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• Anick Jesdanun, longtime AP technology writer, dies at 51

  03-04-2020 23:47
  
  Anick Jesdanun, deputy technology editor for The Associated Press, has died in New York City of coronavirus complications
  
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• Much of Your Daily Life Depends on Discoveries Made by Astronomers

  03-04-2020 21:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Why is astronomy important? Astronomical discoveries and inventions have shaped the human experience for thousands of years.
  
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• Esports are already online (obviously), but the pandemic is still creating huge challenges

  03-04-2020 20:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Esports are already online (obviously), but the pandemic is still creating huge challenges
  
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• Sports are canceled but esports are still around

  03-04-2020 20:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Golf, basketball, hockey and other sports have all suspended their seasons. Major league baseball says it may start up in late spring. But competitive video gaming is going strong as esports tournaments move their operations completely online.
  
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• Google to release your location data to help fight coronavirus pandemic

  03-04-2020 18:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Google (GOOGL) is publicly releasing the data it's already collecting about people's movements during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• F1 teams are lightning fast, highly skilled and available. Here's how they're fighting coronavirus

  03-04-2020 18:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Formula One teams based in the United Kingdom are racing to produce thousands of ventilators desperately needed by the country's National Health Service.
  
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• CNN anchor Chris Cuomo says he lost 13 pounds in 3 days from coronavirus

  03-04-2020 18:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  The CNN anchor said he has also experienced headaches, high fever, blurry vision and extreme fatigue, with symptoms intensifying at night.
  
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• Imperial College Clearly Linked To US Pandemic Response

  03-04-2020 18:08 via technocracy.news
  
  My recent article, The Common Roots Of Climate Change And COVID-19 Hysteria is again proven correct that the U.S policy has been unduly influenced by Imperial College and its lead statistician, Neil Ferguson, PhD.
  Considering that Imperial College is a leading social activist with a well-known agenda for climate change hysteria and Sustainable Development, it has no business whatever in American politics. Imperial’s true historical agenda follows the United Nations in perfect harmony: dest
  
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• WEF Confirms Link Between Pandemic And Climate Change Agenda

  03-04-2020 17:34 via technocracy.news
  
  Last week TN wrote The Common Roots Of Climate Change And COVID-19 Hysteria and its conclusions are proven accurate as the World Economic Forum confirms that it will “help build momentum for strong climate action.” 
  The entire world is taken in by this chicanery but the strategy is crystal clear: destruction of the existing economic system will pave the way for Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. 
  While saving human lives is always a noble end, the destruction of the
  
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• Disgust Evolved To Protect Us From Disease. Is It Working?

  03-04-2020 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  During this modern coronavirus pandemic, our ancient instincts for avoiding disease may misfire.
  
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• Jeff Bezos is donating $100 million to American food banks

  03-04-2020 16:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Jeff Bezos is donating $100 million to US food banks to help them feed a growing number of out-of-work Americans who are losing their jobs during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Google Releases Location Data To Gov’t To Track Lock-Downs

  03-04-2020 16:21 via technocracy.news
  
  Even though Google states that it is giving “anonymized data”, it is clear that it has the fully-identified raw data on everyones exact location at all times. This is based on location services contained in all smart phones, which is turned on by default. ⁃ TN Editor
  Location data is being released by Google in 131 countries so officials can see if people are obeying self-isolating rules
  Alphabet’s Google division has on Thursday published data for 131 countries that show
  
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• Orion Spacecraft Passes Tests – Ready for Final Artemis I Launch Preparations

  03-04-2020 16:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The Orion spacecraft that will fly on the Artemis 1 mission around the Moon has returned to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, after...
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• Can you use apps to track coronavirus and protect privacy? Europe's going to try

  03-04-2020 15:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Countries across Europe are looking to launch apps to help trace the spread of the coronavirus, without raising the kinds of privacy concerns that surround technology used in China.
  
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• Room Temperature Superconductivity 'Breakthrough' and Other Stories

  03-04-2020 14:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In these troubled times, enforced home-working is producing remarkable results for physicists and astronomers.
  
