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• Snap recovers from Apple privacy changes, shares surge 50%

  03-02-2022 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  Snap Inc on Thursday said its advertising business bounced back from the effects of Apple Inc's privacy changes faster than it expected, and shares of the company skyrocketed 50% as it provided a first quarter outlook that surpassed analyst estimates.
  
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• Amazon Shares Jump as Cloud Unit Helps Drive Profit Past Estimates - Yahoo Finance

  03-02-2022 23:51 via news.google.com
  Amazon Shares Jump as Cloud Unit Helps Drive Profit Past Estimates  Yahoo FinanceAmazon shares soar on cloud revenue beat and huge profit gain from Rivian stake  CNBCAmazon holiday earnings blow away expectations (thanks to Rivian), stock spikes  MarketWatchAmazon Lifts Tech Stocks, Bringing Hope of a Market Rebound  BloombergStocks making the biggest moves after hours: Snap, Amazon, Ford and more  CNBCView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Hospitalization Among Adults Aged ≥18 Years, by Vaccination Status, Before and During SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant Predominance — Los Angeles County, California, November 7, 2021–January 8, 2022 | MMWR - COVID-19

  03-02-2022 23:46 via news.google.com
  
  SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Hospitalization Among Adults Aged ≥18 Years, by Vaccination Status, Before and During SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant Predominance — Los Angeles County, California, November 7, 2021–January 8, 2022 | MMWR  COVID-19Omicron variant hospitalizations: How unvaccinated, boosted compare  Deseret NewsThe pandemic of the unvaccinated — and unboosted  The Washington PostThis Makes You 97X More Likely to Die, Says Virus Exp
  
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• MacKenzie Scott donates $133.5 million to educational nonprofit Communities in School

  03-02-2022 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  MacKenzie Scott has donated $133.5 million to educational nonprofit Communities in School, an organization that helps students navigate issues inside and outside of the classroom.
  
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• Winter storm: Ice, power outages hit Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee - The Washington Post

  03-02-2022 23:34 via news.google.com
  Winter storm: Ice, power outages hit Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee  The Washington PostAllentown weather: Ice threat increases for Lehigh Valley, Poconos  The Morning CallMajor Winter Storm Hits Millions  NBC News200,000 Lose Power as Arctic Cold Front Slams South, Midwest  The Daily BeastMore than a foot of snow in the Midwest and 2 feet in the Rockies  CNNView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• On Capitol Hill, ex-Washington NFL employees levy new harassment claims against Daniel Snyder - The Washington Post

  03-02-2022 23:33 via news.google.com
  On Capitol Hill, ex-Washington NFL employees levy new harassment claims against Daniel Snyder  The Washington PostGoodell pressured by Congress to release Washington report  Yahoo SportsFormer Washington employees allege widespread sexual harassment | Pro Football Talk | NBC Sports  NBC SportsDemocrats' key witness in NFL sexism hearing has history of sexist tweets  Fox NewsFormer employees and cheerleaders share new allegations against NFL team owner Dan
  
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• 2022 NBA trade deadline: Five biggest questions, including interest in Ben Simmons and next possible fire sale - CBS Sports

  03-02-2022 23:30 via news.google.com
  
  2022 NBA trade deadline: Five biggest questions, including interest in Ben Simmons and next possible fire sale  CBS SportsThe Boston Celtics are down and out on Dennis Schroder  Celtics BlogThe Bulls Could Reportedly Trade For This Exciting Point Guard  Sports IllustratedBoston Celtics: Marcus Smart will be traded to Hawks, B/R ‘boldly’ predicts  Hardwood HoudiniCeltics' Complete 2022 NBA Trade Deadline Preview, Predictions  Bleacher
  
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• How the Fallout From Andrew Cuomo’s Resignation Spread to Jeff Zucker - The New York Times

  03-02-2022 23:27 via news.google.com
  
  How the Fallout From Andrew Cuomo’s Resignation Spread to Jeff Zucker  The New York TimesCNN insider says network 'needs to step up and fire Brian Stelter' for not exposing Jeff Zucker affair: report  Fox News‘Joined at the Hip’: Jeff Zucker’s Relationship With a Top CNN Executive  The New York TimesWhy is trust in media plummeting? Just look at what’s happening at CNN  The GuardianJoe Concha: Jeff Zucker's CNN exit leaves mor
  
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• Ghostwire: Tokyo looks incredibly creepy in lengthy new gameplay trailer - The Verge

