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57,305	FC Schalke 04 Complete Miracle Run To Qualify For LEC Playoffs From 1-10 and bottom of the table to playoff contenders in a matter of weeks, this is the most shocking turnaround in LEC history.	1,997
57,306	6 Things CISO’s Want Corporate Directors To Focus On While many directors have received a crash course in cybersecurity during Covid, their long-term approach to cyber risk needs to continue its evolution.	474
57,307	Don’t Trust Facebook? Now You Have These Two Brilliant WhatsApp Alternatives If you want to move away from Facebook, here are the two best messengers to use.	2,934
57,308	How Did This Colombian Use Drones To Solve A Bee Mystery? Colombia has hundreds of species of bees, but many have been hard hit by pesticide use and Colombian entomologist Diana Obregon has been trying to find out the role pesticides play in the decline of the bees that pollinate Lulo, an iconic Colombian fruit. #globalsouthscience	401
57,309	It’s World Mask Week, Here Are 10 Misconceptions About Face Coverings From beliefs that face masks will affect your immune system to child-trafficking conspiracy theories, there are a lot of myths floating around out there.	523
57,310	Days After Viral Pics Of Maskless Students Crowded In Hallway, Georgia High School Reports Nine Infected With Coronavirus At least six students and three staff members have tested positive for Covid-19.	2,812
57,311	Could The No Code Movement Put Programmers Out Of A Job? An MIT and Intel research team has developed an algorithm capable of creating algorithms, with the ability to automate a wide range of tedious or repetitive programming tasks or, pushing it to its limit, that anyone can program simply by describing the tasks they want to perform.	938
57,312	How To Unlock The Bruen And Grau For Warzone During ‘Call Of Duty’ Free Weekend This is your best chance to unlock two of the most powerful weapons in Call of Duty Warzone, the Battle Royale mode, the Bruen and the Grau, thanks to this free weekend. Here's how.	2,215
57,313	The Changing Venture Capital Investment Climate For AI When it became clear less than a decade ago that AI was the latest, hottest place to build companies that could grow from tiny startups to huge public market exits of acquisitions, the VC community got all in. Yet, were are we now with over $61 Billion invested so far in AI startups?	2,419
57,314	Here’s What Happened On Day 2 Of The Overwatch League Countdown Cup We have our champions in the Asia-Pacific division and fantastic-looking semi-finals and finals ahead in North America.	1,632
57,315	Is Direct To Avatar The Next Direct To Consumer? Direct-to-avatar refers to the emerging business model of selling products directly to avatars (D2A) or digital identities. Is this the next direct-to-consumer?	558
57,316	Once Upon A Term Sheet: 5 Fairytale VC Tactics As Taught By Toddlers Somewhere amidst the context shifting between term sheet and screen time negotiations lies a series of valuable lessons from the dealmaking prowess of young children. Step aside, Twitter and Clubhouse, as fairy tale folklore illustrates the five most effective VC tactics I learned from my toddlers.	801
57,317	‘Horizon Zero Dawn’ Is Experiencing A Renaissance, Now Free Of PS4 Horizon Zero Dawn is impressing PC players minus some technical issues.	2,215
57,318	Trump Calls for Making Permanent Cuts to Both the Medicare and Social Security Payroll Taxes Trumps wants to make permanent cuts to the Medicare and Social Security payroll taxes. But, both the Medicare and Social Security trust funds are running out of money. That is projected by the Congressional Budget Office to happen for Medicare in 2025 and Social Security in 2031.	2,388
57,319	CMS Proposes Changes To Medicaid Best Price Rule: A Potential Boost To Value-Based Contracting The proposed changes to the Medicaid best price rule put forward by CMS may give drug manufacturers and payers regulatory flexibility to encourage more use of value-based contracting arrangements for expensive, but promising therapies.	1,472
57,320	Potential ‘Injustice 3’ Tease Has Fans Thinking About ‘Watchmen’ Additions Ed Boon is going to DC Fandome, which has fans thinking about Injustice 3. Now there's new fan art that some are viewing as a potential tease. And the Watchmen could be on the way.	2,215
57,321	Over 200 Chinese Fishing Vessels Are Dangerously Close To Galápagos Marine Reserve The large fleet is raising concerns about illegal fishing yet again after an alarming discovery in 2017.	393
57,322	Campfire Audio’s New Ara Earphones Blow The Competition Out Of The Water Setting the standard for others to reach, these new Ara IEMs or high-end earphones from Portland-based Campfire Audio achieve new levels of performance.	1,800
57,323	The Top 24 ‘Destiny 2’ Exotic Catalysts We Need In Beyond Light Destiny 2 still has at least 24 weapons that need catalysts. Here they are.	2,215
57,324	Digital Therapeutics Are Accelerating Personalization In Healthcare The pandemic also has accelerated changes in the way people access care. One of those changes is the acceptance of digital therapeutics or digital care pathways. These are digital tools deliver clinically valid treatments for a range of chronic health issues. Will they redefine the future of care?	1,084
57,325	Square Enix Is Going To Kill ‘Avengers’ With Obnoxious Marketing Flipping the negative buzz around Crystal Dynamics’ Avengers game is like turning an aircraft carrier, and publisher Square Enix seems to be doing everything possible to twist the wheel in the other direction.	2,215
57,326	Tyreek Hill Campaigns For Elusive Madden Speed Rating After Race Vs. Mecole Hardman When it comes to overall team speed, the Kansas City Chiefs are probably tops in the NFL. Tyreek Hill has proven he is the fastest, but he wants Madden 21 to recognize him with the rarest of honors.	1,008
