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• For bitcoin proponents, Trump's critiques offer validation

  12-07-2019 23:16 via nbcnews.com
  The president’s comments come amid a strong run for bitcoin and the cryptocurrency industry that has included rising prices.
  
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• For bitcoin proponents, Trump's critiques come as a sign of validation - NBC News

  12-07-2019 23:16 via nbcnews.com
  For bitcoin proponents, Trump's critiques come as a sign of validation  NBC NewsTrump warns Facebook over its plan to create a digital currency  AdAge.comTrump: 'I am not a fan of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies'  Yahoo FinanceDonald Trump is right about bitcoin  MarketWatchTrump Has a Favorite Currency, and It’s Not Bitcoin  BloombergView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Former Cy Young winner arrested on cocaine charges | INFORUM - INFORUM

  12-07-2019 23:00 via inforum.com
  Former Cy Young winner arrested on cocaine charges | INFORUM  INFORUMFormer MLB pitcher Dwight Gooden arrested for cocaine possession  The Washington PostDwight Gooden arrested for cocaine possession in New Jersey  New York Post Dwight Gooden arrested for cocaine possession  ESPNEx-pitcher Dwight Gooden charged with drug possession  Yahoo SportsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Facebook to pay $5 billion to settle FTC privacy investigation

  12-07-2019 23:00 via nbcnews.com
  The vote puts Facebook and the FTC on the cusp of a record-setting agreement, with a financial penalty that’s bigger than anything the FTC has collected previously.
  
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• Aviation Has Few Answers for 'Clear-Air Turbulence' - Newser

  12-07-2019 22:50 via newser.com
  Aviation Has Few Answers for 'Clear-Air Turbulence'  NewserSudden turbulence that injured dozens on Air Canada flight is hard to predict  Honolulu Star-AdvertiserAir Canada passengers continue their travels after turbulence scare  KHON2 NewsDay after turbulence diverted plane to Honolulu, Air Canada flight takes off for Sydney  Hawaii News NowAir turbulence flings dozens of Air Canada passengers from their seats  The TimesView full coverage on Go
  
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• 'Within 48 hours he was gone:' Tennessee man dies from flesh-eating bacteria in Gulf waters - ActionNewsJax.com

  12-07-2019 22:40 via actionnewsjax.com
  'Within 48 hours he was gone:' Tennessee man dies from flesh-eating bacteria in Gulf waters  ActionNewsJax.comFlorida woman says dad died of flesh-eating bacteria less than 48 hours after entering water  Fox NewsFlesh eating bacteria kills Memphis man  News 19 WLTXMan contracts flesh-eating bacteria during beach trip with family, dies 48 hours later  New York Post Memphis man dies after contracting flesh-eating bacteria in Florida, family says  W
  
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• The UK and US are on a collision course over taxing Big Tech

  12-07-2019 22:22 via rss.cnn.com
  Britain and the United States could be on a collision course over taxing internet giants.
  
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• Prime Day: Amazon gives first glimpse of its deals

  12-07-2019 22:22 via rss.cnn.com
  Amazon has revealed what's on sale for Prime Day.
  
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• The Biggest Winners on Ed Sheeran’s New Album Are His Labelmates - Rolling Stone

  12-07-2019 21:59 via rollingstone.com
  The Biggest Winners on Ed Sheeran’s New Album Are His Labelmates  Rolling StoneEd Sheeran confirms he's married to Cherry Seaborn  CNNEd Sheeran: No 6 Collaborations Project review – smarm, charm and a watertight winning formula  The Guardian5 Biggest Revelations From Ed Sheeran's Most Candid Interview Ever  E! NEWSEd Sheeran's 'funny' Ipswich name-check on Eminem track  BBC NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Amazon’s next big products may be a high-end Echo and an Alexa home robot - BGR

  12-07-2019 21:48 via bgr.com
  Amazon’s next big products may be a high-end Echo and an Alexa home robot  BGRAmazon's Plans for Its High-End Echo and Alexa Home Robot  Bloomberg TechnologyAmazon home robot prototype is reportedly waist-high and can be summoned by voice  CNBCAre You Ready For an Alexa Robot to Follow You Around?  GizmodoAmazon's Child-Sized Robot Will Stalk You Throughout Your Entire House  CCN MarketsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Scientists Made a Microbe-Boosting Diet to Help Malnourished Kids Grow

  12-07-2019 21:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  A malnourished child at a camp in Bangladesh. (Credit: Pahari Himu/Shutterstock)One in four children will never grow to a normal height. In developing countries, the number can be as high as one in three. The problem? Malnutrition.
  Now scientists have developed a diet that can boost key colonies of gut bacteria in malnourished kids. The finding is important because past research has shown these bacteria are essential for healthy growth and development. The study paves the way for a new
  
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• What Are Intermediate-Mass Black Holes?

