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• CDC director: Covid-19 has 'brought this nation to its knees' former CDC chief says - msnNOW

  23-06-2020 23:51
  CDC director: Covid-19 has 'brought this nation to its knees' former CDC chief says  msnNOW`Coronavirus pandemic has brought the United States on its knees`: CDC director  WIONCoronavirus has brought US 'to its knees', says CDC director  The GuardianCDC director: US has about 28,000 contact tracers, needs 100,000 | TheHill  The HillIf you live in these places, you have to wear a face mask in public now  BGRView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• J.C. Penney to close Concord store, 12 additional locations - KTVU San Francisco

  23-06-2020 23:38
  J.C. Penney to close Concord store, 12 additional locations  KTVU San Francisco13 more J.C. Penney store closings revealed: Department store continues bankruptcy store closures  USA TODAYJCPenney is closing another 13 stores  CNNJC Penney is closing 13 more stores. Here's a map of where they are  CNBCJCPenney set to close 7 more stores around Michigan as part of bankruptcy plan  MLive.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Oculus Go discontinued: Facebook will no longer offer its entry-level VR headset - TechRadar

  23-06-2020 23:37
  Oculus Go discontinued: Facebook will no longer offer its entry-level VR headset  TechRadarOculus Go Is Gone, Facebook Buys A RAD Studio - VRecap  UploadVROculus discontinues its low-end Go headset to focus on Oculus Quest  The VergeOculus Is Dropping the Go to Focus More on the Oculus Quest  GizmodoOculus Discontinues Go Headset, Commits To A More Open Oculus Quest Ecosystem  GameSpotView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Former Roger Stone prosecutor says DOJ exerted political influence to push for lighter sentence - NBC News

  23-06-2020 23:24
  Former Roger Stone prosecutor says DOJ exerted political influence to push for lighter sentence  NBC NewsProsecutor says he was pressured to cut Roger Stone 'a break' because of his ties to Trump  POLITICOProsecutor to testify Roger Stone sentencing was politicized  CBS Evening NewsPolitics Influenced Justice Department In Roger Stone Case, DOJ Lawyer Tells Hill  NPRProsecutor to testify Roger Stone case was handled in 'unprecedented way,' based on 'politi
  
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• Another Tweet From Trump Gets a Label From Twitter - The New York Times

  23-06-2020 23:12
  Another Tweet From Trump Gets a Label From Twitter  The New York Times
  
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• Fauci: Institutional racism playing role in disproportionate coronavirus impact on Black community | TheHill - The Hill

  23-06-2020 22:48
  Fauci: Institutional racism playing role in disproportionate coronavirus impact on Black community | TheHill  The HillTrump wants to slow down coronavirus testing. Hear Fauci's response  CNNCoronavirus Live News and Updates  The New York TimesFauci says institutional racism contributes to coronavirus impact in black communities  Fox NewsFauci calls next weeks "critical" in combating surging coronavirus cases  CBS Evening NewsView Full Coverage on
  
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• Dak Prescott wants respect from Cowboys, talks Baker, Cam & Jamal Adams — Danny Kanell | THE HERD - The Herd with Colin Cowherd

  23-06-2020 22:44
  
  Dak Prescott wants respect from Cowboys, talks Baker, Cam & Jamal Adams — Danny Kanell | THE HERD  The Herd with Colin CowherdEagles, Cowboys among top trade fits for NY Jets' Jamal Adams  NFL.comStephen A. doesn't like how Jets safety Jamal Adams is approaching trade to the Cowboys | First Take  ESPNBrandt lists 49ers as one team that should try Adams trade  Comcast SportsNet Bay AreaMike Francesa trashes Jamal Adams after Jets trade request&nbs
  
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• The historic Saharan dust plume is darkening skies in the Caribbean and will soon stretch into the US - CNN

  23-06-2020 22:43
  The historic Saharan dust plume is darkening skies in the Caribbean and will soon stretch into the US  CNNMassive Sahara desert dust plume drifting toward the United States  CBS News'Godzilla dust cloud' from Sahara covers Caribbean in once-in-50-year weather event  Guardian NewsMonster Sahara dust cloud arrives in Caribbean  The Mercury NewsMassive Saharan dust cloud makes its way to Southern states still battling coronavirus  CBS NewsView Full
  
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• Solar eclipse wows stargazers in Africa, Asia, Middle East

  23-06-2020 22:38
  
  Stargazers in Africa, Asia and parts of the Middle East looked to the skies to witness a partial solar eclipse
  
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• Coronavirus lockdowns increase poaching in Asia, Africa

  23-06-2020 22:38
  The coronavirus pandemic has led to a spike in poaching in India and other parts of the world
  
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• What pandemic? Tesla really wants an in-person annual meeting

  23-06-2020 22:35 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Most companies are being careful during the pandemic, holding virtual annual meetings among other safety measures.
  
