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• Bill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage

  03-05-2021 23:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Bill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage after 27 years, the pair announced in a statement on their verified Twitter accounts.
  
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• Fragments of Titanium Found Blasting Out of a Famous Supernova

  03-05-2021 22:47 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists have found fragments of titanium blasting out of a famous supernova. This discovery, made with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, could be a major step...
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• Intel: $3.5B investment is critical to microchip future

  03-05-2021 22:27
  
  Intel will be investing $3.5 billion in its New Mexico plant to manufacture what executives say will fuel a new era of advanced computing as demands increase for the tiny microchips used in nearly all modern devices
  
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• Verizon sells internet trailblazers Yahoo and AOL for $5B

  03-05-2021 21:34
  
  AOL and Yahoo are being sold again, this time to a private equity firm
  
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• Bizarre Branching Worm With Dividing Internal Organs Discovered Growing in Sea Sponge

  03-05-2021 21:15 via scitechdaily.com
  
  International research team including Göttingen University first to describe tree-like internal anatomy of symbiotic worm and sponge. The marine worm Ramisyllis multicaudata, which lives within...
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• Scientists Successfully Sequenced the Genome of Previously Extinct Date Palms

  03-05-2021 21:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This study marks the first time researchers have sequenced the genomes of plants from ancient germinated seeds. Researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi’s Center for Genomics...
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• Meredith to sell TV station division to Gray Television

  03-05-2021 20:22
  
  Magazine publisher and multimedia company Meredith Corp. is selling its Local Media Group consisting of 17 television stations to Gray Television Inc. for $2.7 billion in cash and will focus on expanding its print and digital magazines business
  
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• Clean megaprojects divide surprise group: environmentalists

  03-05-2021 20:21
  America’s patchwork of environmental and conservation groups have disparate opinions about large-scale renewable energy projects that could rise during President Joe Biden's tenure
  
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• Asteroid That Hit Botswana in 2018 Likely Originated From Vesta

  03-05-2021 20:06 via scitechdaily.com
  
  An international team of researchers searched for pieces of a small asteroid tracked in space and then observed to impact Botswana on June 2, 2018....
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• The Weeknd will still boycott Grammys, despite rule change after his award snub

  03-05-2021 19:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  "I remain uninterested in being a part of the Grammys, especially with their own admission of corruption for all these decades," the pop star said.
  
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• Toward Improved Solar Cells With Active Learning

  03-05-2021 19:04 via scitechdaily.com
  
  How can I prepare myself for something I do not yet know? Scientists from the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin and from the Technical University...
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• The Los Angeles Times names Kevin Merida as top editor

  03-05-2021 18:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Los Angeles Times has hired Kevin Merida, most recently head of ESPN's race-culture-and-sports website The Undefeated, to serve as its executive editor.
  
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• NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Discovers Radio Signal in Venus’ Atmosphere

  03-05-2021 17:45 via scitechdaily.com
  
  During a brief swing by Venus, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe detected a natural radio signal that revealed the spacecraft had flown through the planet’s upper...
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• Xi Jinping: ‘The World Wants Justice, Not Hegemony’

  03-05-2021 17:08 via technocracy.news
  
  Jinping’s idea of ‘justice’ is lopsided: Rules must be harmonized, yet privatized. In other words, “you keep your rules and we will keep ours.” Otherwise, butt out. China will not capture the world via hegemony, but by exporting Technocracy. ⁃ TN EditorChinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that the global governance system should be made more equitable and fair, and that rules set by one country or some nations cannot be imposed on others. &ld
  
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• Facebook oversight board to rule on suspended Trump account on May 5

  03-05-2021 17:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump will find out this week whether he gets to return to Facebook.
  
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• Two of the Most Destructive Forces of Nature – Earthquakes and Tsunamis – May Be a Bigger Threat Than Thought

  03-05-2021 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Two of the most destructive forces of nature — earthquakes and tsunamis — might actually be more of a threat than current estimates according to...
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• Researchers Wirelessly Stream Human Brain Activity During Normal Life Activities

  03-05-2021 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NIH BRAIN Initiative-funded study opens the door to correlating deep brain activity and behavior. Researchers are now able to wirelessly record the directly measured brain...
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• Mating With Relatives? New Research Shows It Is Not a Big Deal in Nature

  03-05-2021 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  We usually assume that inbreeding is bad and should be avoided under all circumstances. But new research performed by researchers at Stockholm University, published in Nature...
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• Henry Kissinger Warns Of US-China Armageddon