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• Vulnerable to Climate Change: Huge Antarctic Glacier Melting From the Bottom Up

  03-04-2020 14:23 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The shape of the ground beneath Denman Glacier, which is melting from the bottom up, makes it particularly vulnerable to the intrusion of seawater. Denman...
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• Exploring the Mystery of Black Holes: Scientists Release Stellar Code to the Public

  03-04-2020 13:40 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Today, team COMPAS (Compact Object Mergers: Population Astrophysics and Statistics) has announced the first public beta release of their rapid binary population synthesis code (available...
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• How Late Cretaceous Dinosaur-Dominated Ecosystems Were Structured

  03-04-2020 12:50 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A topic of considerable interest to paleontologists is how dinosaur-dominated ecosystems were structured, how dinosaurs and co-occurring animals were distributed across the landscape, how they...
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• Children — but also parents — adapt to life over video chat

  03-04-2020 12:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  With many parts of the U.S. now almost a month into seemingly open-ended orders to stay home, the novelty of moving life online has begun to wear off.
  
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• NASA Worm is Back!

  03-04-2020 11:51 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The original NASA insignia is one of the most powerful symbols in the world. A bold, patriotic red chevron wing piercing a blue sphere, representing...
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• Drylands Around the World Will Expand at an Accelerated Rate Because of Future Climate Change

  03-04-2020 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
   A research team led by Washington State University has found that while drylands around the world will expand at an accelerated rate because of future...
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• Coronavirus survivor: 'In my blood, there may be answers'

  03-04-2020 07:41
  As more and more people survive the new coronavirus, hospitals want them to line up to donate some blood
  
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• Coronavirus World Map: 896,450 Confirmed Cases; 201 Countries; 45,526 Deaths

  03-04-2020 06:46 via scitechdaily.com
  
  WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 73 No new countries/territories/areas reported cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. WHO has released a Medical Product...
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• NASA WFIRST Will Detect Exoplanets Using Warped Space-Time

  03-04-2020 04:20 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The NASA mission will identify planets with large orbits, similar to our solar system’s far-flung giants, Uranus and Neptune. NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope...
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• Automated tool can find 100 Zoom meeting IDs per hour - The Verge

  03-04-2020 02:21 via news.google.com
  Automated tool can find 100 Zoom meeting IDs per hour  The Verge‘Zoom is malware’: why experts worry about the video conferencing platform  The GuardianElon Musk's SpaceX bans Zoom over privacy concerns -memo  ReutersZoom is popular and easy, but just how dangerous is it?  OnMSFTHere's 8 Quick Tips To Keep You From Getting "Zoombombed" By Trolls  BuzzFeed NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls former Dallas police Chief David Brown the right leader in a time of crisis, announ - Chicago Tribune

  03-04-2020 02:19 via news.google.com
  Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls former Dallas police Chief David Brown the right leader in a time of crisis, announ  Chicago Tribunesource: Ex-Dallas police chief to lead Chicago police  The Associated PressWelcome Chicago's new police superintendent  Chicago TribuneChicago's increasingly warm weather brings warnings to keep distance, stay inside during COVID-19 pandemic  WLS-TVChicago Police Officer With COVID-19 Dies  WBEZView Full Coverage on Googl
  
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• These Flies Have Been Trapped in the Bone Zone for 41 Million Years - Gizmodo

  03-04-2020 02:17 via news.google.com
  These Flies Have Been Trapped in the Bone Zone for 41 Million Years  GizmodoFlies having sex preserved in fossil dating back millions of years  CNETScientists Find 2 Mating Flies Trapped in Prehistoric Amber  The New York TimesFossil trove sheds light on ancient antipodean ecology  Phys.orgPrehistoric pair of fornicating flies that became frozen in amber 41 million years ago discovered  Daily MailView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Local governments are asking residents to wear face coverings in public amid coronavirus spread - CNN

  03-04-2020 02:14 via news.google.com
  
  Local governments are asking residents to wear face coverings in public amid coronavirus spread  CNN
  
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• Apple accidentally leaks AirTags, its Tile-like item tracker - The Next Web

  03-04-2020 02:08 via news.google.com
  Apple accidentally leaks AirTags, its Tile-like item tracker  The Next WebApple accidentally confirms the existence of an unreleased product, AirTags  TechCrunchApple accidentally confirms Tile-like AirTags name in deleted support video  The VergeApple leaks iPhone accessory for finding lost items, report claims - Business Insider  Business InsiderApple accidentally confirms the AirTags name for its tracking accessory  PhoneArenaView Full Coverag
  
