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• After Alaska teen's murder, cybersecurity experts warn of catfishing predators

  20-06-2019 23:54 via nbcnews.com
  “Young people tend to be more trusting, which makes them more vulnerable to these types of frauds,” cybersecurity expert Ahmed Banafa said.
  
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• Lost wallet? More cash means you're likelier to get it back

  20-06-2019 23:23 via abcnews.go.com
  People are more likely to return a lost wallet if it contains money _ and the more cash, the better, a new study says
  
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• These are the phones you need to access 5G in the US

  20-06-2019 23:15 via rss.cnn.com
  Verizon customers can now access the carrier's 5G network in the US from yet another smartphone.
  
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• Slack is now worth more than $20 billion

  20-06-2019 23:15 via rss.cnn.com
  Five years ago, Slack officially launched out of the ashes of a failed gaming project. Now the company is worth more than $20 billion.
  
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• H-1B visas are good for India and Silicon Valley. Capping them would hurt

  20-06-2019 23:15 via rss.cnn.com
  Most H-1B visas go to India, and they've been hugely important for its tech companies, as well as Silicon Valley and other US firms. Reducing the number available would be a big blow.
  
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• Big Tech braces for first presidential debates, a target of Russian trolls in 2016

  20-06-2019 23:15 via rss.cnn.com
  Silicon Valley is preparing for its first high-profile challenge of the 2020 presidential campaign: the Democratic presidential debates.
  
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• Apple recalls batteries in some older 15-inch MacBook Pros

  20-06-2019 23:15 via rss.cnn.com
  Apple is doing a voluntary recall for certain versions of its 15-inch MacBook Pro laptops due to batteries that "may overheat and pose a safety risk."
  
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• Apple, Microsoft and other tech companies ask to be excluded from the China tariffs

  20-06-2019 23:15 via rss.cnn.com
  Apple, Microsoft and other tech companies submitted letters to the Trump Administration asking for their products to be excluded from a proposed 25% tariff on an additional $300 billion in Chinese goods.
  
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• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs red tide research bill

  20-06-2019 22:47 via abcnews.go.com
  Florida governor signs bill creating a public-private partnership to research how to control and alleviate red tide blooms that have hurt the state's tourism industry, killed wildlife
  
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• The Latest: Slack up 49% in value after 1st trading day

  20-06-2019 22:40 via abcnews.go.com
  Slack's shares debuted on the New York Stock Exchange at $38.50 and rose slightly to close at $38.62.
  
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• Bank of England to mull access for likes of Facebook's Libra

  20-06-2019 22:12 via abcnews.go.com
  Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is open to the idea of letting new payment services such as Facebook's upcoming Libra hold funds with the central bank _ something previously limited to commercial banks.
  
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• Under pressure, plane industry vows cleaner flight _ someday

  20-06-2019 21:50 via abcnews.go.com
  Jet makers are trying to make flying less damaging to the planet but clean flying remains decades away
  
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• Facebook's new rapid response team has a crucial task: Avoid fueling another genocide

  20-06-2019 20:02 via nbcnews.com
  The Strategic Response team’s job is to find and help put in place concrete changes to Facebook’s products that could prevent violence in conflict-torn countries.
  
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• Endangered rhinos ready to be sent from Europe to Rwanda

  20-06-2019 19:35 via abcnews.go.com
  A group of five critically endangered eastern black rhinos from wildlife parks in three European countries is ready for a transport back to their natural habitat in Rwanda
  
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• Astronomers Discover a New Stage of Galaxy Evolution — the 'Cold Quasar'

  20-06-2019 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  An artist depicts the powerful quasar blowing away material immediately around it, but with the outer reaches of the galaxy still containing red dust and gas. (Credit: Michelle Vigeant)Quasars are supermassive black holes actively gobbling material from the galaxy around them. While black holes are known for pulling material in, the turbulent swirl of that whirlpool often also flings material and radiation out at high energies, enabling quasars to be seen from across the universe. They are
  
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• Slack shares surge 50% over reference price in market debut - CNBC

  20-06-2019 18:13 via cnbc.com
  Slack shares surge 50% over reference price in market debut  CNBCSlack is latest tech company to go public, with a twist  The Associated PressSlack Stock Jumps On First Trading Day, Company Value Tops $20 Billion  NPRSlack going public in a red-hot IPO market, with a twist  CNBCSlack Is Going Public, Whatever  BloombergView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Senate Blocks Trump Administration’s Arms Sales to Gulf Nations in Bipartisan Rebuke - The New York Times

