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• Should a COVID-19 Vaccine Be Mandatory?

  22-10-2020 23:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Despite evidence that compulsory vaccination programs work, public health experts predict (surprise!) a backlash.
  
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• Ransomware hits election infrastructure in Georgia county

  22-10-2020 22:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A Georgia county is ground zero for what may be the first ransomware attack to hit election infrastructure this political season.
  
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• Neuroscientists Discover How Aggression Leads to More Aggression

  22-10-2020 22:54 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Like a champion fighter gaining confidence after each win, a male mouse that prevails in several successive aggressive encounters against other male mice will become...
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• 5G Has Arrived. What Is It and How Does It Work?

  22-10-2020 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The fifth generation of wireless cellular connection is poised to usher in a new era of technology. Here's what you need to know — including whether you'll need a new 5G smartphone.
  
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• A look at why Quibi failed so soon after launching

  22-10-2020 21:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  "If there was must-have content that people couldn't live without, they would have subscribed. The numbers speak for themselves," said one media analyst.
  
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• COVID-19 and Drug-Resistant Superbugs Are a Frightening Combination

  22-10-2020 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  Antibiotic resistance is a threat that’s lurking in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• See NASA’s OSIRIS-REx TAG Asteroid Bennu – Over 200 Million Miles Away From Earth

  22-10-2020 21:24 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Captured on October 20, 2020, during the OSIRIS-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event, this series of images shows the SamCam imager’s field of view...
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• See NASA's OSIRIS-REx TAG Asteroid Bennu – Over 200 Million Miles Away From Earth - SciTechDaily

  22-10-2020 21:24 via news.google.com
  
  See NASA's OSIRIS-REx TAG Asteroid Bennu – Over 200 Million Miles Away From Earth  SciTechDailyNASA lands 1st spacecraft on asteroid l WNT  ABC NewsFirst NASA Osiris-Rex images show incredible touchdown on asteroid Bennu  CNETNASA Reveals Incredible Footage Of OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Landing  ForbesScientists thrilled with first look at asteroid sampler in action  Spaceflight NowView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Self-driving shuttle debuts in high-traffic Virginia spot

  22-10-2020 21:08
  
  The future of transportation arrived in northern Virginia, looking like a big blue toaster on wheels that seats six and drives itself through the region’s notorious traffic
  
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• iPhone 12 review: Upgrade for the camera, not 5G

  22-10-2020 20:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Deciding whether — or when — to upgrade your smartphone is hard. Besides some attempts at swanky foldable phones, the look of smartphones hasn't changed much in recent years. Most improvements, while technologically impressive, mostly feel minor to the average consumer. But Apple's latest iPhone lineup has analysts predicting tons of upgrades.
  
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• Trump admin has known for weeks that Iran, Russia hacked local governments, say officials

  22-10-2020 20:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  A top Democrat said he has asked to see intelligence supporting the claim that an Iranian email campaign using the hacked information was meant to hurt Trump.
  
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• How Did We Get So Picky About Friendship As We Age? Ask the Chimps

  22-10-2020 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New study shows evidence of nonhuman animals selecting who they socialize during aging. No new friends and no drama. When humans age, they tend to...
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• Galactic “Mystery Source” of Gamma Rays Identified: Record-Setting “Black Widow” Pulsar

  22-10-2020 19:52 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Super Heavyweight and Flyweight in a Cosmic Dance Volunteer distributed computing project Einstein@Home discovers neutron star in unusual binary system. After more than two decades,...
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• TechnoPopulism: Blinded By Scientism

  22-10-2020 19:14 via technocracy.news
  
  That Scientism and Populism are “evil twins of civic discourse that drive out the sober and deliberative judgments that can help a nation hold together and flourish” is almost an understatement.
  Populist-based governments cannot exist without the form and function of Scientism, which posits that all truth is exclusively derived from science itself, excluding all other forms of knowledge and thought. Scientism provides the “absolute truth” and the means to enforce it.
  It i
  
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• Facebook's Oversight Board is finally hearing cases, two years after it was first announced

  22-10-2020 19:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook's court-like Oversight Board for appealing content decisions will now begin receiving cases, officials said Thursday, marking the launch of what CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised two years ago would be an independent accountability mechanism for the world's largest social media platform.
  
