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• Samsung folding phone is different - but also almost $2,000

  20-02-2019 23:40 via abcnews.go.com
  Samsung's new folding phone is definitely different - but it's also almost $2,000
  
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• Samsung's new foldable smartphone: Gimmick or game changer?

  20-02-2019 22:21 via rss.cnn.com
  One of my first mobile devices was a 2005 LG flip phone. It was so small I could close both of hands around it and flick it open with one thumb. It taught me a most valuable lesson: how to be patient when logging onto the internet.
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy S10 lineup: Foldable phones, 5G and phones that charge each other

  20-02-2019 22:21 via rss.cnn.com
  A 5G device. A foldable phone that morphs into a tablet. A smartphone that can charge another smartphone when sandwiched together.
  
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• Lyft cofounder isn't worried about beating Uber to an IPO

  20-02-2019 22:21 via rss.cnn.com
  As ride-hailing competitors Uber and Lyft race toward their impending IPOs, Lyft cofounder John Zimmer isn't holding back about the competition.
  
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• Google says Nest Guard's hidden microphone wasn't meant to be a secret

  20-02-2019 22:21 via rss.cnn.com
  Google's Nest Guard has a built-in microphone that works with Google Assistant. The company says the mic was never meant to be a secret.
  
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• Fruit Fly Study Questions the Assumption that Brains Need Sleep

  20-02-2019 22:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  Without those eight or so hours of precious shut-eye, many of us feel dazed, sluggish and downright useless. Sleep might be thought of as the great equalizer — birds do it, bees do it, every animal with a brain does it. But a new study suggests that might not be quite right after all.A study published today in the journal Science Advances found that some members of a species of fruit fly could, to the jealousy of humans, function on practically no sleep. After being kept awake for severa
  
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• Zebra Stripes Protect Against Flies — Now We Know How

  20-02-2019 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Zebras are famous for their contrasting black and white stripes – but until very recently no one really knew why they sport their unusual striped pattern. It’s a question that’s been discussed as far back as 150 years ago by great Victorian biologists like Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.Since then many ideas have been put on the table but only in the last few years have there been serious attempts to test them. These ideas fall into four main categories: Zebras are st
  
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• 'It's dangerous': New York Times publisher responds to Trump's media rhetoric

  20-02-2019 21:40 via nbcnews.com
  A.G. Sulzberger wrote that he had told the president "repeatedly" that his statements were endangering journalists in the U.S. and abroad.
  
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• Female digital assistants like Alexa hurt women. But Silicon Valley doesn't care.

  20-02-2019 20:09 via nbcnews.com
  So often, the solutions to problems created by Big Tech are complex and elusive. This one isn’t.
  
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• Testosterone Helps Protect Embryos From Inflammation, Mouse Study Suggests

  20-02-2019 19:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  Testosterone often gets a bad rap as the cause of male aggression, but the hormone actually interacts with our bodies in far more, and more complex, ways. Now, in a new study in mice, researchers find that testosterone protects embryos from harm by reducing inflammation during development. It's a new role for the hormone, and one that could prove beneficial to humans, the researchers say.
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• Meet Neptune's New Moon, Hippocamp

  20-02-2019 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Neptune has a new moon, and it's also the gas giant's smallest to date — only a little over 20 miles across. The brand new satellite is called Hippocamp.Astronomers led by Mark Showalter of the SETI Institute discovered it using the Hubble Space Telescope combined with an innovative method to track dim and tiny objects as they orbit.Because the object is so tiny, there’s still a lot astronomers don’t know about Hippocamp, named after a Greek sea monster in keepin
  
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• CNN draws fire for hiring former DOJ spokesperson

  20-02-2019 18:55 via nbcnews.com
  CNN's Brian Stelter pushed back against critics of the hire, noting that Isgur is just the most recent example of public servants moving into the media industry.
  
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• Winter weather grips the US: Live updates - CNN

  20-02-2019 18:29 via cnn.com
  Winter weather grips the US: Live updates  CNNMore than 160 million are at risk for winter weather and flooding across the US. Follow here for the latest news.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• How animals can thrive in a world built by humans

  20-02-2019 18:10 via abcnews.go.com
  Animals are often able to adapt to their human-influenced surroundings.
  