  20-06-2019 18:10 via nytimes.com
  Senate Blocks Trump Administration’s Arms Sales to Gulf Nations in Bipartisan Rebuke  The New York Times'Historic' UK decision outlaws arms sales for Saudi war on Yemen  Aljazeera.comBritish Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Declared Unlawful in Court  The Daily BeastSelling arms to the Saudis was always immoral. Now it is unlawful, too  The GuardianArms sales to Saudi Arabia 'unlawful', rules UK's top court  Al Jazeera EnglishView full coverage o
  
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• Trump says 'Iran made a very big mistake' after drone downing - CNN

  20-06-2019 18:09 via cnn.com
  Trump says 'Iran made a very big mistake' after drone downing  CNNUS Navy drone shot down by Iranian missile over Strait of Hormuz in 'unprovoked attack,' central command says  Fox NewsIran's Revolutionary Guard shoots down US drone  Al Jazeera EnglishOpinion: Why War With Iran Is Bad For Trump — And America  NPRRebecca Grant: Iran shoots down US drone and pushes for war. Here's what to expect next  Fox NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• S&P 500 Sets Record High as Fed Signals Interest Rate Cuts, Oil Prices Surge - TheStreet.com

  20-06-2019 18:05 via thestreet.com
  S&P 500 Sets Record High as Fed Signals Interest Rate Cuts, Oil Prices Surge  TheStreet.comS&P 500 hits record as Wall Street bets the Fed will lower interest rates, Dow rises 100 points  CNBCS&P 500 Futures Suggest Record High for Benchmark After Fed  BloombergThe Currency Wars Are Starting to Flare Up Again  BloombergS&P 500 trades in record territory as Fed abandons patient policy  MarketWatchView full coverage on Google News
  
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• The German Green Party Wants To Ban ALL Industrial Farming

  20-06-2019 17:40 via technocracy.news
  The European Green Party is growing alongside the populist movement, and is emerging as the dominant force in Germany. The insanity of banning all industrialized farming would cause massive starvation and even societal collapse. ⁃ TN EditorThe Green party in Germany has said it intends to ban industrial farming as part of a wide-ranging and costly package to combat climate change should they come to power.
  Katrin Goering-Eckardt, the party’s leader in the Germany parliament, said her
  
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• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is now available in the US and UK, one day earlier than promised - TechCrunch

  20-06-2019 17:38 via techcrunch.com
  Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is now available in the US and UK, one day earlier than promised  TechCrunch'Harry Potter: Wizards Unite' mobile game launches June 21st  CNNTiffany Haddish Says She’s ‘Not Gonna Spend No Money on a Date’ as She Embraces the Single Life  PEOPLE.comHarry Potter: Wizards Unite Is Pokemon Go Without The Growing Pains  GameSpotTiffany Haddish Says She's 'Not Gonna Spend No Money on a Date' as She Embraces the Singl
  
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• The company that owns TikTok now has one billion users and many are outside China

  20-06-2019 17:35 via rss.cnn.com
  ByteDance, the Beijing-based startup behind popular short video platform TikTok, has amassed more than one billion monthly active users across its apps. Many are outside China.
  
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• Slack is ruining my life and I love it

  20-06-2019 17:35 via rss.cnn.com
  In the time it took me to type this sentence about Slack, I received more than a dozen messages in a private Slack group and more posts than I can count in several team channels. I typed many words in response to those messages — some of them even borderline good words — but came no closer to completing my job for the day: writing this article about Slack.
  
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• Huawei is still the place Chinese students want to work

  20-06-2019 17:35 via rss.cnn.com
  The long-running US campaign against Huawei may be starting to hurt its business but it hasn't damaged the tech company's reputation among Chinese students looking for work.
  
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• Google Chrome now lets you flag sketchy websites

  20-06-2019 17:35 via rss.cnn.com
  Google Chrome has a new extension that lets people report sketchy websites commonly used by phishers or scammers.
  
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• Cannabis sales could hit $15 billion globally this year

  20-06-2019 17:35 via rss.cnn.com
  Fueled in part by CBD product sales and Canada's recent legalization of marijuana, the world's cannabis market could notch $15 billion this year.
  
