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Pentagon Auditor Probing Disputed Cloud Computing Contract
AppleMagazine

Pentagon Auditor Probing Disputed Cloud Computing Contract

The Pentagon’s independent auditor is conducting a broad review of the handling of a cloud computing project potentially worth $10 billion, officials said.

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August 16, 2019
Facebook Offering ‘Millions' To Publishers For News
AppleMagazine

Facebook Offering ‘Millions' To Publishers For News

Facebook is reportedly in talks with news publishers to offer “millions of dollars” for the right to publish their material on its site. The move follows years of criticism over its growing monopolization of online advertising to the detriment of the struggling news industry.

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August 16, 2019
Claimed By Camelot Curse!
Globe

Claimed By Camelot Curse!

Kennedy clan shattered as beloved Saoirse, 22, dies from drug overdose

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August 26, 2019
Big Money Takes A New Approach To Climate Change Activism
Bloomberg Markets

Big Money Takes A New Approach To Climate Change Activism

Earlier this year, one of Meryam Omi’s deputies at Legal & General Investment Management sat down with board members and managers from Exxon Mobil Corp. to discuss how the oil giant could address climate change.

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August - September 2019
China Imports From US Fall 19% In July Amid Trade War
Techlife News

China Imports From US Fall 19% In July Amid Trade War

Chinese imports of American goods plunged in July as a tariff war with Washington intensified. Imports of U.S. goods fell 19% from a year earlier to $10.9 billion, customs data showed Thursday, though that was an improvement over June’s 31.4% fall. Exports to the United States declined 6.5% to $38.8 billion.

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August 10, 2019
Xi Vs Trump Vs Powell
Bloomberg Businessweek

Xi Vs Trump Vs Powell

Powell speaks. Trump tweets. China reacts. Markets freak. Repeat.

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5 mins  |
August 12, 2019
For Really Uncorrelated Returns, Try Investing In A Ghana Power Station
Bloomberg Markets

For Really Uncorrelated Returns, Try Investing In A Ghana Power Station

Investing in African power plants can boost returns, provide a hedge against global market shocks, and help lift people out of poverty, says Jerome Booth.

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August - September 2019
Coal Won't Die In Pakistan And China!
Bloomberg Markets

Coal Won't Die In Pakistan And China!

As this vast mine in Pakistan’s Thar Desert attests, the world’s No. 1 cause of carbon emissions will be a major source of electricity for decades, despite the outcry against it

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8 mins  |
August - September 2019
There Will Be Oil
Bloomberg Markets

There Will Be Oil

On The Verge Of Becoming The World’s Newest Petrostate, Tiny Guyana Isn’t Ready For The Multibillion-dollar Windfall Heading Its Way. But Exxon Mobil Is

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August - September 2019
Ivanka To City: Drop Dead
New York magazine

Ivanka To City: Drop Dead

After the White House, she probably CAN’T GO BACK to the city that made her. So she has cannily devised another EXIT STRATEGY.

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August 5-18, 2019
One Hack, 106 Million People: Capital One Ensnared By Breach
AppleMagazine

One Hack, 106 Million People: Capital One Ensnared By Breach

A hacker accessed the personal information of 106 million Capital One credit card holders or credit card applicants in the U.S. and Canada, in the latest massive data breach at a large company.

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Our Caesar - Can The Country Come Back From Trump?
New York magazine

Our Caesar - Can The Country Come Back From Trump?

The Republic already looks like rome in ruins.

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10+ mins  |
August 5-18, 2019
US Says New Round Of Talks With China Were ‘Constructive'
Techlife News

US Says New Round Of Talks With China Were ‘Constructive'

U.S. and Chinese envoys held “constructive” trade talks on Wednesday, the White House said, after President Donald Trump rattled financial markets by accusing Beijing of trying to stall in hopes he will fail to win re-election in 2020.

