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• The 'Dilbert' fiasco is embarrassing for news outlets. Here's why - San Francisco Chronicle

  27-02-2023 23:51
  
  The 'Dilbert' fiasco is embarrassing for news outlets. Here's why  San Francisco ChronicleWhy we fired ‘Dilbert’ from our comics page: Racist comments on a racist poll | Editorial  Wichita Eagle'Dilbert' cartoonist Scott Adams is racist. It's my fault, apparently  USA TODAYAnalysis | Scott Adams and the right-wing insistence on White victimhood  The Washington PostView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• A New Connection: Gut Bacteria May Play a Role in Diabetes

  27-02-2023 23:45 via scitechdaily.com
  An ongoing study led by Cedars-Sinai has demonstrated that certain gut bacteria may increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes while others may provide protection...
  
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• Rupert Murdoch admits some Fox News hosts 'endorsed' false election fraud claims

  27-02-2023 23:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  News Corp. Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch declined to rein in Fox News hosts who spread false claims of widespread voter fraud in the days after the 2020 election despite privately expressing that he had seen little evidence for then-President Donald Trump’s claims and that he found half of them “bulls--- and damaging,” according to court documents unsealed Monday.
  
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• Weekend Box Office Results: Ant-Man Holds at No. 1 but Suffers Giant Drop - Rotten Tomatoes

  27-02-2023 23:06
  
  Weekend Box Office Results: Ant-Man Holds at No. 1 but Suffers Giant Drop  Rotten TomatoesAfter ‘Ant-Man 3’s’ Second Weekend Box Office Collapse, Should Marvel Get Concerned?  Yahoo Entertainment'Cocaine Bear' gets high with $23.1M at box office  LEX 18 News - Lexington, KYDisney Might Want to Rethink Its Marvel Push, Here's Why  TheStreetMovie Monday: 'Ant-Man' Wins Second Straight Weekend, 'Jesus Revolution' Overperforms  Plug
  
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• Meta cracks down on a growing crime against teenagers

  27-02-2023 22:49 via cnn.com
  
  Meta is taking steps to crack down on the spread of "revenge porn" images of teenagers on Facebook and Instagram.
  
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• Standard Lunar Reference Clock Needed for Future Communications - Gizmodo

  27-02-2023 22:35
  
  Standard Lunar Reference Clock Needed for Future Communications  GizmodoESA - Telling time on the Moon  European Space AgencySpace community considers launching Moon timezone  AxiosThe moon could get its own time zone, but clocks work differently there – here's why  Sky NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 to Discuss Mission, Splashdown from Space - NASA

  27-02-2023 22:24
  
  NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 to Discuss Mission, Splashdown from Space  NASALast-minute problem keeps SpaceX rocket, astronauts grounded  Yahoo NewsNASA and SpaceX Crew-6 Mission: Experiments Could Reveal Extraterrestrial Travel's Health Impacts  Inverse321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week  Florida TodaySpaceX crew members wave goodbye to family and friends before launch is postponed  Manila Bulletin OnlineView Full Coverage on G
  
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• Astronomers Discover Rapidly Growing Black Hole in Extreme Galaxy in the Very Early Universe

  27-02-2023 22:22 via scitechdaily.com
  New Discovery Sheds Light on Very Early Supermassive Black Holes Astronomers from the University of Texas and the University of Arizona have discovered a rapidly...
  
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• Trail Blazers PG Damian Lillard’s 71 Not Wowing to All in the NBA World - Blazer's Edge

  27-02-2023 22:15
  Trail Blazers PG Damian Lillard’s 71 Not Wowing to All in the NBA World  Blazer's EdgeDamian Lillard laments blood test from NBA after his 71-point outburst: 'Are y'all serious?'  Yahoo SportsDamian Lillard Drops Career-High 71 Points In The adidas Dame 8 “Sakura”  Sneaker NewsDamian Lillard scores career-best 71 points behind 13 3-pointers  ESPNWATCH: Boban Marjanovic scores season-high for Rockets  Yahoo SportsView Full Covera
  
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• The seven lifestyle habits in middle-age proven to slash dementia - Daily Mail

  27-02-2023 22:12
  The seven lifestyle habits in middle-age proven to slash dementia  Daily MailSeven healthy habits may help cut dementia risk, study says  The GuardianHow 'Simple 7' Lifestyle Habits Can Lower Women's Dementia Risk  HealthlineSeven things that 'may help' cut risk of Alzheimer's  Liverpool EchoView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• What You Should Know About Superblooms

