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• Trump, aides, float outlier theory on origins of coronavirus

  16-04-2020 23:05 via abcnews.go.com
  
  President Donald Trump and some of his officials are stepping up efforts to pin blame on China for the coronavirus pandemic
  
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• The trial of Elizabeth Holmes has been pushed back due to the pandemic

  16-04-2020 22:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the failed blood-testing company Theranos, has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• One: Wonderland

  16-04-2020 21:34 via nytimes.com
  
  A young man finds escape on the internet. He doesn’t realize that on the other side of the screen, a force is pulling him in.
  
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• Facebook cancels large in-person events through June 2021

  16-04-2020 20:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook is canceling all of its planned physical events with 50 or more people through June 2021 due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Study: Warming makes US West megadrought worst in modern age

  16-04-2020 20:37 via abcnews.go.com
  A new study finds that much of the western United States is baking in what scientists call an emerging megadrought
  
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• Who Gets Sickest From COVID-19?

  16-04-2020 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Due to immune variations — some genetic, some acquired — the virus hits some people much harder than others.
  
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• After More Than 40 Years, Evidence Found for Existence of Elusive ‘Metabolon’

  16-04-2020 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  For more than 40 years, scientists have hypothesized the existence of enzyme clusters, or “metabolons,” in facilitating various processes within cells. Using a novel imaging...
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• News24.com | EXPLAINER | 5 questions about virus 'tracing' by smartphone

  16-04-2020 19:30
  
  Can an app contain the pandemic? Interest is growing in smartphone technology as a potential key to ending lockdowns and reopening economies around the world.
  
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• Fin24.com | EXPLAINER | 5 questions about virus 'tracing' by smartphone

  16-04-2020 19:30
  
  Can an app contain the pandemic? Interest is growing in smartphone technology as a potential key to ending lockdowns and reopening economies around the world.
  
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• Facebook's cryptocurrency project gets watered down as it attempts to woo regulators

  16-04-2020 19:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Libra Association, an independent group organized by Facebook to manage the libra crytocurrency, said it now plans to offer stable coins backed by just one nation’s currency.
  
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• Dramatic Satellite Images Show Air Pollution Remains Low as Europeans Stay at Home

  16-04-2020 19:05 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Further analyses are showing the continued low levels of nitrogen dioxide concentrations across Europe – coinciding with lockdown measures implemented to stop the spread of...
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• Cuomo Extends Coronavirus Shutdown Order to May 15: Live Updates - The New York Times

  16-04-2020 18:36
  Cuomo Extends Coronavirus Shutdown Order to May 15: Live Updates  The New York TimesNew Yorkers must wear masks when unable to socially distance, Gov. Cuomo says  CNNNew York stay-home order extended to May 15  PoliticoAndrew Cuomo is no coronavirus hero  New York Daily NewsRelease many more people from prison now, Gov. Cuomo  New York Daily NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Pandemic Panic To Usher In The UN’s 2030 Agenda Ten Years Early

  16-04-2020 18:31 via technocracy.news
  
  Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy, is the endgame of the global elite who want control over all resources on earth, including people. The “Great Panic of 2020” has been weaponized to create the biggest economic coup in the history of the world.
  I would again note that control over political structures is incidental to control over all economic functions. When Technocracy prevails, elected politicians of all stripes will be summarily dismissed and engineers and scientists will
  
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• PGA Tour schedule: Season to return in June with no fans at first four events, six majors in 2020-21 - CBS Sports

  16-04-2020 18:28
  PGA Tour schedule: Season to return in June with no fans at first four events, six majors in 2020-21  CBS SportsPGA Tour revises schedule, targets June 11 return at Charles Schwab Challenge  ESPNPGA Tour releases revised schedule; no fans allowed at first four events  USA TODAYThe Greenbrier permanently ends PGA Tour stop  Roanoke TimesLatest updates on the PGA tour's revised schedule  ESPNView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• How Heart Disease, Diabetes and Other Preexisting Conditions Increase the Risk of Severe Illness and Death from COVID-19

  16-04-2020 18:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  If SARS-CoV-2 takes hold in a patient’s respiratory system, why do underlying conditions affect our ability to fight the disease?
  