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• Manny Machado's 10-year deal with Padres is 'entirely too long' - Stephen A. Smith | First Take - ESPN

  20-02-2019 17:50 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Trump seeks to recoup 'wasted' California high-speed rail funds - BBC News

  20-02-2019 17:47 via bbc.com
  Trump seeks to recoup 'wasted' California high-speed rail funds  BBC NewsPresident Donald Trump has continued to escalate tensions with California by calling on the state to return billions in federal funds for a high-speed rail.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Zuckerberg defends big tech, says Facebook should remain free

  20-02-2019 17:19 via nbcnews.com
  “Now you’ve built a bunch of big companies in the process, but I think what has largely happened is that individuals today have more voice," Zuckerberg said.
  
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• Remains of missing teen who may have witnessed 2017 murder found in Florida - New York Daily News

  20-02-2019 17:15 via nydailynews.com
  Remains of missing teen who may have witnessed 2017 murder found in Florida  New York Daily NewsThe remains of a missing teen authorities believe may have witnessed a murder have been uncovered in Florida nearly a year and a half after he vanished in ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Eating nuts tied to lower heart disease risk for diabetics - Fox News

  20-02-2019 17:12 via foxnews.com
  Eating nuts tied to lower heart disease risk for diabetics  Fox NewsPeople with diabetes who regularly eat nuts may be less likely to develop heart disease than their counterparts who rarely, if ever, consume nuts, a U.S. study ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Supreme Court says constitutional protection against excessive fines applies to state actions - The Washington Post

  20-02-2019 17:03 via washingtonpost.com
  Supreme Court says constitutional protection against excessive fines applies to state actions  The Washington PostThe Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the Constitution's prohibition on excessive fines applies to state and local governments, limiting their ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• How Apple’s enterprise app program became the new Wild West of mobile apps - The Verge

  20-02-2019 17:00 via theverge.com
  How Apple’s enterprise app program became the new Wild West of mobile apps  The VergeApple's iOS platform has a seedy underbelly that, for years, has been lurking largely unseen, letting both app makers and iPhone owners bypass the App Store's ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Google says Nest’s secret microphone was ‘never intended to be a secret’ - TechCrunch

  20-02-2019 17:00 via techcrunch.com
  Google says Nest’s secret microphone was ‘never intended to be a secret’  TechCrunchGoogle said there's absolutely, positively, nothing to worry about the secret microphone in your Nest Secure smart home hub that it didn't tell you about. Nope ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• The attempts to fix the 2019 Oscars reveal a deep contempt for the Oscars - The Verge

  20-02-2019 16:55 via theverge.com
  The attempts to fix the 2019 Oscars reveal a deep contempt for the Oscars  The VergeThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been through a series of visible, embarrassing struggles in 2019. The group attempted to create a Most ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Galaxy S10 launches today: Final rumors on release date, specs, features and price - CNET

  20-02-2019 16:51 via cnet.com
  Galaxy S10 launches today: Final rumors on release date, specs, features and price  CNETSamsung will officially introduce the Galaxy S10, the 2019 flagship phone that's hugely important to its bottom line, later today. Of course, we already know pretty ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Tesla is going to be the next Amazon, says a major shareholder with a $4,000 per share target - CNBC

  20-02-2019 16:50 via cnbc.com
  Tesla is going to be the next Amazon, says a major shareholder with a $4,000 per share target  CNBCTesla is experiencing the same kind of skepticism that e-commerce giant Amazon faced in its early days, and the electric automaker is also going to prove the ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Lakers reportedly 'concerned about' LeBron James' groin: How hard should they push him? - AOL

  20-02-2019 16:50 via aol.com
  Lakers reportedly 'concerned about' LeBron James' groin: How hard should they push him?  AOLConcerns about LeBron James' health can be added to the list of issues currently plaguing the Los Angeles Lakers.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Dershowitz says Covington Catholic student has 'reasonable case' against Washington Post | TheHill - The Hill

  20-02-2019 16:13 via thehill.com
  Dershowitz says Covington Catholic student has 'reasonable case' against Washington Post | TheHill  The HillAttorney Alan Dershowitz on Wednesday told Hill.TV's "Rising" that he believes that Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann has a "reasonable ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Disgusted by Brexit hard-liners, three lawmakers abandon Theresa May’s Conservative Party - The Washington Post

