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• Ocasio-Cortez backs boycott of New York Post over cover attacking Ilhan Omar

  16-04-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The freshman Democrat voices her support for a boycott of one of her hometown newspapers.
  
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• Apple and Qualcomm bury the hatchet in royalties battle royal

  16-04-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple and American microchip manufacturer Qualcomm said Tuesday they have agreed to "dismiss all litigation" against each other worldwide in what had been a sprawling battle over royalty payments.The news sent Qualcomm's stock price soaring more than 23 percent on Wall Street, its best one-day performance in nearly 20 years.The deal includes a six-year license agreement with the option to extend for two years, and a payment to Qualcomm from Apple, the companies said.
  
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• Ninja Gaiden II Xbox One Backward Compatibility Announced

  16-04-2019 23:37
  On today’s episode of Inside Xbox, Microsoft announced Ninja Gaiden II is coming to Xbox One via backward compatibility.
  In addition to Ninja Gaiden II, five other backward compatible games are receiving Xbox One X enhancements: Fable II and Fable III, and Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Conviction and Blacklist. These games run at a higher resolution than their Xbox 360 original versions.
  These games can be played both physically or downloaded digitally through the Microsoft Store. The rollo
  
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• Boeing 737 MAX changes deemed 'operationally suitable': FAA

  16-04-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The changes US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has proposed in the wake of two deadly accidents of its top-selling 737 MAX aircraft were deemed "operationally suitable," according to a draft report released by US regulators Tuesday.Boeing has been working on a software fix for its anti-stall system following crashes in Ethiopia last month and Indonesia in October that killed nearly 350 people, both shortly after takeoff.All 737 MAX aircraft have been banned from the world's skies since days after t
  
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• Apex Legends 1.1.1 Update Patch Notes

  16-04-2019 23:35
  Check out the latest changes to Apex Legends' characters, weapons, and more.
  
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• Bernie Sanders Shines on Fox News

  16-04-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Again, Bernie Sanders is distinguishing himself from his Democratic colleagues on matters of character, confidence, and imagination. The Democratic party has rejected offers from Fox News to host its primary debates. But on Monday night, Sanders did a town hall from Bethlehem, Pa., which sits in one of those now-famous counties that suffered de-industrialization, voted for Barack Obama in 2012, and then went for Donald Trump in 2016. It was a very savvy move. It demonstrated Sanders’s verv
  
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• Destiny 2 Revelry event: the Arbalest Exotic, Verdant Forest, new armor, and everything you need to know

  16-04-2019 23:28 via gamesradar.com
  Down some Reveler's Tonics and plow through the Verdant Forest
  
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• Microsoft Unveils Xbox One S All-Digital Console

  16-04-2019 23:11
  Today Microsoft confirmed the long-rumored discless Xbox One, dubbed the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition.
  Priced at $250 USD and available worldwide on May 7, the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition is now the cheapest console in the Xbox One family of devices, coming in $50 under the Xbox One S, and $250 cheaper than the Xbox One X.
  The Xbox One S All-Digital Edition will retain the form and all the technical specifications of the Xbox One S, including the 1TB hard drive, but will also include digita
  
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• Cheaper Xbox One S All-Digital Edition coming this May with three games in tow

  16-04-2019 23:11 via gamesradar.com
  The long-rumored disc-less Xbox One S is real, and out this spring
  
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• Xbox Game Pass Ultimate bundles in Xbox Live Gold for one monthly subscription

  16-04-2019 23:08 via gamesradar.com
  Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is a good (not great) deal that gives you Gold too
  
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• Microsoft Announces Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

  16-04-2019 23:07
  During Inside Xbox, Microsoft announced Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which will combine Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live.
  Xbox Game Pass Ultimate will be available later this year and will cost $14.99/month.
  This new subscription was leaked earlier this month and will save subscribers around $5/month, as both Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live are $9.99/month.
  If current subscribers to either Xbox Game Pass or Xbox Live wish to upgrade to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, they will be able to apply the value of their
  
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• Man who threw child from Mall of America balcony was 'looking to kill': Police

  16-04-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Emmanuel Aranda, 24, grabbed the child and tossed him down nearly 40 feet on Friday, leaving the boy with life-threatening injuries, according to charging documents.
  
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• UPDATE 4-U.S. Justice Department tells T-Mobile, Sprint it has concerns about merger deal -sources

  16-04-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Justice Department has told T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp it has concerns about their proposed $26 billion merger in its current structure, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, although no final decision has been made.Sprint shares fell about 9 percent after the bell as investors increased bets the deal would not be completed following a Wall Street Journal report the merger is unlikely to be approved as currently structured.Shares of T-Mobile fell 4 percent.
  
