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• Emmy Awards ratings hit record low, drop below 10 million people

  23-09-2019 23:22 via nbcnews.com
  The ratings are part of a wider trend in the television industry, as consumers spend less time watching linear programming.
  
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• Google launches new gaming subscription service days after Apple

  23-09-2019 22:25 via rss.cnn.com
  Nearly four days after the launch of Apple Arcade, Google is introducing its own subscription game service.
  
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• Tech startups in Vietnam emerge as beneficiaries of U.S.-China trade war

  23-09-2019 21:15 via nbcnews.com
  A long period of peace and stability and a vibrant capitalist culture have helped the country’s economy flourish.
  
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• Apple will make the new Mac Pro in Austin, avoiding some China tariffs

  23-09-2019 20:58 via nbcnews.com
  Starting at $5,999, the Mac Pro is not one of Apple’s high-volume products. It will be the only major Apple computer to be assembled in the United States.
  
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• Archaeologists Find Evidence for a Biblical Siege of Jerusalem

  23-09-2019 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  A model of ancient Jerusalem. (Credit: Dennis Jarvis/Flickr)(Inside Science) -- In the 6th century B.C., the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II, fearful that the Egyptians would cut off the Babylonian trade routes to the eastern Mediterranean region known as the Levant, invaded and laid siege to Jerusalem to block them. His army destroyed the temple the Hebrew king Solomon built there, and forced the city’s elite to exile in Babylonia.So began the Babylonian Exile or Captivity, an event
  
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• Researchers Recreate Living 3D Displays – Lightweight Smart Skins With Artificial Muscles [Video]

  23-09-2019 20:27 via scitechdaily.com
  It is safe to say that 3D displays do not necessarily occur in nature – unless one considers the cephalopod, which includes the squid and...
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• 2019 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Tied for Second Lowest on Record [Video]

  23-09-2019 20:11 via scitechdaily.com
  The extent of Arctic sea ice at the end of this summer was effectively tied with 2007 and 2016 for second-lowest since modern record keeping...
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• Scientists Discover a More Efficient Way to Turn Heat Into Electrical Energy

  23-09-2019 19:54 via scitechdaily.com
  Scientists find a new way to capture heat that otherwise would have been lost. An international team of scientists has figured out how to capture...
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• Electrostimulation Study Gets Alzheimer's Patients to Recall Vivid Memories

  23-09-2019 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Participants in a recent trial experienced old memories, vividly.Halfpoint/Shutterstock.comAlzheimer’s disease is one of the most dreaded diagnoses, and the fear is particularly acute among older people. This complex brain disorder, which usually affects older individuals, can cause many cognitive disabilities, most notably memory impairment.About 5.7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, millions of loved ones and caregivers are af
  
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• 2D Material, Just 3 Atoms Thick, Has Potential for Use in Quantum Computing

  23-09-2019 19:12 via scitechdaily.com
  Physicists manipulate energy valleys in tungsten disulfide, with potential applications in quantum computing. New research on two-dimensional tungsten disulfide (WS2) could open the door to...
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• What's the top-grossing mobile game right now? Pokemon Go

  23-09-2019 19:08 via rss.cnn.com
  If you thought Pokémon Go sunk into obscurity after taking over the world a few years ago, do we have news for you: It just climbed to No. 1 on the list of top-grossing mobile games.
  
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• Some WeWork board members reportedly looking to remove Adam Neumann as CEO

  23-09-2019 19:08 via rss.cnn.com
  Some WeWork board members want to remove Adam Neumann as chief executive of the company, the Wall Street Journal and other outlets reported Sunday, citing people involved in the talks.
  
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• Solar powered kiosks are charging phones in Rwanda

  23-09-2019 19:08 via rss.cnn.com
  How do you charge a cell phone when you don't have electricity at home? In Rwanda, ARED's portable solar-powered kiosks are one option.
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy Fold will go on sale in the United States this week

  23-09-2019 19:08 via rss.cnn.com
  Samsung's Galaxy Fold will officially go on sale later this week in the United States after several months of delays.
  
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• Roku has lost 40% of its value as competition heats up

  23-09-2019 19:08 via rss.cnn.com
  Roku could be in trouble. Competition from much bigger companies is coming to the streaming market, and investors are bailing out of Roku's stock.
  
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• Luxury brands are working with video games. Louis Vuitton is the latest to get in on the act

  23-09-2019 19:08 via rss.cnn.com
  Louis Vuitton's logo is known the world over, and now its luxury products are finding their way inside video games. The French designer is making virtual items in a game called "League of Legends" that people can buy with real money.
  
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• Why Do Women Get Alzheimer's More Than Men?

  23-09-2019 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  MRI scans of patients show patients with Alzheimer's disease. (Credit: Atthapon Raksthaput/Shutterstock)Scientists are still unraveling why Alzheimer’s disease affects men and women disproportionately. Out of the 5 million Americans who have it, about 64 percent are women.Once in their 60s, women are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s than breast cancer, and more than twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s as their male counterparts. And when women develop the disease,
  
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• Experimental Brain Implant Restores Visual Perception to the Blind [Video]

  23-09-2019 18:09 via scitechdaily.com
  With wireless device, patients can detect motion, distinguish light and dark. Of the nearly 39 million people worldwide who are legally blind, many were born...
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• Australia uses new technology to catch drivers on phones

  23-09-2019 09:22 via abcnews.go.com
  An Australian state is attempting to persuade the public to put down their smartphones while driving by rolling out cameras to prosecute distracted motorists
  
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• Tennessee abortion clinics hope to defeat waiting period

  23-09-2019 09:20 via abcnews.go.com
  A federal judge is scheduled to hear opening arguments in a case challenging Tennessee's 48-hour waiting period before abortions
  
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• Judge to hear arguments in challenge to Georgia abortion law

  23-09-2019 07:17 via abcnews.go.com
  A federal judge is set to hear arguments over whether Georgia's restrictive new abortion law should be allowed to take effect while a legal challenge is pending
  
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• Shock: Google Claims It Has Achieved ‘Quantum Supremacy’

  23-09-2019 06:57 via technocracy.news
  By solving a complex problem in 200 seconds that would take 10,000 years on the largest super-computer, Google holds in its hand the ability to crack all private and military encrypted keys in the universe. This is not just disruptive to the Internet as we know it today, but rather it is totally destructive. ⁃ TN EditorIn what may be a huge milestone in computing, Google says it has achieved “quantum supremacy,” an experimental demonstration of the superiority of a quantum
  
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• Andrew Yang: Climate Change May Require Elimination of Car Ownership

  23-09-2019 06:41 via technocracy.news
  Presidential candidate Andrew Yang is a Technocrat pushing the ideology of Technocracy: Universal Basic Income and now giving up personal automobiles in favor of shared mobility systems. ⁃ TN EditorDemocratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said the United States may have to eliminate private car ownership to combat climate change during MSNBC’s climate forum at Georgetown University Thursday morning.
  He told MSNBC host Ali Velshi that “we might not own our own cars” b
  
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• Climate Scientists Write To UN: There Is No Climate Emergency

  23-09-2019 06:23 via technocracy.news
  A group of 500 esteemed scientists and professionals in climate science have officially notified the United Nations that there is no climate crisis and that spending trillions on a non-problem is ‘cruel and imprudent’.
  This letter will not make it into national or global media, nor will it cause the UN to change its ways. If these same scientists understood Technocracy, they would change their battle strategy. ⁃ TN EditorProfessor Guus BerkhoutThe [email protected]
  
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