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• Apple tests new way to unlock an iPhone without removing a face mask

  02-02-2021 23:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Some iPhone users will soon be able to unlock their smartphones without needing to remove their face masks in public. There's just one catch: it requires an additional Apple device.
  
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• A new prime minister for Italy: Mario Draghi, former European Central Bank chief, may get the nod - The Washington Post

  02-02-2021 23:56 via news.google.com
  A new prime minister for Italy: Mario Draghi, former European Central Bank chief, may get the nod  The Washington PostItaly Looks to Mario Draghi to Solve Crisis, to Delight of Pro-E.U. Politicians  The New York TimesItalian president Sergio Mattarella to seek a 'high-profile' government  The GuardianItaly’s President Turns to Mario Draghi to Help Solve Political Crisis  The Wall Street JournalItaly's Search for a New Government Stalls as Latest Talk
  
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• What Is the Scientific Method and How Did It Shape Science?

  02-02-2021 23:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  How careful observation, strict reasoning and clever hypotheses guided the great human endeavor of science.
  
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• Google's cloud business is losing money

  02-02-2021 23:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Google is providing a deeper look into the financials of its cloud business, and it doesn't look great.
  
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• Tesla to fix touch screens, ending spat with US regulators

  02-02-2021 23:36 via abcnews.go.com
  
  After refusing a request from U.S. safety regulators, Tesla has now agreed to recall about 135,000 vehicles because their large touch screens can go dark
  
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• Jeff Bezos steps down as Amazon CEO

  02-02-2021 23:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Andy Jassy, the chief executive of Amazon Web Services, will take over as CEO of Amazon.
  
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• Secretary of State Blinken condemns Russia for Navalny sentencing - CNBC

  02-02-2021 23:25 via news.google.com
  Secretary of State Blinken condemns Russia for Navalny sentencing  CNBCCNNi: Protests erupt in Moscow after Navalny sent to prison again  CNNWH Reviewing Concerning Actions Of Russian Government After Navalny Prison Sentencing | NBC News NOW  NBC NewsOpinion | Aleksei Navalny Is Resisting Putin, and Winning  The New York TimesNavalny’s fiery indictment of the ‘small man in a bunker’ could rattle Putin’s autocracy  Washingt
  
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• Rapper Silentó, known for the Nae Nae dance, is charged with murdering his cousin - CNN

  02-02-2021 23:14 via news.google.com
  Rapper Silentó, known for the Nae Nae dance, is charged with murdering his cousin  CNN'Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)' Rapper Silento Accused of Murder  Inside Edition“Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” Rapper Silento Charged With Murder Of Cousin In Georgia  Yahoo EntertainmentTucker Observer news: DeKalb teachers hold second protest, Silento arrested on murder charge  Decaturish.comSilento Charged With Murdering Cousin in Georgia, Manager Claims He's M
  
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• Capt. Tom Moore, WWII vet whose walk cheered UK, dies at 100 - Fox News

  02-02-2021 22:52 via news.google.com
  Capt. Tom Moore, WWII vet whose walk cheered UK, dies at 100  Fox NewsRemembering Captain Sir Tom Moore - BBC News  BBC NewsTom Moore, Who Inspired Covid-Ravaged U.K. With Charity Walks, Dies at 100  The New York TimesForget superheroes and anti-heroes. We need more heroes like Capt. Sir Tom Moore.  The Washington PostCaptain Tom Moore inspired millions. The NHS inspired him  The GuardianView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• SpaceX Mars rocket prototype explodes on landing, again

  02-02-2021 22:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Starship SN9, SpaceX's early prototype for a rocket the company hopes will carry the first humans to Mars, launched a high-altitude test flight Tuesday that saw the vehicle travel a few miles up in the air, hover for a moment, and then conduct a belly flop-like maneuver on descent before making an explosive landing back on the launch pad.
  
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• Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO

  02-02-2021 22:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will step down from his role as chief executive later this year and transition to the role of executive chair, the company said Tuesday. He will be replaced by Andy Jassy, who currently heads the company's cloud business, Amazon Web Services.
  
