail runner Travis Kauffman estimates the age of the lion at three to four months.
  
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• Russia, China Veto UN Resolution Seeking Venezuela Elections

  28-02-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Nine council members voted in favor, while South Africa joined Russia and China in voting no, and three abstained.To pass, a resolution needs nine votes in support and no vetoes by the five permanent members, which include Russia and China.
  
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• Newest Destiny 2 ViDoc Explores Season Of The Drifter And Gambit Prime

  28-02-2019 21:30
  Publisher: ActivisionDeveloper: BungieRelease: September 6, 2017 Rating: Teen Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
  Bungie has released a ViDoc going into details on their next planned content for Destiny 2, some of the biggest new content for the game since the studio split with Activision and brought Destiny 2 with them in the process. It looks to spell out new lore for an existing character and make some exciting changes to Gambit mode.The upcoming updates focus on Season of the Drifter. The
  
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• Patriots owner pleads not guilty to prostitution charges

  28-02-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has pleaded not guilty to two counts of misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution in a Florida case, according to court documents released Thursday.
  
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• Kips Bay Decorator Show House Announces 2019 Location

  28-02-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  The annual show house returns to the Upper East Side with some of the city’s top decorators
  
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• Oculus planning a stricter, 'quality-first' approach for Quest app submissions

  28-02-2019 21:24
  Devs will be required to go through a stricter approval process if they want to land a game on Oculus†™ standalone Quest headset....
  
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• Venezuela's Juan Guaido says he will return to Caracas

  28-02-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Juan Guaido, recognized by many countries as Venezuela's president, said Thursday he would return to Caracas this weekend despite "threats."
  
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• Israel attorney general to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges

  28-02-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel's attorney general announced Thursday he intends to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges.
  
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• Mexican president urges reason in wage demands

  28-02-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador tried Thursday to close the Pandora's box of wage demands he helped unleash when he doubled the minimum wage along Mexico's northern border.
  
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• Guaido rallies support, vows to return to Venezuela 'despite threats'

  28-02-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Brasília (AFP) - Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido vowed on Thursday to return home "in the coming days ... despite the threats" from President Nicolas Maduro's regime, as he continues a tour of regional allies to rally international support.Guaido, recognized as interim president by more than 50 countries, met with Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday afternoon while Paraguay's leader Mario Abdo announced he would be in Asuncion on Friday.After flouting a travel ban by Mad
  
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• PG&E likely started the Camp Fire and expects a $10.5B impact to its bottom line, it tells regulators

  28-02-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Amid PG&E's bankruptcy, the company notified investors that the evidence points to its transmission equipment, In a regulatory filing.
  
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• Upland mother charged after allegedly killing infant daughter, injuring toddler son thrown from balcony

  28-02-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  An Upland mother has been formally charged in connection with an incident at her apartment building that left her infant daughter dead and her toddler son injured.
  
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• Rival Pakistan-India standoff latest in long Kashmir dispute

  28-02-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  SRINIGAR, India (AP) — This week's standoff between India and Pakistan is their latest in a long dispute over the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir, dating back to their independence in 1947.
  
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• Mass grave found in last Islamic State bastion: SDF

  28-02-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  "They were slaughtered," SDF commander Adnan Afrin said.The SDF was still trying to confirm if the bodies belonged to members of the Yazidi sect.Thousands of members of the minority sect from Iraq were forced into sexual slavery by the jihadists when they surged across the border in 2014 and seized swathes of territory.
  
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• Meadows and Tlaib hug and make up on House floor after ‘racist’ charges

  28-02-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Mark Meadows and Rashida Tlaib reconciled on the House floor. Meadows attempting to discredit testimony by Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, that the president was a “racist.” Meadows expressed outrage and asked for Tlaib’s comments to be stricken from the record.
  
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• Many disabled Walmart greeters are being replaced by 'customer hosts,' causing backlash

  28-02-2019 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Walmart is replacing blue-vested people greeters with customer hosts, a move that is affecting many disabled employees.
  
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• New 2021 Polestar 2 to Compete With Tesla's Model 3

  28-02-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Volvo unveiled the 2021 Polestar 2 all-electric vehicle at the automaker's headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden, ahead of its public introduction at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show next week. This is th...
  
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• Syria force poised for final assault on IS

  28-02-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  AL-OMAR OIL FIELD (Syria) (AFP) - Kurdish-led fighters vowed Thursday to crush the last remnant of the Islamic State group's "caliphate" in Syria within a week, after saying they have evacuated hundreds of people from the jihadist holdout.The Syrian Democratic Forces are poised to storm the pocket held by jihadists on the edge of the village of Baghouz, the last patch of the organisation's once sprawling "caliphate".Thousands of men, women and children, have poured out of the riverside hamlet in
  
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• Alt.Ctrl.GDC Showcase: Octopad

  28-02-2019 20:17
  Octopad breaks an NES controller into eight game pads with a single input each, turning single-player games into multiplayer experiences built around communication and collaboration. ...
  
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• Even A Devil May Spoil

  28-02-2019 20:15
  Publisher: CapcomDeveloper: CapcomRelease: March 8, 2019 Rating: Mature Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
  We're a week out from the launch of Devil May Cry 5, Capcom's first numbered sequel in the series in over a decade. The stylish action game is shaping up to be the magnum opus of the series, both playfully referencing and fundamentally integrating every game in the main series so far. Ahead of the game's launch, Capcom is releasing an incredibly spoiler-heavy release trailer. Many, many
  
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• Netanyahu says graft allegations a 'witch hunt' to topple him

  28-02-2019 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called corruption allegations a "witch hunt" meant to topple him after the attorney general announced plans to indict him.Speaking in a televised statement a couple of hours after the attorney general's announcement, Netanyahu said he planned on being prime minister for a long time to come despite the allegations."The left knows it cannot beat us at the polling booth, so for the past three years they have been carrying out an unprecedented wi
  
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• Sanders tries to convince wary Democrats he's one of them

  28-02-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Over nearly three decades on Capitol Hill, Sen. Bernie Sanders has refused to formally identify as a Democrat. His 2016 primary challenge against Hillary Clinton exposed deep divisions among Democrats and fundamentally reshaped the party.
  
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• GTA Online gets new RC Bandito Races and a badass Arena War soundtrack from Health

  28-02-2019 20:03 via gamesradar.com
  The songs of battle
  
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• Horizon Zero Dawn sold over 10 million copies in 2 years

  28-02-2019 19:53
  Guerrilla Games†™ PlayStation 4 exclusive Horizon Zero Dawn has sold over 10 million copies, something announced on the 2 year anniversary of the game†™s 2017 launch....
  
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