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• Jeff Lowe continues smear campaign against Joe Exotic with tiger sex-tape claims - New York Post

  16-04-2020 18:18
  Jeff Lowe continues smear campaign against Joe Exotic with tiger sex-tape claims  New York Post Joe Exotic's Mug Shot Turned into a Pizza by Jersey Pizzeria  TMZ"Tiger King" is Actually Horrible for Tigers  LiveScience'Tiger King': Travis Maldonado's Sister Reveals What Joe Exotic Is Really Like  Showbiz Cheat SheetJeff Lowe From ‘Tiger King’ Answered Questions On Everything From Carole Baskin Conspiracy Theories, Eating ‘Walmart Meat&rsq
  
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• Dow Jones Erases 200-Point Drop On Jobless Claims In Coronavirus Stock Market Rally; Microsoft Breaks Out - Investor's Business Daily

  16-04-2020 18:15
  Dow Jones Erases 200-Point Drop On Jobless Claims In Coronavirus Stock Market Rally; Microsoft Breaks Out  Investor's Business DailyStocks torn between unemployment spike, Trump's economic restart  Fox BusinessStocks sink on Wall Street as grim economic news pours in  KSL.comDow Jones Today Lags, Nasdaq Leads Following Jobless Data; A Netflix Price Target Hike; Abbott Labs, Taiwan Semi Earnings  Investor's Business DailyUPDATE: Wall Street stumbles amid gr
  
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• The government's small business loan money is gone. Now what? - CNN

  16-04-2020 18:03
  The government's small business loan money is gone. Now what?  CNNSmall business rescue loan program hits $349 billion limit and is now out of money  CNBCSmall business coronavirus relief program runs out of funding  Fox BusinessThe coronavirus crisis exposes how America really feels about small businesses  The Washington PostSBA says it's out of money for loans to businesses hit by coronavirus pandemic  MarketWatchView Full Coverage on Google Ne
  
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• Later Daters - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch - Nintendo

  16-04-2020 18:00
  
  Later Daters - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch  NintendoNintendo Switch 2 incoming? New dual-screen Switch just leaked  Tom's GuideNew Nintendo Switch with dual screens discovered by hacker  T3Overwatch - Echo Playable Now - Nintendo Switch  NintendoLatest Switch firmware hints at new hardware being on the way  KitGuruView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Is that person infected? Stopping coronavirus spread will include surveillance

  16-04-2020 17:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  “In a plague, civil liberties have to be suspended. There are good reasons for that.”
  
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• The Sun Has Thin Threads of Million-Degree Plasma, According to New Images

  16-04-2020 17:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Thanks to the highest-resolution photos ever taken of the sun, researchers have spotted previously invisible filaments of scorching-hot plasma threaded through the sun's atmosphere.
  
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• NYC medical residents treating coronavirus describe 'living a nightmare' - NBC News

  16-04-2020 17:48
  NYC medical residents treating coronavirus describe 'living a nightmare'  NBC NewsLending a hand: Local medical professions on the front line in battle against novel coronavirus  Mohave Valley NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy S10 Lite Hits the US at Worst Possible Time - Droid Life

  16-04-2020 17:47
  
  Samsung's Galaxy S10 Lite Hits the US at Worst Possible Time  Droid LifeSamsung’s Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is keeping the Android tablet dream alive  Ars TechnicaLenovo Yoga Smart Tab review: A tablet, and then some  Digital TrendsSave big on Pixel, Samsung Galaxy, more in today’s Woot sale from $60 (Refurb)  9to5Toys[Update: $349] Samsung quietly launches Galaxy Tab S6 Lite tablet w/ S Pen, Android 10  9to5GoogleView Full Coverage on Googl
  
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• Glitches prevent $1,200 stimulus checks from reaching millions of Americans - The Washington Post

  16-04-2020 17:40
  Glitches prevent $1,200 stimulus checks from reaching millions of Americans  The Washington PostIf you didn't get a stimulus check yet, don't panic—here's how to see when it's coming  CNBCThe IRS launched its ‘Get My Payment’ portal for tracking your stimulus check status  FortuneTech issues hit Chase, Citi, Capital One, PNC amid stimulus payments - Business Insider  Business InsiderPelosi calls Trump's name appearing on stimulus checks '
  
