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• Inhofe slams Trump administration on Western Sahara policy - POLITICO

  10-12-2020 23:56 via news.google.com
  Inhofe slams Trump administration on Western Sahara policy  POLITICOMorocco normalizing ties with Israel, 4th country to do so under Trump's Arab peace plan  Fox NewsMorocco latest country to normalise ties with Israel in US-brokered deal  BBC NewsGOP chairman calls Trump's Western Sahara deal 'shocking and deeply disappointing' | TheHill  The HillDisputed Western Sahara is in spotlight after US decision  Washington PostView Full Coverage on Goog
  
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• Colorado may have dodged a Thanksgiving COVID-19 spike, though virus still widespread - The Denver Post

  10-12-2020 23:38 via news.google.com
  
  Colorado may have dodged a Thanksgiving COVID-19 spike, though virus still widespread  The Denver PostGov. Polis joins bipartisan group of Governors to support COVID-19 Call to Action  KRDOColorado polio survivor is hopeful about COVID-19 vaccine  Denver7 – The Denver ChannelCOVID-19 numbers remain high, but health leaders 'cautiously optimistic'  9News.com KUSAActive coronavirus outbreaks at Colorado big box retailers, grocery stores and more &
  
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• European Union agrees on $2 trillion package -- but fudges deal on rule of law - CNN

  10-12-2020 22:59 via news.google.com
  European Union agrees on $2 trillion package -- but fudges deal on rule of law  CNNE.U. Reaches Deal on Major Budget and Stimulus Package  The New York TimesEU leaders finally approve coronavirus stimulus package after Hungary and Poland lift their veto  CNBCMerkel’s Deal With Hungary and Poland Is a Compromise Too Far  BloombergAs Poles and Hungarians, we urge the EU to stand firm on the rule of law  The GuardianView Full Coverage on Googl
  
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• Facebook removes pages pushing health misinformation

  10-12-2020 22:58 via nbcnews.com
  NBC News' Brandy Zadrozny reports on the newest efforts by Facebook to remove pages spreading misinformation about natural cures and vaccines for Covid-19.
  
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• U.S. Army Developed Algorithms Improve Quadrotor Drone Performance

  10-12-2020 22:48 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers develop algorithms to enable drones to quickly switch between hover and forward flight. When an aircraft veers upwards too much, the decrease in lift...
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• The legal battle to break up Facebook is underway. Now comes the hard part

  10-12-2020 22:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The groundbreaking lawsuits filed against Facebook on Wednesday by state and federal officials represent the gravest regulatory threat the social media giant has ever faced.
  
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• “Delivering Incredible Data” – First Results From Copernicus Sentinel-6 Satellite Surpass Expectations

  10-12-2020 22:22 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Launched less than three weeks ago, the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite has not only returned its first data, but results also show that it...
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• John McMullen: Eagles GM Howie Roseman taking hits on multiple fronts - PhillyVoice.com

  10-12-2020 22:19 via news.google.com
  John McMullen: Eagles GM Howie Roseman taking hits on multiple fronts  PhillyVoice.comFletcher Cox, Jason Kelce stand behind Carson Wentz of Philadelphia Eagles  ESPNIs Carson Wentz salvageable?  Bleeding Green NationDumb idea: Doug Pederson is setting Jalen Hurts up for failure by starting him against the Saints  The Philadelphia InquirerEagles' Doug Pederson Believes Carson Wentz Still Can Be 'Exceptional' QB  NESN.comView Full Coverage on Goog
  
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• Natural Sweetener Stevia May Lead to a Gut Microbial Imbalance

  10-12-2020 22:06 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Possible Bittersweet Effects of Stevia Uncovered According to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers, the natural sweetener stevia may lead...
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• Airbnb just debuted on Wall Street. Now it's worth more than Marriott and Hilton combined

  10-12-2020 22:02 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In the first half of this year, with its business decimated by the pandemic, Airbnb cut a quarter of its workforce and reportedly slashed its valuation as part of a deal to secure more financing.
  