  20-02-2019 16:11 via washingtonpost.com
  Disgusted by Brexit hard-liners, three lawmakers abandon Theresa May’s Conservative Party  The Washington PostThe three are joining a new “Independent Group” of centrist Labour and Conservative members of Parliament.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Tim Ball On Green New Deal: Not New, Not Green, Not A Deal

  20-02-2019 16:03 via technocracy.news
  The Green New Deal exposes the ultra-radical nature of UN policies of Sustainable Development. The UN is sworn to overthrow Capitalism and Free Enterprise, and it using global warming as a battering ram. ⁃ TN EditorHere is what to do when the title is a lie. Confirm it also lies within the text. Confirm the lies in a historical and political context. Expose the lies and the people responsible. Explain, in ways the people can understand, why they can safely ignore the hysteria and actions i
  
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• All 31 NFL teams that could trade Steelers for Antonio Brown, ranked - SB Nation

  20-02-2019 16:00 via sbnation.com
  All 31 NFL teams that could trade Steelers for Antonio Brown, ranked  SB NationAs Brown inches ever closer to a trade, we sort through the teams that could offer the most for him.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Serena Williams, Amal Clooney co-hosting Meghan Markle's baby shower - Page Six

  20-02-2019 15:57 via pagesix.com
  Serena Williams, Amal Clooney co-hosting Meghan Markle's baby shower  Page SixAmal Clooney and Serena Williams are set to co-host a luxurious baby shower for pregnant Meghan Markle on Wednesday at The Mark Hotel on the Upper East ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Andrew McCabe says its "possible" Trump is a Russian asset - CBS News

  20-02-2019 15:56 via cbsnews.com
  Andrew McCabe says its "possible" Trump is a Russian asset  CBS NewsFormer Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe thinks it's "possible" that President Trump could be a Russian asset. On Tuesday, he was asked directly by CNN's ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Digital advertising to surpass print and TV for the first time, report says - Washington Post

  20-02-2019 15:53 via washingtonpost.com
  Digital advertising to surpass print and TV for the first time, report says  Washington PostThis year, the money spent on digital advertising in the United States will surpass that spent on traditional ads for the first time, according to forecasts by ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Southwest has blamed a mechanics union for hundreds of canceled flights — and the stock is tanking - Business Insider

  20-02-2019 15:46 via businessinsider.com
  Southwest has blamed a mechanics union for hundreds of canceled flights — and the stock is tanking  Business InsiderA downgrade by Goldman Sachs and a $15 million impact from the government shutdown were also weighing on shares.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Major Western Cities Sinking Into Hopeless, Homeless Dystopia

  20-02-2019 15:39 via technocracy.news
   Sustainable Development is being implemented mostly in the West, where workers are displaced, priced increased, illegal immigrants abounding. SDG #1 is to ‘eliminate poverty everywhere’ but it is doing just the opposite.  ⁃ TN EditorAlmost everyone that goes out to visit one of our major cities on the west coast has a similar reaction. Those that must live among the escalating decay are often numb to it, but most of those that are just in town for a visit are absolut
  
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• The UK would be 'irresponsible' to let Huawei into 5G, think tank warns

  20-02-2019 15:34 via rss.cnn.com
  Chinese tech giant Huawei is facing a new attack as it tries to persuade the UK government to let it help build super-fast 5G networks in the country.
  
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• Chinese hackers are ramping up attacks on US companies

  20-02-2019 15:34 via rss.cnn.com
  Hackers in China have significantly stepped up attacks on US companies as the two countries have clashed over trade and technology.
  