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• Twitter will give employees Election Day off

  23-06-2020 22:35 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Twitter will give its US employees the day off to vote on Election Day starting this year, the company announced in an internal email to all staff on Tuesday.
  
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• Mercedes, NVIDIA to develop new automated driving system

  23-06-2020 22:03
  Four days after shelving an autonomous vehicle agreement with BMW, Mercedes is announcing a deal to work with chip and software maker NVIDIA
  
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• Court: Montana family owns dinosaur fossils worth millions

  23-06-2020 22:01
  
  An appeals court has ruled dinosaur fossils worth millions of dollars unearthed on an eastern Montana ranch belong to the owners of the land's surface rights
  
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• Pluto Has Likely Maintained an Underground Liquid Ocean for Billions of Years

  23-06-2020 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The discovery hints that subsurface oceans are common in the outer solar system, which is good news for the those seeking extraterrestrial life.
  
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• Rayshard Brooks' funeral: Bernice King demands end to racism 'virus,' seeks 'reparations' - Fox News

  23-06-2020 21:47
  Rayshard Brooks' funeral: Bernice King demands end to racism 'virus,' seeks 'reparations'  Fox NewsRayshard Brooks' Funeral at Historic Church With MLK Ties  Inside EditionArmed protesters 'take over' Atlanta Wendy's parking lot where Rayshard Brooks was killed, reports say  Fox NewsOPINION: When police can’t see a man’s humanity, things can’t help but turn bad  Atlanta Journal ConstitutionCharged officer says he would not have done anyth
  
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• Pennsylvania Supreme Court to review two issues in Bill Cosby sexual assault case | TheHill - The Hill

  23-06-2020 21:39
  Pennsylvania Supreme Court to review two issues in Bill Cosby sexual assault case | TheHill  The HillPennsylvania's Supreme Court to hear appeal of Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction  CBS NewsBill Cosby granted appeal in sexual assault case by Pennsylvania Supreme Court  Yahoo EntertainmentBill Cosby is granted the right to appeal his conviction on sexual assault charges  CNNCamille Cosby Hopes Husband Bill Cosby Finds 'Vindication' in Appeal &nbs
  
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• Can air filtration stop coronavirus at a Trump rally in Phoenix? Experts doubt it

  23-06-2020 21:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two church officials boasted of a system that "kills 99 percent of COVID within 10 minutes" at the site of the upcoming event.
  
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• Oregon County Exempts Non-White People From Mandatory Face Mask Order - Newsweek

  23-06-2020 21:30
  Oregon County Exempts Non-White People From Mandatory Face Mask Order  Newsweek‘Rising COVID cases across Oregon significant concern’  KOIN.comOregon reports 191 new COVID-19 cases, third-highest daily total during pandemic  KGW.comOregon coronavirus spike attributed to rise in cases, not more testing  KATUOregon county issues directive for everyone to wear face masks — except 'people of color' who are worried about racial profiling 
  
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• Twitter gives workers day off to vote in national elections

  23-06-2020 21:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  The move comes after Twitter announced that it will make June 19, or Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., a paid holiday.
  
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• Twitter puts warning on Trump tweet for "threat of harm" against DC protesters

  23-06-2020 21:15 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Twitter on Tuesday put a warning label on a tweet from President Donald Trump in which he warned if protesters tried to set up an "autonomous zone" in Washington DC they would be "met with serious force!"
  
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• The Segway is officially over

  23-06-2020 20:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Segway PT, which earned a place in pop culture but never realized its creators' world-changing ambitions, will come to an end this summer.
  
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• How Apple put on a big virtual tech conference during a pandemic

  23-06-2020 20:04 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Apple's gadget reveals and developer conferences are legendary in the tech industry for being meticulously choreographed affairs organized with the secrecy of a spy novel. But the pandemic made the keynote event at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference a different kind of undertaking and spectacle.
  