  03-02-2022 23:25 via news.google.com
  
  Ghostwire: Tokyo looks incredibly creepy in lengthy new gameplay trailer  The VergeGhostwire: Tokyo launches March 25 on PS5, new gameplay details from Tango Gameworks  PlayStation.BlogHere's How Ghostwire: Tokyo Actually Works  IGNGhostwire: Tokyo Wants To Mix Up The Tired Open-World Formula  GameSpotGhostwire: Tokyo isn’t a horror game, it’s Japanese ‘Ghostbusters’  VentureBeatView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Disappointing Meta, PayPal Earnings Send Shudders Through Stock Market - The Wall Street Journal

  03-02-2022 23:13 via news.google.com
  
  Disappointing Meta, PayPal Earnings Send Shudders Through Stock Market  The Wall Street JournalFacebook stock plummets 26% in its biggest one-day drop ever  CNBCMeta earnings unveiled 'a lot of negative surprises,' strategist says  Yahoo FinanceMetaaaarghhhh  Financial TimesMeta's share price wipe-out shakes world tech stocks  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Amazon is raising the price of annual Prime memberships to $139

  03-02-2022 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  Amazon is raising the price of its annual Prime subscriptions from $119 to $139 per year, the company announced along with its earnings report Thursday
  
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• Brian Flores' lawsuit could devastate the NFL even if he loses. - Slate

  03-02-2022 23:02 via news.google.com
  
  Brian Flores' lawsuit could devastate the NFL even if he loses.  SlateDenver Broncos' John Elway responds to lawsuit, calls Brian Flores' allegations 'false and defamatory'  ESPNBankole Thompson: In NFL suit, Flores stands up to powerful old boys' club  The Detroit NewsOne Giant mess: Brian Flores’ lawsuit makes damning claims about the NFL’s commitment to diversity  New York Daily NewsBrian Flores' NFL lawsuit - Can he prove systemic racism? W
  
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• Rudy Giuliani’s surprise reveal on Masked Singer led to judges walking off - The Guardian

  03-02-2022 22:57 via news.google.com
  
  Rudy Giuliani’s surprise reveal on Masked Singer led to judges walking off  The Guardian'Masked Singer' judges walk out when Giuliani unmasked on show  CNN‘The Masked Singer’ Wouldn’t Risk Destroying the Franchise by Casting Rudy Giuliani, Would It?  Variety‘The Masked Singer’ judges walk off in protest over (spoiler) unmasking: Report  syracuse.comI Don't Like This At All  DefectorView Full Coverage on Google
  
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• Top Aides to Boris Johnson Quit, Adding to Downing Street Turmoil - The New York Times

  03-02-2022 22:48 via news.google.com
  
  Top Aides to Boris Johnson Quit, Adding to Downing Street Turmoil  The New York TimesFour of Boris Johnson's top aides quit, while 'Partygate' scandal rocks Downing Street  The Washington PostTwo more senior Boris Johnson aides resign amid Downing Street exodus – as it happened  The GuardianThe parting shot from the last of Boris Johnson’s ‘old band’ was powerful – and it may signal the end  The Independent4 of Boris Johnson's
  
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• Amazon raises price of annual Prime membership to $139 - NPR

  03-02-2022 22:39 via news.google.com
  Amazon raises price of annual Prime membership to $139  NPRAmazon is raising the price of annual Prime memberships to $139  CNNAmazon stock soars 15% after earnings, will hike Prime membership fee  Yahoo FinanceAmazon increases the price of Prime nearly 17% to $139 per year  CNBCAmazon increases Prime subscription price as membership tops 200 million  MarketWatchView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Meta, formerly Facebook, faces historic drop as stock tanks

  03-02-2022 22:29
  
  Meta is putting a lot of virtual eggs — and billions of dollars — into the metaverse basket, and Wall Street is spooked
  
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• How to stream the 2022 Winter Olympics - The Verge

  03-02-2022 22:24 via news.google.com
  
  How to stream the 2022 Winter Olympics  The Verge2022 Winter Olympics: TV schedule, day-by-day viewing guide to the Beijing Winter Games  NBC Sports - Misc.Tune out the Winter Olympics, don't reward Communist China's scheme  Fox NewsPerspective | China welcomed the world the last time it hosted the Olympics. Not now.  The Washington PostOpinion: Beijing 2022 — A dubious Winter Olympic Games  DW (English)View Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Ex-Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke released from prison for murder of Laquan McDonald — to a deafening call for hi… - Chicago Sun-Times

