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• Netflix insider trading suspect pleads guilty to scheme that netted $3 million, feds say

  19-08-2021 23:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Junwoo Chon, of Bellevue, Washington, faces as long as 20 years behind bars.
  
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• Facebook Launches New App That Turns Virtual Meetings Into A Dystopian Nightmare - HuffPost

  19-08-2021 22:57 via news.google.com
  Facebook Launches New App That Turns Virtual Meetings Into A Dystopian Nightmare  HuffPostFacebook’s New Bet on Virtual Reality: Conference Rooms  The New York TimesFacebook's Horizon Workrooms for Oculus Quest 2  CNETRoundup: Virtual Facebook meetings / LSU engineering / Small business taxes  Greater Baton Rouge Business ReportMark Zuckerberg's Oculus Work Metaverse Looks Painful | Paul Tassi | Forbes Games  ForbesView Full Coverage on Goo
  
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• New solar telescope in Hawaii aims to open in 3 months

  19-08-2021 22:47 via abcnews.go.com
  The project director of a new solar telescope in Hawaii hopes scientists will be able to start observations in three months
  
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• Whatever happened to the ringtone?

  19-08-2021 21:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Cellphone ringtones were a fashion accessory and a big moneymaker in the mid-2000s, but sales have slumped.
  
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• The next generation of computer scientists

  19-08-2021 21:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Kevin Wang always had the teaching bug in him.
  
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• Smell-O-Vision for your phone

  19-08-2021 21:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  CNN humor columnist Jarrett Bellini looks at a new device that brings smells to your mobile device.
  
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• Google search gets smarter, goes hands-free

  19-08-2021 21:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Google is adding voice-activated search to its Chrome browser, the company announced Wednesday.
  
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• Creator tells us how to pronounce 'GIF'

  19-08-2021 21:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  We can't settle iPhone vs. Android or "Star Wars" vs. "Star Trek" for you. But another geek debate was put to rest Tuesday. GIF is pronounced "Jif."
  
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• Coffee with Apple's Tim Cook? That's $610,000

  19-08-2021 21:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Somebody really, really wants to get an audience with Apple CEO Tim Cook.
  
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• CNN's best updates from Moore, Oklahoma

  19-08-2021 21:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  As Moore, Oklahoma, struggles to regain its footing under the public spotlight, journalists from CNN are among those sharing online images of the devastation.
  
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• Govt sharpens antitrust attack against Facebook with filing

  19-08-2021 21:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  Federal regulators sharpened their antitrust attack against Facebook, alleging in a revised complaint Thursday that the social network giant pursued a laser-focused strategy to “buy or bury” rivals to suppress competition.
  
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• Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are arguing over the moon already. Here's what it all means

  19-08-2021 20:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, the two wealthiest people on this planet, both want to be center stage when NASA returns astronauts to the moon. But NASA only has enough money for one of them, and it went with Musk's SpaceX. That means Bezos' Blue Origin is mad.
  
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• Facebook launches virtual-reality work app for meetings

  19-08-2021 20:01 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Facebook is trying to pull in workplace users with a new virtual-reality app called Horizon Workrooms
  
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• FTC files fresh antitrust complaint seeking to break up Facebook

  19-08-2021 19:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Federal Trade Commission renewed its bid to break up Facebook on Thursday by filing an amended complaint in federal court alleging the tech giant has monopolized social media and harmed competition.
  
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• Humans Are the Only Animals That Cry — And We Don’t Know Why

  19-08-2021 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There are many theories on the evolution and purpose of emotional tears.
  
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• The shipping supply chain is stressed from Covid. That makes it ripe for hackers.

  19-08-2021 18:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  The global supply chain, where goods are shipped all over the world, is already stretched thin thanks to a year and a half of operating during a pandemic.
  
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• Heartless In Seattle: Patient Dropped From Heart Transplant List Over Refusal To Take Vaccine

  19-08-2021 18:46 via technocracy.news
  
  A patient struggles to live with a damaged heart, awaiting a transplant to save his life. The mRNA vaccines are well-known to cause Myocarditis and Pericarditis (inflammation of the heart). Medical Technocrats drop him from the transplant list because he refuses to take the vaccine that might kill him. Good medical care or total insanity?
  Is the entire medical community suffering from over-the-top mass psychosis? We warned that denial of medical treatment would become commonplace for the unvacci
  
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• Mass Psychosis: How to Create an Pandemic of Mental Illness

  19-08-2021 17:19 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocracy defined itself in 1938 as “the science of social engineering.” This article sheds some light on the mechanics involved in this dark world of intentional and carefully planned manipulation of the masses.  The world in currently in a state of induced psychosis, which is deepening with every new wave of fear and propaganda. ⁃ TN Editor
  The 20-minute video above, “Mass Psychosis — How an Entire Population Becomes Mentally Ill,” created by After Sk
  
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• H.R.4980: Permanent No-Fly Grounding For Unvaccinated

  19-08-2021 16:13 via technocracy.news
  
  In this era of Covid and vaccine hysteria, one would expect that legislation would be proposed to ban all non-vaccinated individuals from the formerly friendly skies of U.S. aviation. This bill is sponsored by Rep. Richie Torres [D-NY-15] and co-sponsored by Rep. Ed Case [D-HI-1]. It has been referred to the House Homeland Security Committee. ⁃ TN EditorH.R.4980 – To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that any individual traveling on a flight that departs from or arr
  
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• The Quest for Non-Hormonal Birth Control

  19-08-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Scientists know that many women want hormone-free birth control, but it didn’t seem possible — until now.
  