57,327	U.S. Action Against TikTok And WeChat Symbolizes A Global Backlash Against China Inc. Two recent executive orders signed by U.S. President Donald Trump provide a microcosm of this new reality.	170
57,328	Amazon Primed: Stealth 5G Health Move, Deliveroo Greenlight, Grows Drone Team Amazon's got a lot going on and in a lot of new places. ‘Amazon Primed' is just the tiny recap of the larger stories that dominated the headlines this week surrounding everyone's favourite cardboard abuser, Amazon. Find out more at https://whatdidamazondothisweek.substack.com/about	2,195
57,329	Netflix Users Need To Take This Coronavirus-Driven Threat Seriously—Here’s Why As Netflix subscriber numbers rose by 10 million during the coronavirus lockdown months, so have the security threats. One more than others.	1,129
57,330	Journalists Need To Get It Right: Epidemiology Training Can Help Covid-19 has turned all journalists into health journalists. Covid-19 is the only major story in the news media today and misinformation is widespread. Epidemiology training can help journalists improve their reporting, and help fight misinformation.	1,756
57,331	Apple iMac 27in 2020 First Look Review: Familiar Design, All-New Power The latest Apple iMac has landed and while it looks like the one it replaces, there are significant differences.	770
57,332	Sentinels And TSM Just Played The Best ‘Valorant’ Match In History Sentinels and Team SoloMid are considered the two best Valorant teams in North America, and when they faced off in the FaZe Clan Invitational they showed why people think that, putting on a show that many consider to be the best Valorant match ever played.	1,997
57,333	Why Apple And Google’s Silence On TikTok Is Suddenly Deafening Here's what users are not being told about TikTok on their Androids and iPhones...	2,934
57,334	U.S. Health Chief Arrives In Taiwan At Nadir In Washington-Beijing Ties U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today became the most senior U.S. official to visit Taiwan in more than four decades.	124
57,335	Microsoft Teams Declares Battle With Zoom With These Stellar New Features Microsoft Teams has just declared battle with Zoom with stellar new features and a focus that could tempt business users to switch.	100
57,336	Microsoft Edge Reveals A Bunch Of Striking New Features To Beat Chrome Microsoft Edge has announced a load of striking new features this week as it further ramps up the browser wars to beat Google Chrome.	100
57,337	NBA 2K20 Locker Codes: Free Showtime, Takeover, Flash 8, Flash 9, Or Fan Favorites Series 3 Packs There’s less than a month between now and the release of NBA 2K21, but 2K is still turning out content for NBA 2K20 MyTeam. There was a swarm of locker codes released on Saturday.	1,008
57,338	How You Can Make This Week’s Perseid Meteor Shower About Much More Than Just ‘Shooting Stars’ Here's how to find a host of exciting night sky sights while you wait for "shooting stars."	1,253
57,339	Rise Of The Tesla Model 3, Fall Of The Toyota Prius In A Los Angeles Neighborhood Back in the day, the Toyota Prius stood atop the eco-conscious car market. My, how things have changed.	1,839
57,340	The Shipping Laws That Could Have Averted Two Catastrophes This Week Reform of Shipping's Flags of Convenience could have avoided two major disasters in the past week. This could have important sustainability implications for manufacturers.	2,131
57,341	Apple’s New iMac: The Best Feature Is Completely Invisible Meet the new iMac, just like the old iMac. Well, except for ...	1,427
57,342	EA UFC 4 Roster: Highest-Ranking Fighters That Didn’t Make The Cut The EA UFC 4 roster has 238 unique fighters with several of them playable in multiple weight classes. Even with such an expansive set of options, there are some high-ranking fighters who didn't make the cut.	1,008
57,343	Dr Disrespect Gives Statement On Twitch Ban During His YouTube Return Stream Dr Disrespect is back streaming again, this time on YouTube, and fans will find no answers about his Twitch ban, even with his return. The saga gets stranger still.	2,215
57,344	Amazon’s Business Model Weakness And How Walmart (And Other Retailers) Can Exploit It Dave Morgan, CEO of Simulmedia, provides insight on Amazon's business model weaknesses and identifies ways that Walmart and other retailers can compete.	1,557
57,345	TikTok Reportedly Plans To Sue Trump Administration Over Ban As Soon As Tuesday The White House has said TikTok is a national security and privacy threat because it’s owned by Chinese firm ByteDance.	2,429
57,346	Overwatch League Countdown Cup Day 1 Highlights And Day 2 Schedule Junkrat came out to play in the Overwatch League on Day 1 of the Countdown Cup.	1,632
57,347	The Best ‘Borderlands 3’ Boss Loot Event Builds For FL4K, Amara, Zane And Moze Borderlands 3 has a boss loot event going on right now. Here's the fastest way to kill bosses with each class.	2,215
57,348	Maybe Baby Yoda Ought To Be Adorned On The Hood Of Every Self-Driving Car Baby Yoda could help the advent of self-driving cars.	1,659
57,349	Sexual Parasites And Altered Immune Systems Help These Deep-Sea Fish Mate Anglerfish rely on a unique mating strategy - sexual parasitism - that is made possible by modifying their immunity genes.	2,275
57,350	‘Ghost Of Tsushima’ Is My Second Favorite PS4 Exclusive In the week before Ghost of Tsushima came out, I didn not have particularly high expectations. Now, however, it's become my second favorite PS4 exclusive of the generation.	749
57,351	Here’s Why You Might Be More Innovative After Lunch, According To Science While you want to differentiate and do something new, if you create something truly unique (I’m looking at you, TikTok) people might wonder why it even exists.	1,428
57,352	Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Users Complain As Security Updates Fail Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ 5G users are complaining the August 1 security update won't install. I know, I'm one of them.	1,129
