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• Sony's new $500 PlayStation 5 will launch Nov. 12

  16-09-2020 23:47
  
  Sony said Wednesday its upcoming PlayStation 5 video game console will cost $500 and launch Nov. 12, setting up a holiday battle with Microsoft’s X Box Series X over whose new console will be under people’s tree this year
  
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• NASA Issues Announcement Regarding Claims of Possible Signs of Life on Venus - SciTechDaily

  16-09-2020 23:39 via news.google.com
  NASA Issues Announcement Regarding Claims of Possible Signs of Life on Venus  SciTechDailyAlien life on Venus? Phosphine gas discovery is a potential game changer  NBCNews.comGas discovered in Venus' clouds also present on Earth  CTV NewsBepiColumbo spacecraft flying by Venus could investigate signs of life - Business Insider  Business InsiderRocket Lab's plan to search for life on Venus in 2023 just got more exciting  Space.comView Full Coverage
  
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• Sony finally reveals how much the PlayStation 5 will cost

  16-09-2020 23:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  After several teasers and mini-events, Sony has finally revealed how much the PlayStation 5 will cost.
  
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• Facebook teaming up with Ray-Ban maker for first smart glasses in 2021

  16-09-2020 22:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook on Wednesday announced a partnership with Luxottica, the maker of Ray-Ban, to release its first pair of smart glasses in 2021.
  
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• Maya Moore of WNBA Weds Jonathan Irons, Inmate She Helped Free - The New York Times

  16-09-2020 22:24 via news.google.com
  
  Maya Moore of WNBA Weds Jonathan Irons, Inmate She Helped Free  The New York TimesWNBA star Maya Moore and Jonathan Irons share wedding news l GMA  Good Morning AmericaMaya Moore married Jonathan Irons, man she helped free from prison, over summer  ESPNWNBA Star Maya Moore Marries Man She Helped Free From Prison After Wrongful Conviction  Entertainment TonightWNBA star Maya Moore marries Jonathan Irons, the man she helped free from prison  Yahoo
  
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• Snowflake stock soars in largest software IPO ever; Madrona among earlier venture investors - GeekWire

  16-09-2020 22:18 via news.google.com
  Snowflake stock soars in largest software IPO ever; Madrona among earlier venture investors  GeekWireA low-profile investor who bet on Snowflake eight years ago is up more than $12 billion after IPO pop  CNBCSnowflake shares more than double. It's the biggest software IPO ever  CNNSnowflake IPO: Does it Deserve the Hype?  Motley FoolSnowflake begins trading in the biggest software IPO ever  CNBC TelevisionView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• 7 Deaths, Over 170 COVID-19 Cases Linked To Maine Wedding Reception - HuffPost

  16-09-2020 21:56 via news.google.com
  7 Deaths, Over 170 COVID-19 Cases Linked To Maine Wedding Reception  HuffPost'The COVID virus is also attending': Expert explains how Maine wedding led to over 175 COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths  Yahoo LifestyleMaine wedding reception now linked to deaths of 7 people who didn't attend  CBS News'Super spreader' wedding may undo Maine's virus fight, officials say  Minneapolis Star TribuneCoronavirus: Maine wedding linked to 7 deaths of people who never went &
  
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• HHS official takes leave of absence after rant about CDC conspiracies

  16-09-2020 21:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  The move came days after an HHS spokesman, Michael Caputo, warned of a CDC plot against the president and urged Trump supporters to "buy ammunition."
  
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• As schools spend big on temperature check tech, experts warn: It won't work

  16-09-2020 21:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  "In the context of schools, fever screening is a particularly bad idea," said Katelyn Gostic, an epidemiologist at the University of Chicago.
  
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• Trump health aide Michael Caputo taking leave of absence after targeting CDC scientists - CBS News

  16-09-2020 20:42 via news.google.com
  Trump health aide Michael Caputo taking leave of absence after targeting CDC scientists  CBS NewsHHS says spokesman will take a two-month 'leave of absence' following apology for conspiracy-laden rant  CNNHow Michael Caputo transformed what the public learned about coronavirus  POLITICOThe Trump administration keeps using chaos as cover  The Washington PostOpinion: On the 8,500 CDC employees accused of harboring traitors in their midst  Atlanta J
  
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• Twitter raps Kanye West for tweeting journalist's phone number

  16-09-2020 20:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Publishing personal details such as a home address or a phone number is a common type of online harassment known as doxxing. It is against Twitter’s rules.
  
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• Facebook refines its standalone VR headset with cheaper Oculus Quest 2

  16-09-2020 20:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook announced a new virtual-reality headset that is smaller and cheaper than its predecessor on Wednesday — the company's latest push in a years-long effort to popularize the technology.
  
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• Barbados to drop Queen Elizabeth II as head of state - ABC News

  16-09-2020 19:35 via news.google.com
  Barbados to drop Queen Elizabeth II as head of state  ABC NewsBarbados to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, become a republic  Fox NewsQueen Elizabeth II Could Be Removed by More Countries as the 'House of Cards Falls'  NewsweekBarbados to remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state  The IndependentBarbados to remove U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth II as head of state next year  NBC NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Twitter's tiny warning labels no match for Trump's tweets

  16-09-2020 19:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Twitter on Wednesday flagged as "manipulated media" a tweet that President Trump had sent some hours earlier, which featured a video of his opponent Joe Biden, but with the song "Despacito" that Biden had been playing replaced with another song, "F**k Tha Police."
  
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• Will an Apple One Subscription bundle save you money? We break it down

  16-09-2020 18:15 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Apple's newly announced subscription bundles are the company's latest effort to push its music, streaming video, gaming and other services on users.
  