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• What’s new in macOS 11.3? Sorting in Reminders app, Safari customizations, more [U] - 9to5Mac

  02-02-2021 22:38 via news.google.com
  
  What’s new in macOS 11.3? Sorting in Reminders app, Safari customizations, more [U]  9to5MacApple’s next macOS Big Sur update should make iPad apps look less awkward on the Mac  The VergeApple rolls out macOS Big Sur 11.2 with bug fixes and Bluetooth tweaks  Ars TechnicaM1 Mac mini in the cloud now available for 12 cents/hour  9to5MacScaleway announces cloud-based subscription access to Apple’s Mac mini M1  VentureBeatView Full
  
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• Study: Pandemic's cleaner air added heat to warming planet

  02-02-2021 22:28 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A new study finds that cleaner air from the pandemic lockdown warmed the planet a bit in 2020, especially in places such as the eastern United States, Russia and China
  
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• Amazon says Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO of the company he founded nearly 30 years ago.

  02-02-2021 22:13 via abcnews.go.com
  Amazon says Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO of the company he founded nearly 30 years ago.
  
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• The Taj Mahal: Can India Save This Corroding Beauty?

  02-02-2021 22:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  India’s architectural wonder and symbol of love is turning brown and green due to pollution and neglect.
  
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• 27 CVS Pharmacies In NJ To Give Out COVID-19 Vaccine - Patch.com

  02-02-2021 22:10 via news.google.com
  27 CVS Pharmacies In NJ To Give Out COVID-19 Vaccine  Patch.comADPH: 7-day average COVID-19 positivity numbers in Alabama tell improving story  WBRCView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• E.A. Sports Will Resurrect College Football Video Game - The New York Times

  02-02-2021 22:08 via news.google.com
  E.A. Sports Will Resurrect College Football Video Game  The New York TimesEA Sports plans to bring back college football video game | Pro Football Talk | NBC Sports  NBC SportsTODAY IS THE GREATEST DAY OF OUR LIVES  The Smoking MusketEA Sports to do college football video game  ESPNElectronic Arts stock hits all-time high after company says it will bring back its college football videogame  MarketWatchView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy to take over in Q3 - CNBC

  02-02-2021 22:05 via news.google.com
  Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy to take over in Q3  CNBCJeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO  CNNAmazon declares itself a services company on CEO transition from Jeff Bezos to Jassy: D.A. Davidson  CNBC TelevisionWho is Andy Jassy, the next CEO of Amazon?  ReutersAmazon Projects Revenue Signaling Strong E-Commerce Demand  Yahoo FinanceView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Astra, rocket startup that has yet to conduct a successful launch, is going public

  02-02-2021 21:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Astra, a US-based rocket startup aiming to build cheap rockets to haul satellites to space, announced Tuesday that it's going public via a reverse merger known as SPAC.
  
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• Study: Pandemic's cleaner air added heat to warming planet - Yahoo News

  02-02-2021 21:36 via news.google.com
  
  Study: Pandemic's cleaner air added heat to warming planet  Yahoo NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• 'Bachelor' Matt James Puts Victoria On Blast For Dismissing Bullying - Access

  02-02-2021 21:34 via news.google.com
  'Bachelor' Matt James Puts Victoria On Blast For Dismissing Bullying  AccessSuper awkward exit on 'The Bachelor' after Matt James cleans house due to bullying  Yahoo EntertainmentWhy Is The Bachelor So Obsessed With Bullying Instead of How Funny Matt James Is?  E! NEWSThe Bachelor: Roses & Rose: Matt DETHRONES Queen Victoria, Falls For Rachael and Cooks with Kit  Entertainment TonightBachelor Matt James on the 'Easy' Decision to Send Victoria Larson Ho
  
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• Boston Dynamics is teaching its robot dog new tricks

  02-02-2021 21:20 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Boston Dynamics is teaching its robot dog Spot new tricks.
  
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• Ralphs, Food 4 Less locations closing in Long Beach over 'hero pay' | ABC7 - ABC7

  02-02-2021 21:00 via news.google.com
  Ralphs, Food 4 Less locations closing in Long Beach over 'hero pay' | ABC7  ABC72 California supermarkets closing after city orders pay hike  Yahoo! VoicesKroger will shut two California stores to avoid offering workers "hazard pay"  CBS News‘It was a shock’: Grocery workers, communities brace for impacts of Kroger store closures  Long Beach PostKroger closing two stores after city orders higher pandemic pay for workers | TheHill  The
  
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• Uber will bring the booze after acquiring Drizly for $1.1B

  02-02-2021 20:56 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Mobile ride-hailing company Uber said Tuesday that it's acquiring the alcohol-delivery platform Drizly for $1.1 billion in stock and cash
  
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• A Netflix employee accidentally killed Nintendo's live-action Zelda series - Engadget