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• Trump Administration Debating Whether to Recommend All Americans Wear Cloth Masks in Public - The New York Times

  03-04-2020 01:51 via news.google.com
  
  Trump Administration Debating Whether to Recommend All Americans Wear Cloth Masks in Public  The New York TimesBehind the scenes, Kushner takes charge of coronavirus response  POLITICOCoronavirus Task Force Briefing Live Stream Thursday: How to Watch White House's Latest Updates on COVID-19  NewsweekThanks to Trump, the coronavirus is very much not under control in the USA  The Boston GlobeOpinion | When It Comes to Trump, Media Shouldn't Keep Its Distance
  
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• Joe Exotic transferred from coronavirus isolation to prison medical center - New York Post

  03-04-2020 01:43 via news.google.com
  Joe Exotic transferred from coronavirus isolation to prison medical center  New York Post Tiger King's Jeff Lowe – the story only gets more disturbing  digitalspy.comJoe Exotic's husband Dillon Passage supports him  CNNWhat ‘Tiger King’ doesn’t show  The Washington PostHow 'Tiger King' Netflix treats Joe and Carole isn't harmless fun  Los Angeles TimesView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Disney to furlough non-union employees at theme parks, waives annual pass fees - CNBC

  03-04-2020 01:34 via news.google.com
  Disney to furlough non-union employees at theme parks, waives annual pass fees  CNBC10 things you don’t know about Disneyland’s sort-of-secret Club 33  The Mercury NewsDisneyland Halts Annual Passport Monthly Payments  MiceChatBREAKING: Walt Disney World and Disneyland Offer Partial Refunds; Payment Plan Holds for Annual Passholders Due to COVID-19 Extended Closures  wdwnt.comDisney's annual passholders complain about still being charged amid c
  
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• Tesla overcomes plant shutdowns to again build 100,000 cars in quarter

  03-04-2020 01:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Tesla built more than 100,000 vehicles in the first quarter, despite shutdowns at its plants in Shanghai and Fremont, California, due to health concerns associated with the coronavirus.
  
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• Dana White says “everyone knew” Khabib Nurmagomedov wasn’t fighting at UFC 249 - BJPENN.COM

  03-04-2020 01:28 via news.google.com
  Dana White says “everyone knew” Khabib Nurmagomedov wasn’t fighting at UFC 249  BJPENN.COMCalling for Khabib to be stripped of his UFC title is laughable | Opinion  MMA JunkieTony Ferguson calls for Khabib Nurmagomedov to be stripped of title  ESPNKhabib Nurmagomedov is right: Why would you even want him to fight right now?  The Athletic“Gaethje Can Stop Khabib’s Wrestling”- Dustin Poirier Has Surprise Comments on Justin
  
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• Commander of aircraft carrier hit by coronavirus removed for 'poor judgment' after sounding alarm - CNN

  03-04-2020 01:24 via news.google.com
  Commander of aircraft carrier hit by coronavirus removed for 'poor judgment' after sounding alarm  CNNUSS Theodore Roosevelt commanding officer relieved of duty, acting Navy secretary announces  Fox NewsNavy relieves captain who raised alarm about coronavirus outbreak on aircraft carrier  NBC NewsA Navy Captain’s Brave Fight Against Coronavirus  BloombergNavy relieves Capt. Brett Crozier after coronavirus concern leaks  New York Daily NewsV
  
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• Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine granted early prison release due to coronavirus concerns - Fox News

  03-04-2020 01:21 via news.google.com
  Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine granted early prison release due to coronavirus concerns  Fox NewsTekashi 69 Released From Prison Early Due to Coronavirus Fears  Yahoo EntertainmentTekashi 6ix9ine Released From Prison Due To Coronavirus Plea | TMZ  TMZJim Jones Claps Back At 50 Cent Over Tekashi 6ix9ine Informant Joke –  SOHHTekashi 6ix9ine should be considered for early release because of coronavirus, judge says  Yahoo NewsView Full Coverage on Goo
  
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• New York hospitals rationing ventilators, retrofitting equipment amid crush of coronavirus - Politico

