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As Ajit Pai exits FCC, Charter admits defeat on petition to impose data caps
Charter cannot impose data caps until May 2023, won't ask Biden FCC to nix ban.
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3-D video brings life-like perspective to Delphi murder scene
The new CrimeDoor app created an augmented reality video of the moments before Libby German and Abby Williams were killed.
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Electric car batteries with five-minute charging times produced
Exclusive: first factory production means recharging could soon be as fast as filling up petrol or diesel vehicles
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Womp, Womp: No One Wants to Be Caught Dead at Trump’s Inauguration Day Send-Off
You can probably understand where they’re coming from.
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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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Bulletproof vests and gas masks: Journalists prep for Inauguration Day
At the end of December, Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau Chief Kimbriell Kelly was looking at getting Moleskine notebooks as gifts for her staff. A couple weeks later, she was procuring goods of a decidedly different kind: gas masks, helmets and body armor for LA Times staff members who will be attending Wednesday's inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
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Coca-Cola Joins Pepsi in Benching Ads During Super Bowl LV
Concerned they might strike the wrong tone, both brands have opted to sit out.
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Woman wanted for allegedly stealing Nancy Pelosi’s laptop arrested
The FBI is looking for a woman who’s accused of directing pro-Trump rioters to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the Capitol siege, stealing a laptop in Pelosi’s office
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Tunisia protests: Hundreds arrested as clashes continue
Demonstrators angered by high unemployment and an economic crisis clash with police.
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Pressure on Ted Cruz grows as third Texas newspaper calls for him to resign
The El Paso Times became the latest newspaper to call for the Republican's ouster from the upper chamber.
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DuckDuckGo surpasses 100 million daily search queries for the first time | ZDNet
DuckDuckGo reaches historic milestone in a week when both Signal and Telegram saw a huge influx of new users.
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Hidden camera reveals 'appalling' conditions in overseas PPE factory supplying Canadian hospitals, expert says
As global demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) surges during the pandemic, so has the human cost for those making it overseas, an investigation by CBC’s Marketplace has found.
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Blocked from social media, extremists discuss turning to radios to plan attacks, FCC warns
The US government is warning that groups could rely on radio equipment as an alternative to social media to plan future criminal activities.
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Free college could become a reality under a Biden administration
President-elect Biden promised to make community college tuition-free. Such a plan could increase the number of students and their incomes over time.
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Parler's website is back online, but app still not in stores
The chief executive of social media platform Parler, popular with American right-wing users but which virtually vanished after the U.S. Capitol riot, posted a brief message on the company's website. Parler's app, however, remains offline.
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Nikolai Antoshkin, Who Helped Halt Chernobyl Disaster, Dies at 78
He survived radiation as commander of the operation that extinguished the Chernobyl nuclear plant fire. He died of the coronavirus.
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Trump to issue around 100 pardons and commutations Tuesday, sources say
President Donald Trump is preparing to issue around 100 pardons and commutations on his final full day in office Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the matter, a major batch of clemency actions that includes white collar criminals, high-profile rappers and others but -- as of now -- is not expected to include Trump himself.
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‘Appalling’: World leaders blast Russia over Navalny arrest
Western countries call on Russia to release the Kremlin critic, who was arrested upon arriving in Moscow.
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TikTok photoshoot of car on UK level crossing – 'sheer stupidity'
British Transport Police investigate ‘reckless’ video posted of car on working level crossing near Bolton
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U.S. expected to have 500,000 COVID-19 deaths by February, CDC official warns
The grim news comes as Los Angeles is battling a more contagious variant of the virus. California leads the world in coronavirus cases, with over 3 million residents infected.