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• Emilia Clarke

  16-04-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Emilia Clarke is one of the most influential people of 2019. Emma Thompson calls the 'Game of Thrones' star a powerhouse to watch.
  
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• President Trump calls Omar 'very disrespectful' as war of words heats up

  16-04-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Mohamed Ahmed, founder and executive director of Average Mohamed discusses Rep. Ilhan Omar's comments on 9/11, her war of words with Trump and the impact it has on the Muslim community.
  
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• Apex Legends Battle Pass XP bonus event is live now, don't miss the easy levels

  16-04-2019 22:48 via gamesradar.com
  This Apex Legends event will help you level your battle pass fast but it ends on Thursday
  
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• The 2020 Mercedes-AMG GLC63 SUV and Coupe Are Fresher Than Ever

  16-04-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Mild styling and performance upgrades keep the riotous twin-turbo V-8 compacts looking up-to-the-minute.
  
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• Instagram accounts of Iran Guards commanders blocked

  16-04-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The Instagram accounts of several Iranian Revolutionary Guards commanders have been blocked, the Tabnak news website reported Tuesday, with the photo-sharing website saying it was complying with US sanctions.The United States announced on April 8 that it has placed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the ideological army of the Islamic republic, on their list of "foreign terrorist organisations".Tabnak, a site close to Iranian conservatives, said Instagram blocked the accounts of Major Genera
  
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• Construction fire also destroyed Fall River's Notre Dame

  16-04-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  BOSTON (AP) — For Fall River resident Roland Masse, the images of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris burning Monday brought immediate flashbacks to an eerily similar church inferno he escaped decades ago.
  
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• Firefighters form human chain to rescue priceless treasures

  16-04-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Some 400 firefighters tackled the huge blaze at the 12th century Gothic masterpiece and, oblivious to the danger they faced, saw their efforts rewarded as they saved the main structure."We started to panic when we smelt scorching," even before the flames emerged, said Philippe Marsset, vicar general of Notre-Dame who watched aghast with horrified Parisians and tourists as the drama unfolded.The firefighters then moved in, seeking out as many of the building's treasures as they could, forming a h
  
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• The advice Ilhan Omar, Abigail Spanberger and other freshmen women in Congress get

  16-04-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Among a record number of women in Washington are a lot of new lawmakers looking for advice. Meet the female lawmakers who seek and give it.
  
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• Baby T rex goes on sale on eBay, sparking paleontologists' outcry

  16-04-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  It could be yours for just $2.95m but the sale has drawn criticism from the scientific communityA Tyrannosaurus rex. The fossil is potentially the only such one in existence.Photograph: Jacobs Stock Photography Ltd/Getty ImagesYou wouldn’t normally associate the world of dutiful natural history preservation with sporadic bursts of all-caps letters and exclamation points – or at least not until last month, when the fossil of an infant Tyrannosaurus rex, potentially the only in existen
  
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• Parents of Swedish coder held by Ecuador say he is innocent

  16-04-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The parents of a Swedish programmer suspected of plotting to blackmail Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno over his abandonment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange made an anxious plea Tuesday for authorities to release their son.
  
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• Bernie Sanders leads Joe Biden in Emerson national poll of 2020 contenders

  16-04-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  "Biden has seen his support drop. In February, he led Sanders 27% to 17%, and in March, the two were tied," said Emerson Polling's director.
  
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• Apex Legends patch notes: Update 1.1.1 is the biggest change since Season 1

  16-04-2019 21:41 via gamesradar.com
  Faster drop ships and tougher beefy boys are here
  
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• Beto O'Rourke releases 10 years of tax returns, reveals he and wife made $370K in 2017

  16-04-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Beto O'Rourke is the latest Democratic hopeful to release at least a decade's worth of tax returns.
  
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• Fox News attacks Bernie Sanders day after he embarrasses network with Medicare for All support

  16-04-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Not even 24 hours after a crowd in Pennsylvania shocked Fox News hosts by expressing overwhelming support for Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All plan, the cable network has punched back at the Vermont senator.After the crowd in Pennsylvania supported Mr Sanders during the town hall event by indicating they would switch over to public health plans, “Fox and Friends” — the network’s morning talk show — brought in a tax expert who expressed some major reservations
  
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• Ola Bini: Wikileaks collaborator and Assange ally accused of plotting to blackmail Ecuador president faces 'threats in jail', parents say