  12-07-2019 20:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  The hunt for intermediate-mass black holes (IMBH) has picked up over recent years, and there are now dozens of promising candidates. This artist's concept depicts a 2,200 solar mass IMBH suspected to reside in the heart of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, located some 15,000 light-years from Earth. (Credit: B. Kiziltan/T. Karacan)Black holes have long served as fodder for science fiction — and for good reason. These unimaginably dense objects contain so much matter trapped in such a small
  
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• NASA Built Rock Climbing Robots to Scale Cliffs on Mars and Beyond

  12-07-2019 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  LEMUR can climb walls with special gripping feet, and is only one of a suite of climbing NASA robots. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)NASA has built many adventurous robots that can fly in space, land on alien planets, roll across Martian and lunar terrain, and even fly helicopter-style across far-off worlds. But the next big challenge is climbing and clambering across rough or steep terrain, a common sight whether on rocky Mars or icy Enceladus.
  To that end, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  
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• Are These Supermassive Black Holes on a Collision Course?

  12-07-2019 20:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  This galaxy, which sits about 2.5 billion light-years away, hosts two supermassive black holes (inset), visible because of the heated gas, dust, and stars around them. The two black holes are on a collision course, but astronomers still aren't sure whether they will - or can - merge. (Credit: A.D. Goulding et al./Astrophysical Journal Letters 2019)By now, merging black holes and the gravitational waves they produce are a scientific surety. Astronomers have observed several black hole merger
  
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• Report: Dwight Gooden Charged With Cocaine Possession In New Jersey - WFAN

  12-07-2019 20:26 via wfan.radio.com
  Report: Dwight Gooden Charged With Cocaine Possession In New Jersey  WFANDwight Gooden Arrested on Drug Charges in New Jersey  The New York TimesDwight Gooden arrested for cocaine possession in New Jersey  New York Post Dwight Gooden arrested for cocaine possession  ESPNEx-pitcher Dwight Gooden facing cocaine possession charge  CANOEView full coverage on Google News
  
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• AMD 7nm Navi 14 GPU Leaked, Features 24 CUs & 1900MHz Clock Speed - Wccftech

  12-07-2019 20:18 via wccftech.com
  AMD 7nm Navi 14 GPU Leaked, Features 24 CUs & 1900MHz Clock Speed  WccftechAMD's latest drivers drop performance by 10% or more in some games  PC GamerThe Morning After: That's what quantum entanglement looks like  EngadgetAMD Radeon VII & Vega 64/56 Allegedly Reach ‘End of Life’ Status  WccftechGraphics card massacre: 6 GPUs you absolutely should not buy right now  PCWorldView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: How Democrats should respond to Ocasio-Cortez - Salt Lake Tribune

  12-07-2019 19:53 via sltrib.com
  Jennifer Rubin: How Democrats should respond to Ocasio-Cortez  Salt Lake TribunePelosi's pals hit back at AOC's team in angry tweets  New York Post Dems lose patience with ‘complete fraud’ AOC, rally to Pelosi’s side  Fox NewsColin Reed: Yes, Pelosi, AOC feud is big but these two people are the real threat to the Speaker  Fox NewsOcasio-Cortez's racism charge shows Pelosi at risk of being devoured by the revolution | TheHill  Th
  
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• Viking Relics Will Disappear With Climate Change, Study Says

  12-07-2019 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Archaeological sites in the Nuuk Region along Greenland's southern coast, shown here, are among those in the most danger from climate change. (Credit: XPixel/shutterstock)Hailing from Norway, Sweden and Denmark, the seafaring pirates best known as Vikings, or Norsemen, raided and colonized Europe from the ninth to eleventh centuries. They also established settlements throughout the Arctic including in Greenland. Now researchers say that climate change is threatening the cultural history of
  
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• Green New Deal Scam Destroyed By New Scientific Study On Global Warming

  12-07-2019 18:35 via technocracy.news
  AOC, Justice Democrats, New Green Deal zealots and Technocrats everywhere will grind their teeth over this new research. The scientists concluded, “anthropogenic climate change does not exist in practice.” ⁃ TN EditorA new scientific study could bust wide open deeply flawed fundamental assumptions underlying controversial climate legislation and initiatives such as the Green New Deal, namely, the degree to which ‘climate change’ is driven by natural phenomena v
  