57,353	China Drug Maker’s Shares Soar On COVID-19 Vaccine Pact With AstraZeneca Shares among leading China pharmaceutical makers have soared amid the COVID-19 pandemic.	124
57,354	Dr. Disrespect’s Statement About The Twitch Ban Confirms What We Already Knew About This Comeback Dr. Disresepct is back to streaming on Youtube after his Twitch Ban. His statements on what happens confirm what we already suspected about his comeback	749
57,355	The ‘Avengers’ Beta Is Great But Here Are Some Fixes It Needs Some fixes for the Avengers game as we are in the midst of the first beta.	2,215
57,356	Stop Using Windows 7, FBI Says—How To Get Windows 10 For Free If you are still running Windows 7, the security odds are stacked against you: time to upgrade to Windows 10, for free?	1,129
57,357	A ‘Destiny 2’ Mortal Sin: What If We Literally Just Killed Mountaintop With little else to do in Destiny 2 right now, I have been doing a lot of thinking, and one topic has crossed my mind. We should kill Mountaintop.	2,215
57,358	NBA 2K21 Is Officially Well Behind Schedule With Its Release Of Info Over the years, 2K has been known to flood August with information about the upcoming version of NBA 2K in what feels like a last-minute rush. Even with that track record, things seem to be running behind.	1,008
57,359	‘Pokémon GO’: An Important Reminder About Shiny Red Gyarados And Mega Evolution For Magikarp Community Day For the August Community Day, we celebrate the original shiny. And you're going to want a shiny Red Gyarados for when mega evolutions come to the game.	749
57,360	Apple Loop: Expensive iPhone 12 Delay, iPad Finds Lockdown Success, Google’s MacBook Nightmare This week’s Apple Loop includes the delay and the price increase to the iPhone 12, the success of the iPhone SE, the new Intel iMac, the MacBooks take on the Chromebooks, the MacOS 11 public beta, iPad sales success, and more...	969
57,361	Android Circuit: Samsung’s Smartphone Surprise, Google Pixel 4a Reviewed, Huawei’s Latest Setback This week’s Android Circuit includes the new Galaxy Note 20, the Google Pixel 4a reviews, Pixel takes on Nord and iPhone SE, OnePlus bundling Facebook, Huawei’s next setback, the death of Google Play Music, and more...	969
57,362	‘Fall Guys’ Servers Are Just Not Prepared For The Game’s Unexpectedly Massive Success Fall Guys has gone live on PC and PS4 this week, and now that the floodgates have opened there is…a constant flood that is causing massive server issues left and right.	2,215
57,363	‘Pokémon GO’ Magikarp Community Day: Date, Times, Move, Shiny, Research And Bonus Here's what you need to know about August's Magikarp Community Day in' 'Pokémon GO': date and times, move, shiny, research and bonus.	749
57,364	The Last Stargazers? Why You Will Never See An Astronomer Looking Through A Telescope What do astronomers do? How is astronomy changing? And why is modern astronomy as much about laptops as mountaintops? A new book reveals the hidden world of the professional astronomer.	1,253
57,365	Riding The Wave Of Social Commerce, MeSpoke Makes Retail Truly Consumer-Centric Social commerce platform MeSpoke turns ordinary consumers into rewarded brand influencers. It puts the consumer in the center of social commerce, unlike the prevailing channel-centric definition centered on transactions conducted within social media platforms.	2,179
57,366	Facebook Extends Remote Work Till Mid-2021 Facebook will let its employees continue to work from home through July 2021.	1,194
57,367	Why You Should Stop Sending SMS Messages—Even On Apple iMessage Messaging security has made headline news in recent months—but millions of you are still putting your security at risk...	2,934
57,368	Is This Trump’s Real TikTok ‘Spyware’ Risk? There’s a serious issue looming for Trump in his spiraling battle with TikTok—it hasn’t made headlines yet, but it will...	2,934
57,369	Billionaire Businesswoman Tops Ranking Of China’s Richest In Healthcare COVID-19-related business has helped to lift the fortunes of leading China drug entrepreneurs.	124
57,370	These Are The 10 Most Exciting Electric Vehicles Today EVs are as much about pushing the boundaries of what's possible as they are about combating pollution and climate change. Here are ten EVs currently or soon to be available that are taking the electric world further forward.	1,234
57,371	Faze Clan And T1 Eliminated Early From Faze ‘Valorant’ Tournament Two big names go out early in the competition as teams fight for the title of best Valorant team in North America.	1,997
57,372	How Many Copycat Apps Can Instagram Fit Under Its Umbrella? Facebook has launched its second TikTok clone, Reels, in over 50 countries through an integration with Instagram, the same method it used in 2016 to try to dethrone Snapchat.	938
57,373	iOS 14: A Security And Privacy Game-Changer For All iPhone Users Apple’s iOS 14 launch is so close you could almost touch it. Here’s why it’s a security and privacy game-changer for all iPhone users.	100
57,374	Yoshitaka Murayama On The Upcoming ‘Eiyuden Chronicle’ And His Love Of ‘Minecraft’ For fans of the 'Suikoden' games, the news of 'Eiyuden Chronicle' made by members of the same team and its subsequently very successful crowdfunding campaign has naturally elicited all the feels. With that in mind, I caught up with Yoshitaka Murayama to find out more.	530
57,375	EA UFC 4 Patch 1 Notes: Fighter Likenesses And Fixes From Beta Updated EA UFC 4 hit EA Access on Friday and it comes with a Day 1 patch. Check out the details.	1,008
57,376	‘Gundam Extreme Versus Maxiboost ON’ Has Topped The Japanese Charts, Ousting ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Since the launch of Gundam Extreme Versus Maxiboost ON, the game has gone on to do very well in the Japanese charts, unseating Animal Crossings: New Horizons in the process.	530