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• Chinese Virologist Whistleblower: China Made It, Turned It Loose

  16-09-2020 17:51 via technocracy.news
  
  The testimony of Chinese virologist Dr. Li-Meng Yan states that China made the COVID-19 virus and intentionally released it to cause harm to the rest of the world. Since China is a Technocracy, it is complicit in the goals of Technocracy, namely, the destruction of Capitalism and Free Enterprise. ⁃ TN EditorHours after her unceremonious Twitter ban for, we assume, presenting evidence that SARS-CoV-2 was created in a Wuhan lab, Chinese virologist Dr. Li-Meng Yan appeared
  
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• Everything you get with Apple's new subscription bundle

  16-09-2020 17:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Apple's newly announced subscription bundles are the company's latest effort to push its music, streaming video, gaming and other services on users.
  
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• Yelp Data: 60% Of Pandemic Closures Are Now Permanent

  16-09-2020 17:05 via technocracy.news
  
  The Technocrat-led Great Panic of 2020 has created outright genocide among small business in America. Small businesses account for 80% of overall jobs in America, and as a mainstay of employment, took decades to develop: Now destroyed in mere months. ⁃ TN EditorYelp on Wednesday released its latest Economic Average Report, revealing business closures across the U.S. are increasing as a result of the coronavirus pandemic’s economic toll.
  As of Aug, 31, 163,735 businesses have ind
  
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• The Artist Whose Medium Is Science

  16-09-2020 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Tavares Strachan is known for his ambitious projects and intensive research, which have included expeditions to the North Pole and training as a cosmonaut in Russia.
  
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• The Pandemic Zombiefication Of European Businesses

  16-09-2020 16:06 via technocracy.news
  
  The Great Panic of 2020 is taking its toll on European businesses as companies that are like the “walking dead” are not foreclosed because banks cannot afford to write off the bad debts, lest they also be declared bankrupt. The real carnage is yet to come. ⁃ TN EditorEurope’s zombie firms are multiplying like never before. In Germany, one of the few European economies that has weathered the virus crisis reasonably well, an estimated 550,000 firms — roughly one-sixth
  
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• Politics may finally make it big on the internet's No. 1 website

  16-09-2020 16:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Digital strategists for various political campaigns are exploring ways to seep political discussion deeper into YouTube's niche audiences.
  
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• Celebs join Instagram 'freeze' to protest Facebook inaction

  16-09-2020 15:52
  
  Celebrities including Kim Kardashian West, Katy Perry and Leonardo DiCaprio are taking part in a 24-hour Instagram “freeze” on Wednesday
  
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• The Curious Question of Life on Venus

  16-09-2020 15:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Venus should be a priority for future visits, but not because of the surprising discovery of a biomarker in its atmosphere this week.
  
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• Politics may finally make it big on the internet's No. 1 website: YouTube

  16-09-2020 14:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Digital strategists for various political campaigns are exploring ways to seep political discussion deeper into YouTube's niche audiences.
  
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• AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine adverse event has NIH 'very concerned' - FierceBiotech

  16-09-2020 13:40 via news.google.com
  
  AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine adverse event has NIH 'very concerned'  FierceBiotechCOVID Vaccine Trials Move at Warp Speed, But Recruiting Black Volunteers Takes Time  Kaiser Health NewsUS National Institutes of Health 'Very Concerned' With AstraZeneca's Vaccine Test Hiccup, Media Says  Sputnik InternationalFDA weighs whether to resume AstraZeneca vaccine trials after patient's serious side effect  PBS NewsHourNIH is 'very concerned' about serious side ef
  
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• Smoke from western wildfires reaches East Coast; Mount Wilson Observatory at risk in California; at least 36 dead - USA TODAY

  16-09-2020 02:56 via news.google.com
  Smoke from western wildfires reaches East Coast; Mount Wilson Observatory at risk in California; at least 36 dead  USA TODAYView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Bill Gates Sr., father of Microsoft co-founder, dies at 94

  16-09-2020 02:48
  
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• Water shortages in US West likelier than previously thought

  16-09-2020 02:26
  
  Models released by the U.S. government suggest a future with less water may arrive sooner than previously projected for the seven states that rely on the Colorado River
  
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• Apple takes on Peloton with Fitness+ service

  16-09-2020 01:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Apple is moving more aggressively into fitness with its smartwatch at the center.
  
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• Biden visits Florida as Democrats worry about his standing in the state - The Washington Post

  16-09-2020 01:21 via news.google.com
  Biden visits Florida as Democrats worry about his standing in the state  The Washington PostTwitter Labels Joe Biden Video Shared By Donald Trump As “Manipulated Media”  DeadlinePoll highlights key barriers for Trump, Biden in final weeks  Los Angeles TimesColumn: Trump's 'law and order' pitch falls flat  Los Angeles TimesTrump tweets doctored Biden video, spreading disinformation  Los Angeles TimesView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Winds kick up century old volcanic ash in Alaska

  16-09-2020 01:14
  
  While western U.S. states were suffering from hazy red skies from wildfires, Alaska on Monday was dealing with an air quality problem born a century ago
  
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• Backup driver in fatal Arizona Uber autonomous crash charged

  16-09-2020 01:03
  Prosecutors have filed a criminal charge against the backup driver of an autonomous Uber vehicle that fatally struck a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix
  
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• Apple reveals two new watches, two new iPads and a subscription bundle

  16-09-2020 01:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  There may not be a new 5G iPhone just yet, but Apple tried to compensate for any disappointment by giving its fans several new devices to play with while they wait.
  
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