  27-02-2023 22:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Just a few weeks ago, city officials in Lake Elsinore, Calif., shut down their trails to prevent members of the public from disrupting a potential superbloom of golden poppy flowers in the region.  The shutdown was to prevent chaos from breaking out over people trying to view the flowers, much like what happened in Lake Elsinore in 2019 when a different superbloom took place. But what exactly is a superbloom, and why are people so intent on seeing one?  The Basics o
  
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• Machine Learning Unveils Promising Smoking Cessation Medications

  27-02-2023 21:10 via scitechdaily.com
  According to a study conducted by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine and the University of Minnesota, certain medications, such as dextromethorphan, which is...
  
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• Harris promotes broadband in South Carolina as 2024 looms

  27-02-2023 21:09 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris promoted the Biden administration’s achievements on broadband internet access during a visit to South Carolina
  
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• The Decline of the Scythian Empire

  27-02-2023 21:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  About 3,000 years ago, the ancient Scythians were a force to be reckoned with. Beginning with their emergence from Iran around 900 B.C. until the peak of their power, during the 4th century B.C., the nomadic tribes who all shared aspects of Scythian culture were spread across Eurasia.Their territory once stretched more than a million square miles, from the edges of China and India to eastern Europe, beyond the Black Sea. In this domain, more than two dozen tribes thrived, including such groups a
  
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• Canada bans TikTok on government devices

  27-02-2023 20:56 via cnn.com
  
  The Canadian government is banning TikTok from official electronic devices, making it the latest to announce restrictions on the short-form video app in light of cybersecurity concerns.
  
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• NASA warns of 3 skyscraper-sized asteroids headed toward Earth this week. Thankfully, they'll all miss. - Livescience.com

  27-02-2023 20:56
  
  NASA warns of 3 skyscraper-sized asteroids headed toward Earth this week. Thankfully, they'll all miss.  Livescience.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Honor showcases industry first silicon-carbon battery with longer runtimes - Notebookcheck.net

  27-02-2023 20:37
  
  Honor showcases industry first silicon-carbon battery with longer runtimes  Notebookcheck.netHonor unveils the first silicon-carbon battery with 12.8% higher energy density - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.comHONOR intros first silicon-carbon battery with higher energy density  Android HeadlinesHonor reveals world’s first silicon-carbon battery  Gizchina.comHonor unveils the first silicon-carbon battery with 12.8% higher energy density - comments &
  
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• Research team delivers a new first in heart failure treatment using cell therapy - Medical Xpress

  27-02-2023 20:19
  
  Research team delivers a new first in heart failure treatment using cell therapy  Medical XpressStem cell therapy may reduce risk of heart attack and stroke in certain heart failure patients, study shows  CNNHeart disease study shows hope for stem cell treatment  USA TODAYNew cell therapy for chronic heart failure actually works, here is how  Interesting EngineeringLarge cell therapy trial in patients with chronic heart failure shows promising results 
  
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• Successful New First in Chronic Heart Failure Treatment Using Cell Therapy

  27-02-2023 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  New cell therapy offers potential treatment option for patients with chronic heart failure. Physician-scientists at The Texas Heart Institute announced today the results of the...
  
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• Scientists Have Made Cocaine From a Tobacco Plant

  27-02-2023 20:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Cocaine is perhaps most notoriously known as a dangerous drug. But it’s also used legally as a local anesthetic for surgeries. Scientists in China have now genetically engineered a tobacco plant to produce cocaine in its leaves. “Actually, it’s a big challenge to solve this unresolved scientific question,” says Sheng-Xiong Huang, a plant chemist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Kunming Institute of Botany. Researchers have attempted to determine how the coca plan
  
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• Mark Wahlberg's past back to haunt him after presenting Asian cast with SAG award - Fox News

  27-02-2023 20:00
  Mark Wahlberg's past back to haunt him after presenting Asian cast with SAG award  Fox NewsMark Wahlberg criticized for SAG Awards presentation. When can we forgive a star's problematic past?  USA TODAYThe SAG Awards Are Being Called Out For Having Mark Wahlberg Present An Award To The Cast Of “Everything Everywhere All At Once” Despite The Fact He Once Went To Prison For Assaulting Two Vietnamese Men  BuzzFeed NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Winter weather updates: Tornadoes in Oklahoma; NYC braces for snowfall - USA TODAY