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• Chicago police pushing for Jussie Smollett case to move toward a grand jury, sources say - Fox News

  20-02-2019 15:26 via foxnews.com
  Chicago police pushing for Jussie Smollett case to move toward a grand jury, sources say  Fox NewsChicago Police are working to get Jussie Smollett's case in front of a grand jury in an effort to move forward with a warrant or a subpoena, sources say.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• 3rd child flu death reported in Massachusetts - Boston.com

  20-02-2019 15:22 via boston.com
  3rd child flu death reported in Massachusetts  Boston.comThe state Public Health Department confirmed Tuesday that the latest child to die of the flu was a girl from Middlesex County. Read more on Boston.com.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Orlando To Introduce Driverless Busses

  20-02-2019 15:19 via technocracy.news
  Busses like these are being released around the world, including Australia, Japan, Sweden, Finland, Paris, China and others. Like it or not, self-driving technology is here to stay and will help drive the 4th Industrial Revolution.  ⁃ TN EditorOfficials Tuesday revealed a glimpse of what could one day be the future of transit in Orlando by unveiling a small driverless bus that soon will maneuver around Lake Nona.
  The battery-powered vehicle, run by Beep software, is one of two that ar
  
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• If the foldable phones of the future look like this, count me in - CNET

  20-02-2019 15:01 via cnet.com
  If the foldable phones of the future look like this, count me in  CNETCommentary: While phones with folding screens might not make sense to you now, here's a nod to the magic they could eventually create.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez goes on tear defending role in Amazon's New York exit - Fox News

  20-02-2019 15:00 via foxnews.com
  Ocasio-Cortez goes on tear defending role in Amazon's New York exit  Fox NewsRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez vigorously defended her role in sinking Amazon's move to New York City on Tuesday in the face of bipartisan criticism, claiming ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• ‘We Are Very Close to Getting Out of This’: Venezuelans Envision Their Country’s Future - The New York Times

  20-02-2019 14:59 via nytimes.com
  ‘We Are Very Close to Getting Out of This’: Venezuelans Envision Their Country’s Future  The New York TimesStarvation stalks many in the oil-rich nation of Venezuela. Two leaders claim the presidency. And at night balaclava-clad security forces drive around on ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Tristan Thompson Reportedly Admitted to Cheating With Jordyn Woods When Khloé Kardashian Confronted Him - Cosmopolitan.com

  20-02-2019 14:20 via cosmopolitan.com
  Tristan Thompson Reportedly Admitted to Cheating With Jordyn Woods When Khloé Kardashian Confronted Him  Cosmopolitan.comKhloe Kardashian reportedly confronted Tristan Thompson about cheating on her with Jordyn Woods, and he admitted it was true—find out more here.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• With the best air pressure sensor ever on Mars, scientists find a mystery - Ars Technica

  20-02-2019 14:13 via arstechnica.com
  With the best air pressure sensor ever on Mars, scientists find a mystery  Ars TechnicaThere's a new meteorologist on Mars. Although NASA's InSight spacecraft landed on the red planet late in 2018 to measure the planet's geology—primarily by ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• ISIS teen wife bemoans UK's 'unjust' decision to revoke her citizenship - Fox News

  20-02-2019 14:10 via foxnews.com
  ISIS teen wife bemoans UK's 'unjust' decision to revoke her citizenship  Fox NewsA teen who fled the UK to join the Islamic State complained that it was “unjust” and “heartbreaking” that the British government revoked her citizenship, effectively ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Pope Francis Summons Bishops For Sex Abuse Summit - NPR

  20-02-2019 14:02 via npr.org
  Pope Francis Summons Bishops For Sex Abuse Summit  NPRNever in the history of the Roman Catholic Church has a pope ordered bishops from around the world to come together and consider how many priests abuse ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Kap Return a Possibility in Trump-Proof NFL - Bleacher Report NFL

  20-02-2019 13:51 via bleacherreport.com
  Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Kap Return a Possibility in Trump-Proof NFL  Bleacher Report NFLColin Kaepernick 's return to an NFL huddle may be only a matter of time, a few logical fits for Antonio Brown 's future and how the Bills could become one of the ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• WATCH: Samsung's foldable smartphone may be coming soon

  20-02-2019 13:23 via abcnews.go.com
  Samsung is expected to unveil its Galaxy Fold at their upcoming Unpacked event.
  
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• FDA chief: Federal government might step in if states don't change lax vaccine laws - CNN

  20-02-2019 12:23 via cnn.com
  FDA chief: Federal government might step in if states don't change lax vaccine laws  CNNThe head of the US Food and Drug Administration says that if states don't force more schoolchildren to get vaccinated, the federal government might have to ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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