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• Second stimulus check updates: McConnell says no GOP support for emerging COVID-19 relief deal - Chicago Tribune

  10-12-2020 21:55 via news.google.com
  Second stimulus check updates: McConnell says no GOP support for emerging COVID-19 relief deal  Chicago TribuneMcConnell rejects bipartisan Covid relief plan while House adjourns until next week  CNBCEconomic relief talks in disarray as congressional bickering intensifies  The Washington PostTrump Tries to Kill Covid Relief  The New York TimesRelief talks show GOP divisions | TheHill  The HillView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Why Do We Dream? Science Offers a Few Possibilities

  10-12-2020 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Dreaming might help us practice threatening situations in real life, or stimulate creative juices.
  
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• Northern lights a 'big miss,' US space forecaster says

  10-12-2020 21:15 via abcnews.go.com
  
  An initially promising U.S. forecast for the northern lights has gone bust
  
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• As the pandemic rages, local newspapers try to break through to readers

  10-12-2020 21:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  Media outlets large and small are facing a challenge in connecting with readers despite an outbreak that threatens to spiral out of control in several parts of the country.
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077 Guide: Tips, Tricks, and Strategies - Push Square

  10-12-2020 21:02 via news.google.com
  
  Cyberpunk 2077 Guide: Tips, Tricks, and Strategies  Push Square'Cyberpunk 2077' is riddled with bugs and rogue penises  EngadgetCyberpunk 2077 (for PC) Review  PCMagCyberpunk 2077 review - intoxicating potential, half undermined, half met  Eurogamer.net‘Cyberpunk 2077’ review: a brilliant role-playing experience that rises above its controversial marketing  NME.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• What Science Says About Blue-Light-Blocking Glasses

  10-12-2020 20:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  Blue light gets a bad rap these days. Many people are turning to special glasses to protect their eyes from digital screens. But do they really work?
  
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• Medical research again leaves pregnant women waiting for a vaccine — this time for coronavirus - The Washington Post

  10-12-2020 20:29 via news.google.com
  Medical research again leaves pregnant women waiting for a vaccine — this time for coronavirus  The Washington PostInside vaccination centers, doctors face tight deadline for injection  ABC NewsUS to get COVID-19 vaccines 1st because it's 'epicenter' of pandemic, biggest investor: Official  Yahoo! VoicesHow Will You Know When It’s Your Turn to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?  Slate MagazineKits to administer Covid-19 vaccine arrive in Louisville via
  
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• Boris Johnson: 'Strong possibility' of UK not reaching trade deal with EU | TheHill - The Hill

  10-12-2020 20:29 via news.google.com
  Boris Johnson: 'Strong possibility' of UK not reaching trade deal with EU | TheHill  The HillU.K., EU brace for no-deal Brexit cliff as trade talks falter  AxiosBrexit: 'Strong possibility' of no trade deal with EU - PM  BBC NewsThe Guardian view on Boris Johnson in Brussels: not to be trusted  The GuardianThe last-gasp Brexit deal negotiations, explained  Vox.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Airbnb value tops $100 billion in Wall Street debut

  10-12-2020 20:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In the first half of this year, with its business decimated by the pandemic, Airbnb cut a quarter of its workforce and reportedly slashed its valuation as part of a deal to secure more financing.
  
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• Trained Sniffer Dogs Might Be Able to Detect People Infected With COVID-19

  10-12-2020 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Trained dogs might be able to detect people infected with COVID-19 by sniffing their sweat, according to a preliminary proof-of-concept study. This proof-of-concept study was...
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• A New Drug for Peanut Allergies Is Offering Hope for Food Allergy Sufferers

  10-12-2020 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The FDA’s approval of Palforzia signals more treatments to come.
  