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August 3, 2019
Uber Lays Off 400 Employees From Global Marketing Team
AppleMagazine

Uber Lays Off 400 Employees From Global Marketing Team

Uber is laying off 400 employees in marketing, about a quarter of the marketing team’s global workforce of 1,200 people.

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AppleMagazine #405
Fentanyl Is Not A Nuke, And Drug Dealers Are Not Terrorists
Reason magazine

Fentanyl Is Not A Nuke, And Drug Dealers Are Not Terrorists

Could fentanyl be a weapon of mass destruction?

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July 2019
Law Brett Kavanaugh Flunks His First Test As An Originalist
Reason magazine

Law Brett Kavanaugh Flunks His First Test As An Originalist

In his 2018 confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was asked by Sen.

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July 2019
One Hack, 106 Million People: Capital One Ensnared By Breach
Techlife News

One Hack, 106 Million People: Capital One Ensnared By Breach

A hacker accessed the personal information of 106 million Capital One credit card holders or credit card applicants in the U.S. and Canada, in the latest massive data breach at a large company.

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3 mins  |
August 3, 2019
Twitter Reports Strong User Growth
AppleMagazine

Twitter Reports Strong User Growth

Twitter reported surprisingly strong second-quarter user numbers and revenue, as it works to make the platform more user-friendly and eliminate robotic and fake accounts on its platform.

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AppleMagazine #405
French Wine Vs US Tech Prowess: New Trump-Macron Standoff
Techlife News

French Wine Vs US Tech Prowess: New Trump-Macron Standoff

France is pushing ahead with a landmark tax on tech companies like Google and Facebook despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of retaliatory tariffs on French wine.

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August 3, 2019
Black Lives Lawyer
New York magazine

Black Lives Lawyer

Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, Tamir Rice—Ben Crump is trying to turn a protest movement into a legal crusade.

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July 8-21, 2019
French Wine Vs US Tech Prowess: New Trump-Macron Standoff
AppleMagazine

French Wine Vs US Tech Prowess: New Trump-Macron Standoff

France is pushing ahead with a landmark tax on tech companies like Google and Facebook despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of retaliatory tariffs on French wine.

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August 02, 2019
Project Jsok
Recoil

Project Jsok

The joint special operations Kalashnikov: a look at the AKs of a new cold war

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8 mins  |
September - October 2019
How Vietnam Gave Us C-SPAN
Reason magazine

How Vietnam Gave Us C-SPAN

Brian Lamb, the network’s founder, is retiring after 40 years of putting cameras on Congress, hosting in-depth interviews, and creating an enduring home for diverse civil discourse.

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July 2019
Jonbenet Photog Busted On Kiddie Porn Rap!
Globe

Jonbenet Photog Busted On Kiddie Porn Rap!

Twisted cameraman took beauty queen’s pix before her murder

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August 5, 2019
Measles As Metaphor
The Atlantic

Measles As Metaphor

What the disease’s return tells us about America’s ailing culture.

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10 mins  |
August 2019
The Original Huckster
The Atlantic

The Original Huckster

P.T. Barnum taught us to love spectacle, fake news, and a good hoax. A century and a half later, the show has escaped the tent.

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August 2019
Anatomy Of The Syrian Democratic Forces
Recoil

Anatomy Of The Syrian Democratic Forces

We embed with the force that would defeat the islamic state

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6 mins  |
September - October 2019
Why The Police Fail To Catch Serial Rapists?
The Atlantic

Why The Police Fail To Catch Serial Rapists?

What new research reveals about sexual predators, and why police fail to catch them.

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10+ mins  |
August 2019
The Stock-Buy Back Swindle
The Atlantic

The Stock-Buy Back Swindle

American corporations are spending trillions of dollars to repurchase their own stock. The practice is enriching CEOs—at the expense of everyone else.

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7 mins  |
August 2019
Sam Shepard Saw It All Coming
The Atlantic

Sam Shepard Saw It All Coming

The family battles he described foreshadowed our current national crisis.

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9 mins  |
August 2019