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• Banks warn of 'utter chaos' in new small business lending program - NBCNews.com

  02-04-2020 23:50 via news.google.com
  Banks warn of 'utter chaos' in new small business lending program  NBCNews.comSmall businesses will soon be able to apply for loans through Paycheck Protection Program  KTNV Channel 13 Las VegasExclusive: Hawley Urges Small Business Administration to Treat Religious Nonprofits Equally in Coronavirus Aid  National ReviewWhat small businesses need to know about the government's new forgivable loan program  CNNBolingbrook Chamber shares updates from state com
  
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• Fact check: Georgia governor says we only just learned people without symptoms could spread coronavirus. Experts have been saying that for months - CNN

  02-04-2020 23:42 via news.google.com
  Fact check: Georgia governor says we only just learned people without symptoms could spread coronavirus. Experts have been saying that for months  CNNGeorgia Gov. Brian Kemp admits he just learned asymptomatic people can spread coronavirus  AOLGeorgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who resisted strict coronavirus measures, says he just learned it transmits asymptomatically  The Washington PostOpinion: Gov. Kemp finally catches up  Atlanta Journal ConstitutionIn reversal
  
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• Best Evidence Yet for Midsized Black Holes Found by Hubble

  02-04-2020 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  At about 50,000 times the mass of the sun, this intermediate-mass black hole skirts the line between shrimp and giant.
  
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• Record spike in jobless claims may mean Congress has to pass even more stimulus, economists say - CNBC

  02-04-2020 23:08 via news.google.com
  Record spike in jobless claims may mean Congress has to pass even more stimulus, economists say  CNBCUnemployment claims spiked to new record last week, with 6.6M Americans filing for aid  Fox BusinessYou've just lost your job? Here's what you need to know  Honolulu Star-AdvertiserUnemployment claims go through the roof — but the sky isn't falling (yet) | TheHill  The Hill6.6 million file for unemployment: Historic job losses in the US | ABC News&nbs
  
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• HBO makes some top shows, movies and documentaries free to stream on HBO NOW and HBO GO - TechCrunch

  02-04-2020 23:00 via news.google.com
  HBO makes some top shows, movies and documentaries free to stream on HBO NOW and HBO GO  TechCrunchHBO makes programming available free as part of #StayHomeBoxOffice  CNNHBO to offer free movies and shows without subscription starting Friday  PolygonHBO Making Almost 500 Hours of Programming Available for Free (Including The Sopranos!) amid Coronavirus  PEOPLEHBO Will Stream 500 Hours of Free Programming, Including Full Seasons of ‘Veep,’ &lsqu
  
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• Zoom CEO apologizes for having "fallen short" on privacy and security

  02-04-2020 22:57 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The founder and CEO of Zoom has apologized to the video conferencing app's millions of users after coming under fire for a host of privacy issues at a time when it has emerged as a vital social and professional lifeline for many.
  
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• Public health experts: Americans should be wearing masks in public amid coronavirus - Yahoo Finance

  02-04-2020 22:33 via news.google.com
  Public health experts: Americans should be wearing masks in public amid coronavirus  Yahoo FinanceWhy we should all start making our own face masks during coronavirus—and an expert-approved guide on how  CNBCWearing Masks Must Be a National Policy  The New York TimesFace masks: can they slow coronavirus spread – and should we be wearing them?  The GuardianColumn: The muddled messages on face masks  Chicago TribuneView Full Coverage on
  
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• NASA's iconic 'worm' logo will adorn the Falcon 9 Crew Dragon rocket - Engadget

  02-04-2020 22:19 via news.google.com
  
  NASA's iconic 'worm' logo will adorn the Falcon 9 Crew Dragon rocket  EngadgetNASA brings back its iconic “worm” logo to mark return of human spaceflight  Ars TechnicaNASA and SpaceX prepare to launch astronauts from the US again  CNNWhile you're stuck at home, here's how to spot the International Space Station above the US  CNBCNASA received over 12,000 applications this year to be an astronaut in the Artemis program  Dover PostView
  
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• ‘Go Back to Work’: Bolsonaro Dismisses Risks of Deadly Coronavirus in Brazil - The Wall Street Journal