  03-05-2021 16:46 via technocracy.news
  
  Trilateral Commission founding member Henry Kissinger addresses the (John) McCain Institute in Arizona. Kissinger’s history of originally enabling the nuclear-enabled nations of Technocrat China and Islamic Iran are now tempered by the squishy language of political science.
  As a side note, it is important to note what a good friend and confidant Kissinger was to the late Senator John McCain (R-AZ). ⁃ TN EditorFormer Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who once led efforts to bring Ch
  
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• Rules As Code: Globalist AI Infrastructure For Global Governance

  03-05-2021 16:28 via technocracy.news
  
  The UN affiliated Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) proposes that governments should publish rules as computer code to be directly consumed by software and machines. ⁃ TN EditorRules as Code (RaC) is a highly innovative idea that addresses how law and regulations are simultaneously produced in natural language and in working computer code. RaC has important implications not only for producing better rules (meaning clear and fit for purpose), but providing also a
  
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• Police take down one of the world's biggest child abuse platforms in global operation

  03-05-2021 16:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  The three main suspects are accused of founding and maintaining the site, as well as giving members advice on how to avoid arrest, German police said.
  
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• How Plants Find Their Symbiotic Bacteria Partners

  03-05-2021 15:59 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Freiburg researchers explain an evolutionary step in the symbiosis between plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria. What would it be like to produce fertilizer in your own...
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• Andy Weir's New Space Odyssey, 'Project Hail Mary'

  03-05-2021 15:30 via nytimes.com
  
  A new novel from “The Martian” author is slightly more out there, but it still has plenty of particle physics.
  
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• Red Sea Is No Longer a Baby Ocean: Hidden Structures Reveal 13 Million Years of Seafloor Spreading

  03-05-2021 15:20 via scitechdaily.com
  
  It is 2,250 kilometers long, but only 355 kilometers wide at its widest point — on a world map, the Red Sea hardly resembles an...
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• Facebook says decision on whether Trump ban will be overturned coming Wednesday

  03-05-2021 15:03 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Facebook oversight board will announce its decision on the fate of former President Trump's Facebook account at 9am on May 5, according to a verified tweet.
  
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• Physicists Open New Window Into Dark Energy

  03-05-2021 14:42 via scitechdaily.com
  
  For the first time, DES scientists can combine measurements of the distribution of matter, galaxies, and galaxy clusters to advance our understanding of dark energy....
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• Apple's app store goes on trial in threat to 'walled garden'

  03-05-2021 14:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  On Monday, Apple faces one of its
  
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• Yahoo and AOL are sold, again, for about $5 billion

  03-05-2021 14:17
  
  Yahoo and AOL are sold, again, for about $5 billion
  
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• Verizon sells media businesses including Yahoo and AOL to Apollo for $5 billion - CNBC

  03-05-2021 14:02 via news.google.com
  Verizon sells media businesses including Yahoo and AOL to Apollo for $5 billion  CNBCVerizon sells Yahoo and AOL businesses to Apollo for $5 billion  CNBC TelevisionVerizon Near Deal to Sell Yahoo and AOL  The New York TimesVerizon offloads Yahoo and AOL in $5 billion deal  CNN Verizon sells AOL and Yahoo for about half of what it paid  The VergeView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Republicans feared Democrats’ voting bill polls well. A new poll says they’re right. - Vox.com

  03-05-2021 14:00 via news.google.com
  
  Republicans feared Democrats’ voting bill polls well. A new poll says they’re right.  Vox.comRepublicans took an ax to Obama's rules. Democrats are using a scalpel.  POLITICODemocrats could win more of Arizona in 2022. But they'll need to do this first  The Arizona RepublicDemocrats face growing list of swing-district retirements, dimming midterm prospects  The Washington Post‘Our moment is now’: can Washington DC statehood finally
  
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• Moderna providing 500M doses of COVID-19 vaccine to COVAX following WHO approval - Fox News

  03-05-2021 13:56 via news.google.com
  Moderna providing 500M doses of COVID-19 vaccine to COVAX following WHO approval  Fox NewsModerna Just Made the Pfizer Vaccine's Biggest Weakness an Even Bigger One  The Motley FoolModerna to supply 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses on behalf of COVAX  MarketWatchWe will forge ahead in getting our vaccines  Philstar.comModerna deal, Swedish donation boost COVAX vaccine-sharing platform  Yahoo NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Beyond Qubits: Key Components for a Qutrit-Based Quantum Computer Demonstrated