  02-02-2021 20:38 via news.google.com
  A Netflix employee accidentally killed Nintendo's live-action Zelda series  EngadgetNintendo Canned Netflix’s Live-Action Zelda TV Show Due To Leak  KotakuNintendo Reportedly Canceled a Zelda Netflix Series After It Leaked - IGN  IGNLeaks Nixed Nintendo's Zelda at Netflix, Animated Star Fox Project  CBR - Comic Book ResourcesNetflix 'The Legend of Zelda' Live-Action Series Was Canceled Because of Leaks  /FILMView Full Coverage on Google New
  
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• Alabama’s launch of online COVID vaccine site frustrates users; 1 million more eligible Feb. 8 - AL.com

  02-02-2021 20:06 via news.google.com
  Alabama’s launch of online COVID vaccine site frustrates users; 1 million more eligible Feb. 8  AL.comCOVID 19 and Pregnancy  WPTV News - FL Palm Beaches and Treasure CoastSome second dose COVID-19 vaccination appointments scheduled this week at Alamodome to be rescheduled  KSAT San AntonioMetro Health: Contact sports should be avoided to help prevent spread of COVID-19  KSAT San AntonioView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Dark matter halo found around ancient 'cannibal' galaxy - CNN

  02-02-2021 19:30 via news.google.com
  Dark matter halo found around ancient 'cannibal' galaxy  CNNAstronomers Found an Ancient Galaxy with a Halo of Dark Matter  GizmodoHuge Dark Matter Halo Spotted around Milky Way's Dwarf Satellite Galaxy | Astronomy  Sci-News.comAstronomers find origins of "galactic cannibalism" with discovery of ancient dark matter halo  CBS NewsHuge Dark Matter Halo Around Dwarf Galaxy Hints At How The First Galaxies Formed  IFLScienceView Full Coverage on Googl
  
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• FTC says Amazon took $62 million in tips from drivers

  02-02-2021 18:43 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Amazon is paying nearly $62 million to settle charges that it took tips from its delivery drivers
  
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• White House plans to send millions of vaccine doses to retail pharmacies - Yahoo News

  02-02-2021 18:35 via news.google.com
  White House plans to send millions of vaccine doses to retail pharmacies  Yahoo NewsOne dose of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine cuts down transmission; US to send some vaccines straight to pharmacies: Live COVID-19 updates  USA TODAYBiden administration to start sending COVID-19 vaccine to pharmacies next week  WMUR ManchesterChina arrests suspects in fake COVID-19 vaccine ring  Yahoo NewsWhite House to supply 1M additional vaccine doses to pharmacies by next w
  
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• Google settles with Department of Labor over allegations of worker discrimination

  02-02-2021 18:15 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Google has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the US Labor Department over allegations of pay and hiring discrimination, the agency said Monday.
  
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• Amazon will pay $61.7 million to settle claims it withheld tips from delivery workers

  02-02-2021 18:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amazon will pay $61.7 million to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that it failed to pay Flex delivery drivers the full amount of tips.
  
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• Soon, You Could Be Wearing Mushroom Leather. But Will It Be Better for the Environment?

  02-02-2021 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Brands are starting to embrace fungi-based leather as an alternative to animal skin. Does it live up to the sustainability claims?
  
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• India Invents AI Camera Network To Track Every Physical Movement

  02-02-2021 16:22 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrat engineers are advancing surveillance technology at breakneck speed. India’s latest invention can co-opt thousands of cameras to track individuals or vehicles in real time as they move about. This is ubiquitous, full-time surveillance that could completely destroy privacy. ⁃ TN EditorThe future of total police surveillance just got a whole lot bleaker, thanks to researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). IISc researchers have figured out a way to turn a vast net
  
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• Uber is betting $1.1 billion on alcohol deliveries

  02-02-2021 16:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Uber's future used to be self-driving cars. Now it's delivering alcohol.
  