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• Policy groups ask Apple to drop plans to inspect iMessages, scan for abuse images

  19-08-2021 15:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  More than 90 policy and rights groups around the world published an open letter on Thursday urging Apple to abandon plans for scanning children’s messages.
  
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• Japan aims to bring back soil samples from Mars moon by 2029

  19-08-2021 15:12 via abcnews.go.com
  Japanese space agency scientists say they plan to bring soil samples back from the Mars region ahead of the United States and China in hopes of finding clues to the planet’s origin and traces of possible life
  
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• Facebook launches VR remote work app, calling it a step to the ‘metaverse’

  19-08-2021 14:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook on Thursday launched a test of a new virtual-reality remote work app where users of the company’s Oculus Quest 2 headsets can hold meetings as avatars.
  
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• Crypto traders who lost millions want 'justice and compensation.' Will they get either?

  19-08-2021 14:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  Traders are teaming up to take legal action against the crypto exchange, but they face an uphill battle.
  
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• Amazon is emailing sellers to warn them about Congress’ Big Tech antitrust bills

  19-08-2021 14:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amazon is reaching out to third-party merchants to warn them that proposed antitrust reforms
  
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• New Research Explains Why Vaccinated People at Low Risk During COVID Delta Variant Surge

  19-08-2021 14:07 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Antibodies Elicited by COVID-19 Vaccination Effective Against Delta Variant Despite causing a surge in infections this summer that has resulted in thousands of hospitalizations and...
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• Scientists Once Thought Personality Was Set in Stone. They Were Wrong

  19-08-2021 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  You might have heard that personality doesn't change much once you reach your 30s. But an influx of new research points to various ways it can evolve over time.
  
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• Facebook wants you to hold your next meeting in VR

  19-08-2021 13:08 via rss.cnn.com
  
  For those who don't think Zoom meetings are a good enough substitute for the real thing, Facebook has another idea: a virtual reality app that lets you and your coworkers feel like you're sitting around a table in a conference room.
  
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• Exploring the Quantitative Limits of Light–Matter Coupling at the Nanoscale

  19-08-2021 12:57 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Combined theoretical and experimental work provides general quantitative limits to light-matter coupling in nanophotonic devices. The interplay between light and matter encompasses a stunning spectrum...
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• China now wants to tell influencers how to speak and dress when live-streaming

  19-08-2021 12:19 via rss.cnn.com
  
  China's crackdown on private business has taken a new, more intrusive turn with government plans to dictate how live-stream shopping influencers speak and dress.
  
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• Mapping the Universe’s Earliest Structures and Dark Matter Distribution With COSMOS-Webb

  19-08-2021 11:45 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This ambitious program will study half a million galaxies in a field the size of three full Moons. Peering deeply into a huge patch of...
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• Insects Beware! This New Carnivorous Plant Wants To Eat You

  19-08-2021 10:42 via scitechdaily.com
  
  First new carnivorous plant identified by botanists in 20 years. The delicate stalk and pretty white flowers of Triantha occidentalis may seem like the perfect...
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• Levitation: Classic Magic Trick May Enable Quantum Computing

  19-08-2021 06:02 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new project will use the electric field in an accelerator cavity to try to levitate a tiny metallic particle, allowing it to store quantum...
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• China state firms invest in TikTok sibling, Weibo chat app

  19-08-2021 04:50 via abcnews.go.com
  
  China appears to be taking greater control of ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns global video app TikTok, and Weibo, China's version of Twitter
  
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• Unlocking the Secrets of Earth’s Magnetic Field From 9,000-Year-Old Recordings

  19-08-2021 04:09 via scitechdaily.com
  
  International research by Tel Aviv University, the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, and the University of California San Diego uncovered findings regarding the...
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• US utility plans to switch 1200 vehicles to electric by 2030

  19-08-2021 03:46 via abcnews.go.com
  The nation’s largest public utility plans to switch out 1,200 of its vehicles for electric ones by 2030
  
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• Fires harming California's efforts to curb climate change

  19-08-2021 03:35 via abcnews.go.com
  
  California's top fire official says blazes raging across Northern California are wiping out forests that are central to plans to reduce carbon emissions and are testing projects designed to protect communities
  
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• Facebook takes action against 'disinformation dozen' after White House pressure

  19-08-2021 02:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook on Wednesday announced that it had taken action against the so-called "disinformation dozen," one month after the White House singled out the twelve people and argued that they were responsible for a majority of coronavirus misinformation.
  
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• New Research Shows Fibromyalgia Is Likely the Result of Autoimmune Problems

  19-08-2021 01:43 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research has shown that many of the symptoms in fibromyalgia syndrome are caused by antibodies that increase the activity of pain-sensing nerves throughout the...
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• This proof-of-vaccination feature may be coming soon to your smartphone

  19-08-2021 01:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  Smartphone developers are gearing up for a world where users can store their Covid vaccination proof in their phones’ digital wallets.
  
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• Protein Pathways: Mentally Stimulating Jobs Linked to Lower Risk of Dementia in Old Age

  19-08-2021 00:30 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Certain proteins might provide clues to underlying biological mechanisms, say researchers. People with mentally stimulating jobs have a lower risk of dementia in old age...
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• Robinhood’s crypto trading surges, as overall growth slows

  19-08-2021 00:19 via abcnews.go.com
  
  After helping a new generation of investors get into stocks, Robinhood is increasingly doing the same for cryptocurrencies
  
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