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• How Michael Keaton's Batman Can Revamp the DC Film Universe - Hollywood Reporter

  23-06-2020 19:59
  How Michael Keaton's Batman Can Revamp the DC Film Universe  Hollywood ReporterOpinion: Michael Keaton Is Still the Best Live-Action Batman - IGN  IGNBatman forever? Michael Keaton could return as Caped Crusader in the upcoming 'Flash' movie  Yahoo EntertainmentWill Michael Keaton Boost His Net Worth as Batman in 'The Flash'?  Showbiz Cheat SheetThe DCEU Multiverse Explained: Which Movies & Shows Are Canon  Screen RantView Full Coverage on Go
  
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• Trump threat to 'decouple' U.S. and China hits trade, investment reality - Reuters

  23-06-2020 19:44
  Trump threat to 'decouple' U.S. and China hits trade, investment reality  ReutersPeter Navarro walks back statement implying trade deal between Trump, China is 'over'  Fox NewsKudlow Disputes China Trade Talks Are Off  politicalwire.comChina and America Are Heading Toward Divorce  The New York TimesTrump's actions on China speak louder than Bolton's words | TheHill  The HillView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Video game streaming platforms investigating allegations of sexual harassment

  23-06-2020 19:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  "We take allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct very seriously," Twitch said in a statement on Twitter.
  
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• Apple's iOS 14 borrows some features from Android

  23-06-2020 19:23 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Some of Apple's latest changes to the iPhone experience will look very familiar to Android users.
  
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• How NASA's Mars Helicopter Will Reach the Red Planet's Surface - Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  23-06-2020 19:17
  
  How NASA's Mars Helicopter Will Reach the Red Planet's Surface  Jet Propulsion LaboratoryNASA Mars Helicopter Will Be Red Planet's 'Wright Brothers Moment'  The New York TimesTake a Virtual Drive in a Mars Rover  LifehackerNASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Testing Media Reel  JPLrawHere's NASA's Ingenious Way of Testing Its Mars Helicopter  FuturismView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Police Robots Are Being Used For Social Distancing Control

  23-06-2020 18:53 via technocracy.news
  
  If robots are being implemented elsewhere in the world to help police with enforcement of social distancing and face mask compliance, you can bet your bottom dollar that America will soon follow suit. Technocrats have an engineered answer for every conceivable problem. ⁃ TN EditorCovid-19 is accelerating the adoption of police robots in several cities such as Tunis in Tunisia, Guangzhou in China, and Chennai in India.
  In south-east Asia, the city-state of Singapore leverages its Smart Nati
  
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• Amid COVID And Riots, New York Aggressively Rolls Out Smart City Tech

  23-06-2020 18:37 via technocracy.news
  
  Like a skilled magician who gets you to look at his right hand while the left hand is performing the “trick”, New York state is rolling out 500,000 smart streetlights that hook up to the Internet of Things (IoT).
  According to Smart Cities Dive, 
  Streetlights installed will be on Signify’s Interact City software, which enables local leaders to dim and brighten lights remotely, and centrally monitor outages and planned maintenance in real time. That system can then be upgrad
  
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• Coronavirus In Minnesota: Number Of New Cases Continues Trend Down - CBS Minnesota

  23-06-2020 18:22
  Coronavirus In Minnesota: Number Of New Cases Continues Trend Down  CBS MinnesotaCOVID-19 cases rise in Minnesota, but unknown transmissions drop  Minneapolis Star TribuneCoronavirus in Minnesota: New Hope nursing home tied to at least 69 deaths  MinnPostLatest on COVID-19 in MN: Deaths approach 1,400; ICU cases stable  Minnesota Public Radio NewsBlue Earth County reports 11 new COVID-19 cases; Watonwan County has 13  Mankato Free PressView Full
  
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• Stanford: Median Infection Rate For Under Age 70 Is Just 0.04%, Average 0.26%

  23-06-2020 18:15 via technocracy.news
  
  The obvious political agenda behind greatly elevated infection rates is wearing thin on the American public, and a growing resistance to things like mandated face mask orders is putting political pressure on politicians, but not Technocrats. ⁃ TN EditorA scientist known for his contrarian takes to dire COVID-19 predictions has released a paper claiming that antibody evidence suggests the median coronavirus infection fatality rate for those under 70 is just 0.04%.
  The estimate throws into s
  
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• US honeybees are doing better after bad year, survey shows

  23-06-2020 18:00
  The annual survey of US beekeepers found that honeybee colonies are doing better after a bad year
  
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• Jim Carrey, Matthew McConaughey And More Pay Tribute To Batman Director Joel Schumacher - CinemaBlend

  23-06-2020 17:18
  Jim Carrey, Matthew McConaughey And More Pay Tribute To Batman Director Joel Schumacher  CinemaBlendBatman & Robin Is a Gay Movie, But Is It Gay Like Happy, Or...?  JezebelSeal recounts how the late Joel Schumacher helped turn “Kiss From a Rose” from a flop to a hit  The A.V. ClubJoel Schumacher’s superpower was his empathy  The Washington PostWhy Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever Is Underrated  Screen RantView Full Cov
  
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• 'Dangerous,' 'short-sighted': Tech companies blast Trump's visa crackdown

  23-06-2020 15:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amazon, Facebook, Google and Twitter were among the well-known tech firms that blasted the policy in the hours after Trump issued it Monday.
  