  16-04-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The parents of a Swedish programmer who was an early ally of Julian Assange and Wikileaks and who has now been accused of trying to blackmail Ecuador’s president, is facing threats in jail, his parents have claimed.Ola Bini, 36, was arrested last Thursday in Ecuador, hours after Mr Assange was detained by police in London who entered the Ecuadorian embassy. Mr Assange was charged with skipping bail by a London judge, while the US charged him with conspiring with whistleblower Chelsea Manni
  
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• Macron vows to rebuild a 'more beautiful' Notre-Dame in 5 years

  16-04-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday vowed to rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral "even more beautifully" within five years, as France reeled with shock from the fire that gutted the great Paris landmark.Macron announced the fast timescale -- for a process some experts said would take decades -- in an address to the nation where he hailed how the disaster had shown the capacity of France to mobilise and unite.Macron's defiant comments indicated he wants the reconstruction of the cathedral to be complet
  
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• French President Macron hopes to rebuild Notre-Dame in five years

  16-04-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Macron devoted a brief prime-time televised address to Monday's catastrophic blaze in the heart of the capital, again postponing planned remarks on his response to months of anti-government protests."We will rebuild Notre-Dame even more beautifully and I want it to be completed in five years, we can do it," Macron said.It is up to us to find the thread of our national project.""This is not a time for politics," added Macron, who had cancelled a speech planned on Monday evening on the response to
  
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• All the Times Notre Dame Was Almost Destroyed in the Past

  16-04-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyOn Monday just before 8 p.m. local time, an audible gasp rippled through the streets of Paris as bystanders watched the spire that towered above the Notre Dame Cathedral topple over in a fiery rush. The steeple had served as a symbol of cultural achievement, national pride, and faith for generations in France and the world over, and it was now gone.It wasn’t the first time that the spire had been forcibly separated from the cath
  
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• UPDATE 6-Qualcomm shares soar on surprise settlement with Apple of long legal dispute

  16-04-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday won a major victory with a surprise settlement of its wide-ranging legal dispute with Apple Inc that includes a supply agreement paving the way for the iPhone to once again use Qualcomm modem chips.The settlement also incorporates a six-year patent license and a payment from Apple to Qualcomm, but the companies did not disclose the amount.Because Qualcomm is already shipping 5G chips while Apple supplier Intel Corp is still developing them, the deal gives Apple an opportu
  
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• Notre Dame Alarm Raised 23 Minutes Before Blaze Was Detected

  16-04-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  LUDOVIC MARINPARIS—An alarm was raised at Notre Dame at 6:20 p.m. on Monday night—23 minutes before the structure was engulfed in flames—but officials found no sign of a fire. Firefighters who responded to a second alert raced to the scene but were then unable to tame an inferno that ripped through the 12th century cathedral for the next 9 hours.Paris public prosecutor Rémy Heitz announced on Tuesday that a full investigation would uncover how a massive fire was allowed
  
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• Macron Presides Over Rare Unity as Nation Grieves Notre Dame

  16-04-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Macron urged haste Tuesday evening as he reiterated a vow to rebuild the 850-year-old Gothic monument, an issue that’s united the French population across the political spectrum, with national parties suspending their European election campaigns and leaders from around the globe lending their support.“We will rebuild the Notre-Dame cathedral even more beautiful than it was,” Macron said in a televised address to the nation.
  
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• Fried chicken vs $13: Apple, Qualcomm explain claims to jury as trial opens

  16-04-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The fate of Qualcomm's business model, which involves licensing more than 130,000 patents in addition to selling chips, is at stake in the case, which consolidates related lawsuits and countersuits.Apple alleges that Qualcomm's patent practices were an illegal move to maintain a monopoly on the market for premium modem chips that connect smart phones to wireless data networks.Qualcomm in turn says Apple used its heft in the electronics business to wrongly order contract factories such as Hon Hai
  
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• Man who tossed daughter off bridge found guilty of murder

  16-04-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — A Florida jury on Tuesday found a man guilty of first-degree murder for dropping his 5-year-old daughter off a bridge four years ago.
  
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• Bernie’s Fox News Town Hall Was a Ratings Smash. More Dems May Follow Him There.