  02-04-2020 22:07 via news.google.com
  ‘Go Back to Work’: Bolsonaro Dismisses Risks of Deadly Coronavirus in Brazil  The Wall Street JournalBrazil's Bolsonaro isolated, weakened by coronavirus denial  ReutersBrazil's Bolsonaro Isolated, Weakened by Coronavirus Denial | World News  U.S. News & World ReportBrazil's message to the world: our president is wrong about coronavirus  The GuardianBolsonaro says coronavirus 'not all it's being made out to be'  ReutersView Full C
  
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• What the Coronavirus Does to Your Body That Makes It So Deadly - Snopes.com

  02-04-2020 22:06 via news.google.com
  What the Coronavirus Does to Your Body That Makes It So Deadly  Snopes.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Worldwide Pass One Million After Doubling in Less Than a Week - Newsweek

  02-04-2020 22:00 via news.google.com
  Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Worldwide Pass One Million After Doubling in Less Than a Week  NewsweekCoronavirus: Confirmed global cases pass one million  BBC NewsWorldwide coronavirus cases reach 1 million, doubling in a week as death toll tops 50,000  CNBC1 Million Coronavirus Cases Have Now Been Reported Worldwide  NPRCoronavirus: US death toll exceeds 5,000  BBC NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Tua Tagovailoa undergoes medical recheck with 'overwhelmingly positive' results - ESPN

  02-04-2020 21:47 via news.google.com
  Tua Tagovailoa undergoes medical recheck with 'overwhelmingly positive' results  ESPNIn NFL draft, Dolphins should select QB with most upside — not fewest warts  Orlando Sentinel2020 NFL Mock Draft: Redskins take Tua second overall, Henry Ruggs first receiver off the board  CBS SportsStephen A. explains why the Redskins shouldn't pass on drafting Chase Young | First Take  ESPNSchad: Pass on Tua if you must, but no excuses  Palm Beach PostVi
  
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• Amazon says it's taking coronavirus seriously. Workers say the company is endangering their health

  02-04-2020 20:50 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Amid mounting criticism of its pandemic response, Amazon on Thursday said it is rapidly expanding temperature checks for its employees and that it has nearly completed its hiring spree of 100,000 additional workers at its distribution centers.
  
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• Coronaviruses Often Start in Animals — Here’s How Those Diseases Can Jump to Humans

  02-04-2020 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Viruses must first blast through five or six barriers before they’re able to infect us and unleash havoc.
  
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• What Science Says About the Potential Health Benefits of Kombucha

  02-04-2020 20:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Kombucha is often hailed as a healing elixir — but are the health claims too good to be true?
  
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• New Twist to the Story of Human Ancestors From an Unusual Skullcap and Thousands of Clues

  02-04-2020 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Our Direct Human Ancestor — Homo Erectus — Is Older Than We Thought An unusual skullcap and thousands of clues have created a southern twist...
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• COVID-19: The Ethical Anguish of Rationing Medical Care

  02-04-2020 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Around the world, physicians at overwhelmed hospitals may have to decide who will not get treated during the pandemic.
  
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• De novo design of protein logic gates - Science Magazine

  02-04-2020 19:46 via news.google.com
  
  De novo design of protein logic gates  Science MagazineView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Apex Legends | "The Old Ways" - Official Stories of the Outlands Animated Short (Feat. Bloodhound) - GameSpot

  02-04-2020 19:34 via news.google.com
  
  Apex Legends | "The Old Ways" - Official Stories of the Outlands Animated Short (Feat. Bloodhound)  GameSpotApex Legends Bloodhound Town Takeover: Permanent Duos & Kings Canyon  DexertoApex Legends: Stories from the Outlands - Official Cinematic Trailer  IGNNew Apex Legends The Old Ways Event Releases Next Week, Adds Bloodhound Town Takeover  GameSpotApex Legends gets permanent duos mode, Kings Canyon April 7  PolygonView Full Coverage on Goo
  
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• More Than 12,000 Potential Astronauts Apply to Join NASA’s Artemis Generation

  02-04-2020 18:19 via scitechdaily.com
  
  More than 12,000 people have applied to join NASA’s next class of astronauts, demonstrating strong national interest to take part in America’s plans to explore...
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• Muscle aches, extreme fatigue: Coronavirus symptoms go beyond fever and cough - NBC News

  02-04-2020 17:43 via news.google.com
  Muscle aches, extreme fatigue: Coronavirus symptoms go beyond fever and cough  NBC NewsNew CDC report finds COVID-19 can be spread 1-3 days before onset of symptoms  Yahoo LifestylePeople Might Be Spreading Coronavirus Just by Talking and Breathing, Experts Say  Prevention.comSilent carriers could be deadly  PIX11 NewsPresymptomatic coronavirus patients can spread illness for 1-3 days before showing signs, CDC report says  Fox NewsView Full Cover
  