  03-02-2022 22:16 via news.google.com
  
  Ex-Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke released from prison for murder of Laquan McDonald — to a deafening call for hi…  Chicago Sun-Times16 shots and an early release: Former officer Jason Van Dyke, who killed Laquan McDonald, leaves prison  CNNAttorney Ron Safer Discusses Release of Jason Van Dyke  WGN NewsSpeak Out reader opinion: It's too late for people to complain about Van Dyke sentence  Chicago TribuneColumn: Joe McMahon opens up about Jason Va
  
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• Study identifies virulent HIV variant unrecognized for years

  03-02-2022 22:05
  
  Scientists have found a previously unrecognized variant of HIV that's more virulent than usual and has quietly spread in the Netherlands for the past few decades
  
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• How Do Different Emotions Manifest In The Body?

  03-02-2022 21:30 via discovermagazine.com
  
  We tense up when we're angry, our hearts race when we're scared. The mind/body connection has long been linked to our survival.
  
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• Man charged with killing woman and his 2-day-old baby in Memphis - CBS News

  03-02-2022 21:26 via news.google.com
  
  Man charged with killing woman and his 2-day-old baby in Memphis  CBS NewsAmber Alert Issued for Newborn Kennedy Hoyle After Baby's Mother Shot and Killed in Tennessee  PEOPLEFather of missing newborn charged with murder 10pm UPDATE  WREG News Channel 3Memphis Police: Man killed mother of his baby, threw child in water  WZTVMan charged with murder in deaths of his wife and 2-day-old daughter  Daily MailView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Wag, a dog-walking startup that once raised $300 million from a single investor, is going public through a SPAC

  03-02-2022 21:03 via cnn.com
  
  Wag, a dog-walking startup that once received $300 million from a single investor only to stumble in executing its strategy, is set to go public in a deal valued not much higher than that one investment.
  
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• Meta's market value just dropped by more than most companies are worth

  03-02-2022 21:03 via cnn.com
  
  Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, is on pace for what would be the worst trading day in its history as a public company.
  
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• People are selling themselves their own NFTs to drive up prices, report finds

  03-02-2022 21:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Some people repeatedly sell themselves their own NFTs in an attempt to artificially inflate their prices, according to a report published Wednesday.
  
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• Spotify Booted Far-Right Podcaster Stew Peters Over COVID Lies - The Daily Beast

  03-02-2022 20:51 via news.google.com
  Spotify Booted Far-Right Podcaster Stew Peters Over COVID Lies  The Daily BeastSpotify CEO calls Joe Rogan crucial to brand's 'bold ambitions': report  Business InsiderJoe Rogan doesn’t need Spotify, but we may need his podcast  Financial TimesProgressives Who Want Joe Rogan Off Spotify Should Be Careful What They Wish For  Daily BeastJoe Rogan, Spotify fail to curb vaccine falsehoods | Letters  NJ.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Jon Stewart sides with Joe Rogan as more artists leave Spotify: ‘This overreaction is a mistake’ - The Independent

  03-02-2022 20:33 via news.google.com
  
  Jon Stewart sides with Joe Rogan as more artists leave Spotify: ‘This overreaction is a mistake’  The IndependentHere's who has left Spotify because of Joe Rogan  CNNHealth experts respond to Neil Young stance on GMOs after anti-science hit on Joe Rogan  Fox NewsNeil Young Took a Principled Stand. Some Right-Wingers Had Never Seen One Before  Yahoo EntertainmentWhich Artists Have Left Spotify Over Covid Misinformation?  JezebelView Fu
  
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• Jennifer Lopez jokingly calls out Hoda Kotb for prying into personal life - Page Six

  03-02-2022 20:27 via news.google.com
  
  Jennifer Lopez jokingly calls out Hoda Kotb for prying into personal life  Page SixJennifer Lopez, Hoda Kotb And Savannah Guthrie Have Hilarious Discussion Around People Cover  TODAYJennifer Lopez Says Her Twins Are Like 'Little Adults' as They Turn 14: 'They Have Their Own Lives'  Yahoo EntertainmentJennifer Lopez politely dodges Ben Affleck questions, pokes fun at Hoda Kotb for public relationship troubles  Fox NewsJennifer Lopez Reveals What She and Ben
  
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• A Cancer Treatment Makes Leukemia Vanish but Creates More Mysteries - Yahoo News