  03-04-2020 01:14 via news.google.com
  New York hospitals rationing ventilators, retrofitting equipment amid crush of coronavirus  PoliticoNew York Gov. Cuomo: 'I'm doing everything I can, but people are still dying' from the coronavirus  CNBCCuomo critics highlight years of taxpayer waste, amid deepening coronavirus crisis in New York  Fox NewsN.Y. Has Only 6 Days’ Supply of Ventilators, Cuomo Says: Live Updates  The New York TimesWhy this is Andrew Cuomo’s moment: Being New York&r
  
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• New England Patriots plane returns from China with coronavirus N95 masks - Fox News

  03-04-2020 01:07 via news.google.com
  New England Patriots plane returns from China with coronavirus N95 masks  Fox NewsThe New England Patriots Are Sending Surgical Masks to NYC | COVID-19 Coverage from NBC New York  NBC New YorkPatriots' plane ferries a million masks to U.S. from China  Yahoo SportsCharlie Baker praises China, not Trump, as Patriots plane arrives  Boston HeraldNew England Patriots team plane flying 1.2 million N95 masks from China to help ease coronavirus shortages &nbs
  
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• Why U.S. Shale Will Survive The Oil Price War - OilPrice.com

  03-04-2020 01:00 via news.google.com
  Why U.S. Shale Will Survive The Oil Price War  OilPrice.comOil Deal? - Trump Expects Saudis, Russia Will Cut Oil Production  Bloomberg Markets and FinanceStocks soar on oil's record gain as Trump expects Russia, Saudi Arabia to cut output  Fox BusinessTrump’s 10 Million Barrel Tweet Is Performance Art  BloombergOil crash poses severe test for OPEC+ after Moscow, Riyadh miscalculate  Yahoo FinanceView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Vikings First Round Mock Draft Roundup 6.0 - Sports Illustrated

  03-04-2020 00:53 via news.google.com
  Vikings First Round Mock Draft Roundup 6.0  Sports IllustratedWill “small war rooms” for draft mesh with stay-at-home orders?  NBCSports.com2020 NFL Draft: Five teams that should trade down in Round 1, including two in the top five  Getaka.co.in2020 NFL Mock Draft 12.0: Dolphins, Buccaneers and Eagles Trade Up  Sports IllustratedNFL weighing 2 different draft scenarios for teams  NFL.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Bodies pile up on streets in Ecuador as coronavirus spreads - CBS News

  03-04-2020 00:53 via news.google.com
  Bodies pile up on streets in Ecuador as coronavirus spreads  CBS NewsRotting corpses litter Ecuador streets as coronavirus spreads  New York Post COVID-19 death toll mounts in Ecuador  Al Jazeera EnglishAs coronavirus spreads in Ecuador, bodies are left on streets  Los Angeles TimesIn Ecuador, families wait with their dead as bodies pile up  Washington PostView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Holland America ships caught in COVID-19 pandemic dock in Florida; here's how disembarkation will work - USA TODAY

  03-04-2020 00:31 via news.google.com
  Holland America ships caught in COVID-19 pandemic dock in Florida; here's how disembarkation will work  USA TODAYHolland America cruise ships with over 200 sick passengers and crew reach deal to disembark in Florida  Fox NewsZaandam and Rotterdam cruise ships to dock in Florida with sick passengers  CNNIll-fated cruise ships given approval to dock in Florida  Miami HeraldDeal is done: Cruise ship with sick passengers, sister ship allowed to dock in Florida
  
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• Antimalarial Drugs, Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine, May Ward Off COVID-19 – Here’s How to Use the Limited Global Supply

  03-04-2020 00:30 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Restrict antimalarial usage to healthy people at highest risk and those testing positive but still symptomless, suggest doctors. Limited global supplies may scupper proposals to...
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• Pelosi announces new select committee to oversee coronavirus response, setting up clash with Trump over $2 trillion law - The Washington Post

  03-04-2020 00:19 via news.google.com
  Pelosi announces new select committee to oversee coronavirus response, setting up clash with Trump over $2 trillion law  The Washington PostPelosi creates new House committee with subpoena power for coronavirus oversight  Fox NewsPelosi announces House committee on coronavirus crisis to exercise oversight of pandemic response  CNNUS Congress seeks to oversee coronavirus stimulus spending  Al Jazeera EnglishTrump slams ‘partisan' probes after Pelosi a
  
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