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• Siblings find closure a year after COVID-19 thrashed choir

  09-04-2021 23:29
  
  Just over a year ago, a choir practice in Washington state sickened 53 people and killed two
  
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• Amazon warehouse workers reject union bid in Alabama

  09-04-2021 22:40
  Amazon workers voted against forming a union at a warehouse in Alabama, The win proved the might of the online shopping giant and cut off a path that labor activists had hoped would lead to similar efforts throughout the company and beyond
  
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• Facebook will not notify the 533 million users exposed in online database

  09-04-2021 22:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook does not plan to notify its customers who may be among the half a billion users whose personal information was exposed after being posted to a website used by hackers.
  
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• Are You Confused by Scientific Jargon? So Are Scientists

  09-04-2021 21:44 via nytimes.com
  
  Scientific papers containing lots of specialized terminology are less likely to be cited by other researchers.
  
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• Hackers try to extort University of Colorado in cyberattack

  09-04-2021 21:27
  Hackers are trying to extort the University of Colorado after a cyberattack that school officials said potentially compromised personal information from more than 310,000 files
  
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• YouTube pulls Florida governor's video, citing misinformation

  09-04-2021 21:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Several scientists questioned the use of masks by kids at Gov. Ron DeSantis' roundtable discussion last month.
  
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• We Don’t Really Know What’s in Pre-Workout Supplements

  09-04-2021 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  There's no conclusive evidence that pre-workout products work, and some ingredients (labeled or not) can put your health at risk. In the past, products have been banned only after killing consumers.
  
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• Can Trees Heal Heart Disease?

  09-04-2021 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Researchers in this polluted city are planting thousands of trees in a bold health experiment aimed at lowering rates of cardiovascular disease.
  
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• Loud debates, fun banter: Mideast finds outlet in Clubhouse

  09-04-2021 18:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hundreds of thousands of people in the Arab world are turning to Clubhouse, the fast-growing audio chat app, to mock and vent against longtime rulers.
  
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• Five Kitchen Sink Science Experiments To Try At Home

  09-04-2021 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Try out these hands-on citizen science projects. You don’t even have to leave the house.
  
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• Amazon workers vote against union at Alabama warehouse

  09-04-2021 18:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Amazon has gained enough votes to defeat a union drive that would have established the company's first US union, according to an ongoing tally of votes.
  
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• In a major win for Amazon, warehouse workers in Alabama vote not to unionize

  09-04-2021 17:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nearly 1,800 employees said no to forming the company's first union. Less than half that number said yes.
  
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• Amazon gains enough votes to defeat union drive at Alabama warehouse

  09-04-2021 17:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Amazon has gained enough votes to defeat a union drive that would have established the company's first US union, according to an ongoing tally of the vote.
  
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• COVID Became Excuse To Run Statewide Surveillance Programs

  09-04-2021 17:07 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats invent because they can, especially when it comes to surveillance and monitoring. Recor’s business leverages the use of AI tracking by offering new revenue streams to cash-strapped states. ⁃ TN EditorCash-strapped states are using COVID as an excuse to create AI-driven vehicle recognition or license plate reader surveillance programs.
  As Rekor Systems president and CEO Robert Berman proudly boasts, “because our technology works so well for vehicle recognition,
  
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• The Eruption at La Soufrière on St. Vincent Takes an Explosive Turn

  09-04-2021 16:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  For the past few months, a dark lava dome has been growing on La Soufrière on the island of St. Vincent. Today, that eruption suddenly became explosive.
  
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• $200,000 streaming rigs and millions of views: inside the cottage industry popping up around SpaceX

  09-04-2021 16:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  For a few hours one recent Saturday, Jack Beyer stood on the roof of his Land Rover, watching as SpaceX employees toiled under a 160-foot-tall silver rocket prototype that towered like an otherworldly visitor over the otherwise barren landscape.
  
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• US envoy Kerry discusses climate challenges in Bangladesh

  09-04-2021 16:32
  
  John Kerry, the special U.S. envoy on climate, says President Joe Biden is eager to work with Bangladesh in dealing with the impact of climate change after the United States' return to the Paris accord
  
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• Big Tech: “They Leave No Paper Trail For Authorities To Trace”

  09-04-2021 16:21 via technocracy.news
  
  Epstein rightly suggests that Google’s monopoly over information could be immediately broken by declaring its search database a “public commons”, allowing transparent access by any other service.
  The fact that Google crawled the Internet to amass this database is not connected to its manipulation of the data to influence and deceive the world into perceiving a reality that is not reality. Hiding, obfuscating, cloaking, selectively allowing, etc., are all post-database operation
  
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• Elon Musk's Neuralink teases brain-computer tech in new video

  09-04-2021 16:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Neuralink, the brain machine interface company founded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has published a YouTube video of a macaque monkey called Pager playing the video game Pong.
  
