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• Tesla shareholder suit over Elon Musk tweets remains on hold

  19-05-2020 23:58
  
  Attorneys for Tesla shareholders have lost a bid to resume a Delaware lawsuit to prevent CEO Elon Musk from using his Twitter account to disseminate information about the electric vehicle and solar panel manufacturer
  
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• Cyber attacks are increasingly all about financial gain, report says

  19-05-2020 23:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A desire to steal money continues to be the leading motivator behind cyber attacks, according to Verizon's annual Data Breach Investigations Report.
  
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• Lyft partners with anti-sexual violence organization to offer free rides

  19-05-2020 22:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  The program will offer 1,000 free rides to individuals seeking crisis support who contact the RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline.
  
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• Columbia Astronomer Estimates the Odds of Extraterrestrial Life and Intelligence Emerging in Alien Worlds

  19-05-2020 22:49 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New study uses Bayesian statistics to shed light on how extraterrestrial life might evolve beyond our planet. Humans have been wondering whether we alone in...
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• Spotify signs Joe Rogan as it ramps up podcast efforts

  19-05-2020 22:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  The deal will bring one of podcasting's most famous voices exclusively to the streaming platform, which has been on a podcast spending spree.
  
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• Researchers Probe Materials at Extreme Deep-Earth Conditions to Decipher Earth’s Evolutionary Tale

  19-05-2020 21:32 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Learning how liquid silicates behave at these extreme temperatures and pressures has been a longstanding challenge in the geosciences. Far below the Earth’s surface, about...
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• Speech advocate Annie Glenn, astronaut's wife, dies at 100

  19-05-2020 21:26
  
  Annie Glenn has died at age 100 after becoming an advocate for fellow stutterers by making use of the fame that came with being married to the first American to orbit the Earth
  
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• Google says it won't build AI tools for oil and gas drillers

  19-05-2020 20:09
  
  Google says it will no longer build custom artificial intelligence tools for speeding up oil and gas extraction, separating itself from cloud computing rivals Microsoft and Amazon
  
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• NASA Brings Galactic Cosmic Rays to Earth to Study Biological Effects and Health Risks

  19-05-2020 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  To better understand and mitigate the health risks faced by astronauts from exposure to space radiation, we ideally need to be able to test the...
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• Facebook launches 'Shops' feature for small businesses as online shopping surges

  19-05-2020 19:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook's announcement comes as consumers have flocked to online shopping during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• How Many Galaxies Are There? Astronomers Are Revealing the Enormity of the Universe

  19-05-2020 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The universe is awash in islands of matter — some 100 billion galaxies make up the basic building blocks of the cosmos.
  
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• Vive La Résistance! Tyrants Get Busted By Courts, Law Enforcement

  19-05-2020 18:09 via technocracy.news
  
  Constitutional sheriffs, judges and state legislators are rising up against tyrannical orders issued by state and local leaders and they deserve our support and encouragement. Here are just a few examples of courageous actions in the heat of battle to break the bands of tyranny. 
  In Oregon, a judge just declared Gov. Kate Brown’s emergency orders and lockdown to be ‘null and void’. A local story reported, Baker County Circuit Judge Matthew Shirtcliff made the ruling M
  
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• New Material Acts as an Efficient Frequency Multiplier – May Lead to Faster Data Transfer and More Powerful Processors

  19-05-2020 18:04 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Higher frequencies mean faster data transfer and more powerful processors – the formula that has been driving the IT industry for years. Technically, however, it...
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• ESA/NASA SOHO Spacecraft Has Discovered Thousands of Comets – What Makes It So Good at It?