57,377	Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant: How The Top Smart Assistants Stack Up Google’s smartest, Alexa is most impactful, and Siri is a bit of an ugly stepchild ...	1,427
57,378	How The Federal Government’s AI Center Of Excellence Is Impacting Government-Wide Adoption Of AI The GSA's AI Center of Excellence aims to improve and enhance AI implementations in the government and help agencies on their journey with AI adoption. The relatively small team at the GSA AI CoE is helping to bring about some very impressive changes within the federal government.	1,547
57,379	Perseid Meteor Shower In 3 Easy Steps: When And Where You Can See Spectacular ‘Earth-Grazing’ Shooting Stars One of the year’s most consistently reliable meteor showers will this year be best observed before midnight.	1,253
57,380	WeChat Ban May Cut A Vital Lifeline To Chinese Factories For U.S. Electronics Brands In the electronics manufacturing world, WeChat is an essential communication service.	333
57,381	PFL Has Tech And Desire To License An Ultra-Realistic Fighting Game The Professional Fighters League is looking to have its own mobile and console video game. Founder and CEO Donn Davis discussed the possibilities.	1,008
57,382	Princeton Reverses Its Decision To Bring Undergraduates Back To Campus All undergraduate classes at the Ivy League university will be remote.	900
57,383	CIA Finds ‘No Evidence’ Chinese Government Has Accessed TikTok Data, Report Says Though the intelligence agency said it’s possible the Chinese government could get TikTok data, it hasn’t done so yet.	2,429
57,384	The 5 Pillars Of Badass Analytics How one team created a user-centric analytics program that revolutionized data consumption across the company.	103
57,385	Can Macy’s Compete Against Poshmark, Instagram and Amazon with Shoppable Content and Social Selling? This has become the new mantra of a whole cadre of social media influencers and micro influencers who are leveraging their networks and fashion smarts to make money.	2,624
57,386	The Biggest Digital Health Deal Of All Time: Teladoc And Livongo Teladoc and Livongo recently announced their merger, bringing together two digital health powerhouses. This is the largest digital health deal in history, ringing in at a purchase price for Livongo at $18.5B, and creating a combined entity worth $38 billion.	1,569
57,387	As Stimulus Talks Stalemate, New Report Finds 40 Million Americans Could Be At Risk Of Eviction If a new coronavirus recovery package isn’t passed, up to 43% of renter households are at risk.	900
57,388	Apple’s Ad Network Gets ‘Preferential Access To Users’ Data’ vs Facebook, Google, Others Most people don’t even know that Apple runs an ad network ...	1,427
57,389	High-Speed Rail Startup Brightline Ends Alliance With Richard Branson’s Virgin The sole U.S. private passenger rail service is terminating its licensing deal with Virgin and plans to operate under the Brightline name.	355
57,390	‘Pokémon GO’ Ultra Unlock 2: Enigma Week Spawns, Raids, Research, Elgyem, Shiny Unown Here's what you need to know about Enigma Week in Pokémon GO, from spawns to research, Elegym, Shiny Unown, Raids and more. It's ultra unlock week 2.	749
57,391	Dow Turns Positive After U.S. Economy Adds Nearly 1.8 Million Jobs In July Ongoing stimulus talks ended in disappointment on Friday.	2,591
57,392	Gates Foundation Donates $150 Million To Distribute Covid-19 Vaccine To Developing Nations As They Struggle With Accelerating Pandemic The donation comes on the heels of a debunked conspiracy theory about why Gates is pushing for the vaccination.	900
57,393	Gaming Stocks Plummet On Trump Executive Order Scare Video game stocks fell on Friday, even though they won’t be affected by Trump’s executive order targeting Tencent and ByteDance.	2,591
57,394	Here Are The Overwatch League 2020 MVP Finalists And How To Vote Along with the trophy, this year's winner will take away $100,000.	1,632
57,395	Hackers Supporting Trump Attack Reddit, Post MAGA Messaging Across 72 Groups Hackers have taken control of multiple well-known subreddits to post pro-Trump MAGA messages.	1,129
57,396	Hands-On Review Of Google Pixel 4a After playing with the new Pixel 4a, I'm convinced it's an excellent phone at a great price	1,662
57,397	Huawei Just Gave Its Users A Reason To Switch Phones Huawei suddenly ups the stakes on the new Mate 40 launch—it's fast running out of chips.	2,934
57,398	Why Team Liquid Signed The Fish123 ‘Valorant’ Roster Team Liquid Co-CEO Victor Goossens explains why the organization signed the Fish123 Valorant teams.	1,997
57,399	Livestreamed Love: Parody Show ‘Zoom Bachelor’ Is A Silicon Valley Experiment In Entertainment—And Matchmaking The Twitch broadcast is a comment about how technology and distance are playing outsized roles in our pursuit of love and fun.	169
57,400	Two-Step Testing Could Slow Covid-19 Transmission Dramatically The two-step method is not only a better way to test, but could potentially reduce transmission by 50 percent or more—and do so quickly.	570
57,401	Do Sanitizing Mists Protect Against Covid-19 Coronavirus? Here’s The Science The Denver Broncos circulated a video of their football team getting doused by a "sanitizing" mist.	523
57,402	Driverless Cars Gain Speed, Despite Global Slowdown Automakers Volkswagen, Ford, and General Motors are betting billions that autonomous driving will get us moving again.	1,333
57,403	Sony Unveils WH-1000XM4 Headphones: Dazzling Noise-Cancelers That Demolish The Competition Sony’s WH-1000XM3 over-ears noise-canceling headphones were the best you could get. Until today.	770
57,404	Covid Relief: Fiscal Irresponsibility and Hard Hearted Republicans We are about to wake up to a massive debt that will come due and ultimately have to be financed with real interest rates and a main street economy now in tatters while Republicans are quibbling about paying a few party boys and girls too much in unemployment benefits.	2,388