  03-05-2021 13:54 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Team led by Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley scientists builds a new type of quantum processor capable of information scrambling like that theorized within black holes....
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• Eagles, Browns, Lions, Bears: Dane Brugler ranks his favorite 2021 NFL Draft classes from 1 to 32 - The Athletic

  03-05-2021 13:40 via news.google.com
  Eagles, Browns, Lions, Bears: Dane Brugler ranks his favorite 2021 NFL Draft classes from 1 to 32  The Athletic32 things we learned from the 2021 NFL draft  USA TODAY2021 NFL Draft: Best and Worst Pick for Every Team  Athlon SportsMost improved teams following free agency and the 2021 NFL Draft | NFL Draft  Pro Football FocusNFL draft 2021 - Biggest offseason questions, team needs, rookie battles for all 32 teams  ESPNView Full Coverage on Google
  
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• The Morning After: Yes, you can add a keyring hole to Apple's AirTag - Engadget

  03-05-2021 13:26 via news.google.com
  The Morning After: Yes, you can add a keyring hole to Apple's AirTag  EngadgetIt's Apparently Possible to Drill a Key Ring Hole Into Apple's AirTags Without Messing Them Up  GizmodoHow to use AirTags with iOS 14.5  TechRadarApple AirTags: Freeze, water and drop test  CNETApple AirTag iFixit Teardown: 'Impressively Compact' Design compared to Galaxy SmartTag  gizmochinaView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Mars Curiosity Rover Explores Stratigraphy of Gale Crater: Finds Multiple Transitions Between Drier and Wetter Climates

  03-05-2021 13:21 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Gale Crater’s central sedimentary mound (Aeolis Mons or, informally, Mount Sharp) is a 5.5-km-tall remnant of the infilling and erosion of this ancient impact crater....
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• As Andrew Brown Jr. is laid to rest, the circumstances around his death remain unclear - CNN

  03-05-2021 13:21 via news.google.com
  
  As Andrew Brown Jr. is laid to rest, the circumstances around his death remain unclear  CNN Family and friends march for Andrew Brown in Elizabth City  The News & ObserverAndrew Brown Jr. Mourned By Loved Ones As City Grapples With Police Shooting  NPRNorth Carolina deputy shooting part of city's long history with race  WXII12 Winston-SalemFriends and strangers pay last respects to Andrew Brown Jr. at public viewing in North Carolina  13News
  
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• Why India's coronavirus data is vastly undercounted - Fox News

  03-05-2021 13:07 via news.google.com
  
  Why India's coronavirus data is vastly undercounted  Fox NewsThe Covid-19 hospital in India so bad patients want to get out  CNN Covid-19: Delhi Court Rebukes Indian Government Over Oxygen Crisis  The New York TimesIndia's Covid crisis has revealed the real Narendra Modi  CNN Modi has offered little more than hollow words amid India's horrifying covid crisis  CNN View Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel discusses 'important' message of protest and how the club can change - CBS Sports

  03-05-2021 13:04 via news.google.com
  Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel discusses 'important' message of protest and how the club can change  CBS SportsManchester United fans mount protest against US owners as Premier League match against Liverpool postponed  CNN InternationalViolent scenes as fans invade Manchester United stadium in protest at US owners - BBC News  BBC NewsA protest 16 years in the making: Manchester United fans had every right to take direct action  United In Focus -
  
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• Ethereum, Apple and Epic Games, Tesla - 5 Things You Must Know Monday - TheStreet

  03-05-2021 12:49 via news.google.com
  Ethereum, Apple and Epic Games, Tesla - 5 Things You Must Know Monday  TheStreet
  
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• Billie Eilish: Sexual misconduct is everywhere - BBC News

  03-05-2021 12:35 via news.google.com
  
  Billie Eilish: Sexual misconduct is everywhere  BBC NewsRoundup: SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down; Billie Eilish British Vogue Interview; Giannis Outduels Durant  The Big LeadBillie Eilish shows off a new look on the cover of British Vogue  CNN Billie Eilish Transforms Into the Epitome of Old Hollywood Glamour for Vogue Cover  NBC New YorkView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Artificial Intelligence Helps Crack the Code of the Dead Sea Scrolls

  03-05-2021 12:20 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered some seventy years ago, are famous for containing the oldest manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and many hitherto...
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• Child sexual abuse: Four held in German-led raid on huge network - BBC News

