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• The Latest: Uber navigating criminal probes on road to IPO

  11-04-2019 23:48 via abcnews.go.com
  Uber is forging ahead with its initial public offering of stock while the government authorities and regulators investigate whether the company broke any laws while building the world's largest ride-hailing service
  
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• Virgin Orbit satellite-launching plane to take off from Guam

  11-04-2019 23:19 via abcnews.go.com
  A company owned by billionaire businessman Richard Branson is picking Guam as a site for its airplane-launched satellite service
  
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• Walmart buys ad tech startup

  11-04-2019 22:23 via abcnews.go.com
  Walmart to buy ad tech startup Polymorph Labs to better compete with Amazon in targeting shoppers online
  
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• Uber provides the first deep dive into its finances as it draws closer to its much-anticipated IPO

  11-04-2019 22:17 via abcnews.go.com
  Uber provides the first deep dive into its finances as it draws closer to its much-anticipated IPO
  
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• Israel's Beresheet Lander Crashes into Moon

  11-04-2019 22:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Israel's Beresheet spacecraft, which was set to land on the moon today, suffered an engine and communications failure, causing it to instead crash into the lunar surface. Details are still emerging about what exactly went wrong.Within the last five minutes or so of the landing procedure, mission control reported temporarily losing telemetry data before regaining it again. Shortly after, the main engine shut off, but engineers managed to restart it. Then, they reported a communications fa
  
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• The Latest: Commander says Israel spacecraft crashed on moon

  11-04-2019 22:00 via abcnews.go.com
  One of the commanders of the failed Israeli space mission to the moon says the spacecraft has crashed
  
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• Clearing forests: No simple solution to California wildfires

  11-04-2019 21:37 via abcnews.go.com
  California's strict environmental regulations are one of the biggest complications to efforts to clear vegetation in forests and ease the threat of wildfires
  
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• Scientists: Israeli spacecraft fails to land intact on moon.

  11-04-2019 21:30 via abcnews.go.com
  Scientists: Israeli spacecraft fails to land intact on moon.
  
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• Julian Assange arrested in London; U.S. seeks extradition on hacking charges

  11-04-2019 21:24 via nbcnews.com
  The founder of the group that published sensitive government files was arrested under an extradition warrant on behalf of the U.S.
  
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• For long-shot Democratic candidate, a delicate dance with internet extremists

  11-04-2019 21:24 via nbcnews.com
  In one chat room, moderators have had to post rules like “no slurs, no racism." Other users discussed whether to allow anti-Semitic comments.
  
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• How A Good Gut Bacteria Became A Vicious Pathogen

  11-04-2019 21:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  In 1984, bacteria started showing up in patients’ blood at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinic. Bacteria do not belong in the blood and such infections can quickly escalate into septic shock, a life threatening condition. Ultimately, blood samples revealed the culprit: A microbe that normally lives in the gut called Enterococcus faecalis had somehow infiltrated the patients’ bloodstreams. Doctors typically treat infections with antibiotics, but these bugs proved resi
  
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• When will a house burn? It may depend on when it was built

  11-04-2019 20:10 via abcnews.go.com
  A landmark 2008 building code in California saved many houses in wildfires.
  
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• NASA twins study explores space, the final genetic frontier

  11-04-2019 20:06 via abcnews.go.com
  Unique study of twin astronauts is helping scientists uncover how the body responds to long space travel
  
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• A Quarter of Japanese People in Their 20s and 30s Are Virgins, Study Finds

  11-04-2019 20:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  Nearly a quarter of Japanese people under age 39 are virgins, according to a new analysis by a team of researchers at the University of Tokyo.The findings, published in BMC Public Health, show that Japanese young adults are having less sex today than their counterparts were decades ago. Both men and women are having their first sexual encounters later in life, and many are entering their 30s as virgins.While Japan’s increasingly sexless generation may seem shocking, people in oth
  
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• Falcon Heavy Launch Delayed Again. Launch Now Targeted for Thursday Evening