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• Trump backtracks on Kim Darroch after ambassador Terminator comparison - Business Insider

  12-07-2019 18:30 via businessinsider.com
  Trump backtracks on Kim Darroch after ambassador Terminator comparison  Business Insider'Answer the bloody question!' Boris Johnson heckled over US ambassador stance  The SunSir Kim Darroch: Police launch probe into Trump email 'leak'  BBC NewsKim Darroch knew how to navigate Trump’s swamp. Others can learn from him.  The Washington PostDeferring to Trump’s ego over the Kim Darroch leak highlights the weakness of Britain  The Independ
  
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• Human workers can listen to Google Assistant recordings - Honolulu Star-Advertiser

  12-07-2019 18:30 via staradvertiser.com
  Human workers can listen to Google Assistant recordings  Honolulu Star-AdvertiserAmazon and Google are listening to your voice recordings. Here's what we know about that  CNETGoogle Very Angry After Contractor Leaks Over a Thousand Assistant Recordings  GizmodoOK Google, are you listening? Tech giant's smart speakers eavesdrop on private conversations, investigation...  Fox NewsGoogle workers can listen to your Google Assistant recordings, company admits&n
  
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• Trump says he wishes former British ambassador Darroch well - AOL

  12-07-2019 18:10 via aol.com
  Trump says he wishes former British ambassador Darroch well  AOL'Answer the bloody question!' Boris Johnson heckled over US ambassador stance  The SunSir Kim Darroch: Police launch probe into Trump email 'leak'  BBC NewsKim Darroch knew how to navigate Trump’s swamp. Others can learn from him.  The Washington PostDeferring to Trump’s ego over the Kim Darroch leak highlights the weakness of Britain  The IndependentView full coverage on
  
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• All-Out War On Free Speech Launched By United Nations

  12-07-2019 18:08 via technocracy.news
  Proving the point that the assault on Free Speech is being driven by Technocracy, the United Nations has openly joined the fray in the name of Sustainable Development, Agenda 2030, New Urban Agenda, etc. ⁃ TN EditorIn January, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, tasked his Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, to “present a global plan of action against hate speech and hate crimes on a fast-track basis”. Speaking at a press c
  
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• Gene Test For Alzheimer's Can Raise Thorny Questions : Shots - Health News - NPR

  12-07-2019 17:59 via npr.org
  Gene Test For Alzheimer's Can Raise Thorny Questions : Shots - Health News  NPRGenetic tests can now tell us a lot about our risk for developing Alzheimer's disease. But that doesn't mean people are prepared to receive the information.
  
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• Robots Come For Recycling Centers, Displacing Workers

  12-07-2019 17:47 via technocracy.news
  By many estimates, robots might replace as many as 20-25% of current jobs by 2030, or a total of 40 million displacements. Industry after industry is being invaded as pink slips fly. ⁃ TN EditorAMP Robotics, an artificial intelligence and robotics company that is automating the recycling industry, has rolled out new trash-picking robots for recycling centers that will replace countless low-skilled jobs, reported The WSJ.
  Single Stream Recyclers (SSR) in Sarasota, Florida, wh
  
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• YouTube executive on criticism: 'We're always going to err on the side of protecting children'

  12-07-2019 17:13 via rss.cnn.com
  Kids play a huge role in YouTube's success. They binge watch videos and even star in their own content for legions of followers.
  
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• Turkey Gets Shipment of Russian Missile System, Defying U.S. - The New York Times

  12-07-2019 16:52 via nytimes.com
  Turkey Gets Shipment of Russian Missile System, Defying U.S.  The New York TimesFirst shipment of Russian S-400 systems delivered to Turkey  Al Jazeera EnglishTurkey bought Russian S-400 missiles designed to down NATO planes. For the US, that's a problem  CNNS-400 arrives in Ankara: Crunch time for Turkish foreign policy  Al Jazeera EnglishWhat is the Russian S-400 air defense system, and why is the U.S. upset Turkey bought it?  The Washington Po
  
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• U.S. tech on guard against China as scrutiny increases on security, human rights

  12-07-2019 14:38 via nbcnews.com
  Experts say that the cooling trade tensions with China mask a deeper change in how tech companies now approach doing business with companies like Huawei.
  
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• Is Google eavesdropping? A Belgium news report says yes - The Jerusalem Post

  12-07-2019 14:26 via jpost.com
  Is Google eavesdropping? A Belgium news report says yes  The Jerusalem PostGoogle is recording and listening to you in your own home, a Belgium broadcaster VRT reported on Wednesday. "Okay Google. May I hit my wife?
  