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• Russia to release whales from 'jail' in far east after outcry - BBC News

  20-06-2019 17:22 via bbc.com
  Russia to release whales from 'jail' in far east after outcry  BBC NewsAs ratings drop, Putin defends record, says better life awaits Russians  ReutersRussia's Putin says a war between the U.S. and Iran 'would be a catastrophe'  NBC NewsPutin Blames Sanctions, Energy Prices for Declining Russian Incomes  The Wall Street JournalFacing simmering domestic discontent, Putin tells Russians he feels their pain  The Washington PostView full coverage on
  
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• Horns are growing on young people's skulls. Phone use is to blame, research suggests. - SFGate

  20-06-2019 17:18 via sfgate.com
  Horns are growing on young people's skulls. Phone use is to blame, research suggests.  SFGateHorns are growing on young people’s skulls. Phone use is to blame, research suggests.  The Washington PostWhy are horns growing on young people’s skulls? Phone use is to blame, research suggests.  The Mercury NewsAre mobile phones actually making young people's skulls develop 'hornlike spikes'?  Boing BoingHorns are growing on young people's skulls. Pho
  
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• Allentown shooting: 10 people wounded outside lounge in eastern Pennsylvania - CNN

  20-06-2019 17:03 via cnn.com
  Allentown shooting: 10 people wounded outside lounge in eastern Pennsylvania  CNN10 People Shot Outside Allentown Nightclub  CBS Pittsburgh10 injured in apparent gang-related shooting outside Allentown, Pa., nightclub, police say  USA TODAY10 wounded in shooting outside Deja Vu nightclub in Allentown  TribLIVE10 injured in shooting near Allentown nightclub  WPVI-TVView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Anatomy Of A Failed Solar Power Project: A ‘Large Taxpayer-Funded Pile Of Scrap’

  20-06-2019 16:58 via technocracy.news
  The world will be littered with failed solar and wind projects like this one that are pointedly unable to ever deliver on their utopian promises. Meanwhile, taxpayers get hosed while fat-cat Technocrats get paid hefty salaries. ⁃ TN EditorIt was supposed to supply cheaper, greener energy to up to 5000 homes but after six years and tens of millions of dollars, a cutting-edge solar energy project has produced nothing other than a large taxpayer-funded pile of scrap.
  Three thousand solar pane
  
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• Granger Smith sheds light on what happened before son drowned - Page Six

  20-06-2019 16:53 via pagesix.com
  Granger Smith sheds light on what happened before son drowned  Page SixGranger Smith Reveals Final Special Moment He Shared with Son River That Suddenly Turned to Tragedy  PEOPLE.comGranger Smith shares details about the tragic accidental death of his 3-year-old son  Fox NewsGranger Smith Shares New Video Detailing Late Son's Drowning Accident  Entertainment TonightGranger Smith recounts the moments leading up to his son’s death in emotional video&nb
  
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• Biden won't apologize after Booker and Harris rebuke his remarks about working with segregationists - Salon

  20-06-2019 16:46 via salon.com
  Biden won't apologize after Booker and Harris rebuke his remarks about working with segregationists  SalonJoe Biden refuses to apologize, getting in his own way on race  CNNBiden defiant after criticism from fellow Democrats over segregationist comments  CBS NewsThis is Joe Biden’s real problem  The Washington PostLiz Peek: Think Biden is the most likely Dem to beat Trump? Don't bet on it  Fox NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• How To Create A Country With No Heart

  20-06-2019 16:32 via technocracy.news
  Take a lesson in the ultra-radical anti-human, green agenda: It is the identical story in every nation, as clearly seen in Australia. It is not Communism or Fascism, but rather Technocracy, the “science of social engineering.” ⁃ TN EditorAnti-development policies, land-use sterilisation, climate alarmism and green law-fare are destroying the future for our kids and grandkids. Current policies will stack-and-pack the coasts and major cities leaving a depopulated outback to uncon
  
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• Suicide rates in US are the highest level since World War II, CDC says - KCCI Des Moines

  20-06-2019 16:27 via kcci.com
  Suicide rates in US are the highest level since World War II, CDC says  KCCI Des MoinesMorning Update: Big Day For Men In Suits And Blue Ties  BuzzFeed NewsThe US suicide rate is up 33% since 1999, research says  CNNUS Suicide Rates Are The Highest They've Been Since World War II, According To The CDC  BuzzFeed NewsU.S. Suicide Rates Are the Highest They've Been Since World War II  TIMEView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Supreme Court: Cross Can Stand On Public Land In Separation Of Church And State Case - NPR

