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Democrats Seek Billions for U.S. Students Trapped at Home Without Internet

Democrats Seek Billions for U.S. Students Trapped at Home Without Internet

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Democrats Seek Billions for U.S. Students Trapped at Home Without Internet Classrooms are deserted and parents are grappling with exceptional challenges under the nationwide lockdown. None face a greater disadvantage, however, than those living in broadband dead zones. In poor and rural areas, many parents are driving their kids every day to the first place they can find with good wifi. The…Read more... Go to Source
No Evidence of Coronavirus Reinfection, South Korean Officials Say

No Evidence of Coronavirus Reinfection, South Korean Officials Say

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No Evidence of Coronavirus Reinfection, South Korean Officials Say Some recovered covid-19 patients who again tested positive for the coronavirus likely weren’t reinfected after all. On Thursday, South Korean officials stated that there’s no evidence currently that the virus is reinfecting people in the country, and the test results that suggested reinfection were likely false…Read more... Go to Source
Apple and Google’s Coronavirus Efforts Remind Us How Little Control We Have Over Our Health Data

Apple and Google’s Coronavirus Efforts Remind Us How Little Control We Have Over Our Health Data

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Apple and Google's Coronavirus Efforts Remind Us How Little Control We Have Over Our Health Data A joint poll between University of Maryland researchers and the Washington Post released this week found most consumers, for a variety of reasons, are either unable or unwilling to download the proposed contact-tracing tech Apple and Google are developing to track the spread of the coronavirus. While some consumers in…Read more... Go to Source
‘My Wedding Photos Are the Last Photos I Have of “Normal”‘

‘My Wedding Photos Are the Last Photos I Have of “Normal”‘

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'My Wedding Photos Are the Last Photos I Have of "Normal"' This is Sick Days, a series documenting how jobs are changing during the coronavirus pandemic, as told by workers themselves. This week, we hear from an audio engineer, a hotel manager, and more. If you’d like to submit a story, use this Google form and provide as much detail as you’re comfortable with; read this post…Read more... Go to Source
L.A. Offers Free Coronavirus Tests to Everyone, Even People Without Symptoms

L.A. Offers Free Coronavirus Tests to Everyone, Even People Without Symptoms

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L.A. Offers Free Coronavirus Tests to Everyone, Even People Without Symptoms Los Angeles has become the first major city in the U.S. to offer free coronavirus testing to anyone who wants it, even if they don’t have symptoms of the disease. The announcement came on Wednesday from Mayor Eric Garcetti, who has so far adequately managed the covid-19 crisis, a rare thing to see in a country…Read more... Go to Source
Open Channel: Are You Rushing to Get Back to Movie Theaters Right Now?

Open Channel: Are You Rushing to Get Back to Movie Theaters Right Now?

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Open Channel: Are You Rushing to Get Back to Movie Theaters Right Now? The U.S. is still living through a pandemic that we have no viable means of currently combatting, other than keeping our distances from one another by largely staying homebound and avoiding places where large groups of people congregate, like movie theaters. But governors in various states have already expressed their…Read more... Go to Source
3 Things We Didn’t Like (and 1 We Did) About Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045

3 Things We Didn’t Like (and 1 We Did) About Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045

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3 Things We Didn't Like (and 1 We Did) About Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Last week, Netflix finally dropped its latest big anime get: Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, the highly anticipated (and perhaps in some regards, dreaded) continuation of the action-packed TV spinoff of Masamune Shirow’s beloved manga/cyberpunk movie icon. With the story over for now, here’s what worked for us in the…Read more... Go to Source
Guy Who Tweeted at Trump Landed $69 Million Ventilator Deal With New York, Never Sent Any

Guy Who Tweeted at Trump Landed $69 Million Ventilator Deal With New York, Never Sent Any

