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• Exxon's stellar Q2 overshadowed by lack of buybacks as shares slide 2% - Seeking Alpha

  30-07-2021 23:54 via news.google.com
  Exxon's stellar Q2 overshadowed by lack of buybacks as shares slide 2%  Seeking AlphaExxon Stock Down As Earnings Beat, Cautious On Buybacks; Chevron Tops, Resumes Buybacks  Investor's Business DailyExxon Sticks to Paying Debts as Peers Revive Share Buybacks  Yahoo FinanceExxon's Earnings Improve but the Stock Is Down Anyway  Barron'sChevron tops profit estimates, joins share buyback stampede  Fox BusinessView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Bezos loses appeal of NASA's plans to use Musk moon lander

  30-07-2021 23:21 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Jeff Bezos has lost his appeal of NASA's contract with Elon Musk's SpaceX to build its new moon lander
  
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• Telegram has created a whole new social experience for you to dread with 1,000 person video calls - Android Police

  30-07-2021 23:15 via news.google.com
  Telegram has created a whole new social experience for you to dread with 1,000 person video calls  Android PoliceTelegram's video calls can now accommodate up to 1,000 viewers  EngadgetBumper Telegram Update Enables Video Calls With Up to 1,000 Viewers  MacRumorsTelegram’s group video calls can now have up to 1,000 viewers  The VergeTelegram Update Adds at Least 10 Sweet New Features  Droid LifeView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• CDC recommends masks indoors for all in Franklin County, other central Ohio counties - 10TV

  30-07-2021 22:54 via news.google.com
  CDC recommends masks indoors for all in Franklin County, other central Ohio counties  10TVView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Elon Musk asked Tim Cook to make him CEO of Apple, new book claims

  30-07-2021 22:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  As if Elon Musk isn't running enough companies, he once may have suggested taking over as CEO of America's most valuable business, Apple.
  
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• 1 in every 169 U.S. workers is now employed by Amazon

  30-07-2021 22:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amazon has paid a $15 an hour minimum wage for all its employees since 2018, more than double the federal minimum wage.
  
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• As transmissible as chickenpox: US documents sound alarm on Delta variant - The Times of Israel

  30-07-2021 22:03 via news.google.com
  As transmissible as chickenpox: US documents sound alarm on Delta variant  The Times of IsraelCDC shares 'pivotal discovery' on Covid-19 breakthrough infections that led to new mask guidance  CNNCDC Warns Vaccinated People Can Transmit Delta Variant  CBS New YorkMaybe With Delta the CDC Will Learn to Count  The Wall Street JournalAlarm bells: Vaccinated people can carry as much virus as unvaccinated..  Greatandhra.comView Full Coverage on Google
  
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• In Hawaii, robot dogs join the police force

  30-07-2021 21:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  In Honolulu, the police department spent about $150,000 in federal pandemic relief money to buy their Spot from robotics firm Boston Dynamics for use at a government-run tent city near the airport.
  
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• Britney Spears and the History of Controlling Women via 'Insanity' Claims

  30-07-2021 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Before the pop star's conservatorship, men have long used the legal and medical system to subjugate women deemed as unruly.
  
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• Amazon hit with record E.U. data privacy fine

  30-07-2021 20:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amazon has been hit with a record $886.6 million European Union fine for processing personal data in violation of the bloc’s GDPR rules.
  
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• It’s Time to Rethink the Cob House

  30-07-2021 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Between its thermal properties and low environmental impact, this ancient building material has modern potential.
  
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• Russia blames space station lab incident on software failure

  30-07-2021 19:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A Russian space official has blamed a software problem on a newly docked science lab that briefly knocked the International Space Station out of position
  
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• Our Radio Signals Have Now Reached 75 Star Systems That Can See Us Too

  30-07-2021 19:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  We have been broadcasting for over 100 years. Now a new 3D map of the galaxy reveals the stars these signals have reached that can also see Earth.
  