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FC Schalke 04 Complete Miracle Run To Qualify For LEC Playoffs From 1-10 and bottom of the table to playoff contenders in a matter of weeks, this is the most shocking turnaround in LEC history.

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6 Things CISO’s Want Corporate Directors To Focus On While many directors have received a crash course in cybersecurity during Covid, their long-term approach to cyber risk needs to continue its evolution.

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Don’t Trust Facebook? Now You Have These Two Brilliant WhatsApp Alternatives If you want to move away from Facebook, here are the two best messengers to use.

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How Did This Colombian Use Drones To Solve A Bee Mystery? Colombia has hundreds of species of bees, but many have been hard hit by pesticide use and Colombian entomologist Diana Obregon has been trying to find out the role pesticides play in the decline of the bees that pollinate Lulo, an iconic Colombian fruit. #globalsouthscience

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It’s World Mask Week, Here Are 10 Misconceptions About Face Coverings From beliefs that face masks will affect your immune system to child-trafficking conspiracy theories, there are a lot of myths floating around out there.

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Days After Viral Pics Of Maskless Students Crowded In Hallway, Georgia High School Reports Nine Infected With Coronavirus At least six students and three staff members have tested positive for Covid-19.

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57,311

Could The No Code Movement Put Programmers Out Of A Job? An MIT and Intel research team has developed an algorithm capable of creating algorithms, with the ability to automate a wide range of tedious or repetitive programming tasks or, pushing it to its limit, that anyone can program simply by describing the tasks they want to perform.

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How To Unlock The Bruen And Grau For Warzone During ‘Call Of Duty’ Free Weekend This is your best chance to unlock two of the most powerful weapons in Call of Duty Warzone, the Battle Royale mode, the Bruen and the Grau, thanks to this free weekend. Here's how.

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The Changing Venture Capital Investment Climate For AI When it became clear less than a decade ago that AI was the latest, hottest place to build companies that could grow from tiny startups to huge public market exits of acquisitions, the VC community got all in. Yet, were are we now with over $61 Billion invested so far in AI startups?