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• 'Missing link' black hole discovered by Hubble - CNN

  02-04-2020 17:16 via news.google.com
  
  'Missing link' black hole discovered by Hubble  CNNNASA successfully deploys the James Webb Telescope's enormous mirror  EngadgetHubble's best evidence yet for 'missing link' of black holes may solve 14-year-old space mystery  Space.comBest Evidence Yet for Midsized Black Holes Found by Hubble  Discover MagazineScientists Think They’ve Found a New Type of Star-Destroying Black Hole  VICEView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• EU Experts To Use Smartphone Tech To Halt Virus Spread

  02-04-2020 17:07 via technocracy.news
  
  And then, there was total surveillance of everyone, everywhere. Ubiquitous tracking is a Pandora’s Box that cannot be shut once it is opened, and Technocrats around the world are springing into action to provide methods of control. ⁃ TN EditorA group of European experts said on Wednesday they would soon launch technology for smartphones to help trace people who had come into contact with those infected with coronavirus, helping the health authorities act swiftly to halt its spre
  
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• Promising New COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Developed

  02-04-2020 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists today announced a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. When tested in mice,...
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• UK To Release ‘Contact Tracking’ App To Detect Nearby Virus Carriers

  02-04-2020 16:58 via technocracy.news
  
  This is comparable to China’s Social Credit Score app except that the red flag depends on who is sick or not. This is a new twist in social distancing and will result in rampant social shunning. ⁃ TN EditorThe government is preparing to release an app which alerts people if they come too close to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, Sky News can reveal.
  The contact tracking app, which will operate on an opt-in basis, will be released either just before or just after the
  
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• Intel Unveils 10th-Gen Processors Suitable for Next 16-Inch MacBook Pro With Wi-Fi 6 and Turbo Boost Speeds... - MacRumors

  02-04-2020 16:57 via news.google.com
  Intel Unveils 10th-Gen Processors Suitable for Next 16-Inch MacBook Pro With Wi-Fi 6 and Turbo Boost Speeds...  MacRumorsIntel Details 10th Gen Comet Lake-H for 45 W Notebooks: Up to 5.3 GHz*  AnandTechTwo Weeks After AMD Announced Super Fast Laptop Processors Intel Announces Its Rivals  GizmodoThe Morning After: Intel's 10th gen mobile CPUs cross the 5GHz barrier  Engadget5.3 GHz at 45W — Intel finally unveils the 10th generation Comet Lake-H lineup
  
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• The Slippery Slope From Handwashing To House Arrest

  02-04-2020 16:41 via technocracy.news
  
  The bigger risk to America is when the abnormal becomes the new normal after the threat of COVID-19 subsides. Too many autocrats in leadership are overstepping the Constitution and are emboldened to continue the abuses. ⁃ TN Editor“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”—Viktor Frankl
  We still have choices.
  Just because we
  
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• Razer unveils new Blade 15: eight-core CPU, RTX 2070/2080 Super, and 300Hz display - TechSpot

  02-04-2020 15:45 via news.google.com
  Razer unveils new Blade 15: eight-core CPU, RTX 2070/2080 Super, and 300Hz display  TechSpotNvidia’s RTX Super GPUs for laptops have arrived — here’s where you’ll see them first  The VergeIt’s a “tock” year: New Nvidia laptop GPUs in 25 OEMs’ systems this month  Ars TechnicaLenovo brings the power of RTX SUPER GPUs to the Legion 5i and 7i gaming laptops  Windows CentralRazer’s new Blade 15 has powerful
  
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• The Deadly Polio Epidemic and Why It Matters for Coronavirus

  02-04-2020 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Polio was nearly eradicated with the Salk vaccine in 1955. At the time, little was known about this mysterious disease that paralyzed and sometimes killed young children.
  