  20-06-2019 16:25 via npr.org
  Supreme Court: Cross Can Stand On Public Land In Separation Of Church And State Case  NPRSupreme Court rules Peace Cross war memorial can stand  Fox NewsSupreme Court rules 'peace cross' in Maryland can remain  CNNRobert Charles: Supreme Court speaks on Peace Cross -- Memorial crosses may stand, thank God!  Fox NewsSupreme Court rules that Maryland ‘Peace Cross’ honoring military dead may remain on public land  The Washington PostView
  
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• [Update: Buttons aren't dead] The Galaxy Note 10 won't have a headphone jack or physical volume and power keys (rumor) - Android Police

  20-06-2019 16:17 via androidpolice.com
  [Update: Buttons aren't dead] The Galaxy Note 10 won't have a headphone jack or physical volume and power keys (rumor)  Android PoliceGalaxy Note 10 leak reveals a futuristic feature you won’t find on any iPhone  BGRHere Are My 5 Biggest Questions About the Galaxy Note 10  GizmodoThe Less Known Samsung Galaxy Phone...  Unbox TherapyThe 11 best new tech gadgets of 2019 so far  Business InsiderView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Bitcoin healthy AF following Zuckbuck reveal, hash rate hits all-time high - The Next Web

  20-06-2019 16:15 via thenextweb.com
  Bitcoin healthy AF following Zuckbuck reveal, hash rate hits all-time high  The Next WebFacebook's Libra Vs. Bitcoin: 5 Key Differences  Seeking AlphaFacebook’s Libra Coin: Initial Reactions Mixed  CointelegraphFacebook's Libra Must Be Stopped | by Katharina Pistor  Project SyndicateFacebook’s cryptocurrency must be stopped  MarketWatchView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Adobe Lightroom arrives in the Mac App Store - TechCrunch

  20-06-2019 16:12 via techcrunch.com
  Adobe Lightroom arrives in the Mac App Store  TechCrunchThe pro-focused photo-editing tool Lightroom is now available on the Mac App Store, marking the first major Adobe app to be available through the revamped ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Suspect In Shooting, Killing Of Sacramento Police Officer Tara O’Sullivan Surrenders - CBS Sacramento

  20-06-2019 15:59 via sacramento.cbslocal.com
  Suspect In Shooting, Killing Of Sacramento Police Officer Tara O’Sullivan Surrenders  CBS SacramentoSacramento cop fatally shot by gunman in ambush, suspect surrenders after 8-hour standoff: report  Fox NewsSacramento Police give update on shooting of Officer Tara O'Sullivan in North Sacramento  ABC10Officer shot, killed while responding to disturbance at north Sacramento home  KCRA SacramentoSacramento officer shot and killed in standoff  
  
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• What Mike Conley to the Jazz means for the Spurs - Pounding The Rock

  20-06-2019 15:55 via poundingtherock.com
  What Mike Conley to the Jazz means for the Spurs  Pounding The Rock The Grizzlies trade Mike Conley to the Jazz for Korver, Allen, Crowder, and a pick | First Take  ESPNThe Jazz are making a play for the wide-open Western Conference with Mike Conley trade  ClutchPointsMike Conley remembered for his generosity as he ends 12 years with Grizzlies  WREG NewsChannel 3Census data on Utah; reaction to Utah Jazz's trade for Mike Conley; drug companies and Alzheime
  
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• 72 police officers on administrative duty over alleged racist and violent social media posts - Washington Examiner

  20-06-2019 15:14 via washingtonexaminer.com
  72 police officers on administrative duty over alleged racist and violent social media posts  Washington Examiner72 Philadelphia cops pulled off the street amid probe into racist Facebook posts  Washington PostPhiladelphia Police Department reassigns 72 cops over racist and violent Facebook posts  New York Post Philadelphia takes 72 police officers off streets over offensive posts | TheHill  The HillPhiladelphia pulls 72 cops off the street over offensive
  
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• American Paul Whelan, charged in Russia for spying, appeals to Trump for help - The Washington Post

  20-06-2019 15:12 via washingtonpost.com
  American Paul Whelan, charged in Russia for spying, appeals to Trump for help  The Washington PostEx-Marine asks Trump for help with Russian spying charges | TheHill  The HillEx-U.S. Marine accused of spying by Russia asks Trump to help  ReutersPaul Whelan, accused US spy in Russia, tells Donald Trump to "keep America great" he should help end his "absurd political kidnap" today  CBS NewsPaul Whelan, American Held in Russia, Pleads for Help from Trump 
  
