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3 days agoExpression zobo
October Crisis: 50 years after a bloody spasm that nearly tore Canada apart
A campaign by Quebec separatists culminated in two kidnappings, a killing and the suspension of civil liberties
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3 days agoCurrent Event zobo
U.S. SEC suspends trading in 15 securities due to 'questionable' social media activity
The U.S. securities regulator on Friday suspended trading in the securities of 15 companies because of "questionable trading and social media activity," the latest in a string of temporary trading halts amid volatile trading in so-called "meme stocks."
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8 days agoCurrent Event zobo
Google faces possible class action over Stadia's 4K claims
Google's Stadia game streaming platform is still hanging in there, but it still hasn't lived up to some of its original goals. The available library is limited (compared to other platforms), there won't be any first-party games developed by Google, and Stadia's ambitions for 4K gameplay didn't really pan out. Now the company faces a possible class action lawsuit over 4K gaming claims.
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8 days agoCurrent Event zobo
Innovative 10-year-old creates 'stick library' for local dogs
For many families, trying to find fun activities during quarantine has been challenging. One Canadian father found the perfect project for his son to work on that will keep the neighborhood dogs entertained, too.
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11 days agoExpression zobo
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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12 days agoCurrent Event zobo
Is Apple about to admit it was wrong about the MacBook Pro?
Apple is not a person. It’s easy to forget sometimes, but Apple is not Tim Cook or the imprint of Steve Jobs or Phil Schiller or any other person. It’s an entity made up of thousands of people and a corporate culture (which, I’ll grant you, was largely defined by Jobs) that evolved over time.
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13 days agoCurrent Event zobo
60 Dead, More than 200 Missing in Congo River Boating Accident
A Democratic Republic of Congo official said more than 200 people are missing after the boat they were on sank on the Congo River, claiming the lives of at least 60 people Sunday night in the country’s western Equateur province.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zobo
Chip shortage spirals beyond cars to phones and game consoles
The first hints of trouble emerged in the spring of 2020. The world was in the early throes of a mysterious pandemic, which first obliterated demand then supercharged internet and mobile computing when economies regained their footing. That about-face – in a span of months – laid the seeds for potentially the most serious shortage in years of the semiconductors that lie at the heart of everything from smartphones to cars and TVs.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zobo
Kanye West Faces $30 Million in Damages and Two Class-Action Lawsuits
Kanye West faces two class action suits and up to $30 million in penalties, allegedly failing to pay up to 1,000 performers and crew members of his Sunday Service Shows. According to Page Six, the cases were filed in Los Angeles last summer and are split between the performers and the crew: Frank Kim has more than 500 performers, while Harris & Ruble’s lawyers have more than 300 crew members, according to the outlet sources.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zobo
Apple versus Facebook on ad-tracking: Harvard sides with Apple
We’ve seen an increasingly heated Apple versus Facebook battle over the upcoming App Tracking Transparency feature, which will require apps to seek permission to capture data that can be used to deliver personalized ads. Facebook has claimed that the change will hurt small businesses by making their ads much less effective. But a piece in the Harvard Business Review says that this is misleading...
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zobo
U.S. trade deficit rises to 12-year high $679 billion
The U.S. trade deficit rose 17.7% last year to $679 billion, highest since 2008, as the coronavirus disrupted global commerce and confounded then-President Donald Trump’s attempts to rebalance America’s trade with the rest of the world.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zobo
EU Court backs ban on animal slaughter without stunning
A Belgian ban on kosher and halal slaughter of animals without being stunned has been backed by the European Court of Justice, which rejected objections by religious groups. The EU's highest court backed a Flemish decision to require the use of stunning for livestock on animal rights grounds.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zobo
When Trump started his speech before the Capitol riot, talk on Parler turned to civil war
Text analysis shows calls for civil war intensified on the right-leaning social media app Parler as Trump urged his followers to march on the Capitol.
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1 month agoCurrent Event zobo
What’s Wrong with the Way We Work
Maria Fernandes died at the age of thirty-two while sleeping in her car in a Wawa parking lot in New Jersey. It was the summer of 2014, and she worked low-wage jobs at three different Dunkin’ Donuts, and slept in her Kia in between shifts, with the engine running and a container of gasoline in the back, in case she ran out. In the locked car, still wearing her white-and-brown Dunkin’ Donuts uniform, she died from gasoline and exhaust fumes.
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1 month agoCurrent Event zobo
Donald Trump Business Empire Faces Continued Fallout
"Trump as a luxury hospitality brand in the United States is absolutely 100% over," says a PR specialist, amid Trump Organization declines in revenue and value of its real-estate holdings.
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1 month agoCurrent Event zobo
Robinhood Facing Class Action Lawsuit Over Suspended GameStop Trading
Robinhood is an online brokerage that was founded for the purpose of democratizing investing and making it more accessible for individuals to buy stocks. Its stated goal was likely one reason why traders were so surprised when the broker shut down their ability to buy GameStop shares.
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1 month agoCurrent Event zobo
Johnny Depp May Return as Jack Sparrow After Disney Defending Him in the Court
The feud between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is still hot, but things seem to be coming around in Johnny Depp’s favor after a series of setbacks for the 57-year old actor. Rumors are that Disney is defending Depp in courts, and he is likely to be “Re-hired” for the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean movie. If the rumors are true, then we will see Depp once again as Captain Jack Sparrow.
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1 month agoCurrent Event zobo
Former Neo-Nazi and Martin Luther King Jr's Daughter Start New Friendship
This former neo-Nazi transformed his life and spent MLK day with Dr. King's daughter Dr. Bernice King.