  03-02-2022 20:27 via news.google.com
  A Cancer Treatment Makes Leukemia Vanish but Creates More Mysteries  Yahoo NewsT-cell immunotherapy tied to 10-year remission in two leukemia patients, study finds  CNNPioneering Gene Therapy Cures Patients' Cancer And Is Still Working 10 Years On  IFLScienceDoctors: Gene therapy cures leukemia patients  Associated PressStudy finds gene therapy treatment for leukemia still effective 10 years later  The Week MagazineView Full Coverage on Google Ne
  
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• Newfound variant of HIV progresses to AIDS faster and may be more transmissible - Livescience.com

  03-02-2022 20:24 via news.google.com
  
  Newfound variant of HIV progresses to AIDS faster and may be more transmissible  Livescience.comStudy identifies virulent HIV variant unrecognized for years  Yahoo NewsA Highly Virulent Variant of HIV Has Been Discovered in the Netherlands  GizmodoHighly Virulent and Destructive New HIV Variant Discovered in the Netherlands  SciTechDailyHighly virulent HIV variant found circulating in Europe  Nature.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Nasdaq, S&P 500, Dow Jones sliding as Meta prompts risk-off moves - Seeking Alpha

  03-02-2022 20:08 via news.google.com
  
  Nasdaq, S&P 500, Dow Jones sliding as Meta prompts risk-off moves  Seeking AlphaView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Garcetti says he held his breath during maskless photos - Los Angeles Times

  03-02-2022 20:03 via news.google.com
  
  Garcetti says he held his breath during maskless photos  Los Angeles TimesLA Mayor Eric Garcetti Says He Held His Breath During Maskless Photos At NFC Title Game  CBS Los AngelesLA's Garcetti mocked for response to maskless picture  Fox NewsWhy do politicians make the same stupid mask mistakes?  Los Angeles TimesMaskless Gavin Newsom ripped over mask mandate by California gym owner  Fox BusinessView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Microsoft to test new experimental Windows 11 features - The Verge

  03-02-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  Microsoft to test new experimental Windows 11 features  The VergeMicrosoft Adds More Experience Packs to Windows 11 - Thurrott.com  Thurrott.comMicrosoft is changing the way it tests Windows 11 preview builds with Insiders  Windows CentralMicrosoft bringing more experimental features to Windows 11 Insider builds  BetaNewsWindows 11 to get Feature, Web, and Online Service Experience Packs  NeowinView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Are scientists being fooled by bacteria? - Phys.org

  03-02-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
  Are scientists being fooled by bacteria?  Phys.org
  
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• Melinda French Gates reportedly won't give bulk of her wealth to Gates Foundation

  03-02-2022 19:14 via cnn.com
  
  Melinda French Gates may be shifting her approach to how she gives away her vast wealth following her high-profile divorce last year from Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
  
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• 5 Ancient Foods Still Eaten Today

  03-02-2022 19:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  From cheesecake to popcorn, our ancient ancestors were consuming some of our favorite foods well before we may have realized.
  
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• Google Workspace goes all in on shadow IT - TechCrunch

  03-02-2022 18:46 via news.google.com
  
  Google Workspace goes all in on shadow IT  TechCrunchAnyone can sign up for Google's Workspace Essentials using their work email  EngadgetGoogle Workspace to strip privacy control from admins, re-enable tracking  Ars TechnicaGoogle’s making a free Workspace tier for businesses that don’t need its email  The VergeGoogle has a new free Workspace plan with one big catch  Android PoliceView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• High-Tech Digitization Methods Are Saving Ancient Knowledge at the World's Oldest Monastery

  03-02-2022 18:30 via discovermagazine.com
  
  An ambitious project at Saint Catherine's Monastery in Egypt is preserving thousands of manuscripts with crucial insights into our earliest written history.
  
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• A Houston doctor says Chase bank employees questioned her medical credentials when she tried to deposit her first $16,000 from a new job - Yahoo News

  03-02-2022 18:25 via news.google.com
  
  A Houston doctor says Chase bank employees questioned her medical credentials when she tried to deposit her first $16,000 from a new job  Yahoo NewsBlack doctor sues JPMorgan Chase for racial discrimination after being denied service at Texas branch | TheHill  The HillBlack doctor sues JPMorgan Chase alleging she was refused service at Texas branch because of race  NBC NewsA Black Houston doctor's $16K check was refused. Now she's suing Chase Bank, alleging racial d
  
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• Nintendo Switch tops lifetime sales of Wii console

  03-02-2022 16:50 via cnn.com
  
  Nintendo Co Ltd sold 18.95 million Switch video game consoles in the nine months to the end of December, the Japanese company said on Thursday, taking total sales past 100 million and beating the lifetime sales of its Wii console.
  
