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1 day agoCurrent Event zritic
Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, marks 90th birthday on Zoom
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, was set to throw a Zoom party in quarantine to celebrate his 90th birthday on Tuesday, as President Vladimir Putin hailed him as an "outstanding statesman" who influenced the course of history.
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2 days agoCurrent Event zritic
Pseudophilosophy encourages confused, self-indulgent thinking
There are many kinds of pseudosciences: astrology, homeopathy, flat-Earthism, anti-vaxx. These ‘fields’ traffic in bizarre claims with scientific pretensions. On a surface level, these claims seem to be scientific and usually appear to comment on the same kind of things that science does. However, upon closer inspection, pseudoscience is revealed to be bullshit: it is indifferent to the truth.
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2 days agoCurrent Event zritic
Texas electricity firm files for bankruptcy citing $1.8 billion in claims from grid operator
Texas's largest and oldest electric power cooperative on Monday filed for bankruptcy protection in federal court in Houston, citing a disputed $1.8 billion bill from the state's grid operator.
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3 days agoCurrent Event zritic
In France, Apple now shows how hard its products are to repair
Apple's products haven't typically been the easiest to repair, though the company is making progress on this front. But being able to repair a product (or at least have a third party professional do it) is an important part of the experience of owning that product, and now Apple is at least forced to acknowledge it.
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6 days agoCurrent Event zritic
A New Generation of Wi-Fi to Improve Your Home Network
The technology, Wi-Fi 6, is designed to reduce congestion from devices. We put it to the test.
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6 days agoCurrent Event zritic
AT&T spins out DirecTV as a $16B company, a quarter of what it paid in 2015
AT&T today announced plans to spin out its various video businesses — DirecTV, AT&T TV, and U-Verse — into a new company that it will jointly control with TPG Capital. The deal sees AT&T holding on to a 70 percent stake in the company, with TPG getting the other 30. “The transaction to separate AT&T’s US video business into New DirecTV implies an enterprise value for the new company of $16.25 billion.”
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event zritic
The ‘garbage guy’ walks 12 miles a day around D.C. picking up trash: ‘I’ll pick up pretty much anything.’
Most people walk by trash they pass on streets and sidewalks. Some people don’t even notice it. Then there’s Billy Adams. He not only sees it, he picks it up — all of it. Since the spring, the 54-year-old Montgomery County man has spent his daily walks into the District collecting garbage around the city, usually filling at least two trash bags with waste.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event zritic
The pandemic leaves 27% of British adults struggling financially
The pandemic has left more than a quarter of British adults financially vulnerable, with too much debt or not enough savings to cope with a "negative life event" such as redundancy, loss of hours, or ill health.
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2 weeks agoAnalysis zritic
Why More Men Are Taking Their Own Lives
Men are four times more likely than women to die from suicide. Learn why this is and what can you do if you or a loved one are having suicidal thoughts.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event zritic
'The Mandalorian' has reportedly dropped Gina Carano after her 'abhorrent' social media posts
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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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zritic
She was shamed for still having her Christmas lights up. Neighbors are now putting theirs back up in solidarity.
“No one really knows what is going on inside the house or why we didn’t take down the decorations,” said Sara Pascucci, whose father died in January of covid.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zritic
French nun, Europe's oldest person, beats Covid-19 on eve of 117th birthday
Europe's oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, has survived COVID-19 and will celebrate her 117th birthday this week, her caregivers said.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event zritic
Drinking green tea, coffee lowers risk of death for stroke and heart attack survivors
Stroke and heart attack survivors can reduce multiple causes of death and prevent further cardiovascular events by drinking green tea, according to new research published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association. The study also found daily coffee consumption helps heart attack survivors by lowering their risk of death after a heart attack and can prevent heart attacks or strokes in healthy individuals.
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1 month agoCurrent Event zritic
Melvin Capital, hedge fund that bet against GameStop, lost more than 50% in January
Hedge fund Melvin Capital Management lost 53% in January amid a record rally in GameStop and other stocks the fund was betting against, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC.
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1 month agoCurrent Event zritic
Hitman 3 recoups project costs in under a week
Hitman 3 is already profitable, IO Interactive has announced. The stealth game launched last week, immediately shot to the top of the UK charts, and it has recouped its development costs in under seven days. "We have been really happy with the Hitman 3 journey," says IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak.
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1 month agoAnalysis zritic
Year-to-date, solar and wind electricity grew faster than natural gas in the U.S.
Notwithstanding the COVID-19 pandemic, electrical generation by the nation’s utility-scale wind and solar plants continues to set new records. In fact, it was 35.1% greater in November 2020 than it was in the same month a year earlier, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of new data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
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1 month agoCurrent Event zritic
3,000-year-old fashion could be evidence of Biblical truth
Scientists may have discovered physical evidence of King Solomon entwined in 3,000-year-old strands of purple wool. Using radiocarbon dating and a special chemical analysis technique, a team of researchers from Israel has identified three textile samples dating to approximately 1000 BCE from the Timna Valley region of Israel. The fibers were dyed "true purple," using special salt-water mollusks found in the Mediterranean.
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1 month agoCurrent Event zritic
THE MANDALORIAN's Troubling Attitude Toward Wildlife
The Mandalorian is undoubtedly fun. But Baby Yoda and his guardian’s lack of respect for the natural world is disturbing. Star Wars has always used interesting wildlife to set the scene. Think the toad-like worrt outside of Jabba’s palace; it provides a peek into the life of creatures seemingly untouched by the antics of the Galactic Empire or the Skywalker family. Though some are not so lucky as to be left in peace.