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• Amazon lets Alexa users disable human voice recording review - VentureBeat

  03-08-2019 22:35 via venturebeat.com
  Amazon lets Alexa users disable human voice recording review  VentureBeatHow to Prevent Amazon From Reviewing Your Alexa Convos  LifehackerAmazon, Google follow Apple's lead on voice assistant review policies  AppleInsiderApple Contractors Will Stop Listening to Your Siri Recordings—For Now  WIREDApple suspends Siri program that allows employees to listen in on users' private conversations  RTView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Russia Police Arrest More Than 800 in Banned Opposition Protest - Slate

  03-08-2019 22:25 via slate.com
  Russia Police Arrest More Than 800 in Banned Opposition Protest  SlateHundreds Arrested in Moscow as Protests Pile Pressure on Putin  The Wall Street JournalRussia protests: Hundreds detained during unauthorised demonstration  BBC NewsIs Putin Burning Out?  The New York TimesThe opposition in Russia can defeat Putin – but only if its message chimes with an impoverished country  The IndependentView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Berkshire’s Insurance Slump and Key Takeaways From Its Results - Bloomberg

  03-08-2019 21:54 via bloomberg.com
  Berkshire’s Insurance Slump and Key Takeaways From Its Results  BloombergWarren Buffett is lying in wait. Berkshire Hathaway has $122 billion in cash  CNNBerkshire Hathaway Posts Rising Profit and Cash Pile  The Wall Street JournalWarren Buffett Distracts From 'Mind-Numbing' Earnings  BloombergInsurance, economy, tariffs weigh on Berkshire Hathaway  ReutersView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Why Do So Many People Claim Social Security at 62? - The Motley Fool

  03-08-2019 20:36 via fool.com
  Why Do So Many People Claim Social Security at 62?  The Motley FoolSocial Security benefits are earnings-based. Specifically, they're calculated by averaging workers' 35 highest-paid years on the job and adjusting wages for ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Water in Hawaii volcano could trigger explosive eruptions

  03-08-2019 19:58
  A small pond of water has been discovered inside the summit crater of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano for the first time in recorded history, possibly signaling a shift to a more explosive phase of future eruptions
  
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• NASA shock: Apollo can no longer take us to the Moon but Elon Musk and SpaceX can - Express.co.uk

  03-08-2019 19:58 via express.co.uk
  NASA shock: Apollo can no longer take us to the Moon but Elon Musk and SpaceX can  Express.co.ukElon Musk's SpaceX spreading its footprint in Florida  Fox BusinessSpaceX’s crewed Dragon launch debut likely to slip into 2020 as NASA pursues “realistic” dates  TeslaratiSpaceX Delays Launch of Amos-17 Communications Satellite for Israel's Spacecom  Space.comSpaceX Said to Be Eyeing Florida for Mars Rocket Launch  Gadgets 360View fu
  
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• ID theft stings, but it's hard to pin on specific data hacks

  03-08-2019 19:40
  Data breaches through hacking attacks are common these days, and personal details about you can lead to identity theft, such as credit cards and loans in your name
  
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• Authorities: Multiple people killed at El Paso shopping complex - newschannel20.com

  03-08-2019 19:38 via newschannel20.com
  Authorities: Multiple people killed at El Paso shopping complex  newschannel20.comTexas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says El Paso shooting suspect is in custody  Fox NewsFootage of Armed Police Entering Cielo Vista Mall Following Report of El Paso, Texas Active Shooter  VOA NewsTexas governor: 20 dead in El Paso shopping center shooting  KOBWitness describes shooting at El Paso, Texas mall  CBS NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Syria ceasefire pressures Turkey to create demilitarised zone - Aljazeera.com

  03-08-2019 19:14 via aljazeera.com
  Syria ceasefire pressures Turkey to create demilitarised zone  Aljazeera.comThe Syrian opposition believes the government will eventually violate the ceasefire.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• What trade deadline means for MadBum's future with Giants - NBCSports.com

  03-08-2019 19:08 via nbcsports.com
  What trade deadline means for MadBum's future with Giants  NBCSports.comJust like old times: Posey picks up Bumgarner  MLB.comRockies' Dahl hits IL day after bad-looking injury  ESPNBruce Bochy explains why he removed Shaun Anderson in Giants' loss to Rockies  Yahoo SportsWatch Mike Yastrzemski hit a 472-foot home run against the Rockies  The Boston GlobeView full coverage on Google News
  
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• 103-year-old ex-chemist to be honored for work on penicillin

  03-08-2019 18:50
  A veterans group is honoring a 103-year-old former chemist for the work he did to develop stocks of penicillin during World War II
  
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• Planet GJ 357 d: Potentially habitable super-Earth discovered - CBS News

  03-08-2019 17:02 via cbsnews.com
  Planet GJ 357 d: Potentially habitable super-Earth discovered  CBS NewsShining (Star)light On The Search For Life  Eurasia ReviewNASA's TESS Exoplanet Hunter Goes Above and Beyond in Mission's 1st Year  Space.comPotentially habitable super-Earth discovered  CBS This MorningTESS finds potentially habitable super-Earth 31 light-years away  FOX 59 IndianapolisView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Trump defends position on trade after threat of new China tariffs | TheHill - The Hill