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• A different COVID-19 vaccine debate: Do we need new ones?

  03-02-2022 16:39
  COVID-19 vaccines still are saving untold lives, but omicron's easy spread has many wondering if they will need boosters every few months or even a new kind of shot altogether
  
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• Why Can’t We Pay Attention Anymore?

  03-02-2022 16:34 via nytimes.com
  
  Two new books, Johann Hari’s “Stolen Focus” and Jacob Ward’s “The Loop,” examine the ways technology affects our brains.
  
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• More than $320 million stolen in latest apparent crypto hack

  03-02-2022 16:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  One of the most popular bridges linking the ethereum and solana blockchains lost more than $320 million Wednesday afternoon in an apparent hack.
  
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• Biogen's 2022 outlook leaves investors wanting, shares slip

  03-02-2022 16:17
  
  Biogen expects “minimal” revenue this year from its Alzheimer’s treatment initially hailed as potentially a breakthrough drug, but one with an eye-popping price tag that drew immediate criticism from  doctors and patient advocates
  
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• ‘And Just Like That’ Finale: Michael Patrick King, Sarah Jessica Parker Break Down Carrie’s Return to a Familiar Place - Variety

  03-02-2022 16:01 via news.google.com
  
  ‘And Just Like That’ Finale: Michael Patrick King, Sarah Jessica Parker Break Down Carrie’s Return to a Familiar Place  VarietyAnd Just Like That Finale: Carrie Connects with Samantha Again and Lays Mr. Big to Rest in Paris  PEOPLEThe And Just Like That… finale is just as underwhelming as the rest of the series  The A.V. Club‘And Just Like That,’ the Show Is Over  The New York Times'And Just Like That …': The Win
  
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• Silenced AirTags With Disabled Speakers Are Popping Up for Sale Online - Gizmodo

  03-02-2022 16:00 via news.google.com
  
  Silenced AirTags With Disabled Speakers Are Popping Up for Sale Online  GizmodoYou can now buy 'silent' AirTags that won't beep — why that's dangerous  Tom's GuideSale of 'Silent AirTags' on eBay and Etsy Raises Privacy Concerns  MacRumorsDomestic abuser busted in the act of putting an AirTag on a car - iOS Discussions on AppleInsider Forums  AppleInsiderSilenced ‘stealth mode’ AirTags selling online amid tracking concerns  KTAB
  
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• Science Launching on Northrop Grumman CRS-17 Mission to the Space Station - NASA

  03-02-2022 16:00 via news.google.com
  
  Science Launching on Northrop Grumman CRS-17 Mission to the Space Station  NASANASA Highlights Science on Next Northrop Grumman Space Station Mission  NASANG-17 Resupply Mission Carries Experiments, Tech Demos to ISS  NASAView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• How a Group of Former Colombian Guerrilla Fighters Became Citizen Scientists

  03-02-2022 15:45 via discovermagazine.com
  
  After half a century of armed conflict, Colombia’s ex-guerillas have no war to fight. Their new mission: preserving biodiversity in the jungles they occupied for decades.
  
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• Once struggling, anti-vaccination groups have enjoyed a pandemic windfall

  03-02-2022 15:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Newly filed tax records show that ICAN, one of the country’s best-funded anti-vaccine organizations, saw a 60 percent jump in revenue in 2020.
  
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• Whence Trudeau? Technocrats Find They Pushed Too Hard As Canadian Citizens Revolt

  03-02-2022 15:35 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats cannot conceive why people would be unhappy when their policies are so “scientifically correct”. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has all the markers of a classic Technocrat, but he lives in his own naive, dystopian bubble that is about to get popped.
  Canadian citizens are living in the classic movie, Network, when news anchor Howard Beale breaks down, leans out the window and screams, ““I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymo
  
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• Cocktails and hazmat suits mingle in the Beijing Olympics bubble - Reuters

  03-02-2022 15:34 via news.google.com
  
  Cocktails and hazmat suits mingle in the Beijing Olympics bubble  ReutersBeijing 2022: Blind eyes come cheap at the IOC  Yahoo SportsGravitas: China's Olympics bubble turns virus hotspot  WIONMany of the stars of the 2008 Beijing Opening Ceremonies have now fallen out of favor with the government  The Washington PostStep Inside China's Winter Olympics' COVID-19 Bubble  NowThis NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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