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• The Paradox of Internet Famous Wilderness

  09-04-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  How destinations like The Wave, located near the Arizona-Utah border, are managing overtourism.
  
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• Elon Musk's Neuralink claims monkeys can play Pong using just their minds

  09-04-2021 15:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Neuralink, the implant company owned by SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has released a video in which a monkey appears to play the computer game Pong using only its mind.
  
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• Killing Capitalism: WEF Warns Of Cyber Attack Leading To Systemic Collapse Of The Global Financial System

  09-04-2021 15:34 via technocracy.news
  
  If the pandemic represented stage one of Technocracy’s coup d’etat, then there remains a grand finale yet to come. Now the World Economic Forum is preparing for a massive cyber attack leading to the collapse of the global financial system. This could complete the “Great Reset” where everything flips. ⁃ TN EditorA report published last year by the WEF-Carnegie Cyber Policy Initiative calls for the merging of Wall Street banks, their regulators and intelligence agenci
  
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• American, Russians dock at International Space Station

  09-04-2021 15:33
  
  A trio of Russian and American space travelers launched successfully and reached the International Space Station
  
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• Explosive eruption rocks La Soufriere volcano on Caribbean island of St. Vincent, where evacuations ordered

  09-04-2021 15:20
  Explosive eruption rocks La Soufriere volcano on Caribbean island of St. Vincent, where evacuations ordered
  
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• U.S. sanctions Chinese computer makers in widening tech fight

  09-04-2021 15:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  China’s government on Friday criticized the Biden administration’s curbs on access to U.S. technology for its supercomputer developers.
  
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• I’m salivating over this new four-volume Philip K. Dick collection by the Folio Society - The Verge

  09-04-2021 13:53 via news.google.com
  I’m salivating over this new four-volume Philip K. Dick collection by the Folio Society  The Verge
  
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• Johnson & Johnson dose allocation to fall 85% next week; Notre Dame latest university to require vaccination: Latest COVID-19 updates - USA TODAY

  09-04-2021 13:52 via news.google.com
  Johnson & Johnson dose allocation to fall 85% next week; Notre Dame latest university to require vaccination: Latest COVID-19 updates  USA TODAYNorth Carolina sites halt J&J shots after adverse reactions  Yahoo NewsJ&J COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments to California to See Rapid Decline  NBC Bay AreaFlorida reports 7,886 new cases as FEMA sites, mobile clinics prepare for fewer J&J doses  WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlandoCOVID-19 vaccination site shu
  
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• 'Fox & Friends' Inevitably Blames Harry and Meghan for Prince Philip's Death - Daily Beast

  09-04-2021 13:48 via news.google.com
  'Fox & Friends' Inevitably Blames Harry and Meghan for Prince Philip's Death  Daily BeastPolice called to Meghan Markle, Prince Harry’s California mansion nine times in as many months  Fox NewsMeghan Markle and Prince Harry caught a scary-sounding trespasser in their home  Cosmopolitan UKPrivate Investigator Denies Hacking Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Phones  NewsweekMeghan Markle gearing up to retaliate to Piers Morgan in spiteful, verbal ma
  
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• 5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday - CNBC

  09-04-2021 13:44 via news.google.com
  5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday  CNBCS&P 500 Hits New High, Nasdaq Shows More Strength; HubSpot, PTC, Avantor Show Bullish Action  Investor's Business DailyTextron Rises, CarGurus Pops, and the Nasdaq Is Moving Higher  Barron'sNasdaq futures gain 1% ahead of weekly jobless claims data  ReutersS&P closes at record on tech boost as U.S. Treasury yields retreat  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Live Updates on the Amazon Union Vote - The New York Times

  09-04-2021 13:41 via news.google.com
  
  Live Updates on the Amazon Union Vote  The New York TimesAmazon union vote count set to begin  ReutersAmazon reportedly pushed USPS to install a mailbox outside its Alabama warehouse, a move the union could use to challenge the outcome of the vote  Yahoo! VoicesUnion wants investigation into Amazon election mailbox  AL.comWhy Is The Amazon Union Vote Count Taking So Long?  NPRView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• 1 dead, 5 injured in Bryan, Texas, shooting - CBS News

  09-04-2021 13:12 via news.google.com
  1 dead, 5 injured in Bryan, Texas, shooting  CBS NewsDPS provides update on shooting in Bryan, Texas  KPRC 2 Click2HoustonAt least 1 person killed and 5 wounded after a shooting at a Texas office park, police say  CNNBREAKING: Suspect identified in Bryan mass shooting  KBTXPolice identify suspect in Texas cabinet business shooting that left 1 dead, 5 wounded  KATUView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Russian cosmonauts, NASA astronaut successfully launch to the space station - CNN