  03-08-2019 16:49 via thehill.com
  Trump defends position on trade after threat of new China tariffs | TheHill  The HillTrump is playing a dangerous game with America's economy  CNNTrump defends stance on China trade after new tariffs  ReutersTrump’s Trade Quagmire (Wonkish)  The New York TimesAndy Puzder: Trump tariffs on China are needed – he knows surrender isn’t a winning negotiating strategy  Fox NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Trump told advisers he wants to pull US troops from Afghanistan by 2020 election: report | TheHill - The Hill

  03-08-2019 15:51 via thehill.com
  Trump told advisers he wants to pull US troops from Afghanistan by 2020 election: report | TheHill  The HillTrump wants to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by 2020 election, officials say  NBC NewsThousands of troops could leave Afghanistan as part of deal with Taliban  CBS This MorningJim Hanson: US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan would be welcome news  Fox NewsLindsey Graham warns Trump administration against Afghanistan withdrawal  Th
  
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• Capital One data breach: What you can do following the bank hack - CNET

  03-08-2019 14:25 via cnet.com
  Capital One data breach: What you can do following the bank hack  CNETAlleged Capital One hacker accused of threats  WBRZCongress wants Capital One, Amazon to explain data breach  The Associated PressThe Capital One hack suspect threatened to 'shoot up' a social-media company, and her housemate illegally kept 20 guns in their home, prosecutors say  Yahoo NewsCapital One thief is a biological male, not a woman – a ‘trans’  Lifesi
  
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• Toxicology report will determine how Kennedy granddaughter died - CBS This Morning

  03-08-2019 13:49 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Climate protesters block entrance to German coal plant

  03-08-2019 13:11
  Dozens of environmentalists are blocking the entrance to a coal-fired power plant in the German city of Mannheim in protest over the burning of fossil fuels
  
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• Georgia Elementary School Is Accused of Racial Insensitivity Over Hairstyle Guidelines Display - The New York Times

  03-08-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Georgia Elementary School Is Accused of Racial Insensitivity Over Hairstyle Guidelines Display  The New York TimesNarvie Harris Elementary: Georgia elementary school faces backlash for photos of "appropriate" and "inappropriate" hairstyles for black students  CBS NewsGeorgia school accused of racism after putting up a poster of black students should style hair  Daily MailDo DeKalb school’s hairstyle rules stifle black expression?  Atlanta Journal Con
  
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• Trump must challenge China over Hong Kong - Washington Examiner

  03-08-2019 06:00 via washingtonexaminer.com
  Trump must challenge China over Hong Kong  Washington ExaminerHours after street chaos, more protests loom in Hong Kong  CNNBeijing is prepping for a massacre in Hong Kong: time for the West to put human rights ahead of free trade  New York Post Analysis: Hong Kong demonstrations: Police fire tear gas at protesters  Al Jazeera EnglishTrump should do everything possible to warn China against a disastrous crackdown in Hong Kong  The Washington Post
  
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• Classic Mars Image From NASA’s Mariner 6 and 7

  03-08-2019 04:33 via scitechdaily.com
  Lost in the glare following the Apollo 11 Moon landing, two intrepid robotic spacecraft flew by Mars in the summer of 1969 and returned photographs...
  The post Classic Mars Image From NASA’s Mariner 6 and 7 appeared first on SciTechDaily.
  
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• Riot Games has a fighting game in the pipeline - Destructoid

  03-08-2019 03:20 via destructoid.com
  Riot Games has a fighting game in the pipeline  DestructoidRiot Games confirm they're making a fighting game  Rock Paper ShotgunEvo founder confirms Riot is working on a new fighting game  EngadgetFormer Rising Thunder Devs Are Indeed Working on a Fighting Game at Riot  WccftechRiot Games Confirms It's Making a Fighting Game  IGNView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Public health emergency declared over Hepatitis A outbreak - WHP Harrisburg

  03-08-2019 02:06 via local21news.com
  Public health emergency declared over Hepatitis A outbreak  WHP HarrisburgFlorida health officials declare public health emergency for hepatitis A  USA TODAYFlorida Declares Public Emergency As Hepatitis A Cases Continue To Rise  CBS MiamiFlorida Surgeon General issued Public Health Emergency in response to hepatitis A outbreak  ABC Action NewsFlorida latest place to declare emergency over hepatitis A  WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | F
  
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• Former Ebola patients to mark 5 years since treatment in US

  03-08-2019 01:59
  The 2014-16 outbreak in West Africa killed more than 11,300 people.
  
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• ESA shares grainy video of July’s unexpected asteroid 2019 OK flyby - SlashGear

  03-08-2019 01:40 via slashgear.com
  ESA shares grainy video of July’s unexpected asteroid 2019 OK flyby  SlashGearLate in July, astronomers were caught off guard by the sudden presence of a large asteroid only hours away from zooming past Earth. Called 2019 OK, this.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Ebola reports show more health workers infected - CIDRAP

  03-08-2019 00:32 via cidrap.umn.edu
  Ebola reports show more health workers infected  CIDRAPFormer Ebola patients speak out on new outbreak  Associated PressGold miner who died of Ebola contaminated several: DRC official  Al Jazeera EnglishEbola: Half of cases going undetected  DW (English)Former Ebola patient calls attention to current outbreak  FOX 5 AtlantaView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Head of Brazil deforestation monitor out amid Bolsonaro ire

  03-08-2019 00:10
  The head of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research left his position Friday amid criticism by President Jair Bolsonaro about the agency's reports on deforestation in the Amazon
  
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