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• A fourth-grader walked to school to use its WiFi because he didn't have internet at home

  22-10-2020 19:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A fourth grader in Roswell, New Mexico, has been walking to his elementary school to do his classwork over the building's WiFi because he didn't have internet access at home.
  
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• A 'Supreme Court' for Facebook? Oversight board faces fight to be seen as independent

  22-10-2020 18:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  “The Oversight Board has the potential to revolutionize how we think about the relationship between private corporations and our public rights."
  
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• Ozone Hole Over the Antarctic Is One of the Largest and Deepest in Recent Years

  22-10-2020 18:31 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Measurements from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite show that this year’s ozone hole over the Antarctic is one of the largest and deepest in recent years....
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• Best Alexa devices for 2020: Echo speakers, smart displays and more - CNET

  22-10-2020 17:51 via news.google.com
  Best Alexa devices for 2020: Echo speakers, smart displays and more  CNETAmazon Echo (2020) review: music of the sphere  The VergeAmazon Echo Dot review  EngadgetAmazon Echo (2020) review: The best Alexa smart speaker in years  CNETBunches of Amazon devices are back down to their Prime Day prices today  Ars TechnicaView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Pandemic hurts AT&T in 3rd quarter; wireless unit stable

  22-10-2020 17:38
  The pandemic continued to hit AT&T in the third quarter as closed theaters, wary U.S. moviegoers and the Hollywood shutdown hurt its WarnerMedia movie and TV business
  
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• Legendary Apple designer will work with Airbnb on future products

  22-10-2020 17:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Airbnb announced it will be working with former Apple design chief Jony Ive on future products.
  
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• Historical Insight: When Good Governments Go Bad

  22-10-2020 17:10 via technocracy.news
  
  The world has never seen a Technocracy, but all previous civilizations and governmental systems have come and gone. Accordingly, the United States and its Constitutional Republic of government is in its sunset phase unless its citizenry can resuscitate it.  ⁃ TN EditorAll good things must come to an end. Whether societies are ruled by ruthless dictators or more well-meaning representatives, they fall apart in time, with different degrees of severity. In a new paper, anthropologists ex
  
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• New Huawei phone comes at crucial time for Chinese company

  22-10-2020 17:02
  
  Huawei’s new smartphone has an upgraded camera, its latest advanced chipset and a better battery
  
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• These Two Bird-Sized Dinosaurs Evolved Bat-Like Wings, but Struggled to Fly

  22-10-2020 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Despite having bat-like wings, two small dinosaurs, Yi and Ambopteryx, struggled to fly, only managing to glide clumsily between the trees where they lived, researchers...
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• First Test Of “Immunity Passports” Taking Place Today

  22-10-2020 16:54 via technocracy.news
  
  The CommonPass system is made possible by Rockefeller Foundation grants to its creator, The Commons Project. Its advisory board consists of dozens of corporate and health-related principals who are tightly connected with the world Economic Forum.
  The Commons Project website presents CommonPass like this:
  For global travel and trade to return to pre-pandemic levels, travelers will need a secure and verifiable way to document their health status as they travel and cross borders.  Countries wi
  
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• Simple New Way to Capture High Quality 3D Images of Live Cells and Organisms

  22-10-2020 16:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New approach captures multifocus microscopy images with high speeds. Researchers have developed a simple method for simultaneously acquiring images at different depths with a standard...
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• Ecological Power Storage Battery Made of Vanillin, the Main Flavor Component of Vanilla

  22-10-2020 15:20 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers at TU Graz have found a way to convert the aromatic substance vanillin into a redox-active electrolyte material for liquid batteries. The technology is...
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• Google's defense against antitrust lawsuit? You

  22-10-2020 15:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In its two decades, Google has amassed a dizzying amount of power, building a search and advertising behemoth that many critics believe is an illegal monopoly. But the fact you get most of Google's services for free, and that many people seem to prefer them over alternatives, could -— Google hopes — save it from a landmark federal lawsuit challenging that alleged monopoly.
  
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• Facebook Dating is finally coming to Europe after privacy concerns delayed launch

  22-10-2020 15:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook has launched its dating service across 32 European countries after it was delayed for several months because of data privacy concerns.
  