  19-05-2020 17:41 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, was not designed to find comets — its original goal...
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• US-Apple-Books-Top-10

  19-05-2020 17:35
  The top 10 Apple Books on the iTunes Store for week ending 5/17/2020
  
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• When Your Hospital Morphs Into A Real-Time Surveillance Center…

  19-05-2020 17:12 via technocracy.news
  
  Google is extending its Nest security camera integration to hospitals by donating 10,000 units for hospital room surveillance where everyone is continuously watched. It has been already discovered that some data collected will be transmitted back to Google. ⁃ TN EditorRecent events have come to light about hospital surveillance that should concern everyone.
  Big Tech is using the pandemic as an excuse to turn hospitals into mirror images of law enforcement’s real-time crime cente
  
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• Yikes! Saliva Droplets From Mild Cough Travel Up to 18 Feet

  19-05-2020 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Current social distancing guidelines of 6 feet may be insufficient, because a mild cough occurring in low wind speeds of 4-15 kph can propel saliva...
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• The Barren Economic Landscape Of Post-Capitalism

  19-05-2020 16:49 via technocracy.news
  
  TN readers know that Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy, is an economic system that is sworn to overthrow Capitalism and Free Enterprise. What seemed impossible six months ago has how happened in 3 short months, thanks to the Great Panic of 2020. ⁃ TN EditorThere is only one holistic system of systems, one vast and immane, interwoven, interacting, multivariate, multinational dominion of dollars.
  It is the international system of currency which determines the totality of life on this
  
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• Loss of Smell, Confusion, Strokes: Does COVID-19 Target the Nervous System?

  19-05-2020 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Reports of patients with neurological symptoms have emerged during the pandemic. Scientists don’t yet know whether these are a direct effect of the virus or part of the body’s response to infection.
  
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• Global Cooling Gives Nightmares To Global Warming Alarmists

  19-05-2020 16:28 via technocracy.news
  
  Cycles of sun spots are fairly predictable and the current cycle is looking more and more like the Maunder Minimum that created the “Little Ice Age” between 1650 and 1715. The story below is largely propaganda that minimizes the story of impending global cooling.
  The article also cites Imperial College London, which was directly responsible for the Great Panic of 2020 when it released Professor Neil Ferguson’s trashy computer computer model on the COVID-19 pandemic.
  With global
  
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• Search for Extraterrestrial Life Boosted by New Exoplanet Climate ‘Decoder’

  19-05-2020 16:05 via scitechdaily.com
  
  After examining a dozen types of suns and a roster of planet surfaces, Cornell astronomers have developed a practical model – an environmental color “decoder”...
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• Humans and Neanderthals May Have Shared Jewelry Designs

  19-05-2020 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Pendants made from cave bear teeth are among the items found with the earliest modern human fossils in a cave in Bulgaria.
  
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• Amazon's latest game could be a 'Fortnite' rival

  19-05-2020 15:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  After two delays, Amazon's upcoming shooter is finally coming out. But "Crucible" might already be too late to the game.
  
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• Artificial Intelligence Equipped Supercomputer Mining for COVID-19 Connections in 18 Million Research Documents

  19-05-2020 15:17 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists have tapped the immense power of the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to comb through millions of medical journal articles to identify...
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• Contact tracing apps are off to a slow start in the U.S.

  19-05-2020 14:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  The state with the highest known rate of participation so far is South Dakota, where last week about 2 percent of residents had the Care19 app on their phones.
  
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• U.S. Navy Researchers Create Electronic Diodes Beyond 5G Performance

  19-05-2020 14:43 via scitechdaily.com
  
  David Storm, a research physicist, and Tyler Growden, an electrical engineer, both with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, developed a new gallium nitride-based electrical component...
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• EasyJet hack leaves 9 million customer details exposed

  19-05-2020 14:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  The budget European airline, which has seen its fleet grounded by coronavirus, said the unauthorized access to its systems had been closed off.
  