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• Maui ravaged by brush fire, prompting evacuations — and help from Oprah Winfrey - Washington Post

  12-07-2019 14:15 via washingtonpost.com
  Maui ravaged by brush fire, prompting evacuations — and help from Oprah Winfrey  Washington PostOprah Winfrey praised for opening her private road during Maui fire to help evacuations  USA TODAYWildfire On Hawaiian Island Of Maui Forces Thousands To Evacuate | TIME  TIMEAs crews battle Maui brush fire, second blaze breaks out  NBC NewsMaui fire: Raging brush fire forces thousands of Hawaiians to evacuate their homes  OzarksFirst.comView ful
  
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• Why people still love retro technology like iPods and instant-film cameras

  12-07-2019 14:02 via rss.cnn.com
  That beaten up Walkman buried in your basement might be someone's hot new accessory. The retro tech market is alive and kicking.
  
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• London is tracking passengers on the Underground

  12-07-2019 14:02 via rss.cnn.com
  London's subway has become the latest transportation agency to use location data collected from people's smartphones in a bid to improve services.
  
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• Hey, Google, why are your contractors listening to me? - Naked Security

  12-07-2019 12:49 via nakedsecurity.sophos.com
  Hey, Google, why are your contractors listening to me?  Naked SecurityHumans might be listening to your Google Assistant recordings  MIT Technology ReviewGoogle probes leak of smart speaker recordings  BBC NewsIs Google eavesdropping? A Belgium news report says yes  The Jerusalem PostYes, Google Listens to Some of Your Assistant Recordings. That's Not Surprising.  ExtremeTechView full coverage on Google News
  
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• India prepares to land rover on moon in global space race

  12-07-2019 11:21
  India is looking to solidify its place among the world's spacefaring nations with its second unmanned mission to the moon, this one aimed at landing a rover near the unexplored south pole
  
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• Senators working on “bold” new NASA authorization bill - SpaceNews

  12-07-2019 10:23 via spacenews.com
  Senators working on “bold” new NASA authorization bill  SpaceNewsWhite House frustration over moon mission delays preceded removal of top NASA official  Duluth News TribuneBridenstine Opens Search for Gerstenmaier, Hill Successors  SpacePolicyOnline.comQuestions linger about reassignment of NASA exploration officials  SpaceNewsNASA faces delays in moon mission, changes Head of Operation to meet Trump's 2024 Artemis deadline  Firstpost
  
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• Ahead of 2nd moon shot, a timeline of India's space program

  12-07-2019 06:28
  Ahead of second moon shot, a timeline of India's space program
  
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• Trump says he's 'not a fan' of cryptocurrencies

  12-07-2019 04:00 via nbcnews.com
  He also tweeted Thursday that Facebook may need a banking charter to launch the digital token Libra.
  
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• 'Circus show' summit: Trump delivers meandering speech to his digital army of supporters at the White House

  12-07-2019 03:57 via rss.cnn.com
  For months, President Trump's biggest supporters have demanded that he and Republicans offer more than lofty rhetoric when it comes to combatting what they perceive as anti-conservative social media bias. So, naturally, there was some initial excitement when the White House announced plans for a so-called "social media summit." It could have been Christmas in July, a real chance for the White House to outline a specific plan of action.
  
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• Trump applauds far-right social media provocateurs

  12-07-2019 02:34
  President Donald Trump is applauding far-right social media provocateurs even as he concedes that some of them are extreme in their views
  
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• Newer buildings show little damage after California quakes

  12-07-2019 02:10
  Officials say two Southern California desert communities struck by last week's powerful earthquakes may have sustained as little damage as they did because they have no tall buildings and many homes are fairly new and built to strict earthquake standards
  
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• Worried about YouTube policies, creators look for new ways to bring in money

  12-07-2019 01:40 via rss.cnn.com
  While many YouTube stars with big audiences can make a living just from the ads running on their videos and other YouTube offerings, in recent years online content creators have been increasingly looking to other ways to make money.
  
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• Twitter is back up for some after temporary outage

  12-07-2019 01:40 via rss.cnn.com
  The tweets went silent for a time on Thursday.
  
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• A bot can now beat poker pros at six-player Texas Hold 'Em

  12-07-2019 01:40 via rss.cnn.com
  The feat represents the first time AI has beaten top human players in a poker game with this many players.
  
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• 'Miss us?' Twitter hit with hour-long outage

  12-07-2019 00:23
  Twitter was down for about an hour Thursday in an outage that appeared to affect users around the world.
  
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