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Guy Who Tweeted at Trump Landed $69 Million Ventilator Deal With New York, Never Sent Any Appearing in the president’s Twitter mentions has, incredibly, finally paid off for somebody: a random Silicon Valley-based electrical engineer named Yaron Oren-Pines who scored a $69.1 million contract with the state of New York after he tweeted at Trump, “We can supply ICU Ventilators, invasive and noninvasive. Have…Read more... Go to Source
U.S. Conspiracy Theorist Probably Behind Leak of WHO, Gates Foundation Data: Report

U.S. Conspiracy Theorist Probably Behind Leak of WHO, Gates Foundation Data: Report

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U.S. Conspiracy Theorist Probably Behind Leak of WHO, Gates Foundation Data: Report Whoever was behind the release of around 25,000 purported emails and passwords from the World Health Organization, National Institutes of Health, the Gates Foundation, and other large organizations this month was likely an American conspiracy theorist, according to the group that first flagged the release.Read more... Go to Source
The A-Z Guide to All the Offbeat Disney+ Movies You Need to Watch

The A-Z Guide to All the Offbeat Disney+ Movies You Need to Watch

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The A-Z Guide to All the Offbeat Disney+ Movies You Need to Watch Disney+ is home to many beloved films, but there are plenty of other movies on the platform that deserve a viewing. So much so, we’ve gone from A to Z to find them. Are they all pinnacles of cinema and not varying degrees of me being serious depending on my mood? Definitely (maybe). Read more... Go to Source
Wednesday’s Best Deals: Nintendo Switch Lite, Anker PowerWave Wireless Charging Duo, 400 Hershey’s Kisses, Xbox One Stereo Headset, and More

Wednesday’s Best Deals: Nintendo Switch Lite, Anker PowerWave Wireless Charging Duo, 400 Hershey’s Kisses, Xbox One Stereo Headset, and More

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Wednesday's Best Deals: Nintendo Switch Lite, Anker PowerWave Wireless Charging Duo, 400 Hershey's Kisses, Xbox One Stereo Headset, and More A Nintendo Switch Lite, an Anker PowerWave wireless charging duo, 400 Hershey’s Kisses, an official Xbox One stereo headset, and more highlight Wednesday’s best deals.Read more... Go to Source
The Coronavirus Is Showing Banks That Oil Is a Bad Investment

The Coronavirus Is Showing Banks That Oil Is a Bad Investment

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The Coronavirus Is Showing Banks That Oil Is a Bad Investment Banks are finally starting to get it: Fossil fuels ain’t worth it. Just last week, Citigroup joined the wave of banks no longer investing in oil and gas projects in the Arctic. The only major bank in the U.S. that hasn’t committed to this is Bank of America. The economic crisis brought on by the spread of coronavirus…Read more... Go to Source
Watch the Original Darth Maul Help Bring Clone Wars’ Most Incredible Lightsaber Duel to Life

Watch the Original Darth Maul Help Bring Clone Wars’ Most Incredible Lightsaber Duel to Life

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Watch the Original Darth Maul Help Bring Clone Wars' Most Incredible Lightsaber Duel to Life Ahsoka and Darth Maul’s duel for the planet Mandalore on last week’s jaw-dropping Clone Wars wasn’t just perhaps the best ever lightsaber duel on the entire show: it might just be the best ever lightsaber duel in Star Wars, full stop. This behind-the-scenes look offers plenty of evidence as to why because it’s clear…Read more... Go to Source
Android Users Can Now Be Free From Their Netflix Viewing Mistakes

Android Users Can Now Be Free From Their Netflix Viewing Mistakes

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Android Users Can Now Be Free From Their Netflix Viewing Mistakes With much of the U.S. still under orders to shelter in place, there’s not much to do besides stay home and binge watch streaming video. Thankfully, for people who’ve been watching a lot of Netflix on their mobile Android device, Netflix has finally made it possible to remove shows from your Continue Watching row.Read more... Go to Source
Ted Cruz Wants to Stop the U.S. Military From Helping Produce Hollywood Movies Censored by China

Ted Cruz Wants to Stop the U.S. Military From Helping Produce Hollywood Movies Censored by China