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• NASA Selects SpaceX and Two Other Companies to Develop Human Landers for Artemis Moon Missions

  19-05-2020 14:04 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA has selected three U.S. companies to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency’s Artemis program, one of which will land the first woman and next man on the surface...
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• Ants Harness Their “Collective Brainpower” to Navigate Obstacles

  19-05-2020 13:38 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New findings reveal how ants increase their collective sensing power to help them navigate complex terrains. Ants use their numbers to overcome navigational challenges that...
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• Amazon is reopening its warehouses in France after dispute with workers ends

  19-05-2020 13:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Amazon is reopening its distribution centers in France after they were shut down more than a month ago due to a dispute with labor unions over the health and safety of workers.
  
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• Mysterious Delta Scuti Stars Start to Surrender Astrophysical Secrets

  19-05-2020 13:12 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The key to unlocking the secrets of a large group of pulsating stars has been discovered by an international team of astrophysicists. Pulsations are a...
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• MIT Developed Sensors Woven Into Fabrics So a Shirt Can Monitor Vital Signs

  19-05-2020 12:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Comfortable, form-fitting garments could be used to remotely track patients’ health. MIT researchers have developed a way to incorporate electronic sensors into stretchy fabrics, allowing...
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• Incredible Innovation: How NASA-JPL Engineers Persevered to Develop a Ventilator in Just 37 Days

  19-05-2020 12:01 via scitechdaily.com
  
  As coronavirus hit, JPL engineers teamed up to make a ventilator prototype that could be mass produced to fill a massive need. It’s not rocket...
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• You’re Never Alone in a Dusty Apartment

  19-05-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Your dust is you, and the life outside your window, and the life of every tenant before you. Gross — but who right now can turn down company?
  
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• A.C.L.U. Warns Against Fever-Screening Tools for Coronavirus

  19-05-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A report by the civil liberties group contends that reliance on thermal cameras and temperature-sensing guns to resume work at factories and offices and to encourage travel is flawed and intrusive.
  
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• Meet 90-year-old Hamako Mori, the world's oldest video game YouTuber

  19-05-2020 09:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  At 90, this Japanese grandma gamer is officially the world's oldest gaming YouTuber, according to the Guinness World Records.
  
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• India, Bangladesh brace for cyclone in the midst of pandemic

  19-05-2020 09:37
  
  A strong cyclone is moving toward India and Bangladesh
  
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• As US, Europe reopen more, big nations see rising virus toll

  19-05-2020 08:41
  
  American autoworkers are getting back to work and Europe is continuing to reopen
  
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• Coronavirus live news: Trump threatens to quit WHO, claiming lack of independence from China - The Guardian

  19-05-2020 07:51
  Coronavirus live news: Trump threatens to quit WHO, claiming lack of independence from China  The GuardianU.S.-China Feud Over Coronavirus Erupts at World Health Assembly  The New York TimesTrump threatens to permanently pull funding from WHO and 'reconsider' US membership  CNNChina agreed to a global WHO review. Where was Trump?  The Washington PostNow, More Than Ever, the U.S. Must Back Taiwan | Opinion  NewsweekView Full Coverage on Google New
  
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• Jesus Christ was also misunderstood, Masayoshi Son tells investors - Financial Times

  19-05-2020 07:35
  Jesus Christ was also misunderstood, Masayoshi Son tells investors  Financial TimesJack Ma quits SoftBank's board as its Vision Fund posts a record $18 billion loss  CNBCWeWork's Valuation Plummets to $2.9B  Commercial ObserverTime for SoftBank to Consider That Vision Fund IPO  BloombergSoftBank values WeWork at $2.9 billion, down from $47 billion a year ago  CNBCView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Toronto Fox Family Transfixes City Under Lockdown - The New York Times

  19-05-2020 06:51
  Toronto Fox Family Transfixes City Under Lockdown  The New York Times
  
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• Cats Have More Lives Than Dogs When It Comes to Venomous Snake Bites – Here’s Why

  19-05-2020 06:43 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Cats are twice as likely to survive a venomous snake bite than dogs, and the reasons behind this strange phenomenon have been revealed by University...
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• India and Bangladesh brace for the strongest storm ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal - CNN

