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4 hours 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 day 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.
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2 days agoCurrent Event zobo
Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel replaces Ajit Pai, is now acting FCC chairwoman
President Joe Biden today appointed Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel to be the acting chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission. Rosenworcel became an FCC commissioner in 2012 and served in a Democratic majority during the Obama years and in a Democratic minority during the Trump years.
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3 days agoCurrent Event zobo
Biden restoring rolled back environmental rules could take years
President Joe Biden, vowing to restore environmental protections frayed over the past four years, has ordered the review of more than 100 rules and regulations on air, water, public lands, endangered species and climate change that were weakened or rolled back by his predecessor.
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7 days agoReview zobo
AirPods Max teardown makes Sony and Bose headphones look ‘like toys’
But they’re not perfect by any means.
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12 days agoCurrent Event zobo
Pro-Vegan Advert To Air During UK Prime Time TV Slot
Avegan food entrepreneur has major plans to air an advert during a UK TV prime time slot in a bid to reach as many people as possible. Tom Bursnall, the founder of Miami Burger – which makes a range of plant-based products – is currently raising money to pay for the slot via a crowdfunder.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event zobo
Heightened empathy might exacerbate political polarization rather than mitigate it
New research published in the journal Political Psychology provides evidence that political partisanship can reverse the expected effects of empathy. ...
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zobo
In Pictures: How much plastic are you eating?
What’s for dinner? Lego sushi, credit card burgers, or a well-done piece of PVC pipe? These examples may sound extreme, but can easily represent over time the cumulative amount of microscopic pieces of plastic people consume every day.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zobo
Humans will be able to live forever
Some believe that soon humans will be able to live 1,000 years. We will continue to die, but instead of dying in the hospital while all our organs fail at the age of 90, we could spend a thousand years surrounded by the people we love, enjoying life. The basic idea behind biological aging is that aging occurs as you gradually accumulate damage to various cells and tissues in the body.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zobo
Foxconn tells Wisconsin it never promised to build an LCD factory
In October, Wisconsin denied Foxconn subsidies because it had failed to build the LCD factory specified in its contract with the state. As The Verge reported, it had created a building one-twentieth the size of the promised factory, taken out a permit to use it for storage, and failed to employ anywhere near the number of employees the contract called for. Nevertheless, Foxconn publicly objected “on numerous grounds” to Wisconsin’s denial of subsidies.
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1 month agoCurrent Event zobo
The International Space Station is now home to the world's 1st commercial airlock
The International Space Station is now sporting a shiny new piece of hardware. On Monday (Dec. 21), the first commercial airlock ever sent to the International Space Station (ISS) was attached to its exterior. The new structure is a bell-shaped airlock that is designed to transfer payloads and other materials from inside the station out into the vacuum of space.
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1 month agoCurrent Event zobo
10 reasons why the COVID-19 relief package will fail us
The numbers speak for themselves. After months of petty debate leading up to a historic election, the COVID-19 relief package failed us.
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1 month agoCurrent Event zobo
Cyber technology shares soar as security attacks pile up
Shares in cyber security companies climbed rapidly on Friday as investors bet that a spate of cyber attack disclosures from entities such as Microsoft Corp would boost demand for security technology. Shares in FireEye Inc, Palo Alto Networks and Crowdstrike Holdings all raced ahead after Microsoft said on Thursday that it found malicious software in its systems related to a massive hacking campaign disclosed by U.S. officials this week, adding the software giant to a growing list of attacked gov...
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1 month agoCurrent Event zobo
Starting Sunday, cable companies can no longer ‘rent’ you the router you already own
Is your internet service provider charging you every month for the cable modem or router that you purchased with your own money? Or, perhaps, have you never bothered to buy those items because you couldn’t escape the fee? That fee will be illegal starting Sunday, December 20th, and you should tell your ISP that you’ll no longer tolerate it.
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1 month agoCurrent Event zobo
Celebrate Jane Austen's Birthday With a 360-Degree, Interactive Tour of Her House
The trustees of the house where Austen wrote her celebrated novels are finding ways to keep visitors happy—even amid a pandemic
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1 month agoCurrent Event zobo
CBS' 'Silence of the Lambs' Sequel 'Clarice' Releases First Teaser
CBS has released the first look at its Silence of the Lambs sequel Clarice. The drama starring Rebecca Breeds as FBI agent Clarice Starling is set for a February premiere, and the network will use a trio of big events in January and February to help launch it.
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1 month agoCurrent Event zobo
Spotify’s ‘plagiarism detector’ will expose unoriginal music
Spotify has patented a method which uses artificial intelligence to detect plagiarism in music, able to detect a “similarity value” between songs. The “Plagiarism Risk Detector And Interface” technology will be “trained on a plurality of preexisting encoded lead sheets” (which specifies the melody, lyrics and harmony) to compare new tracks to those in Spotify’s database.