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3 days ago+10 10 0Canada to lift restrictions on gay men donating blood
Health Canada on Thursday lifted restrictions on gay men donating blood, a move Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said was “good news for all Canadians" but had taken too long. Trudeau said at a news conference the ban should have ended 10 to 15 yea ...
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5 days ago+13 13 0This Is How Often Online Ads Are Auctioning Off Your Data Every Day
Advertisers—and shady ad middlemen—are paying to violate your privacy hundreds of times every day you're online.
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7 days ago+10 10 0The Steam Deck finally has Windows audio drivers
Two and a half months after our Steam Deck review, Valve has finally provided the drivers you’ll need for audio if you choose to install Windows on the gaming portable. Before today, you would have had to pair Bluetooth headphones or plug in USB-C ea ...
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9 days ago+14 14 0California just ran on 100% renewable energy, but fossil fuels aren't fading away yet
On a mild Sunday afternoon, California set a historic milestone in the quest for clean energy. The sun was shining, the wind was blowing and on May 8th, the state produced enough renewable electricity to meet 103% of consumer demand. That broke a rec ...
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13 days ago+9 9 0Cable companies to offer effectively free internet to low-income homes
The Biden administration said it secured commitments from 20 internet service providers to either reduce prices or increase speeds to serve low-income households, according to a White House press release published Monday.
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2 weeks ago+15 15 0Taliban order Afghan women to cover faces again
Afghanistan's Taliban government ordered women on Saturday to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature policy of their past hardline rule and an escalation of restrictions that are causing anger at home and abroad.
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2 weeks ago+17 17 0The Pfizer conspiracy is a product of Twitter's armchair experts
Pseudoscience has been catapulted from conspiracist fringes into mainstream conversation. People are wrong about things almost every minute of every day. It’s human nature to misunderstand and misrepresent what we see in our day-to-day lives. We all ...
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3 weeks ago+2 2 0Goldman Sachs Gives Bitcoin Another Boost
The crypto market has not been at its best since the year. Volatility has never been so high. After months of falling coin prices starting with bitcoin, the king of crypto, a slight rebound followed.
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3 weeks ago+2 2 0Netflix’s Firing Culture Works for Netflix
Do you know the story of Patty McCord, Netflix’s original human relations chief? It’s legendary, and worth recounting in the wake of Thursday’s Wall Street Journal story on the company’s culture. McCord was one of Netflix Inc.’s earliest employees. S ...
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3 weeks ago+4 4 0Saudi Arabia, Turkey react to Elon Musk's Twitter takeover
Musk’s purchase of the social media giant is being heavily discussed in Saudi Arabia and Turkey, where the billionaire has a complicated history with both governments.
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1 month ago+15 15 0Why we can’t record mobile phone calls — and why we should be able to
Several years ago, I had to deal with a situation that may be familiar to a lot of people: I was slammed with a series of high medical bills that had been denied by the insurance company. The doctor was in network, but according to the insurance comp ...
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1 month ago+21 21 0Apollo Global Management is willing to finance a Twitter buyout, sources say
Private equity firm Apollo Global Management has held discussions about financing a potential takeover for Twitter, according to sources familiar with the matter. But Apollo isn’t interested in being part of a private equity consortium that would acq ...
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1 month ago+18 18 0TSMC says demand for capacity still strong ahead of 3nm chip launch
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chip maker, said on Thursday that demand for its capacity will remain strong throughout the year despite signs of weakening demand for computers and smartphones.
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1 month ago+12 12 0Half of older adults now die with a dementia diagnosis, up sharply
Nearly half of all older adults now die with a diagnosis of dementia listed on their medical record, up 36% from two decades ago, a new study shows.
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1 month ago+13 13 0Magnetic slime 'robot' could help recover swallowed objects
Scientists have developed a magnetic, self-healing slime 'robot' that could grab objects in your stomach..
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1 month ago+3 3 0The key question raised by Lia Thomas’s swimming success: What is the purpose of women’s sports?
The debate over trans athletes can put the values of fairness and inclusion in tension.
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1 month ago+13 13 0Machine Gun Kelly Performs Outside Paraguay Hotel After Deadly Storm Cancels Show
Machine Gun Kelly's turning hotel bellmen into tour roadies and proving the ol' show biz adage is true ... even in the face of a deadly storm in South America.
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1 month ago+4 4 0New best friend for Ukrainian girl at Polish school
Yana is 10 years old and has fled the war in Ukraine. She started school in the Polish capital Warsaw just three weeks ago and has already made a new best friend.
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2 months ago+10 10 0iPhone 13 production starting in India in April after Foxconn plant placed on probation
iPhone 13 production is expected to start in April at Foxconn’s plant in Chennai, India. This was originally scheduled to happen in January, but it was delayed after Apple placed the facility on probation following worker complaints about the conditi ...
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2 months ago+10 10 0'Reselling PlayStations keeps a roof over my head'
A sudden drop in income, a mounting medical debt and a family to feed left Sheraz (not his real name) struggling to find another way of making money. During the pandemic his wife lost her job as a beautician, and the government's pandemic suppor ...