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• New Research Helps Explain Dramatic Declines in COVID-19 Death Rates

  22-10-2020 14:41 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Fewer New Yorkers are dying from the coronavirus than health experts had anticipated, a new study shows. Regional death rates have dropped from the highs...
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• NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy, Space Station Crewmates Land Safely Back on Earth

  22-10-2020 14:23 via scitechdaily.com
  
  After 196 days living and working in Earth’s orbit aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy returned from his third space mission Wednesday,...
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• Where Does the Missing Matter of the Universe Reside? Halo of Gas Surrounding Milky Way May Help Solve Puzzle

  22-10-2020 13:50 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A halo is a large region filled with hot gas that surrounds a galaxy, also known as a “circumgalactic medium.” The heated gaseous halo around...
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• FBI says Iran behind threatening emails sent to Florida Democrats

  22-10-2020 13:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  Iran and Russia had obtained some Americans' voter registration information, said John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence.
  
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• Long-Lived Antibodies Detected in Both Blood and Saliva of Patients With COVID-19

  22-10-2020 13:06 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Two separate studies have documented the persistence of antibodies that target SARS-CoV-2 in hundreds of patients with COVID-19 at least 3 months after symptom onset....
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• What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots: The Future of Human-Robot Collaboration

  22-10-2020 12:08 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Book co-authored by MIT Associate Professor Julie Shah and Laura Major SM ’05 explores a future populated with robot helpers. As Covid-19 has made it...
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• Ready politician one: How the election made its way into video games

  22-10-2020 12:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  "What's kind of great about games is how many different kinds of modes of expression of play there are," said professor Laine Nooney.
  
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• Researchers Surprised After They Graft Tomato Plants With Epigenetically-Modified Rootstock

  22-10-2020 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Progeny of novel combination is more vigorous and productive than parental plants. Novel grafted plants — consisting of rootstock epigenetically modified to “believe” it has...
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• Ant Group IPO gets the green light from regulators for its blockbuster listing

  22-10-2020 09:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Ant Group — the crown jewel of billionaire Jack Ma's tech empire — is one step closer to its highly anticipated market IPO in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
  
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• Trio who lived on space station return to Earth safely

  22-10-2020 09:20
  
  A trio of space travelers has safely returned to Earth after a six-month mission on the International Space Station
  
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• Regulators, experts take up thorny vaccine study issues

  22-10-2020 08:49
  The U.S. regulators who will decide the fate of COVID-19 vaccines are asking outside scientists if their standards are high enough
  
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• Volcanic Impact on Jupiter’s Moon Io Shown Directly for the First Time

  22-10-2020 06:55 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New radio images from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) show for the first time the direct effect of volcanic activity on the atmosphere of Jupiter’s...
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• Russian-US crew has landed safely after six-month mission on International Space Station

  22-10-2020 04:56
  Russian-US crew has landed safely after six-month mission on International Space Station
  
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• NASA spacecraft sent asteroid rubble flying in sample grab

  22-10-2020 04:34
  Scientists are optimistic that a NASA spacecraft has collected samples at asteroid Bennu for return to Earth
  
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• Cybersecurity company finds hacker selling info on 186 million U.S. voters

  22-10-2020 02:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  The cybersecurity company Trustwave said the hacker was offering 186 million U.S. voter records and 245 million records of other personal data.
  
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• FTC warns of alarming surge in social media scams

  22-10-2020 00:55 via nbcnews.com
  In the first six months of this year, a total of $117 million was reported lost from online scams. A majority of the reported scams are taking place on Facebook and Instagram, FTC data shows.
  
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• Tesla posts net profit for fifth straight quarter

  22-10-2020 00:52
  
  Tesla charged through a summertime auto industry sales slump in the U.S. to post stronger-than-expected net earnings for the third quarter
  
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• Quibi is shutting down, just months after launching

  22-10-2020 00:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  The short-form video streaming service from Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman failed to win over consumers in the numbers needed to thrive.
  
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• Why it's so hard to dethrone Google

  22-10-2020 00:03 via rss.cnn.com
  
  If you use the internet, Google is practically inescapable. This is most evident in how we search for almost everything online — so much so that "Google" is synonymous with search.
  
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