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• Economist: How Gullible Politicians Promoted The Destruction Of The Global Economy

  16-04-2020 17:40 via technocracy.news
  
  This is the view of an economist in Brazil who also concludes that erroneous computer models and incessant media hype are the primary reasons the world was sucker-punched into destroying its economic and financial systems.
  TN has written that although the COVID-19 virus is real and dangerous, it is far from being a death sentence. A very large percentage of people who contracted the virus have fully recovered and many never exhibited any symptoms at all.
  When Sustainable Development alarmists to
  
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• Coronavirus: UK lockdown extended for 'at least three weeks' - BBC News

  16-04-2020 17:18
  
  Coronavirus: UK lockdown extended for 'at least three weeks'  BBC NewsCoronavirus: Dominic Raab holds daily briefing on virus outbreak – watch live  Guardian NewsUK extends coronavirus lockdown measures by at least three weeks  CNBCCoronavirus: Significant social distancing needed 'until vaccine found'  BBC NewsA 106-year-old woman leaves UK hospital after recovering from coronavirus  CNNView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• 5 pro comparisons for the top receivers in the 2020 NFL Draft - Raiders Wire

  16-04-2020 17:07
  5 pro comparisons for the top receivers in the 2020 NFL Draft  Raiders Wire2020 NFL Mock Draft: Seven rounds, 18 trades, 255 picks and full breakdowns for all 32 teams  CBS SportsMel Kiper explains Trevon Diggs’ slide in mock draft  AL.comRanking the 32 Most Valuable NFL Draft Picks of the 21st Century  The RingerWhy Jets' Key Additions 'Have Yet to Come'  newyorkjets.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Nurses who refused to care for coronavirus patients without N95 masks are suspended by hospital - Daily Mail

  16-04-2020 17:05
  Nurses who refused to care for coronavirus patients without N95 masks are suspended by hospital  Daily MailNurses suspended for refusing COVID-19 care without N95 mask  Yahoo NewsLake fire rescue sterilizing masks for first responders  Daily CommercialNurses suspended for refusing to treat coronavirus patients without N95 masks  New York Post KARE 11 Investigates: Police agencies skipping COVID-19 N95 mask safety rules  KARE 11View Full Coverage
  
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• Chanting ‘lock her up,’ Michigan protesters waving Trump flags mass against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s coronavirus restrictions - The Washington Post

  16-04-2020 16:59
  Chanting ‘lock her up,’ Michigan protesters waving Trump flags mass against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s coronavirus restrictions  The Washington PostMichigan governor dismisses massive protest as a 'political stunt'  Fox NewsNew Jersey cops break up a catered backyard party and shut down toy store that had 50 people outside  Daily Mail'Sick and Tired': Thousands Roil Capitol Over Whitmer Orders  U.S. News & World ReportDid Gretchen Whitme
  
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• Sources -- Top high school player Jalen Green to enter NBA/G League pathway - ESPN

  16-04-2020 16:54
  Sources -- Top high school player Jalen Green to enter NBA/G League pathway  ESPN5-star Auburn target Jalen Green opts for NBA G League, per report  AL.comNo. 1 recruit Jalen Green taking G League route  ClutchPointsAnswering the big college basketball questions after Jalen Green's decision  ESPNAuburn and Memphis target Jalen Green expected to skip college basketball to play in NBA's G League  CBS SportsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Small business loan funds nearly depleted with Congress deadlocked - POLITICO

  16-04-2020 16:49
  Small business loan funds nearly depleted with Congress deadlocked  POLITICOStimulus program for small business nearly depleted as Congress still negotiating a deal  USA TODAYSchumer, Pelosi staff to continue talks with Treasury on Thursday about interim emergency coronavirus relief bill  CNBCRepublicans wary of Mnuchin's coronavirus relief talks with Dems  POLITICOU.S. coronavirus small-business program funding nearly spent  Los Angeles TimesVie
  
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• What Decades of Research Tells Us About Student Success in the Online Classroom

  16-04-2020 16:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  What your child gets out of their digital classroom depends heavily on what those digital lessons look like.
  