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• Google employees petition company to cancel police contracts

  23-06-2020 15:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  The letter, with the headline “No Police Contracts,” began circulating last week and has been signed by more than 1,100 employees.
  
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• Why we can't stop waving at the end of video calls

  23-06-2020 15:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  At the end of every video call meeting, whether it's a WebEx with colleagues, or a Zoom catch up with friends, I find myself waving goodbye. And everyone else is waving too.
  
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• Square has started keeping 30% of some retailers' payments at the worst possible time

  23-06-2020 15:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Square has begun withholding as much as 30% of the money it collects from customers, sparking complaints from small businesses that desperately need money as the economy hits turbulent times.
  
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• Trump Reportedly To Issue Executive Order Allowing Arrests Of People Removing Or Defacing Statues - Forbes

  23-06-2020 14:41
  Trump Reportedly To Issue Executive Order Allowing Arrests Of People Removing Or Defacing Statues  ForbesTwitter slaps warning label on Trump tweet about 'autonomous zone,' says it violates 'abusive behavior' policy  Fox NewsTrump's 10-Year Prison Threat for 'Vandalism' Covers More Than Just Statues  NewsweekTrump vows to issue executive order protecting statues, says it would 'reinforce' current law  USA TODAYView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Wirecard's former CEO Markus Braun arrested after $2 billion scandal explodes

  23-06-2020 14:34 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Markus Braun, the Austrian tech entrepreneur who built Wirecard into one of Germany's biggest companies, has been arrested after a $2.1 billion hole exploded in its accounts.
  
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• Amazon pledges $2 billion fund to invest in clean energy

  23-06-2020 14:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amazon, which delivers about 10 billion items a year and has a massive transportation and data center footprint, has faced protests from environmental activists.
  
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• Fugaku, the world's fastest computer, is researching the spread of Covid-19

  23-06-2020 13:06 via rss.cnn.com
  
  For the first time in years, Japan has the fastest supercomputer in the world and it's being used to research the spread and treatment of the novel coronavirus.
  
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• Solar eclipse: 11 breathtaking photos that will *not* melt your retinas - Inverse

  23-06-2020 12:31
  
  Solar eclipse: 11 breathtaking photos that will *not* melt your retinas  InverseSee the moon's shadow on Earth from the 'ring of fire' solar eclipse in amazing space views  Space.com'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse of 2020 Dazzles Skywatchers in Pakistan  Bloomberg QuickTake NewsAstronaut captures solar eclipse shadow from ISS  WFLASolstice ring of fire: Why Sunday's eclipse was special  ThePrintView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Wirecard's former CEO Markus Braun arrested in Germany

  23-06-2020 11:06 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Markus Braun, the former chief executive of Wirecard, has been arrested in Germany after $2.1 billion went missing at the digital payments company.
  
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• China launches final satellite in GPS-like Beidou system

  23-06-2020 09:30
  
  China has launched the final satellite in its Beidou constellation that emulates the U.S. Global Positioning System
  
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• SoftBank to sell $21 billion worth of T-Mobile stock

  23-06-2020 05:08 via rss.cnn.com
  
  SoftBank's fire sale of assets has begun.
  
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• Tech companies slam Trump's executive order restricting work visas

  23-06-2020 03:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Silicon Valley is pushing back against President Donald Trump's latest immigration curbs, affecting visa programs that its biggest companies use to bring in thousands of skilled foreign workers.
  
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• Here's everything you need to know about iOS 14

  23-06-2020 01:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Apple just offered a glimpse at how the experience of using an iPhone is about to change.
  
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• Microsoft is shutting down streaming platform Mixer to partner with Facebook Gaming

  23-06-2020 00:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Microsoft is shutting down its video game streaming platform, Mixer, after its growth failed to meet the company's expectations.
  
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• LA County public health director reveals violent threats against her over coronavirus response - Fox News

  23-06-2020 00:10
  LA County public health director reveals violent threats against her over coronavirus response  Fox NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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