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4 hours agoExpression grandsalami
I'm an Atheist; How Do I Talk to My Kids About Religion?
When it comes to religion, parents—atheist parents, in particular—may find themselves stumbling to explain to their kids why other families believe in certain things, but we don’t. There are an endless number of “Big Talks” we have with our kids over the course of their childhood, but talks about religion are often steeped in the experiences of our own childhood, which may or may not hang off us like baggage now.
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3 days agoCurrent Event grandsalami
German retail sales tumble in January as lockdown bites
German retail sales tumbled more than expected in January as the COVID-19 lockdown and the withdrawal of a temporary cut in sales tax hit consumer spending in Europe's largest economy, data showed on Tuesday.
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8 days agoCurrent Event grandsalami
Valve Ordered to Give Apple Information on 436 Steam Games As Part of Epic Games Legal Case
Valve, the makers behind popular game distribution platform Steam, will be forced to hand over aggregate historical sales, price, and other information on 436 games hosted on the store to Apple, as part of the Apple vs. Epic Games antitrust case.
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11 days agoCurrent Event grandsalami
The Apparent Hackers Behind Kia’s Ransomware Attack Are Demanding Millions in Bitcoin
The automaker denies it was the victim of a cyberattack, but the alleged culprit left a pretty detailed digital ransom note.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event grandsalami
Huawei is apparently cutting its smartphone shipments in half this year
The fact that Huawei’s smartphone business isn’t doing so well is not new knowledge. Ongoing US sanctions have crippled Huawei’s phone sales, and it looks like 2021 is going to be one of the worst years for the company when it comes to shipping new handsets.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event grandsalami
First tyrannosaur embryo fossils revealed
New scans of a tiny Cretaceous jaw and claw show the tyrant dinosaurs started out the size of a small dog. THE FIRST KNOWN fossils of baby tyrannosaurs reveal that some of the largest predators ever to stalk the Earth started life about the size of a Chihuahua—with a really long tail.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event grandsalami
Huawei’s CEO wants to talk to President Biden
Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei has called for a reset in relations between the US and the Chinese tech giant. Speaking to international media in China for the first time in more than a year, Ren expressed willingness to speak with President Biden and said he hoped for “open policies” from the new administration.
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3 weeks agoAnalysis grandsalami
Why The Pandemic Is 10 Times Worse Than You Think
Not everyone gets tested. A new model estimates how many infections are missed because of this and how many people are actively shedding the virus. The results lend urgency to the vaccine race.
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1 month agoExpression grandsalami
The Strange Tale of the FBI’s Fictional “Black Identity Extremism” Movement
The only connection between the men referenced in the FBI’s “black identity extremism” report, besides their race, is a thread of anger at police violence.
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1 month agoCurrent Event grandsalami
Reddit day traders are taking on hedge fund giants and winning, and it's a sign of a new era for markets
'They are proving to be quite capable of mounting some successful 'value capture' against Wall Street institutional investors,' Fundstrat's Tom Lee said.
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1 month agoAnalysis grandsalami
Children can improve memory by imagining future tasks
Elementary-aged children often have issues with memory tasks, since they are still developing their cognitive abilities. But new research has determined for the first time that children improved their prospective memory when they were encouraged to both imagine completing tasks ahead of time and predict their performance.
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1 month agoExpression grandsalami
Beyond Platforms: Private Censorship, Parler, and the Stack
Last week, following riots that saw supporters of President Trump breach and sack parts of the Capitol building, Facebook and Twitter made the decision to give the president the boot.
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1 month agoCurrent Event grandsalami
Archaeologists in Turkey Unearth 2,500-Year-Old Temple of Aphrodite
An inscription found at the site—dedicated to the Greek goddess of love and beauty—states, "This is the sacred area"
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2 months agoCurrent Event grandsalami
Apple removes app promoting private parties in pandemic
An American app that promoted private parties during the coronavirus pandemic has been removed from the Apple App Store. Vybe Together calls itself a “private community to find, join and host parties." A recent video on its TikTok account claimed it held secret parties every weekend. Although its account on the platform, as well as its own website, has been taken down, the company vows to return.
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2 months agoCurrent Event grandsalami
Exclusive: As Trump leaves office, 50% of Americans say he'll be seen as 'failed' president
Trump hasn't succeeded in overturning the election results but he has persuaded a third of Americans that Biden wasn't legitimately elected...