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• Did Xi Jinping Intentionally Sicken The World?

  16-04-2020 16:42 via technocracy.news
  
  The question must be asked, but the answers prove nothing. Along the way, however, we discover the moral bankruptcy of a nation that practices widespread ethnic and social cleansing, exercises autocratic control over everyone else, and routinely lies to the outside world.  ⁃ TN EditorWe often ascribe a basic level of humanity to even the cruelest leaders, but People’s Republic of China leader Xi Jinping’s actions have forced us to rethink this assumption. Although the emer
  
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• Facebook will start warning people who 'like' or react to fake coronavirus news - CNBC

  16-04-2020 16:05
  Facebook will start warning people who 'like' or react to fake coronavirus news  CNBCFacebook Will Alert Users Who Liked Coronavirus Hoaxes  NPRFacebook to tell millions of users they’ve seen ‘fake news’ about coronavirus  POLITICOFacebook will start steering users who interact with coronavirus misinformation to WHO  NBC NewsCoronavirus: Facebook to warn users who engaged with 'harmful' misinformation  The GuardianView Full Cove
  
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• West must do more to stop China buying up technology, former U.K. spy chief says

  16-04-2020 15:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Imagination Technologies, one of the jewels in Britain’s technological crown, was bought by a private equity firm backed by Chinese state-owned China Reform holdings.
  
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• India says Zoom 'not a safe platform' for video conferencing

  16-04-2020 15:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  U.S.-based Zoom has apologized for security flaws and says it is working to fix them.
  
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• Weekly jobless claims hit 5.245 million, raising monthly loss to 22 million due to coronavirus - CNBC

  16-04-2020 15:39
  
  Weekly jobless claims hit 5.245 million, raising monthly loss to 22 million due to coronavirus  CNBCUnemployment claims jumped by 5.25M last week as coronavirus job carnage continues  Fox BusinessMoney Matters: Millions of Jobless Claims for Third Week  News4JAXADOL launches UI claims tracker - The Brewton Standard  Brewton Standard12 Percent of Massachusetts Out of Work  Banker & TradesmanView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Michael Che honors his late grandmother by covering rent for 160 public housing units - CNN

  16-04-2020 15:37
  
  Michael Che honors his late grandmother by covering rent for 160 public housing units  CNNMichael Che Paying One Month’s Rent For 160 Apartments in NYC  TMZMichael Che To Pay Rent for Residents In Grandmother's Apartment Complex After She Died From COVID-19  msnNOWSNL’s Che Says He Will Pay Rent for Residents of NYCHA Building Where Grandmother Once Lived  NBC New YorkSNL’s Michael Che vows to pay rent for public housing residents to hono
  
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• Trump questions accuracy of China's coronavirus death toll - NBC News

  16-04-2020 15:15
  
  Trump questions accuracy of China's coronavirus death toll  NBC NewsTimeline: How Trump And WHO Reacted At Key Moments During The Coronavirus Crisis : Goats and Soda  NPRW.H.O. Warned Trump About Coronavirus Early and Often  The New York TimesAndrew McCarthy: In coronavirus dispute with WHO, can Trump legally cut off US funding?  Fox NewsER doctor and Ebola survivor to Trump: Build World Health Organization, don't tear it down  USA TODAYView Full
  
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• Facebook will steer users who interact with coronavirus misinformation to WHO

  16-04-2020 15:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  The move is just the most recent step in an aggressive and coordinated response by Facebook and other tech companies to promote facts and guidance from reputable sources.
  