  09-04-2021 13:11 via news.google.com
  Russian cosmonauts, NASA astronaut successfully launch to the space station  CNN Morning brief, ISS Expedition 65/Soyuz MS-18 docking to the space station | NewsNOW from FOX  NewsNOW from FOXSoyuz launches crew of 3 to International Space Station  CBS NewsStation Crew Blasts Off on Short Ride to Station  NASA VideoUS-Russian Trio Blast off on Mission to Space Station  U.S. News & World ReportView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Prince Philip, husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, dies at 99 - CNBC

  09-04-2021 13:06 via news.google.com
  Prince Philip, husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, dies at 99  CNBCFactbox: World Reacts to Death of Britain's Prince Philip  U.S. News & World ReportLive: Buckingham Palace exterior following Prince Philip's death  The SunPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II's husband, dead at 99  Fox NewsPrince Philip had a walk-on part in the royal drama, but he played it to perfection  The GuardianView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Is Plant Protein Better for You and the Planet?

  09-04-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Animal protein isn’t the only way to get in this key macronutrient. Plants have protein, too — and there are good reasons to load up on this source.
  
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• Samsung’s iTest offers a look at Galaxy Android on iPhone - Engadget

  09-04-2021 12:57 via news.google.com
  Samsung’s iTest offers a look at Galaxy Android on iPhone  EngadgetSamsung Galaxy S21 phones have lost half their value since January, study says  CNETSamsung's 'iTest' Lets You Try a Galaxy Device on Your iPhone  MacRumorsSamsung’s Galaxy SmartTag Plus with UWB to track items with AR is out April 16th  The VergeHot new deals bring the OG Samsung Galaxy Watch well below $100  PhoneArenaView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Covid-19 live updates: U.S. cases involving Brazil variant on the rise, according to CDC data - The Washington Post

  09-04-2021 12:53 via news.google.com
  Covid-19 live updates: U.S. cases involving Brazil variant on the rise, according to CDC data  The Washington PostHas the Era of Overzealous Cleaning Finally Come to an End?  The New York TimesCDC data shows rise in Brazil variant detected in US | TheHill  The HillThursday, April 8, 2021: Vaccine priority response, good news for Maine, time to reopen schools full time  Bangor Daily NewsFinally, teachers can put down that can of disinfectant and get back to
  
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• Elon Musk's brain-chip company, Neuralink, released a video of a monkey playing video games with its mind - Business Insider

  09-04-2021 12:52 via news.google.com
  Elon Musk's brain-chip company, Neuralink, released a video of a monkey playing video games with its mind  Business InsiderElon Musk's Neuralink Co-Founder Says They Could Build Jurassic Park… if They Wanted To - IGN  IGNWatch: Elon Musk’s Neuralink says this monkey is playing Pong with its mind  The VergeThe Morning After: Netflix made a major movie deal with Sony Pictures  EngadgetWatch a Monkey Play Pong With His Brain  PCMagView
  
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• Trump, other potential 2024 GOP contenders, gathering at major retreat - Fox News

  09-04-2021 12:51 via news.google.com
  
  Trump, other potential 2024 GOP contenders, gathering at major retreat  Fox NewsBiden-GOP infrastructure talks off to rocky start | TheHill  The HillA GOP governor’s frantic appeal to Trump voters reveals a terrible GOP truth  The Washington PostRepublicans’ unexpected rupture with corporate America  Washington PostAmerica Needs the GOP, and It Needs Help  The Wall Street JournalView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Mike Francesa rips MLB: Mets’ walk-off win was a joke | ‘Baseball is lost’ - NJ.com

  09-04-2021 12:40 via news.google.com
  Mike Francesa rips MLB: Mets’ walk-off win was a joke | ‘Baseball is lost’  NJ.comNew York Mets get walk-off win vs. Miami Marlins on Michael Conforto's controversial hit by pitch  ESPNPOSTGAME REACTION: Miami Marlins vs. New York Mets 04/08/21  Bally Sports Florida & Bally Sports SunMarlins left with no margin for error if they'd like to contend in 2021  Fish StripesMichael Conforto's walk-off hit by pitch gives the Mets 3-2 win over
  
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• Chipmaker TSMC says revenue up 16.7% as demand surges

  09-04-2021 12:19
  
  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s biggest contract producer of processor chips, says its revenue rose 16.7% in the latest quarter over a year earlier as the global economy rebounded from the coronavirus pandemic and demand surged
  
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• How worried should we be about links of blood clots to AstraZeneca's vaccine? - Reuters