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• State Lawmakers Rise Up To Curb Governors’ COVID Powers

  02-02-2021 15:43 via technocracy.news
  
  State legislators are rising up against dictatorial governors to limit or remove their ability to declare emergencies to impose draconian mandates that cause damage to state citizens and economies. States, counties and cities have immense, untapped power to push back against Technocrat tyranny. ⁃ TN EditorIrritated by the sweeping use of executive orders during the COVID-19 crisis, state lawmakers around the U.S. are moving to curb the authority of governors and top health officials to imp
  
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• This video clearly shows why Google shelved muskie, the Pixel 2 XL manufactured by HTC - XDA Developers

  02-02-2021 15:27 via news.google.com
  This video clearly shows why Google shelved muskie, the Pixel 2 XL manufactured by HTC  XDA DevelopersGoogle Pixel Phones Trick Helps Keep Unlimited Google Photos Backups  Droid LifeHere’s the HTC-made Pixel 2 XL that never was  Android AuthorityPixel 5 and LG Wing set to receive 5G C-band upgrade  9to5GoogleLG Wing and Google Pixel 5 get C-band 5G approval  The VergeView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• How To Stop The World Economic Forum’s ‘Great Reset’

  02-02-2021 15:25 via technocracy.news
  
  The “collectivist tyrants” pushing the Great Reset should be understood as Technocrats pushing Technocracy. The Populist movement is the only natural enemy of Technocracy, but this movement has largely abandoned personal responsibility as the solution while looking to figureheads instead. ⁃ TN EditorThere are many millions of Americans today in the post-election environment that feel uneasy about the fate of the country given the rise of a Biden presidency. And though I underst
  
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• Uber to buy alcohol delivery service Drizly for $1.1 billion

  02-02-2021 15:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  "Now Uber can deliver even more things," Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said Tuesday.
  
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• NASA astronauts complete multi-year project to upgrade batteries on the ISS - Engadget

  02-02-2021 14:21 via news.google.com
  NASA astronauts complete multi-year project to upgrade batteries on the ISS  EngadgetSpacewalking astronauts complete a space station battery upgrade years in the making  Space.comAstronauts complete power upgrades for space station  DAWN.comSpaceX, NASA target April 20 for next Crew Dragon launch to space station  Space.comWatch Cal Poly students ask a NASA astronaut questions while in ISS  The TribuneView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Alibaba sales surge, even as crackdown in China intensifies

  02-02-2021 13:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Alibaba reported a big quarter for its e-commerce business. But China's most famous tech firm is still poised to face nervous investors on Tuesday as a regulatory crackdown by Beijing and co-founder Jack Ma's fall from grace cast a shadow over its future.
  
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• Nintendo keeps blowing past its own sales goals. But it needs more hit games

  02-02-2021 12:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Nintendo keeps having one blowout quarter after another. But analysts say it's going to need new games and hardware to keep that momentum going.
  
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• The Wisconsin pharmacist who sabotaged 500 vaccine doses believes the Earth is flat and that the sky is a shield to stop us seeing God, according to FBI documents - msnNOW

  02-02-2021 12:02 via news.google.com
  The Wisconsin pharmacist who sabotaged 500 vaccine doses believes the Earth is flat and that the sky is a shield to stop us seeing God, according to FBI documents  msnNOWView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Life in the Clouds of Venus? Maybe Not.

  02-02-2021 09:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Astronomers thought they detected phosphine — a gas often created by microbes — in Venus’ clouds. A new study suggests that analysis was incorrect.
  
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• The Webb Telescope, NASA’s Golden Surfer, Is Almost Ready, Again

  02-02-2021 08:30 via nytimes.com
  
  After decades of fits and starts, the multibillion dollar successor to the Hubble telescope is expected to launch as soon as this fall.
  
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• Alibaba prepares to face investors as crackdown in China intensifies

  02-02-2021 04:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Alibaba is coming off what was likely a big quarter for its e-commerce business. But China's most famous tech firm is still poised to face nervous investors on Tuesday as a regulatory crackdown in China continues to cast a shadow over its future.
  
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• Google antes up $2.6M to settle pay, job discrimination case

  02-02-2021 02:16 via abcnews.go.com
  Google will pay $2.6 million to more than 5,500 employees and past job applicants
  
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• US billionaire buys SpaceX flight to orbit with 3 others

  02-02-2021 01:39 via abcnews.go.com
  A U.S. billionaire is buying an entire SpaceX flight for himself and three people to circle the globe
  
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• Google shutters internal Stadia game studio

  02-02-2021 00:45 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Google is closing the internal studio tasked with developing games for its Stadia cloud-gaming service, a move that raises questions about the future of its Stadia service itself
  
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• Google will stop making video games for its Stadia platform

  02-02-2021 00:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Google will stop making video games, less than two years after launching its highly publicized Stadia gaming platform.
  
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• California man arrested after livestream shows 2 bodies

  02-02-2021 00:09 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Police in California arrested a man suspected of two killings after someone reported seeing a livestream on social media that showed him with a gun and two women lying on the floor
  
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