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2 days agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Uproar at KCRW as former producer accuses public radio giant of 'blatant racism'
Former producer Cerise Castle claims she experienced a pattern of racist behavior while working at KCRW. The station disputes some of her allegations.
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3 days agoAnalysis wetwilly87
Could Fake News Create Fake Memories?
My wife was recently telling some mutual friends an amusing anecdote about the time she was changing our then-baby son’s nappy in the toilet of a busy café, only for him to urinate all over the groin region of her trousers, meaning she had to return to the crowded eating area displaying a deeply suspicious stain. Big laughs all round.
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5 days agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Stunning new 2021 iMac leak reveals new design in five colors
Abrand new story from serial Apple leaker Jon Prosser has revealed what could be the next design of Apple's brand new iMac featuring five color choices. We also got a look at Apple's rumored upcoming Mac Pro 'mini'.
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6 days agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
B.C. farmer grabs lynx by scruff of neck, scolds it for killing chickens
A farmer in northern B.C. captured a wild cat he found in his chicken coop Sunday, picking it up by the scruff of the neck and gently scolding it before relocating it to the bush.
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6 days agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
PlayStation’s Jim Ryan: ‘We’re making a completely new VR format for PS5’
Jim Ryan has a lot to get off his chest. If we’re honest, it’s a lot more than we’d prepared for. You see, usually when you interview someone – not least the president and chief executive officer of Sony Interactive Entertainment – you go into that conversation with some semblance of what’s to come. So when we got offered 20 minutes with the PlayStation boss out of the blue last week, it did seem a bit too easy-going to be true. “A follow-up to our PS5-related chat last November,...
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6 days agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Hillary Clinton to publish thriller set in aftermath of US political turmoil
Hillary Clinton is teaming up with the award-winning thriller author Louise Penny to write an “international political thriller” in which a secretary of state joins the administration of “a president inaugurated after four years of American leadership that shrank from the world stage”.
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12 days agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Hudson man wins $1 million from Florida lottery scratch-off game
Michael Swartz won the $1 million prize in THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000 Scratch-Off game and chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $790,000.00.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Senate acquits Trump for inciting Capitol riot even as bipartisan majority votes to convict
The Senate on Saturday acquitted former President Donald Trump in a 57-43 vote on the charge of inciting insurrection for his role in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot, which left 5 people dead including a police officer.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Germany, Poland and Sweden expel Russian diplomats
Germany, Poland and Sweden have each expelled a Russian diplomat in a coordinated act of retaliation over the expulsion of three EU officials by Moscow while the bloc’s foreign policy chief was visiting last week.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Elon Musk pledges $100 million for new X Prize carbon removal competition
Elon Musk is putting up $100 million as part of a new X Prize Foundation competition focused on carbon removal technology. The contest, announced Monday morning, will run for four years and is open to teams around the globe.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Apes, robots and men: the life and death of the first space chimp
On January 31, 1961, an intrepid chimpanzee called Ham was launched on a rocket from Cape Canaveral in the United States, and returned to Earth alive. In this process, he became the first hominin in space.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Apple Just Sold $14 Billion in Bonds to Buy Back Stock. What It Means for Investors.
Apple just sold $14 billion of bonds, and plans to send part of the proceeds to its shareholders. Investors may wonder why now, given the company’s giant cash reserve and a stock near record highs. But a more appropriate question might be: Why not?
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1 month agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Visa plans to add cryptocurrencies to its payment networks
Visa chairman and CEO Al Kelly have indicated that the payment giant could add cryptocurrencies to its list of over 160 currencies. The company aims to improve its payment network and develop greater access. Kelly was chatting on the firm’s fiscal Q1 2021 earnings call, where he described cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin as “digital gold” that is not utilized as a method of payment vitally at this point. He stated that the payment giant would make cryptocurrencies more valuable, safe, and ...
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1 month agoHow-to wetwilly87
Cannabis use both helps and hurts entrepreneurial creativity
When entrepreneurs dream up ideas for new businesses, cannabis use might help, and hinder, their creativity, according to a new study in the Journal of Business Venturing by Washington State University researchers. The study found that cannabis-using entrepreneurs generated new business ideas such as a weightless, gravity-free virtual reality workout, that were more original, but less feasible, compared to those who do not use cannabis.
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1 month agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Twitter permanently bans My Pillow CEO
Twitter has permanently banned My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell’s account after he continued to perpetuate the baseless claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Twitter decided to ban Lindell, who founded bedding company My Pillow, due to “repeated violations” of its civic integrity policy, a spokesperson said in a statement. The policy was implemented last September and is targeted at fighting disinformation.
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1 month agoAnalysis wetwilly87
What’s the technology behind a five-minute charge battery?
The company behind a new battery isn't saying much, but we figured a few things out.
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1 month agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Larry King, a key figure in American television, has died
The famous journalist presented the program "Larry King Live" on CNN for twenty-five years. He was one of the most influential figures in American television history , known for his rolled up shirt sleeves, multi-colored ties, suspenders and large glasses. The famous journalist Larry King died this Saturday, January 23 at the age of 87 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles , we learned via a statement posted on Twitter .