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Here’s What Happened On Day 2 Of The Overwatch League Countdown Cup We have our champions in the Asia-Pacific division and fantastic-looking semi-finals and finals ahead in North America.

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57,315

Is Direct To Avatar The Next Direct To Consumer? Direct-to-avatar refers to the emerging business model of selling products directly to avatars (D2A) or digital identities. Is this the next direct-to-consumer?

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Once Upon A Term Sheet: 5 Fairytale VC Tactics As Taught By Toddlers Somewhere amidst the context shifting between term sheet and screen time negotiations lies a series of valuable lessons from the dealmaking prowess of young children. Step aside, Twitter and Clubhouse, as fairy tale folklore illustrates the five most effective VC tactics I learned from my toddlers.

801

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‘Horizon Zero Dawn’ Is Experiencing A Renaissance, Now Free Of PS4 Horizon Zero Dawn is impressing PC players minus some technical issues.

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Trump Calls for Making Permanent Cuts to Both the Medicare and Social Security Payroll Taxes Trumps wants to make permanent cuts to the Medicare and Social Security payroll taxes. But, both the Medicare and Social Security trust funds are running out of money. That is projected by the Congressional Budget Office to happen for Medicare in 2025 and Social Security in 2031.

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CMS Proposes Changes To Medicaid Best Price Rule: A Potential Boost To Value-Based Contracting The proposed changes to the Medicaid best price rule put forward by CMS may give drug manufacturers and payers regulatory flexibility to encourage more use of value-based contracting arrangements for expensive, but promising therapies.

1,472

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Potential ‘Injustice 3’ Tease Has Fans Thinking About ‘Watchmen’ Additions Ed Boon is going to DC Fandome, which has fans thinking about Injustice 3. Now there's new fan art that some are viewing as a potential tease. And the Watchmen could be on the way.

2,215

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Over 200 Chinese Fishing Vessels Are Dangerously Close To Galápagos Marine Reserve The large fleet is raising concerns about illegal fishing yet again after an alarming discovery in 2017.

393

57,322

Campfire Audio’s New Ara Earphones Blow The Competition Out Of The Water Setting the standard for others to reach, these new Ara IEMs or high-end earphones from Portland-based Campfire Audio achieve new levels of performance.

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57,323

The Top 24 ‘Destiny 2’ Exotic Catalysts We Need In Beyond Light Destiny 2 still has at least 24 weapons that need catalysts. Here they are.

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Digital Therapeutics Are Accelerating Personalization In Healthcare The pandemic also has accelerated changes in the way people access care. One of those changes is the acceptance of digital therapeutics or digital care pathways. These are digital tools deliver clinically valid treatments for a range of chronic health issues. Will they redefine the future of care?

1,084

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Square Enix Is Going To Kill ‘Avengers’ With Obnoxious Marketing Flipping the negative buzz around Crystal Dynamics’ Avengers game is like turning an aircraft carrier, and publisher Square Enix seems to be doing everything possible to twist the wheel in the other direction.

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Tyreek Hill Campaigns For Elusive Madden Speed Rating After Race Vs. Mecole Hardman When it comes to overall team speed, the Kansas City Chiefs are probably tops in the NFL. Tyreek Hill has proven he is the fastest, but he wants Madden 21 to recognize him with the rarest of honors.

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U.S. Action Against TikTok And WeChat Symbolizes A Global Backlash Against China Inc. Two recent executive orders signed by U.S. President Donald Trump provide a microcosm of this new reality.

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Amazon Primed: Stealth 5G Health Move, Deliveroo Greenlight, Grows Drone Team Amazon's got a lot going on and in a lot of new places. ‘Amazon Primed' is just the tiny recap of the larger stories that dominated the headlines this week surrounding everyone's favourite cardboard abuser, Amazon. Find out more at https://whatdidamazondothisweek.substack.com/about

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Netflix Users Need To Take This Coronavirus-Driven Threat Seriously—Here’s Why As Netflix subscriber numbers rose by 10 million during the coronavirus lockdown months, so have the security threats. One more than others.

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Journalists Need To Get It Right: Epidemiology Training Can Help Covid-19 has turned all journalists into health journalists. Covid-19 is the only major story in the news media today and misinformation is widespread. Epidemiology training can help journalists improve their reporting, and help fight misinformation.

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Apple iMac 27in 2020 First Look Review: Familiar Design, All-New Power The latest Apple iMac has landed and while it looks like the one it replaces, there are significant differences.

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Sentinels And TSM Just Played The Best ‘Valorant’ Match In History Sentinels and Team SoloMid are considered the two best Valorant teams in North America, and when they faced off in the FaZe Clan Invitational they showed why people think that, putting on a show that many consider to be the best Valorant match ever played.

1,997

57,333

Why Apple And Google’s Silence On TikTok Is Suddenly Deafening Here's what users are not being told about TikTok on their Androids and iPhones...

