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2 days agoCurrent Event geoleo
Trump Promised a 'Good and Easy To Win' Trade War, Then Lost It
President Donald Trump's declaration on March 2, 2018, that a trade war with China would be "good and easy to win" remains one of the defining moments of his four years in the White House.
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3 days agoUnspecified geoleo
Brain pressure disorder that causes headache, vision problems on rise: Increase corresponds with obesity rates, linked to low socioeconomic status in ...
A new study has found a brain pressure disorder called idiopathic intracranial hypertension is on the rise, and the increase corresponds with rising obesity rates.
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5 days agoExpression geoleo
How housing became the world’s biggest asset class
It is only a recent phenomenon
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5 days agoCurrent Event geoleo
A man who says he threw away a hard drive loaded with 7,500 bitcoins in 2013 is offering his city $70 million to dig it up from the dump
James Howells, from Wales, threw away the hard drive containing the cryptocurrency in 2013. The trove, buried at a huge dump, is worth $275 million.
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6 days agoAnalysis geoleo
How the price of Samsung Galaxy S phones changed over the years
If you think Samsung Galaxy S prices have only ever gone up from year to year, this might be surprising.
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7 days agoAnalysis geoleo
The planet is dying faster than we thought
A triple-threat of climate change, biodiversity loss and overpopulation is bearing down on Earth.
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8 days agoCurrent Event geoleo
RIP: Mars digger bites the dust after 2 years on red planet
NASA declared the Mars digger dead Thursday after failing to burrow deep into the red planet to take its temperature.
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9 days agoAnalysis geoleo
Survey Finds Majority of Americans View Cannabis As Less Harmful Than Alcohol
As more information becomes available, attitudes toward the potential health implications of cannabis continue to evolve.
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9 days agoCurrent Event geoleo
Ex-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder And 8 Others Criminally Charged In Flint Water Crisis
Together the group faces 42 counts related to the drinking water catastrophe roughly seven years ago. The crimes range from perjury to misconduct in office to involuntary manslaughter.
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9 days agoCurrent Event geoleo
Robocaller hit with $10 million fine by FCC
The caller spoofed local caller IDs to leave racist and threatening messages, says the Federal Communications Commission.
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9 days agoCurrent Event geoleo
Spotify’s Car Thing shows up in FCC filings with a new design and bigger screen
It resembles a small tablet.
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10 days agoCurrent Event geoleo
Dr. Dre's Estranged Wife Nicole Young Claims He Held a Gun to Her Head
In new court docs, Young detailed alleged abuse she's suffered while being married to the rapper.
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11 days agoExpression geoleo
In pictures: Connecting the world's redheads
Scottish photographer Kieran Dodds has been taking pictures of people from around the world with ginger hair.
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11 days agoAnalysis geoleo
Plants are soaking up far less extra CO2 than we thought they would
Computer models have overestimated the boost in plant growth from increases in carbon dioxide levels, meaning plants will soak up less of the greenhouse gas than expected
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11 days agoCurrent Event geoleo
Scientists discover 10 billion-year-old "super-Earth" planet
The newfound planet likely can't support life.
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11 days agoExpression geoleo
How Silicon Valley, in a Show of Monopolistic Force, Destroyed Parler
In the last three months, tech giants have censored political speech and journalism to manipulate U.S. politics, while liberals, with virtual unanimity, have cheered.
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11 days agoCurrent Event geoleo
Most Europeans plan to curb flying, eat less meat for climate, EU poll says
A majority of European citizens intend to fly less and already eat less meat to help fight climate change, according to a survey published by the European Investment Bank (EIB) on Monday.
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12 days agoCurrent Event geoleo
Google Sued By YouTube Rival Over Search Rankings
Video-sharing site Rumble, citing a Wall Street Journal investigation, alleges in an antitrust suit that Google diverted traffic away from it toward YouTube.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event geoleo
Reddit bans r/donaldtrump forum for inciting violence
Reddit warned moderators of "repeated policy violations."
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event geoleo
Roku is buying Quibi's TV shows and documentaries
Roku will make the Quibi content available for free on an ad-supported basis to all Roku users, starting this year.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event geoleo
What is Elon Musk's Starship?
Elon Musk is planning to soon launch the prototype of a vehicle that could be a game-changer for space travel. Starship, as it's known, will be a fully reusable transport system capable of carrying up to 100 people to the Red Planet. The founding ethos of Elon Musk's private spaceflight company SpaceX was to make life multi-planetary. This is partly motivated by existential threats such as an asteroid collision big enough to wipe out humanity.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event geoleo
After embracing remote work in 2020, companies face conflicts making it permanent
Although the pandemic forced employees around the world to adopt makeshift remote work setups, a growing proportion of the workforce already spent at least part of their week working from home, while some businesses had embraced a “work-from-anywhere” philosophy from their inception. But much as virtual events rapidly gained traction in 2020, the pandemic accelerated a location-agnostic mindset across the corporate world, with tech behemoths like Facebook and Twitter announcing permanent rem...
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event geoleo
Trump lawyer sued for $1.3bn for defamation
Dominion sent Ms Powell a cease and desist letter, but she continued to suggest the company was involved in fraud
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event geoleo
‘Bob’s Burgers’ Character Designer Dave Creek Dies After Skydiving Accident
UPDATED with joint statement from Fox Entertainment, 20th Television and Bento Box Entertainment: Dave Creek, the longtime character designer on popular animated comedy Bob’s Burgers, has died afte…
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event geoleo
US Capitol Police officer has died following pro-Trump riot
A US Capitol Police officer has died from events stemming from Wednesday's riot at the Capitol, three sources confirm to CNN, in which a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the building to stop the counting of electoral votes that affirmed President-elect Joe Biden's win.
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