  16-04-2019 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) Monday evening Fox News town-hall event was the most-watched town-hall event of the 2020 campaign thus far, according to early Nielsen data. And at least four other Democratic candidates are open to participating in one of their own. According to early Nielsen data, more than 2.5 million viewers tuned in to hear Sanders, a self-described “democratic socialist,” make his case on Fox News during the 6:30pm hour, prior to primetime. That total viewershi
  
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• Everything We Know About the PlayStation 5 So Far

  16-04-2019 20:54
  With the beginning of every game console generation comes an implicit question: when will we see the next generation of consoles? With this in mind, we at IGN want to compile all the official information and rumors we know about the next PlayStation, which we’re naturally calling the PS5.
  Especially in light of Wired's interview with Mark Cerny about the next-gen PlayStation console. Read on for the information we know to be true about the PS4 successor, as well as the many rumors flo
  
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• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - See All the Revealed Characters

  16-04-2019 20:53
  New heroes and villains alike are set to clash in the upcoming Star Wars game Jedi: Fallen Order.
  
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• Red Dead Online Offers Bonuses in Multiple Modes This Week

  16-04-2019 20:53
  Rockstar announced 1.5X Gold and RDO$ in all Showdown modes, Races, and Gun Rush, along with a new Care Package and 25% off all ammo for Red Dead Online this week.
  
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• How to Get All 12 Hunter Masks in The Division 2

  16-04-2019 20:53
  Here's how to get all 12 Hunter Masks in Tom Clancy's The Division 2.
  
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• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Complete Walkthrough and Guide

  16-04-2019 20:53
  Hellblade is now out on Nintendo Switch, find every collectible and solve every puzzle with our complete guide.
  
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• 12 Tips and Tricks to Succeed in The Elder Scrolls: Blades

  16-04-2019 20:53
  Looking to change your character, upgrade your town, and survive the dungeons in The Elder Scrolls: Blades? We've got tips to get you started.
  
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• Pete Buttigieg’s Abortion Extremism Hurts His Religious Appeal

  16-04-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  With every passing day, it seems we see yet another piece about South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg’s progressive Christianity. His faith is going to shake the race. He’s going to challenge the GOP monopoly on “God talk.” Here, for example, is the opening paragraph of an NBC News analysis posted yesterday afternoon:> Religious conservatives who have long been a reliable voting bloc for Republicans are grappling with a new challenge in Pete Buttigieg: how to respond to a De
  
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• Assassin's Creed Odyssey: The Fate of Atlantis DLC starts next week with Episode One: Fields of Elysium

  16-04-2019 20:49 via gamesradar.com
  Episode Two: Torment of Hades and Episode Three: Judgment of Atlantis will arrive in mid-2019
  
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• Here's What Will Be Redacted in the Mueller Report

  16-04-2019 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  When Attorney General William Barr releases special counsel Robert Mueller's report, several portions will be redacted. Here's why.
  
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• Let's Pump the Brakes a Little on PS5's Supposed 8K Graphics

  16-04-2019 20:27
  The first concrete news of the next PlayStation came out today, with tantalizing details about what the PS5 is capable of.
  There are two big takeaways from Wired's PS5 report. First, there's the tech: we're told of a powerful new 7nm 8-core AMD chip, a custom GPU based on Radeon's upcoming new line of Navi cards, ray-tracing capabilities, and solid-state drives that all but eliminating loading times, and second is backwards compatibility with PS4 and PSVR games. Briefly mentioned in the ori
  
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• Apple likens Qualcomm chips to fried chicken as trial begins

  16-04-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  A trial opened Tuesday in a complex contract and anti-trust dispute between Apple Inc and Qualcomm Inc with the iPhone maker using a fried chicken analogy to explain its claim that the chip company is abusing its market power.Tens of billions of dollars and the fate of Qualcomm's business model are at stake in the case.Apple alleges that Qualcomm engaged in illegal patent licensing practices to maintain a monopoly on the market for premium modem chips that connect smart phones to wireless data n
  
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• Capcom Home Arcade Is a Standalone Unit with 16 Classic Games

  16-04-2019 20:07
  Capcom has announced the Capcom Home Arcade, a standalone plug and play unit with a two-player arcade setup that comes with 16 classic games.
  Announced by Capcom, this device is comprised of a giant Capcom logo with two sets of sticks and buttons arranged on top. Set to launch on October 25, 2019, this Home Arcade will run you €229.99 (roughly $260) and can be preordered through the Capcom Store.
  The unit includes an HDMI output, micro power usb, onboard wi-fi for online leaderboards,
  
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• Nintendo Switch Update Allows Save Game Transfers Between Systems

  16-04-2019 20:04
  Nintendo Switch's most recent update as of Tuesday, April 16, version 8.0.0 comes with multiple new options, as reported by Eurogamer.
  It adds the option for players to transfer save data from their games on one Nintendo Switch system to another, which would be a helpful addition if Nintendo releases the rumored new Switch models sometime this year.
  Players would be able to take data from any game they played on the Switch, such as Super Mario Odyssey or The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,
  
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