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U.S. Health Chief Arrives In Taiwan At Nadir In Washington-Beijing Ties U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today became the most senior U.S. official to visit Taiwan in more than four decades.

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Microsoft Teams Declares Battle With Zoom With These Stellar New Features Microsoft Teams has just declared battle with Zoom with stellar new features and a focus that could tempt business users to switch.

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Microsoft Edge Reveals A Bunch Of Striking New Features To Beat Chrome Microsoft Edge has announced a load of striking new features this week as it further ramps up the browser wars to beat Google Chrome.

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NBA 2K20 Locker Codes: Free Showtime, Takeover, Flash 8, Flash 9, Or Fan Favorites Series 3 Packs There’s less than a month between now and the release of NBA 2K21, but 2K is still turning out content for NBA 2K20 MyTeam. There was a swarm of locker codes released on Saturday.

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How You Can Make This Week’s Perseid Meteor Shower About Much More Than Just ‘Shooting Stars’ Here's how to find a host of exciting night sky sights while you wait for "shooting stars."

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Rise Of The Tesla Model 3, Fall Of The Toyota Prius In A Los Angeles Neighborhood Back in the day, the Toyota Prius stood atop the eco-conscious car market. My, how things have changed.

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The Shipping Laws That Could Have Averted Two Catastrophes This Week Reform of Shipping's Flags of Convenience could have avoided two major disasters in the past week. This could have important sustainability implications for manufacturers.

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Apple’s New iMac: The Best Feature Is Completely Invisible Meet the new iMac, just like the old iMac. Well, except for ...

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EA UFC 4 Roster: Highest-Ranking Fighters That Didn’t Make The Cut The EA UFC 4 roster has 238 unique fighters with several of them playable in multiple weight classes. Even with such an expansive set of options, there are some high-ranking fighters who didn't make the cut.

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Dr Disrespect Gives Statement On Twitch Ban During His YouTube Return Stream Dr Disrespect is back streaming again, this time on YouTube, and fans will find no answers about his Twitch ban, even with his return. The saga gets stranger still.

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Amazon’s Business Model Weakness And How Walmart (And Other Retailers) Can Exploit It Dave Morgan, CEO of Simulmedia, provides insight on Amazon's business model weaknesses and identifies ways that Walmart and other retailers can compete.

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TikTok Reportedly Plans To Sue Trump Administration Over Ban As Soon As Tuesday The White House has said TikTok is a national security and privacy threat because it’s owned by Chinese firm ByteDance.

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Overwatch League Countdown Cup Day 1 Highlights And Day 2 Schedule Junkrat came out to play in the Overwatch League on Day 1 of the Countdown Cup.

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The Best ‘Borderlands 3’ Boss Loot Event Builds For FL4K, Amara, Zane And Moze Borderlands 3 has a boss loot event going on right now. Here's the fastest way to kill bosses with each class.

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Maybe Baby Yoda Ought To Be Adorned On The Hood Of Every Self-Driving Car Baby Yoda could help the advent of self-driving cars.

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Sexual Parasites And Altered Immune Systems Help These Deep-Sea Fish Mate Anglerfish rely on a unique mating strategy - sexual parasitism - that is made possible by modifying their immunity genes.

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‘Ghost Of Tsushima’ Is My Second Favorite PS4 Exclusive In the week before Ghost of Tsushima came out, I didn not have particularly high expectations. Now, however, it's become my second favorite PS4 exclusive of the generation.

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Here’s Why You Might Be More Innovative After Lunch, According To Science While you want to differentiate and do something new, if you create something truly unique (I’m looking at you, TikTok) people might wonder why it even exists.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Users Complain As Security Updates Fail Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ 5G users are complaining the August 1 security update won't install. I know, I'm one of them.

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China Drug Maker’s Shares Soar On COVID-19 Vaccine Pact With AstraZeneca Shares among leading China pharmaceutical makers have soared amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Dr. Disrespect’s Statement About The Twitch Ban Confirms What We Already Knew About This Comeback Dr. Disresepct is back to streaming on Youtube after his Twitch Ban. His statements on what happens confirm what we already suspected about his comeback

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The ‘Avengers’ Beta Is Great But Here Are Some Fixes It Needs Some fixes for the Avengers game as we are in the midst of the first beta.

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Stop Using Windows 7, FBI Says—How To Get Windows 10 For Free If you are still running Windows 7, the security odds are stacked against you: time to upgrade to Windows 10, for free?

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A ‘Destiny 2’ Mortal Sin: What If We Literally Just Killed Mountaintop With little else to do in Destiny 2 right now, I have been doing a lot of thinking, and one topic has crossed my mind. We should kill Mountaintop.

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NBA 2K21 Is Officially Well Behind Schedule With Its Release Of Info Over the years, 2K has been known to flood August with information about the upcoming version of NBA 2K in what feels like a last-minute rush. Even with that track record, things seem to be running behind.

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‘Pokémon GO’: An Important Reminder About Shiny Red Gyarados And Mega Evolution For Magikarp Community Day For the August Community Day, we celebrate the original shiny. And you're going to want a shiny Red Gyarados for when mega evolutions come to the game.

