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Corona-fied: Employers are now spying on remote workers in their homes
Employers have begun using digital surveillance technology to increase control and maintain productivity
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Definitely not Windows 95: What operating systems keep things running in space?
The updates don't come every spring and fall, but space operating systems keep evolving.
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Happy Birthday, PBS. Please Save Us.
Next month will mark 50 years of television that aims to educate and unite.
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Proposed EU rule may mean you can finally delete some apps from your phone
European lawmakers seem to be running out of patience with how US tech firms work.
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Remove these Chrome extensions right now - they could be stealing your data
Facebook sues developers of two Chrome extensions that stole user data
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Amazon says more than 19,000 workers got Covid-19
The company said it has counted 19,816 confirmed or presumed Covid-19 cases across its front-line employees in the U.S.
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Apple’s new spatial audio feature turns the AirPods Pro into a home theater for your ears
Movies and TV shows on your iPhone or iPad now have immersive surround sound.
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Apple Removes RSS Feed Readers From Chinese App Store
Apple has reportedly removed two RSS feed reader apps from China's App Store to comply with Chinese law.
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Jacob Wohl May Have Screwed Up for Good This Time
The young dirty trickster and his sidekick, already infamous for false smears, are charged with felonies over alleged robocalls to scare Black voters.
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Researchers develop 'acoustic metamaterial' that cancels sound
Boston University researchers, Xin Zhang, a professor at the College of Engineering, and Reza Ghaffarivardavagh, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, released a paper in Physical Review B demonstrating it's possible to silence noise using an open, ringlike structure, created to mathematically perfect specifications, for cutting out sounds while maintaining airflow.
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Google, You Knocked It Outta the Park
We have felt no shame in sharing our honest opinions for the last couple iterations of the Pixel smartphone lineup. To put it ever so bluntly, while the Pixel 3 was an okay phone, the Pixel 3 XL was a complete eyesore.
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Doctors Build World’s First Bionic Eye That Can Make 100% Blind People See
Researchers have seen successful results in sheep with minimal side effects where it was safely implanted into their brains using a pneumatic inserter with a total of 2,00 hours of simulation. They are now preparing to take it to the next level for its first-ever human clinical trial, that is expected to be conducted in Melbourne.
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Inside Facebook’s quadruple play: How the company is finally melding its apps
The social behemoth is weaving together Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp even as watchdogs and regulators close in. No big deal: Only democracy hangs in the balance.
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Did NASA detect a hint of life on Venus in 1978 and not realize it?
What if scientists had started hunting for life on Venus in 1978?
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Trump, first lady test positive for Covid-19
The announcement comes shortly after the president said he and the first lady were in the "quarantine process" following senior aide Hope Hicks' positive test.
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Verizon scrambling to unload HuffPost as losses mount
Verizon has been quietly scrambling to unload HuffPost as it grapples with continued losses at the left-leaning news and culture website, The Post has learned.
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Deepfake Putin is here to warn Americans about their self-inflicted doom
The news: Two political ads will broadcast on social media today, featuring deepfake versions of Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Both deepfake leaders will be giving the same message: that America doesn’t need any election interference from them; it will ruin its democracy by itself.
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Drone carries human kidney over Las Vegas desert in what could be the future of organ transportation
Researchers at MissionGO and the Nevada Donor Network announced two successful flights carrying a human organ and tissue via drone in Las Vegas.
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Exclusive: China preparing an antitrust investigation into Google - sources
China is preparing to launch an antitrust probe into Alphabet Inc's GOOGL.O Google, looking into allegations it has leveraged the dominance of its Android mobile operating system to stifle competition, two people familiar with the matter said.
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Rolls-Royce concludes testing of plane technology set to break electric speed record
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited has announced on its blog that the company has completed testing of the technology it plans to use in its line of electrically powered planes—one of which they expect will break speed records for electric airplanes. The new plane will be one of the core products of the company's ACCEL initiative, whose main objective will be to produce zero-emission planes and engines for other plane makers, and to be net-zero by 2050. Rolls-Royce has also created a video showing parts of the ground testing, which has been posted on YouTube.
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United Arab Emirates to launch spacecraft to moon in 2024
The United Arab Emirates plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2024, a top Emirati official said Tuesday
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Jet suit paramedic 'could save lives'
A jet suit for paramedics which would see patients reached in minutes by a "flying" medic has been tested by the Great North Air Ambulance Service. After a year of talks between GNAAS and Gravity Industries, a first test flight was carried out in the Lake District. Andy Mawson, director of operations at GNAAS, came up with the idea and described seeing it as "awesome".
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As fossil fuel jobs falter, renewables come to the rescue
In 2011, Don Williams made the long trip from Michigan to North Dakota hoping to capitalize on the Bakken oil boom — to, as he says, "chase oil and make quick cash." It paid off; for years Williams worked in operations on the oil fields, watching over production and maintaining pump jacks. To say that Williams worked hard would be an understatement. Putting in 12-hour days, 7 days a week — 84-hour work-weeks were typical. And the work was lucrative. The money flowed as fast as the oil did — until it didn't. In May, Williams was laid off, along with most of the Bakken workforce, when boom went bust.
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Tampa Bay Lightning capture second Stanley Cup after defeating Dallas Stars
The Tampa Bay Lightning are Stanley Cup Champions for the second time in their franchise history after defeating the Dallas Stars 2-0 to win the series 4-2.
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump's TikTok ban
Social media app had filed for a temporary restraining order against Trump's executive order.
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Bethesda founder: Microsoft deal is "brilliant counter-move against Sony"
"What Microsoft owns, Sony cannot get," Bethesda founder Christopher Weaver tells Inverse.
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Deep algebra for deep beats: The beautiful sounds of musical programming
Musicians have spent centuries flirting with technology to push the boundaries of the art, from the Theremin to mid-century tape experiments. Despite this fascination, only a tiny niche have gone so far as to programmatically generate music via code. In a span of roughly 70 years, the few who’ve done so comprise a Venn diagram of intersecting programmers and avant-garde musicians.
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NYT got 2 decades of Donald Trump income taxes — paid no federal income taxes for 10 of past 15...
The New York Times has obtained two decades of impeached and manifestly unfit U.S. President Trump. The resulting report shows he is in massive debt, and The full $100 million comes due in 2022.
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The IRS Sets a Trap for Cryptocurrency Tax Cheats
The tax collector is making it a lot harder to pretend you don’t have bitcoin or other virtual currencies hidden away somewhere.
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