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• Transforming the Structure of Atoms Into Sounds, Giving Each Element Its Own Unique Musical Scale

  10-12-2020 19:15 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Hearing Tones, Elements Through Atomic Music Data about the structure of atoms can be transformed into sounds, giving each element its own unique musical scale....
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• The stormy, fiery year when climate disasters wouldn't stop

  10-12-2020 19:10 via abcnews.go.com
  This year has seen record Atlantic hurricanes and western U.S. wildfires, devastating floods in Asia and Africa and a hot, melting Arctic
  
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• 2020 NFL playoff picture: How Steelers, Packers and Bills can all clinch a postseason spot in Week 14 - CBS Sports

  10-12-2020 19:06 via news.google.com
  2020 NFL playoff picture: How Steelers, Packers and Bills can all clinch a postseason spot in Week 14  CBS SportsAFC wild-card race for the 2020 NFL playoffs: Favorite teams, scenarios to watch, and could the Patriots sneak in?  ESPNNFL Week 14 game picks: Steelers over Bills; Ravens top Browns  NFL.com3 games to watch in Week 13 which give perspective to the Steelers  Behind the Steel CurtainSteelers show vulnerability, head to big test at Buffalo &n
  
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• Global Extinction Risk Assessment: Nearly One-Third of Oaks Are Threatened With Extinction

  10-12-2020 19:01 via scitechdaily.com
  
  First complete global extinction risk assessment reveals bleak future for keystone species. An estimated 31% of the world’s oak species are threatened with extinction according...
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• How Elon Musk's Historic Launch Changes the Future of Space Exploration

  10-12-2020 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This year, SpaceX launched the first privately owned capsule carrying NASA astronauts to the space station and back. NASA, as well as private companies, also made giant leaps for space travel in 2020.
  
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• U.N. food agency to receive Nobel prize in online event

  10-12-2020 18:43 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The pandemic has put paid to the usual pomp and ceremony.
  
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• New Clue to “Planet Nine” – Hubble Pins Down Weird Exoplanet With Far-Flung Orbit

  10-12-2020 18:30 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Finding suggests that the long-sought Planet Nine—if it does exist—could have formed very early. Though every planet in our solar system has been visited by...
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• NASA and Boeing Target New Launch Date for Next Starliner Test Flight to Space Station

  10-12-2020 18:21 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA and Boeing now are targeting March 29 for the launch of Starliner’s second uncrewed flight test to the International Space Station as part of...
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• European-US sea level tracking satellite sends 1st readings

  10-12-2020 17:32 via abcnews.go.com
  
  NASA says a newly launched European-U.S. satellite designed to continue a decades-long record of tracking global sea levels has sent back its first measurements
  
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• NASA names the astronauts eligible for early Artemis Moon missions - Engadget

  10-12-2020 16:48 via news.google.com
  
  NASA names the astronauts eligible for early Artemis Moon missions  Engadget1st woman, next man on moon will come from these NASA 18  KSL.comAstronauts Training for Moon Missions | National Geographic  National GeographicAs Pence names which astronauts will go to the moon, some see a political ploy  Washington PostWatch CBS This Morning: Astronauts selected for NASA moon program - Full show on CBS All Access  cbs.comView Full Coverage on Google N
  
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• Technopopulism Explains Trump Administration’s Affinity For Technocrats

  10-12-2020 16:35 via technocracy.news
  
  Populists leans on Technocrats to “make things work” but it is often a conflicted and tumultuous partnership. Technocracy under Trump has made great strides in 5G, surveillance, Internet of Things, AI, Operation Warp Speed, etc. Whether Technopopulism or liberal Technocracy, Technocrats win in the end. ⁃ TN EditorPopulists cast themselves in opposition to technocratic expertise — but they ultimately rely upon it.
  Donald Trump’s public feuding with his own senio
  
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• The highly anticipated video game starring Keanu Reeves is finally here

  10-12-2020 16:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Cyberpunk 2077, made by Polish video game company CD Projekt Red, features V — a character players can customize — who has a malware-infected biochip in their head. That malware takes the form of Johnny Silverhand, played by Keanu Reeves.
  