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• Proof in an Ancient Shell: Earth Turned Faster 70 Million Years Ago

  02-04-2020 15:01 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Beer stein-shaped distant relative of modern clams captured snapshots of hot days in the late Cretaceous. Earth turned faster at the end of the time...
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• Boeing CEO sees lasting impact of coronavirus pandemic on aerospace industry: memo - Reuters

  02-04-2020 14:02 via news.google.com
  Boeing CEO sees lasting impact of coronavirus pandemic on aerospace industry: memo  ReutersBoeing offering buyouts as it projects recovery will take years  CNNBoeing to begin voluntary layoff plan amid coronavirus economic crunch  KOMO NewsBoeing Is Laying Off Workers. CEO Says It Could Take Years for the Industry to Recover from the Crisis.  Barron'sBoeing Weighs Wide-Body Jet Cuts, Plans Buyouts on ‘New Reality’  BloombergView Full
  
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• Life Discovered in Solid Rock Millions of Years Old – Inspires New Search for Life on Mars

  02-04-2020 13:06 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Bacteria live in tiny clay-filled cracks in solid rock deep beneath the sea. Newly discovered single-celled creatures living deep beneath the seafloor have given researchers...
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• Satellites Map the Global Flow of Oil – Demand Has Collapsed Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic

  02-04-2020 12:22 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Demand for oil has collapsed due to the coronavirus pandemic just as supply is about to strengthen because of a dispute between Russia and Saudi...
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• Spain's coronavirus deaths rise above 10,000, yet there is 'glimpse of hope' - Reuters

  02-04-2020 11:51 via news.google.com
  Spain's coronavirus deaths rise above 10,000, yet there is 'glimpse of hope'  ReutersSpain passes 10000 deaths after its highest single-day rise yet -- but the curve is stabilizing  CNNSpanish Virus Deaths Climb Past 10,000 With 950 New Victims  BloombergSpain's death toll above 800 for fifth day in row - BBC News  BBC NewsSpain's confirmed coronavirus cases surge past 100,000  New York Daily NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Investigation Reveals China’s Control Measures May Have Prevented 700,000 COVID-19 Cases

  02-04-2020 11:27 via scitechdaily.com
  
  China’s control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic may have delayed the spread of the virus to cities outside of Wuhan...
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• WeWork founder misses out on $1 billion as SoftBank cancels share buyout

  02-04-2020 10:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  SoftBank is walking away from a sizeable chunk of its WeWork rescue package, which included a near billion dollar windfall for ousted founder Adam Neumann.
  
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• WeWork rescue plan hits a snag as SoftBank backs out of $3 billion share buyout

  02-04-2020 08:06 via rss.cnn.com
  
  SoftBank is walking away from a sizeable chunk of its WeWork rescue package, which included a near billion dollar windfall for ousted founder Adam Neumann.
  
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• Top Israeli officials to isolate after health minister contracts coronavirus - New York Post

  02-04-2020 07:46 via news.google.com
  Top Israeli officials to isolate after health minister contracts coronavirus  New York Post Netanyahu shared fake TV clip, claimed Iran is hiding COVID-19 deaths: Axios - Business Insider  Business InsiderIsraelis told to wear face masks in public, mark religious holidays with close family only  ReutersHow COVID-19 saved Netanyahu  Al Jazeera EnglishNetanyahu claimed video from Tiffany Thiessen Hallmark series was proof of Iranian cover-up: report &nb
  
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• Human Urine Could Help Astronauts Build Moon Bases Someday

  02-04-2020 07:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It’s not an April Fools’ gag. Scientists just tested and confirmed that urea, a main component of human pee, can be used as a valuable additive for 3D printing structures made from lunar soil.
  
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• COVID-19 World Map: 823,626 Confirmed Cases; 201 Countries; 40,598 Deaths

  02-04-2020 06:29 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Note: There is now a newer Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 73. WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 72 Three new countries/territories/areas reported cases of...
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• Scientists Build Tiny Double Particle Accelerator That Recycles Energy

  02-04-2020 04:53 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Proof of concept for cascaded terahertz accelerator using long pulses. A team of DESY scientists has built a miniature double particle accelerator that can recycle...
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• YouTube thrives as a window for the isolated

  02-04-2020 04:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  But creators wonder whether ad revenue will follow a surge of views to their video channels.
  
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• Trump says he doesn't know if China underreported coronavirus numbers: 'I'm not an accountant from China' - CNBC

  02-04-2020 02:02 via news.google.com
  Trump says he doesn't know if China underreported coronavirus numbers: 'I'm not an accountant from China'  CNBCBeijing's coronavirus lies have badly deepened global suffering  New York Post China's early coronavirus victory lap, misleading data hurting global response  Fox NewsTucker Carlson: The propaganda war with China over coronavirus has long-term consequences. We’re losing badly  Fox NewsThe U.S.-China propaganda war is on hold, but not for lon
  
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