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• Meghan Markle and Prince Harry officially exit joint charity with Kate Middleton and Prince William - AOL

  20-06-2019 15:10 via aol.com
  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry officially exit joint charity with Kate Middleton and Prince William  AOLMeghan Markle And Prince Harry Split From Their Joint Charity With Prince William, Kate Middleton  HuffPostMeghan Markle and Prince Harry split from joint charity with Kate Middleton and Prince William  Yahoo LifestyleMeghan Markle row: Is there royal feud brewing as Duchess given new unflattering nickname?  ExpressPrince Harry’s Tropical Vacation
  
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• DNA confirms a weird Greenland whale was a narwhal-beluga hybrid - Science News

  20-06-2019 15:00 via sciencenews.org
  DNA confirms a weird Greenland whale was a narwhal-beluga hybrid  Science NewsOdd Skull in Museum Finally Confirmed as a Narhwal-Beluga Hybrid  GizmodoThe Narluga Is a Very Strange Beluga-Narwhal Hybrid  The AtlanticFirst-Ever Beluga-Narwhal Hybrid Found in the Arctic  Live ScienceUnusual Skull Turns Out to Be Ultra-Rare Hybrid of a Narwhal And a Beluga Whale  ScienceAlertView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Watch Freddie Mercury Sing Previously Unreleased Version of 'Time Waits for No One' (Video) - TheWrap

  20-06-2019 14:30 via thewrap.com
  Watch Freddie Mercury Sing Previously Unreleased Version of 'Time Waits for No One' (Video)  TheWrapFreddie Mercury sings version of "Time Waits For No One" in previously unseen recording  CBS This MorningClose friend Dave Clark unarchives stunning, previously unreleased version of Freddie Mercury's 'Time Waits for No One': Listen  Yahoo EntertainmentWatch New Version of Freddie Mercury's 'Time Waits for No One'  Ultimate Classic RockFreddie Mercury - Time
  
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• Tory leadership: Sajid Javid knocked out of contest - BBC News

  20-06-2019 14:27 via bbc.com
  Tory leadership: Sajid Javid knocked out of contest  BBC NewsResults from latest round of Conservative leadership contest  Guardian NewsTory leadership contest: Rory Stewart knocked out  BBC NewsBoris Johnson should be worried about the nail-biting battle for second place – Michael Gove just might win  The IndependentRory Stewart's exit means the Tories have now given up on reality  The GuardianView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Machine learning unlocks mysteries of quantum physics - Phys.org

  20-06-2019 13:46 via phys.org
  Machine learning unlocks mysteries of quantum physics  Phys.orgUnderstanding electrons' intricate behavior has led to discoveries that transformed society, such as the revolution in computing made possible by the invention ...
  
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• PS5 Teraflops Won't Matter - Here's Why - PlayStation Universe

  20-06-2019 12:25 via psu.com
  PS5 Teraflops Won't Matter - Here's Why  PlayStation UniverseSubscriptions Are About to Swallow Gaming  WIREDPhil Spencer On Xbox’s Unusual Strategy, Working With Sony, And More  KotakuXbox Game Pass Adding Even More Xbox One & PC Games For June 2019  GameSpotPhil Spencer confirms Xbox Project Scarlett is just one console - at least for now  GamesRadarView full coverage on Google News
  
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• India is running out of water, fast - Aljazeera.com

  20-06-2019 12:09 via aljazeera.com
  India is running out of water, fast  Aljazeera.comIndia's sixth biggest city is almost entirely out of water  CNNChennai water crisis in India leaves millions reliant on wells and trucks today as environmentalists cite climate change  CBS NewsHotels, firms cut back on water use as taps run dry in Chennai  Reuters IndiaMore than 500 arrested after protests and clashes as India water crisis worsens  CNNView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Trump faces skepticism about Iran war authority from both parties | TheHill - The Hill

  20-06-2019 12:00 via thehill.com
  Trump faces skepticism about Iran war authority from both parties | TheHill  The Hill'They want to hit where it hurts': Here's why Iran could want to attack foreign tankers  CNBCIran Has Ties to Al Qaeda, Trump Officials Tell Skeptical Congress  The New York TimesTrump and Iran May Be on a Collision Course, and It Could Get Scarier  The New York TimesGulf war would be 'Iran against the world' — but still not easy to win | TheHill  The HillV
  
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