  19-05-2020 06:34
  India and Bangladesh brace for the strongest storm ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal  CNNIndia, Bangladesh order evacuation of millions ahead of cyclone  Al Jazeera EnglishIndia, Bangladesh Prepare to Evacuate 5 Million From Cyclone  BloombergCategory 4 Cyclone Amphan takes aim at northeastern India, Bangladesh, with life-threatening storm surge  The Washington PostIndia threatened by cyclone amid coronavirus pandemic  NBC NewsView Full Coverage
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel Pays Tribute to Fred Willard - Jimmy Kimmel Live

  19-05-2020 06:26
  
  Jimmy Kimmel Pays Tribute to Fred Willard  Jimmy Kimmel LiveBest in Show: Watch Fred Willard’s Most Memorable Roles  The New York TimesGreg Gutfeld: Fred's dead – RIP Fred Willard  Fox NewsComic Actor Fred Willard Remembered By Fans After His Death At Age 86 | TODAY  TODAYHow Fred Willard Made Being Earnest So Funny  NerdistView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• 4 children with rare inflammatory disease test positive for coronavirus; 21 under investigation - Los Angeles Times

  19-05-2020 06:17
  
  4 children with rare inflammatory disease test positive for coronavirus; 21 under investigation  Los Angeles TimesLA County reports 4 cases of mysterious syndrome in kids linked to COVID-19, 21 suspected cases  KABC-TVIndiana reports first case of mysterious syndrome in children linked to COVID-19  Fox 59Indiana reports first case of children's syndrome linked to coronavirus  WDRBView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Billboard Responds to Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Corruption Claim After New Song Debuts at No. 3 - Pitchfork

  19-05-2020 05:52
  Billboard Responds to Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Corruption Claim After New Song Debuts at No. 3  PitchforkAriana Grande and Justin Bieber React After Tekashi 6ix9ine Accuses Them of Buying Their Billboard No. 1  Yahoo Entertainment6ix9ine Slams Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber Billboard Chart Win  HollywoodLifeAriana Grande, Justin Bieber Deny Tekashi's Claim They Bought Way to Billboard #1  TMZTekashi 6ix9ine Claims To Have Proof Billboard Cheated For Aria
  
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• University of Kentucky Cheerleading Coaches Are Fired Amid Hazing Scandal - The New York Times

  19-05-2020 05:50
  University of Kentucky Cheerleading Coaches Are Fired Amid Hazing Scandal  The New York TimesUK Cheer coaches fired after hazing bust  WHAS11A Cheerleader's Response to Rick Bozich's Column About Cheerleaders  kentuckysportsradio.comKentucky fires cheerleading staff; see, hear responses from alums - ABC 36 News  WTVQKentucky Wildcats fire cheerleading coaches after hazing, nudity probe  Fox NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Samsung announces 50-megapixel camera sensor with faster autofocus - The Verge

  19-05-2020 05:28
  Samsung announces 50-megapixel camera sensor with faster autofocus  The VergeView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Ocean Circulation May Hold the Key to Finding Alien Life on Exoplanets

  19-05-2020 05:27 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In search for alien life, planets exactly like Earth may not be best places to look, study finds. Researchers across the globe have long tackled...
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• Brian Austin Green opens up about split with wife Megan Fox - CNN

  19-05-2020 05:24
  Brian Austin Green opens up about split with wife Megan Fox  CNNBrian Austin Green confirms Megan Fox split after Machine Gun Kelly pics: 'I don't want her to be villainized'  Yahoo EntertainmentMegan Fox & Brian Austin Green Have Broken Up  AccessBrian Austin Green Confirms Split From Megan Fox After Nearly 10 Years of Marriage  Us WeeklyTransformers Star Megan Fox Splits From Husband Brian Austin Green  ComicBook.comView Full Coverage on Go
  
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