  09-04-2021 12:08 via news.google.com
  
  How worried should we be about links of blood clots to AstraZeneca's vaccine?  ReutersAstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine: How common are blood clots and should I be worried?  CNNPortugal restricts the use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine | Blood Clots | Coronavirus Pandemic  WIONAustralia could have prepared a more ambitious vaccine strategy than most. So what went wrong?  The GuardianI’m 39 & I’ll happily take the AstraZeneca vaccine. With only a
  
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• Justin Rose charges into four-shot lead with commanding first-round 65 at the Masters - CNN International

  09-04-2021 11:01 via news.google.com
  Justin Rose charges into four-shot lead with commanding first-round 65 at the Masters  CNN InternationalLee Elder got his moment in the sun at Augusta, but a marketing ploy by Gary Player's son nearly ruined it  Yahoo SportsThe Masters’ ‘tradition’ is rooted in racism and sexism  The Washington PostThe shots count as the first round of Masters continues at Augusta National  WRDW-TVWinds proved 'tricky' on Day 1 at Augusta National | Live
  
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• More than half of rural residents have received a Covid-19 vaccine or plan to, but hesitancy remains high, analysis finds - CNN

  09-04-2021 11:00 via news.google.com
  More than half of rural residents have received a Covid-19 vaccine or plan to, but hesitancy remains high, analysis finds  CNN Oregon reports small number of COVID cases in vaccinated people  OPB News168 Oregonians got COVID-19 after fully vaccinated; health officials not concerned  KATUCOVID cases growing again, variants spreading in Oregon  KGW NewsOHA reports 168 post-vaccine COVID-19 'breakthrough' cases, 3 deaths  KTVZView Full Coverage on G
  
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• Scientists work toward an elusive dream: a simple pill to treat Covid-19 - STAT

  09-04-2021 10:40 via news.google.com
  
  Scientists work toward an elusive dream: a simple pill to treat Covid-19  STATHow worried should you be about coronavirus variants? A virologist explains his concerns  Yahoo NewsFully vaccinated Broomfield man told he likely contracted COVID-19 variant  The Denver ChannelCovid masks save American lives. They still can (and should) post-pandemic.  NBCNews.comCOVID-19 in NYC: Dr. Chokshi explains where city stands in vaccines, variants, cases  PIX1
  
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• Ex-NFL player kills himself after killing 5, injuring 1 in South Carolina, police say | Nightline - ABC News

  09-04-2021 10:29 via news.google.com
  
  Ex-NFL player kills himself after killing 5, injuring 1 in South Carolina, police say | Nightline  ABC NewsFormer NFL player Phillip Adams kills five in South Carolina, then himself, authorities say  ESPN'There's nothing about this that makes sense': Authorities grappling with the ‘why’ in South Carolina mass shooting  Yahoo SportsSlain South Carolina doctor wrote of faith, life’s fragility  Hilton Head Island PacketPhillip Adams' Sister
  
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• Apple says iMessage on Android ‘will hurt us more than help us’ - The Verge

  09-04-2021 10:27 via news.google.com
  Apple says iMessage on Android ‘will hurt us more than help us’  The VergeApple: ‘Moving iMessage to Android will hurt us more than help us’  9to5GoogleNew iOS 15 features leaked – including a redesigned Control Center for your iPhone  TechRadarThree questions that will decide the Epic Games case against Apple  The VergeIs iOS 14.5 'battery recalibration' going to be the ultimate battery drain fix? Probably not  ZDNe
  
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• Japanese doctors perform world's first living donor lung transplant to a Covid-19 patient - CNN

  09-04-2021 10:06 via news.google.com
  Japanese doctors perform world's first living donor lung transplant to a Covid-19 patient  CNN View Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Treasury yields climb ahead of producer prices data - CNBC

  09-04-2021 10:05 via news.google.com
  Treasury yields climb ahead of producer prices data  CNBCFed's Powell: US nears full reopening to 'different economy'  msnNOWDavid Rosenberg discusses the impact of inflation on the economy  CNBC TelevisionU.S. stock futures buoyant on inflation view  ReutersColumn: While Fed up waiting, markets lose faith in own bets  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Rioters ignore pleas for calm as violence flares in Belfast - Associated Press

  09-04-2021 09:57 via news.google.com
  
  Rioters ignore pleas for calm as violence flares in Belfast  Associated PressPetrol bombs thrown in Belfast as Northern Ireland violence continues - BBC News  BBC NewsNorthern Ireland Sees Spasm of Violence as Old Tensions Resurface  The New York TimesNorthern Ireland leaders call for calm after night of rioting  Fox NewsNI riots: What is behind the violence in Northern Ireland?  BBC NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• A Russian-U.S. trio of space travelers has blasted off en route to the International Space Station

  09-04-2021 09:45
  A Russian-U.S. trio of space travelers has blasted off en route to the International Space Station
  
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