  03-05-2021 12:18 via news.google.com
  
  Child sexual abuse: Four held in German-led raid on huge network  BBC NewsGerman police bust child sex abuse imagery network with 400,000 users  CNN Germany announces bust of 'one of the world's biggest child pornography darknet platforms'  Yahoo NewsGerman police shut one of world’s biggest darknet child abuse images sites  The GuardianGerman police arrest 4 in connection to massive underground child pornography website | TheHill  The Hill
  
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• MMQB: Justin Fields, Trey Lance, Aaron Rodgers and Inside the Biggest Stories on Draft Night - Sports Illustrated

  03-05-2021 12:00 via news.google.com
  MMQB: Justin Fields, Trey Lance, Aaron Rodgers and Inside the Biggest Stories on Draft Night  Sports IllustratedChicago Bears Draft 2021: Grading each individual pick  Windy City GridironWhat is your confidence level in Justin Fields and Trevor Lawrence? | KJZ  ESPNChicago Bears Could See Wide Receiver Market Flood Shortly  Sports MockeryHow Soon Should the Bears Name Justin Fields Their New QB1? | The Rich Eisen Show  The Rich Eisen ShowView Ful
  
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• Meghan and Harry are becoming your typical American mega-celebrities - The Washington Post

  03-05-2021 12:00 via news.google.com
  Meghan and Harry are becoming your typical American mega-celebrities  The Washington PostPrince Harry Makes Impassioned Speech at Vax Live Concert: 'This Pandemic Cannot End Unless We Act Collectively'  Yahoo EntertainmentJLo, Selena Gomez and Chrissy Teigen on the red carpet of Vax Live stadium concert in LA  The SunVax Live: SoFi Stadium hosts vax awareness concert with performances from Jennifer Lopez, Foo Fighters and more  KABC-TVPrince Harry, Jennife
  
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• Bitcoin bulls go on the offensive against Berkshire Hathaway - Fortune

  03-05-2021 11:43 via news.google.com
  Bitcoin bulls go on the offensive against Berkshire Hathaway  FortuneKey Takeaways From Berkshire Hathaway's Annual Meeting  Bloomberg Markets and FinanceBavarian Nordic A/S - Articles of Association  Yahoo FinanceWarren Buffett Touted America. Too Bad He Didn't Buy.  BloombergQuintOpening Bell, May 3, 2021  Business InsiderView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Researchers detail three new Intel and AMD Spectre vulnerabilities - Engadget

  03-05-2021 11:22 via news.google.com
  Researchers detail three new Intel and AMD Spectre vulnerabilities  EngadgetView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Republican win in Texas special election raises questions about Biden’s popularity - Fox News

  03-05-2021 11:21 via news.google.com
  Republican win in Texas special election raises questions about Biden’s popularity  Fox NewsSpecial congressional election in Texas heads to runoff  CBS NewsTexas special election: Republicans Susan Wright and Jake Ellzey advance to runoff for House seat, NBC News projects  NBC NewsFor Democrats, Another Bad Election Night in Texas  The New York TimesTexas Congressional election heads to runoff with two Republicans in the lead  CBS NewsView
  
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• Same Drug Can Have Opposite Effects on Memory in Males and Females

  03-05-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A research team from the Institut de Neurociències at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc-UAB) has shown that inhibition through a drug of the Tac2...
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• Rhys Hoskins' game-tying home run overturned after hitting railing at Citizens Bank Park; 2 fans make must-see catches - WPVI-TV

  03-05-2021 11:00 via news.google.com
  
  Rhys Hoskins' game-tying home run overturned after hitting railing at Citizens Bank Park; 2 fans make must-see catches  WPVI-TVMets vs. Phillies Game Highlights (5/02/21) | MLB Highlights  MLBOverturned home run call, beleaguered bullpen close night to forget for Philadelphia Phillies in dramatic loss to New York Mets  ESPNPete Alonso speaks after Mets 6-run 8th inning propels them over the Phillies | New York Mets | SNY  SNYMets Injury Updates: Nimmo, Dav
  
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• Migrants Separated From Their Children Will Be Allowed Into U.S. - The New York Times

  03-05-2021 11:00 via news.google.com
  
  Migrants Separated From Their Children Will Be Allowed Into U.S.  The New York TimesBiden administration to reunite four migrant families separated under Trump  NBC NewsFour families separated at the US-Mexico border under Trump to be reunited this week  CNN Families separated at border under Trump reuniting in US this week  New York Post Live updates: Biden plans to pitch major spending plans during trip to coastal Virginia  The Washington PostV
  
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