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• Biden Presidency Would Reset Liberal Technocratic Government

  10-12-2020 16:08 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats have prevailed under a Trump Administration but would be supercharged under a Biden regime. The Green New Deal, aka Technocracy, the Paris global warming accord, UN programs, etc., would all emerge as prime Technocrat initiatives. ⁃ TN EditorTechnocracy, climate cultism & dumb wars
  Are you ready for the Great Reset? It’s the Great Leap Forward of 21st-century technocracy. It’s time, we are told by the likes of Davos guru Klaus Schwab, to reboot our passé,
  
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• Brain Mapping: Technocrats Are Learning How To Decode Your Thoughts

  10-12-2020 15:49 via technocracy.news
  
  It was former President Barack Obama who supplied hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds to kickstart the Mapping the Brain initiative by stating that it was as important as mapping the human genome. Since then, Technocrats have taken over to find dystopian ways to turn this newly discovered knowledge into a dystopian human management system. ⁃ TN EditorDavos is a city in Switzerland, known as much for its excellent skiing as it is for hosting the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual mee
  
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• Airbnb makes its Wall Street debut

  10-12-2020 14:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In the first half of this year, with its business decimated by the pandemic, Airbnb cut a quarter of its workforce and reportedly slashed its valuation as part of a deal to secure more financing.
  
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• AP Interview: Digital minister says Taiwan to guard privacy

  10-12-2020 13:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A Cabinet minister says Taiwan plans to create an independent agency to enforce digital privacy, tackling an increasingly urgent issue as countries step up surveillance during the pandemic
  
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• Georgia becomes ground zero for election misinformation ahead of Senate runoff

  10-12-2020 12:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Georgia, currently the center of the American political universe, is so awash with misinformation that some supporters of President Donald Trump here believe that he did not lose the presidential election. Some are not sure if they will be able to trust the results of the state's runoff election next month that will decide which party controls the US Senate.
  
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• Conservatives flocked to Parler after the election. But its explosive growth is over

  10-12-2020 12:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In the wake of the US election, conservatives flocked to alternative social networks including Parler over complaints that Facebook and Twitter censored their voices.
  
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• EU looking to reinforce climate credentials during summit

  10-12-2020 11:43 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Five years after the Paris agreement, the European Union’s climate credibility is at stake as European leaders meet to try and seal an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the end of the decade from 1990 levels
  
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• You get the vaccine when it's available. How do you prove it?

  10-12-2020 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The realities of medical records, privacy concerns and the virus itself mean efforts to build vaccine passport apps are unlikely to succeed in the coming months.
  
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• India's pandemic recovery plan could cost air quality goals

  10-12-2020 06:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  India is grappling with two public health emergencies: critically polluted air and the pandemic
  
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• Airbnb prices shares at $68 ahead of Thursday IPO

  10-12-2020 06:22 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Thirteen years after its founders first rented air mattresses in their San Francisco apartment, Airbnb is making its long-awaited stock market debut
  
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• Google CEO says company will review AI scholar's abrupt exit

  10-12-2020 01:11 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Google CEO Sundar Pichai has apologized for how a prominent artificial intelligence researcher’s abrupt departure last week has “seeded doubts” in the company
  
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• The latest trend among TikTok stars: Investing their popularity

  10-12-2020 01:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  These young social media influencers are turning their millions of followers and online popularity into massive fortunes.
  
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• SpaceX launches Starship on highest test flight, crash-lands

  10-12-2020 01:06 via abcnews.go.com
  
  SpaceX's shiny, bullet-shaped Starship soared several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas
  
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• A SpaceX Mars rocket prototype just exploded. It was still a success

  10-12-2020 00:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A giant experimental rocket built by Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully soared eight miles above the company's testing facilities in South Texas on Wednesday and came back down as planned, before crashing into the ground in an enormous plume of flames and smoke.
  
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• SpaceX test launch ends in fiery explosion, but Musk still considers it a win

  10-12-2020 00:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  The company's Starship prototype was seen exploding upon impact once it landed on the SpaceX test launch livestream.
  
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• SpaceX Mars rocket prototype soars and flips successfully, then explodes on landing

  10-12-2020 00:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A giant experimental rocket built by Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully soared eight miles above the company's testing facilities in South Texas on Wednesday and came back down as planned, before crashing back into the ground in an enormous plume of flames and smoke.
  
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• Google to examine the departure of a leading AI ethics researcher

  10-12-2020 00:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Google says it will examine the departure of a prominent Black female researcher in the field of ethics in artificial intelligence, whose recent, sudden exit has angered thousands of the company's employees and others in the tech and academic communities.
  
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