  11-04-2019 18:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch was delayed again yesterday, this time due to high winds. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said back on April 5 that because this is the first launch of Falcon Heavy's Block 5, the latest and most powerful version of its boosters, they are being "extra cautious." Mission managers are now targeting this evening, again at 6:35 p.m. EDT, with an approximately two-hour launch window.You can watch the livestream here or on SpaceX's website.[embed]https://www.youtube.com/w
  
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• Efforts to clear fire-prone California forests face hurdles

  11-04-2019 18:40 via abcnews.go.com
  Many want to clear away more fuel for wildfires in California forests, but others say officials should focus on making communities more fire resistant
  
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• Bezos, hunting for big wins, is comfortable with big fails

  11-04-2019 18:39 via abcnews.go.com
  Bezos says Amazon will continue taking chances and that he's comfortable with bigger failures
  
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• Israeli Beresheet Mission Will Attempt to Land on the Moon Today

  11-04-2019 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Update: Israel's Beresheet lander has crashed into the moon after suffering an engine and communications failure.After a nearly seven-week adventure since its launch, the Israeli Beresheet spacecraft will attempt make history today and touch down on the surface of the moon at 10:25 p.m. Israel time (2:25 p.m. Central). It’s a monumental undertaking and if it succeeds, Beresheet and its creators will join the select ranks of those who have safely landed on the moon - thus far only the
  
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• The Denisovans May Have Been More Than a Single Species

  11-04-2019 18:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  In anthropology, bones don't always tell the whole story. Ancient remains can be so rare that an entire species of hominids can be compressed into one single fragment of bone. Thousands of generations, millions of individuals, epic untold stories — and our only insight is a stray tooth, or a few curving shards of skull.That leaves us without a true view of who these people were, even when it comes to our most recent ancestors, like the Neanderthals or the Denisovans. But a new study u
  
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• California races to predict which town could be next to burn

  11-04-2019 17:31 via abcnews.go.com
  Nearly 3 million Californians live in areas deemed very high fire hazard; it's a race to find out what place is next to burn
  
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• Breaking Up? Internet Imperiled By New Regulations

  11-04-2019 17:25 via technocracy.news
  Nations are passing laws that conflict with other nations and the result will be ‘nationalized data’ similar to the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s dystopian book, Nineteen Eighty Four. Further splintering of the Internet is inevitable. ⁃ TN EditorIs the dream of one global internet still alive?
  Increasingly, moves by governments to filter and restrict content are threatening to fragment the system created with the promise of connecting the world with a largely unifi
  
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• Russia moves to expand government control of internet

  11-04-2019 17:20 via abcnews.go.com
  Opponents fear a new bill heralds widespread censorship.
  
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• Google Keeps ‘News Blacklist’ To Manually Skew Search Results

  11-04-2019 17:10 via technocracy.news
  After boldly denying before Congress that they don’t manually manipulate search results, Google has been busted again for lying. In fact, they DO manually skew search results when it suits their leftist views and they were caught red-handed. ⁃ TN EditorGoogle does manipulate its search results manually, contrary to the company’s official denials, documents obtained exclusively by The Daily Caller indicate.
  Two official policies dubbed the “misrepresentation policy”
  
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• Filipinos plan more diggings where new human species found

  11-04-2019 16:32 via abcnews.go.com
  Archaeologists who discovered fossil bones and teeth of a previously unknown human species that thrived more than 50,000 years ago in the northern Philippines say they plan more diggings
  
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• Transgenic: Chinese Scientists Put Human Gene Into Monkeys

  11-04-2019 16:25 via technocracy.news
  Technocrat scientists view humans as an animal species that is on the same level as monkeys – just containers of atoms and molecules –  so there is no ethical problem with inserting human genes into them. ⁃ TN EditorResearchers from China and the United States have created transgenic monkeys carrying a human gene that is important for brain development, and the monkeys showed human-like brain development.
  Scientists have identified several genes that are linked to primate
  
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• Jeff Bezos made $81,840 last year. He's still the richest person in the world

  11-04-2019 16:23 via rss.cnn.com
  Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world, has made the same $81,840 salary for two decades.
  
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• Left, Left, Left … That’s Enough

  11-04-2019 15:43 via nytimes.com
  The risks in the Democratic Party’s new political approach.
  