  27-02-2023 19:45
  
  Winter weather updates: Tornadoes in Oklahoma; NYC braces for snowfall  USA TODAYTornadoes and severe winds strike central US as another round of rain and snow is set to pummel the West and North  CNNTens of thousands without power in Oklahoma after a record-breaking tornado  WUSA9Utilities Working To Restore Power For Thousands Of Oklahomans  News On 6Oklahoma tornado damage in Norman: Raw helicopter footage  WFAAView Full Coverage on Google New
  
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• EU official defends talks on Big Tech helping fund networks

  27-02-2023 19:28 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A top European Union official says existing telecom networks aren’t up to the job of handling surging amounts of internet data traffic and defended a consultation on whether Big Tech companies should help pay for upgrades
  
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• UK and EU strike deal on Northern Ireland trade - Reuters

  27-02-2023 19:26
  
  UK and EU strike deal on Northern Ireland trade  ReutersRishi Sunak hails new NI Brexit deal but DUP concerns remain  BBCNorthern Ireland: The UK and EU Agree to a Post-Brexit Deal They Can Live With  BloombergAt last, a protocol deal, but we are no further away from Brexit’s poisonous legacy  The GuardianView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• EXPLAINER: Windstorm was likely a derecho. What is that?

  27-02-2023 18:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A National Weather Service meteorologist says a long line of quick-moving thunderstorms across northern Texas and Oklahoma late Sunday likely qualified the event as a derecho
  
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• Spotify kills its heart button to be replaced with a ‘plus’ sign - TechCrunch

  27-02-2023 18:41
  Spotify kills its heart button to be replaced with a ‘plus’ sign  TechCrunchSpotify's replacing its heart icon with a new and improved “plus” button  The VergeSpotify Ditched Your Heart Button  Droid LifeSpotify is ditching the heart icon for an dual-purpose plus button  EngadgetSpotify Is Overhauling the Heart Button  How-To GeekView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Nokia redesigns iconic logo to remind the world it's not a phone company anymore

  27-02-2023 18:22 via cnn.com
  
  Nokia redesigned its logo for the first time in decades to distance itself from its public image as a phone company.
  
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• NEOMIR: Planetary Defense Mission for Finding Dangerous Asteroids Hidden by Sun

  27-02-2023 18:21 via scitechdaily.com
  Asteroids, like stars, only come out at night. Hidden in the glare of our Sun are an unknown number of asteroids on paths we cannot...
  
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• Canada banning TikTok from government mobile devices over concerns about cyberattacks: report - Fox Business

  27-02-2023 18:13
  Canada banning TikTok from government mobile devices over concerns about cyberattacks: report  Fox BusinessAgencies have 30 days to ban TikTok on government devices, White House says  CNNExclusive: White House sets deadline for purging TikTok from federal devices  ReutersDanish parliament urges to remove TikTok over cybersecurity  The Associated Press - en EspañolView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• CNAS: Globalist Think Tank And The Subtleties Of Disinformation

  27-02-2023 17:53 via technocracy.news
  
  This article is written by a research assistant at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), which has two members of the Trilateral Commission on its board. The article deflects attention to China and Russia as the most likely abusers of AI while ignoring current abuses by our own government. In fact, for Technocracy, there is no such thing as the “free world”.
  The current head of CNAS, Victoria Nuland, served Deputy National Security Adviser to Vice President Dick Chaney in th
  
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• Understanding How Dementia Causes Death

  27-02-2023 17:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Signs of dementia can spark anxiety and fear in anyone who is aging and experiencing cognitive decline. These concerns often ripple into the psyche of family members, friends and loved ones, too. Part of the challenge is the many unknowns and uncertainties that accompany dementia, which is not a sole diagnosable disease. Rather, this syndrome — involving a gradual decline in thinking, memory or other cognitive abilities — typically stems from various terminal neurodegenerative d
  
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• 10,000 Satellite Images Reveal Speed-Up of Glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula

  27-02-2023 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  According to researchers, glaciers – massive blocks of moving ice – located along the coast of Antarctica are flowing faster during the summer due to...
  
