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1951.
John Deere Promised Farmers It Would Make Tractors Easy to Repair. It Lied.
Three years ago, tractor manufacturers told farmers that starting in 2021, tractor repair information would be easily accessible. It's not.
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1952.
Elon Musk's SpaceX raises $850 million in fresh funding - CNBC
Tesla boss Elon Musk's SpaceX completed an equity funding round of $850 million that sent its valuation to about $74 billion last week, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the financing.
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1953.
'New Car Smell' Is The Scent of Carcinogens, And Even Short Trips May Overexpose Us
The average American spends almost one hour each day commuting to work, a number that adds up quickly.
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1954.
Rush Limbaugh, conservative radio titan, has died of lung cancer at age 70
Rush Limbaugh, the talk titan who made right-wing radio financially viable in American media and himself a Republican kingmaker years before Fox News, died Wednesday after he revealed in 2020 that his lung cancer was terminal. He was 70. His death was confirmed by his wife, Kathryn, at the beginning of Limbaugh's radio show, from which he's been absent for almost two weeks.
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1955.
Back to the future: Microsoft moves to push Windows 10 users to the cloud
Like the idea of Desktop-as-a-Service rather than trying to manage thousands of users desktops at home? Microsoft has some advice for you.
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1956.
We found the first evidence of a major shift in Earth's magnetic poles. It may help us...
About 41,000 years ago, something remarkable happened: Earth’s magnetic field flipped and, for a temporary period, magnetic north was south and magnetic south was north.
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1957.
Microsoft Azure and Canonical Ubuntu Linux have a user privacy problem
A user spun up an Ubuntu Linux instance on Azure and was extremely annoyed to receive a sales message from a Canonical representative.
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1958.
'I am a child!' Pepper spray reflects policing of Black kids
The 9-year-old Black girl sat handcuffed in the backseat of a police car, distraught and crying for her father as the white officers grew increasingly impatient while they tried to wrangle her fully into the vehicle.
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1959.
How An Infamous Hydroelectric Dam Changed Earth’s Rotation
A massive hydroelectric dam in China is providing citizens with clean energy, and the dam's water supply is enough to change the rotation of the Earth.
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1960.
Earth to Voyager 2: After a Year in the Darkness, We Can Talk to You Again
NASA’s sole means of sending commands to the distant space probe, launched 44 years ago, is being restored on Friday.
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1961.
All the Coronavirus in the World Could Fit Inside a Coke Can, With Plenty of Room to Spare
When calculating the total volume, let's remember that SARS-CoV-2 particles are extremely small. Estimates of the diameter range from 80 to 120 nanometers.
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1962.
Google apps feel strain as firm's privacy standoff with Apple drags on
Google’s privacy standoff with Apple has lasted so long that even the company’s own apps are complaining about it. Since early December, Apple has required any iOS app to include a privacy “nutrition label”, listing all the ways the app uses personal data.
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1963.
'The Mandalorian' has reportedly dropped Gina Carano after her 'abhorrent'...
It looks as though The Mandalorian is cleaning house. Actor Gina Carano has reportedly been released from her role on The Mandalorian as former Rebel shock trooper Cara Dune following significant criticism regarding her social media posts. She has also parted ways with her agency UTA, according to a report from Deadline.
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1964.
Twitter suspends Project Veritas account
The move against the conservative activist organization comes amid a broader crackdown by the social media giant on those promoting misinformation.
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1965.
Trump will be banned forever, even if he runs again, Twitter says
Donald Trump will be banned forever – even if he runs again, Twitter has said.
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1966.
Popular Google Play app became malicious adware — check your barcode scanner
Android gets a bit of an exaggerated reputation for malware due to apps installed from outside of the official Google Play store. Unfortunately, Google's version of a walled garden doesn't always manage to keep the weeds out.
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1967.
Man swallows ear bud after falling asleep listening to music
After waking up and spending an hour shovelling snow, Massachusetts man Brad Gauthier realises something is wrong when he can't swallow a glass of water.
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1968.
Top open source, tech-smart, board-ready women executives
Many open source organizations and companies are already headed by women, but there are many others who are ready for the boardroom.
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1969.
‘Most Americans’ think Trump should be convicted and barred from office
A majority of Americans would support the Senate convicting Donald Trump and barring him from holding federal office in future, a new poll has found, with more people backing the move now than at any point during his first impeachment trial.
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1970.
UK tells social media to take down COVID myths
The British government said on Thursday it was telling social media giants to take down posts containing coronavirus disinformation over concern that many in minority communities were refusing to be vaccinated.
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1971.
The Extraordinary Power of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Instagram Live
There’s an incredible, immediate intimacy in opening your phone, seeing that someone is live on Instagram, and clicking over to see their face staring straight into yours.
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1972.
Trump People Were the Worst Restaurant Guests, Too
Stephen Miller grilled me about caviar. Paul Manafort came in under a fake name. Wilbur Ross always got the cheapest wine (by the glass).
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1973.
Amazon’s next headquarters is a glass poop emoji covered in trees
The literal highest point in Amazon’s HQ2.
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1974.
WallStreetBets says Reddit group hit by "large amount" of bot activity
Moderators of the WallStreetBets online discussion forum, which has been credited with creating a frenzy in the shares of GameStop and others, said bots are responsible for a "large amount" of the stock-recommendation content being posted in its popular Reddit group. Bots are computer-generated accounts that post automatic messages on Reddit, Twitter and other social media platforms.
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1975.
Amazon is using AI-equipped cameras in delivery vans and some drivers are concerned about privacy
Amazon has deployed the cameras from Netradyne in Amazon-branded cargo vans used by a handful of companies that are part of its delivery service partner program.
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1976.
IBM algorithm can tell who's going to get Alzheimer's by reading their writing
"Given a large volume of spoken or written speech, can you tease out a signal?"
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1977.
Dustin Diamond Dead at 44 After Battle with Stage 4 Lung Cancer
"Saved by the Bell" star Dustin Diamond dead at 44.
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1978.
10 Great, Old Concerts You Can (Legally) Stream in High Quality
The nonprofit Internet Archive hosts thousands of hours of free, legal, and decidedly un-sketchy streams and downloads of old concerts and radio shows, all offered with the permission of the artists. Here are few vintage essentials.
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1979.
India proposes social security benefits for gig workers in annual budget
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a handful of benefits for the startup ecosystem and to accelerate the growth of digital services in the annual budget Monday as the South Asian nation looks to revive the economy that was severely-hit amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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1980.
Australian prime minister says Bing could replace Google
Australia’s prime minister said on Monday that Microsoft is confident it can fill the void if Google carries out its threat to remove its search engine from Australia. A Google executive told a Senate hearing last month that it would likely make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government goes ahead with a draft law that would make tech giants pay for news content.
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