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• In heat emergency, Greece adds checks for fires, power cuts

  30-07-2021 17:54 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Greek authorities are ordering additional fire patrols and infrastructure maintenance inspections as the country grapples with a heat wave expected to last more than a week
  
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• Amazon hit by record $887 million EU privacy fine

  30-07-2021 17:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Amazon faces a record-breaking €746 million (roughly $887 million) fine after a European Union data privacy regulator said the e-commerce giant had violated the bloc's signature privacy law, known as GDPR, in an advertising-related decision.
  
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• Technocracy News & Trends Is Banned On Twitter! Switch To Telegram Now!

  30-07-2021 17:48 via technocracy.news
  
  Twitter’s Technocrat juggernaut AI has finally nailed Technocracy News & Trends as a formidable adversary of Technocracy’s coup d’etat, summarily terminating access to the platform.I will not bother to appeal, but will rather abandon the platform altogether.
  You can now follow TN on our Telegram account. Just go to your account (if you already have one) and search for the word “technocracy” and look for Technocracy News & Trends with my picture.
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• Robotic police dogs: Useful hounds or dehumanizing machines?

  30-07-2021 17:38 via abcnews.go.com
  
  If you’re homeless and looking for temporary shelter in Hawaii’s capital, expect a visit from a robotic police dog that will scan your eye to make sure you don’t have a fever
  
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• Who takes gold in the crypto and blockchain Olympics? – Cointelegraph Magazine - Cointelegraph

  30-07-2021 17:33 via news.google.com
  
  Who takes gold in the crypto and blockchain Olympics? – Cointelegraph Magazine  CointelegraphJapan settles for silver in judo mixed team event as France takes surprise gold  The Japan TimesOpinion | I was skeptical of the Tokyo Olympics. Then they won me over.  The Washington PostTokyo 2020 strip Olympic participant of accreditation for COVID-19 rule breach  Insidethegames.bizJapan records highest COVID-19 daily case number, a foreseeable disaster&nb
  
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• Google Meet is now a simple PWA on Mac, Windows, and Chrome OS - 9to5Google

  30-07-2021 17:14 via news.google.com
  
  Google Meet is now a simple PWA on Mac, Windows, and Chrome OS  9to5GoogleChrome 93 Beta is all about convenience, progressive web apps, and glimpses of Material You (APK Download)  Android PoliceWindows 'in the cloud' isn't the only solution for working from your Chromebook  Android CentralGoogle continues work on officially bringing Fast Pair from Android to Chromebooks  9to5GoogleIt took a pandemic for Chromebooks to finally start making sense in India&
  
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• Ask Allan: “My Employer Wants Me To Get The Vaccine! What Do I Do?”

  30-07-2021 17:06 via technocracy.news
  
  There are millions of employees who will be bullied into taking the unapproved gene therapy shots, many to their own harm and injury. This article provides some useful thoughts on how to prepare and respond. It is also necessary to count the potential cost of resistance; if you meekly comply, then you are complicit in ushering in tyranny and your freedoms are lost. ⁃ TN EditorDear Allan, 
  Just received the below email from my CEO this morning. So, it looks like the county now is forci
  
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• Unraveling The Great Reset And The Irrational Global War On Carbon

  30-07-2021 16:34 via technocracy.news
  
  People should not forget that they are carbon-based units and that a war on carbon is essentially a war against them. Nevertheless, the global elite represented by the WEF, central banks, NGOs, foundations and Blackrock are shoving their policies of Technocracy down our throat. ⁃ TN EditorThe World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Great Reset has been sold to the public as an opportunity to build a sustainable, carbon neutral future. The ubiquitous sound bite of build back better, or 
  
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• ‘I should have gotten the damn vaccine’: Father of 5 dies in hospital after contracting COVID-19 while on vacation - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

  30-07-2021 16:08 via news.google.com
  ‘I should have gotten the damn vaccine’: Father of 5 dies in hospital after contracting COVID-19 while on vacation  Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7NewsRapid rise of COVID cases not causing panic, yet  KTVU FOX 2 San FranciscoU.K.’s Delta Variant Wave Appears to Ebb, Offering Hope Covid-19 Is in Retreat  The Wall Street JournalCOVID-19: Data shows infections rise to 1 in 65 people for England  Sky News95% of British adults still wear
  