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Ted Cruz Wants to Stop the U.S. Military From Helping Produce Hollywood Movies Censored by China Senator Ted Cruz plans to introduce legislation that would prohibit the U.S. Department of Defense from working on Hollywood movies where producers might censor scenes to appease the Chinese government. Hollywood producers have come under fire in recent years for changes to numerous films to ensure that they play in…Read more... Go to Source
Elon Musk Tweets ‘FREE AMERICA NOW’ As His Coronavirus Predictions Prove Very Wrong

Elon Musk Tweets ‘FREE AMERICA NOW’ As His Coronavirus Predictions Prove Very Wrong

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Elon Musk Tweets 'FREE AMERICA NOW' As His Coronavirus Predictions Prove Very Wrong Billionaire Elon Musk, America’s dumbest smart guy, spent the night tweeting about how America needs to “reopen” its economy, despite Musk’s failed predictions about the trajectory of the coronavirus crisis. A month ago, Musk insisted that new coronavirus cases in the U.S. would be “close to zero” by the end of April.…Read more... Go to Source
Everybody and Their Mom Watched Trolls World Tour, Apparently

Everybody and Their Mom Watched Trolls World Tour, Apparently

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Everybody and Their Mom Watched Trolls World Tour, Apparently Though trolls are generally a social menace we would all do well to keep out of our lives, recent events led to Dreamworks raking in a wild amount of money off them—by putting Trolls World Tour out directly on demand due to movie theaters across the world being closed amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.Read more... Go to Source
Lego’s New Harry Potter Sets Finally Give the World Centaur Minifigures

Lego’s New Harry Potter Sets Finally Give the World Centaur Minifigures

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Lego's New Harry Potter Sets Finally Give the World Centaur Minifigures Despite no new movies or books on the immediate horizon, the Harry Potter universe is so expansive there’s no shortage of locales or characters to inspire new Lego sets. The Danish brickmaker just revealed six new Harry Potter sets arriving in 2020, including a giant flapping Hedwig and the first centaur minifigures.Read more... Go to Source
Report: Uber CTO Resigns Amid Plans to Slash Up to a Fifth of the Company’s Employees

Report: Uber CTO Resigns Amid Plans to Slash Up to a Fifth of the Company’s Employees

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Report: Uber CTO Resigns Amid Plans to Slash Up to a Fifth of the Company's Employees Taxi-hailing service Uber, which has been hemorrhaging billions for years and in the last few months has been hammered hard by the coronavirus pandemic, may lay off up to 20 percent of its workforce and recently had its chief technology officer resign.Read more... Go to Source
Just Look At This Jerk

Just Look At This Jerk

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Just Look At This Jerk Vice President Mike Pence is the White House official who chairs the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force. On Tuesday, he tromped around the Mayo Clinic without wearing a mask, in clear violation of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and the clinic’s rules.Read more... Go to Source
Nomad’s Rugged Cases for Google Pixel Buds 2 Are the Real, Horween Leather-Wrapped Deal

Nomad’s Rugged Cases for Google Pixel Buds 2 Are the Real, Horween Leather-Wrapped Deal

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Nomad's Rugged Cases for Google Pixel Buds 2 Are the Real, Horween Leather-Wrapped Deal Pixel Buds 2 are here, and while you can’t buy them (because they’re sold out!), those who either got lucky or signed up to join Google’s waitlist can supplement their purchase with a chic new accessory designed to endure casual and permanent abrasions. Bold and distinctively minimalist, as is customary for Nomad, the…Read more... Go to Source
Star Trek: Voyager’s Must Watch Episodes

Star Trek: Voyager’s Must Watch Episodes

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Star Trek: Voyager's Must Watch Episodes So far, our guides to the unmissable episodes of each entry in the Star Trek franchise have dealt with lauded icons of the series. The esteemed original. The beloved Next Generation. The revered, dark Deep Space Nine. And now, we’re at Star Trek: Voyager, a show which is...well, not loved as much as those (but very…Read more... Go to Source