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• Leaked Moto Flagship, LG's new design, and a bunch of new phones - Engadget

  16-04-2020 15:00
  
  Leaked Moto Flagship, LG's new design, and a bunch of new phones  EngadgetOnePlus has put Samsung on notice  The VergeOnePlus 8 Pro versus Pixel 4 camera comparison  PhandroidOnePlus 8 camera photo examples and video in slow motion  SlashGearEven a pandemic can't slow down new phone season  EngadgetView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fall to 5.24 Million; Housing Starts Plunge - Investing.com

  16-04-2020 14:54
  U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fall to 5.24 Million; Housing Starts Plunge  Investing.comUS weekly jobless claims top 5.2 million in latest week  msnNOWStock market news live updates: Stock futures mixed after slew of disastrous economic data  Yahoo News CanadaU.S. weekly jobless claims seen underscoring deepening economic slump  Investing.comU.S. weekly jobless claims highlight economic carnage from coronavirus  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google
  
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• 'RHOBH': Is Denise Richards the New Lisa Vanderpump of Season 10? - Showbiz Cheat Sheet

  16-04-2020 14:25
  
  'RHOBH': Is Denise Richards the New Lisa Vanderpump of Season 10?  Showbiz Cheat SheetRHOBH: Denise Richards Defends Her Marriage, Cast Says She Has 'Secret'  PEOPLERHOBH: Why Kyle Richards Found the Denise Richards Drama 'Strange' and 'Frustrating' (Exclusive)  Entertainment Tonight'RHOBH': Kyle Richards Claps Back at Dorit Kemsley for Fashion Line Criticism  Showbiz Cheat SheetReal Housewives Of Beverly Hills: Denise Richards dramatically ends filming as
  
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• ESO telescope sees star dance around supermassive black hole, proves Einstein right - HeritageDaily

  16-04-2020 13:53
  ESO telescope sees star dance around supermassive black hole, proves Einstein right  HeritageDailyAstronomers saw a star dancing around a black hole. And it proves Einstein's theory was right  CNNA star orbiting the Milky Way’s giant black hole confirms Einstein was right  Science NewsStar Orbiting the Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy Proves Einstein Right  Interesting EngineeringA Star Orbiting a Black Hole Just Confirmed a Predic
  
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• Privacy is a right, but it may not be free. How does $3 a month sound?

  16-04-2020 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Privacy-focused startup Jumbo provides a dashboard to manage privacy settings on a variety of major internet services, but the emerging privacy-as-a-service model risks deepening inequality.
  
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• Cal Thomas: Obama finally endorses Biden – and here's who to blame if Democrats lose in 2020 - Fox News

  16-04-2020 13:00
  Cal Thomas: Obama finally endorses Biden – and here's who to blame if Democrats lose in 2020  Fox NewsElizabeth Warren is latest to endorse Joe Biden for president  CBS NewsWhy Democratic unity is a huge problem for Trump  POLITICOJoe Biden isn’t the Democratic Party’s future. He needs a vice president who is.  The Washington PostCan Biden win in November? Frankly, it is doubtful  Al Jazeera EnglishView Full Coverage on Google N
  
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• Apple Developing High-End Headphones With Interchangeable Parts - Bloomberg

  16-04-2020 12:50
  Apple Developing High-End Headphones With Interchangeable Parts  BloombergApple is working on high-end over-the-ear headphones: report  MarketWatchApple now sells AirPods Pro tip replacements on its website  The VergeApple's rumored over-ear headphones may offer switchable magnetic parts  EngadgetApple is finally letting you buy replacement AirPods Pro ear tips  Digital TrendsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Can 3D printing plug the coronavirus equipment gap?

  16-04-2020 12:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  As frontline workers and hospitals struggle to get access to enough medical equipment to deal with the rapid spread of coronavirus, a growing number of businesses are pushing what could be a promising fix: 3D-printed supplies.
  
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• Long-Dead Telescope Detects ‘Most Similar Planet To Earth Ever Found’ In A Star’s ‘Habitable Zone’ - Forbes

  16-04-2020 10:47
  Long-Dead Telescope Detects ‘Most Similar Planet To Earth Ever Found’ In A Star’s ‘Habitable Zone’  ForbesNASA discovery of planet remarkably like ours gives hope for 'second Earth'  CNETHas NASA discovered another Earth? Perhaps  USA TODAYNewfound alien planet may be most Earth-like yet  Space.comEvidence of the 'most similar planet to Earth ever found' spotted in old data  Daily MailView Full Coverage on Google New
  
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• Trucking app Kobo360 wants to speed up deliveries across Africa

  16-04-2020 10:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Transporting goods quickly and cheaply is vital for trade, but it's a struggle in many African nations. Now a startup is hoping to change that.
  
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