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• Brookings Institution: AI Is Tool Of Choice To Censor Podcasts

  27-02-2023 16:44 via technocracy.news
  
  Brookings is a globalist nest of Technocratic thinkers whose board of advisors includes four members of the elitist Trilateral Commission. Brookings has provided academic license to censor all opposing views, and is now targeting podcasts for censorship. Fact checkers like NewsGuard have already lined up to censor podcasts.
  Dave Rubin’s podcast was recently approached by NewsGuard with an email that stated: “We are in the process of expanding our purview to podcasts.”Hi @zbfish
  
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• Meta backs new platform to prevent sextortion of teens on Facebook and Instagram

  27-02-2023 16:38 via cnn.com
  
  Meta is taking steps to crack down on the spread of intimate images of teenagers on Facebook and Instagram.
  
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• NewsGuard: Technocratic Censorship Of All Opposing Views

  27-02-2023 15:59 via technocracy.news
  When Technocrats don’t like what legitimate journalists and researchers say, NewsGuard will rake them over the coals as “disinformation”, “misinformation” and “fake news” and then spread its slander to the entire world, causing damaging prejudice from vendors, subscribers, advertisers, etc. This is a deep wound to Free Speech, but NewsGuard is a private company. ⁃ TN Editor
  NewsGuard is a self-appointed misinformation watchdog. It seems to be just
  
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• New Meta platform aims to prevent sextortion of teens on Facebook and Instagram

  27-02-2023 15:34 via cnn.com
  
  Meta is taking steps to crack down on the spread of intimate images of teenagers on Facebook and Instagram.
  
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• Exercise Much More Effective Than Medicines or Counseling for Managing Depression

  27-02-2023 15:12 via scitechdaily.com
  University of South Australia researchers are calling for exercise to be a mainstay approach for managing depression as a new study shows that physical activity...
  
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• Elon Musk calls U.S. media and schools 'racist against whites & Asians' after newspapers drop 'Dilbert'

  27-02-2023 15:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, Tesla and Twitter, accused “the media” and “elite colleges and high schools” of being “racist” against white and Asian people.
  
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• Do Essential Oils Expire?

  27-02-2023 15:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Essential oils have been in use for nearly 6,000 years — intended for therapeutic, hygienic and spiritual purposes — and they remain quite popular today. Claims about their benefits range from stress and pain relief to insomnia and psoriasis treatment, with a global market expected to reach $14.1 billion by 2026.  But each vial of extract has a limited shelf life that consumers should consider. Can Essential Oils go Bad? Essential oils are concentrated extracts made from steamin
  
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• New York Times: Twitter lays off another 10% of staff

  27-02-2023 14:06 via cnn.com
  
  Twitter's massive job cuts continued this weekend, as the company cut about 10% of its remaining staff, according to a report in the New York Times.
  
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• Warren Buffett blasts ‘one of the shames of capitalism’ - Yahoo Finance

  27-02-2023 14:01
  Warren Buffett blasts ‘one of the shames of capitalism’  Yahoo FinanceCurrent Warren Buffett Car 2023: What Car Does This Billionaire Own?  New Trader UView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• More Than 100 Landslides Strike Turkey Following Devastating Earthquakes

  27-02-2023 13:52 via scitechdaily.com
  Scientists are using satellite images to locate landslides following the powerful earthquakes that struck in early February. The magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that shook...
  
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• MIT’s 3D-Printed Robotic Hearts Look and Pump Just Like the Real Thing

  27-02-2023 12:42 via scitechdaily.com
  The soft robotic heart models are patient-specific and could help clinicians zero in on the best implant for an individual. No two hearts beat alike....
  
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• This tech company has a daily message for employees: 'Please go home!'

  27-02-2023 11:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  An Indian tech company is trying to promote work-life balance among employees with pop-up software reminding them to go home at the end of their shifts.
  
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• NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Launch Scrubbed – March 2 for Next Launch Attempt

  27-02-2023 11:37 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA and SpaceX scrubbed Monday’s launch attempt of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) due to a ground systems issue....
  
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• Last-minute problem grounds SpaceX rocket and astronauts

  27-02-2023 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Last-minute technical trouble forced SpaceX to call off Monday’s attempt to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA.
  
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• Web-based kissing device horrifies Chinese social media users

  27-02-2023 02:47 via cnn.com
  
  Want to send your faraway lover a kiss? A Chinese contraption with warm, moving silicon "lips" appears to have just the answer.
  
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