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• US announces charge against Julian Assange, accusing him of helping Chelsea Manning break into classified computers

  11-04-2019 15:08 via abcnews.go.com
  US announces charge against Julian Assange, accusing him of helping Chelsea Manning break into classified computers
  
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• New Video Shows Mice Go Nuts In Space

  11-04-2019 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Space travel, you may have heard, is hard. Hard on the brain, to design ways to slip the surly bonds of Earth in the first place, but also hard on the body, which needs to withstand conditions it was never designed for. If NASA’s serious about sending humans back to the moon and on to Mars, we’ll need to get a much better grasp on how spaceflight affects the human body. And instead of simply flying more and more people to space to find out all the potential effects, scientists have t
  
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• Kentucky to use rapid DNA tests for sex assault cases

  11-04-2019 08:10 via abcnews.go.com
  Kentucky is helping to pioneer new crime-fighting technology allowing for rapid DNA testing meant to help police catch sexual assault offenders faster, officials said Wednesday
  
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• Facebook cracks down on groups spreading harmful information

  11-04-2019 08:10 via abcnews.go.com
  Facebook says it is rolling out a wide range of updates aimed at combatting the spread of false and harmful information on the social media site
  
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• Yahoo tries again to settle lawsuit over massive data breach. This time it offers $118 million

  11-04-2019 06:44 via rss.cnn.com
  Yahoo could pay $117.5 million to settle massive data breaches that compromised personal information, including email addresses and passwords.
  
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• Xiaomi's founder got a nearly $1 billion bonus and is donating it all to charity

  11-04-2019 06:44 via rss.cnn.com
  The founder and CEO of Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is receiving a huge bonus for a year in which the company went public. And he's donating all of it to charity.
  
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• Under pressure, Amazon plans to accept cash at cashierless 'Go' stores

  11-04-2019 06:44 via rss.cnn.com
  Bowing to growing pressure from opponents who say that cashless stores leave out low-income Americans, Amazon plans to take cash at its 10 cashierless "Go" stores.
  
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• Uber readies its massive IPO after a long, bumpy road

  11-04-2019 06:44 via rss.cnn.com
  Two years ago, Uber was nearly derailed by allegations of sexism and harassment, a damning investigation into its workplace culture and the exodus of nearly all of its C-suite. Now, it's poised to make its Wall Street debut.
  
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• This Alphabet-owned company is delivering espresso via drone in Australia

  11-04-2019 06:44 via rss.cnn.com
  It's been more than five years since Jeff Bezos unveiled Amazon's drone delivery plans on "60 Minutes." Since the excitement, progress has been slow.
  
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• SpaceX faces a key test in the upcoming launch of its biggest rocket

  11-04-2019 06:44 via rss.cnn.com
  SpaceX wants to compete with its arch rival in the lucrative business of launching ultra-heavy satellites into space. That's why the second-ever launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket — and the first to carry a payload for a paying customer — will be a key milestone for SpaceX.
  
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• Snap's stock price has doubled. Analysts are optimistic Snap is growing up

  11-04-2019 06:44 via rss.cnn.com
  After a tough 2018 for Snap, analysts are optimistic the company is bouncing back.
  
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• House votes to restore net neutrality rules

  11-04-2019 06:44 via rss.cnn.com
  The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to restore net neutrality protections that were repealed by President Donald Trump's Federal Communications Commission in a controversial move more than a year ago.
  
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• Facebook makes changes in its ongoing attempt to limit misinformation

  11-04-2019 06:44 via rss.cnn.com
  Facebook is doing a lot of little things to try to address its bigger problems.
  
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• Amazon employees put pressure on Jeff Bezos to release climate change plan

  11-04-2019 06:44 via rss.cnn.com
  Amazon employees are putting pressure on the company to rethink how it contributes to the battle against global warming.
  
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• Airbnb will allow Israeli settlement listings but won't profit off them

  11-04-2019 06:44 via rss.cnn.com
  Airbnb has reversed its controversial stance to remove listings of rentals in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
  
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• Environmentalists question Pennsylvania's new methane rule

  11-04-2019 06:10 via abcnews.go.com
  The administration of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is pushing a regulation to control methane emissions from existing natural gas facilities that doesn't directly target the potent greenhouse gas
  
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