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• Turkey Is Next as Wildfires Afflict Mediterranean Countries - The New York Times

  30-07-2021 16:06 via news.google.com
  Turkey Is Next as Wildfires Afflict Mediterranean Countries  The New York TimesTurkey wildfires: Residents return to blackened, destroyed homes  Global NewsTurkey evacuates panicked tourists by boat from wildfires  Sacramento Bee'We went through hell': friends taking food to firemen find road blocked by Turkish wildfire  Guardian NewsWildfires Force Turkish Cities to Bar Entry to Forests  BloombergView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Scientific Authoritarianism Erodes Private Property And Human Liberty

  30-07-2021 15:41 via technocracy.news
  
  This is a global view of from a professor of economics that notes the importance of private property rights and their rapid erosion as scientific authoritarianism takes over nation after nation. This is Technocracy, which is based on Scientism and increasingly written about around the world. ⁃ TN Editor“A fundamental difference between modern dictatorships and all other tyrannies of the past is that terror is no longer used as a means to exterminate and frighten opponents but as an i
  
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• Google will BAN 'sugar daddy' apps from September 1 in new sexual content restrictions - Daily Mail

  30-07-2021 14:18 via news.google.com
  Google will BAN 'sugar daddy' apps from September 1 in new sexual content restrictions  Daily MailUsers of old Android versions will no longer be able to use Google apps and services  Gizchina.comThis Week in Apps: Instagram restricts teens’ accounts, Elon Musk criticizes App Store fees, Google Play’s new policies  TechCrunchGoogle disabling Gmail, YouTube, and other Account sign-ins on very old Android devices  9to5GoogleTrying iOS made me app
  
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• Rover promises a network of 'trusted sitters and dog walkers.' That wasn't enough to save these pets

  30-07-2021 13:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Like many new pandemic pet owners, Nia Morgan knew her puppy, Zorro, had grown very attached to her due to all the time she spent at home with him. So she was understandably hesitant about leaving him for the first time with a sitter she'd hired through Rover, a popular platform for booking dog and cat sitters.
  
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• Tourists fined $500 for touching Hawaiian monk seals

  30-07-2021 07:33 via abcnews.go.com
  U.S. authorities say a Louisiana woman who was honeymooning in Hawaii has been fined $500 after a social media video showed her touching an endangered Hawaiian monk seal
  
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• China's Didi denies report of plan to buy back shares

  30-07-2021 06:20 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Didi Global Inc. has denied a report by The Wall Street Journal that the ride-hailing service was considering buying back its U.S.-traded shares after its June market debut was disrupted by Chinese government orders to overhaul data security
  
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• Homes lose water as wells run dry in drought-ravaged basin

  30-07-2021 05:29 via abcnews.go.com
  
  With wells drying up, and fish struggling, everyone is wondering what's next.
  
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• Amazon's sales growth slows as pandemic shopping surge eases

  30-07-2021 01:49 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The world’s return to almost normalcy is slowing down Amazon’s pandemic-induced sales surge
  
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• New Russian lab briefly knocks space station out of position

  30-07-2021 01:32 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A problem with a newly docked Russian science lab briefly knocked the International Space Station out of position
  
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• Nikola founder Milton freed on $100M bail after fraud arrest

  30-07-2021 00:29 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The founder of Nikola Corp. has been arrested on securities fraud charges alleging he made false and misleading statements to investors about the electric and hydrogen-powered truck startup
  
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• International Space Station briefly loses control after new Russian module misfires

  30-07-2021 00:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  An unusual and potentially dangerous situation unfolded Thursday at the International Space Station, as the newly-docked Russian Nauka module inadvertently fired its thrusters causing a "tug of war" with the space station and briefly pushing it out of position, according to NASA flight controllers.
  
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