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Apple Loop: Expensive iPhone 12 Delay, iPad Finds Lockdown Success, Google’s MacBook Nightmare This week’s Apple Loop includes the delay and the price increase to the iPhone 12, the success of the iPhone SE, the new Intel iMac, the MacBooks take on the Chromebooks, the MacOS 11 public beta, iPad sales success, and more...

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Android Circuit: Samsung’s Smartphone Surprise, Google Pixel 4a Reviewed, Huawei’s Latest Setback This week’s Android Circuit includes the new Galaxy Note 20, the Google Pixel 4a reviews, Pixel takes on Nord and iPhone SE, OnePlus bundling Facebook, Huawei’s next setback, the death of Google Play Music, and more...

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‘Fall Guys’ Servers Are Just Not Prepared For The Game’s Unexpectedly Massive Success Fall Guys has gone live on PC and PS4 this week, and now that the floodgates have opened there is…a constant flood that is causing massive server issues left and right.

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‘Pokémon GO’ Magikarp Community Day: Date, Times, Move, Shiny, Research And Bonus Here's what you need to know about August's Magikarp Community Day in' 'Pokémon GO': date and times, move, shiny, research and bonus.

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The Last Stargazers? Why You Will Never See An Astronomer Looking Through A Telescope What do astronomers do? How is astronomy changing? And why is modern astronomy as much about laptops as mountaintops? A new book reveals the hidden world of the professional astronomer.

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Riding The Wave Of Social Commerce, MeSpoke Makes Retail Truly Consumer-Centric Social commerce platform MeSpoke turns ordinary consumers into rewarded brand influencers. It puts the consumer in the center of social commerce, unlike the prevailing channel-centric definition centered on transactions conducted within social media platforms.

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Facebook Extends Remote Work Till Mid-2021 Facebook will let its employees continue to work from home through July 2021.

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Why You Should Stop Sending SMS Messages—Even On Apple iMessage Messaging security has made headline news in recent months—but millions of you are still putting your security at risk...

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Is This Trump’s Real TikTok ‘Spyware’ Risk? There’s a serious issue looming for Trump in his spiraling battle with TikTok—it hasn’t made headlines yet, but it will...

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Billionaire Businesswoman Tops Ranking Of China’s Richest In Healthcare COVID-19-related business has helped to lift the fortunes of leading China drug entrepreneurs.

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These Are The 10 Most Exciting Electric Vehicles Today EVs are as much about pushing the boundaries of what's possible as they are about combating pollution and climate change. Here are ten EVs currently or soon to be available that are taking the electric world further forward.

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Faze Clan And T1 Eliminated Early From Faze ‘Valorant’ Tournament Two big names go out early in the competition as teams fight for the title of best Valorant team in North America.

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How Many Copycat Apps Can Instagram Fit Under Its Umbrella? Facebook has launched its second TikTok clone, Reels, in over 50 countries through an integration with Instagram, the same method it used in 2016 to try to dethrone Snapchat.

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iOS 14: A Security And Privacy Game-Changer For All iPhone Users Apple’s iOS 14 launch is so close you could almost touch it. Here’s why it’s a security and privacy game-changer for all iPhone users.

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Yoshitaka Murayama On The Upcoming ‘Eiyuden Chronicle’ And His Love Of ‘Minecraft’ For fans of the 'Suikoden' games, the news of 'Eiyuden Chronicle' made by members of the same team and its subsequently very successful crowdfunding campaign has naturally elicited all the feels. With that in mind, I caught up with Yoshitaka Murayama to find out more.

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EA UFC 4 Patch 1 Notes: Fighter Likenesses And Fixes From Beta Updated EA UFC 4 hit EA Access on Friday and it comes with a Day 1 patch. Check out the details.

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‘Gundam Extreme Versus Maxiboost ON’ Has Topped The Japanese Charts, Ousting ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Since the launch of Gundam Extreme Versus Maxiboost ON, the game has gone on to do very well in the Japanese charts, unseating Animal Crossings: New Horizons in the process.

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Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant: How The Top Smart Assistants Stack Up Google’s smartest, Alexa is most impactful, and Siri is a bit of an ugly stepchild ...

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How The Federal Government’s AI Center Of Excellence Is Impacting Government-Wide Adoption Of AI The GSA's AI Center of Excellence aims to improve and enhance AI implementations in the government and help agencies on their journey with AI adoption. The relatively small team at the GSA AI CoE is helping to bring about some very impressive changes within the federal government.

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Perseid Meteor Shower In 3 Easy Steps: When And Where You Can See Spectacular ‘Earth-Grazing’ Shooting Stars One of the year’s most consistently reliable meteor showers will this year be best observed before midnight.

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WeChat Ban May Cut A Vital Lifeline To Chinese Factories For U.S. Electronics Brands In the electronics manufacturing world, WeChat is an essential communication service.

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PFL Has Tech And Desire To License An Ultra-Realistic Fighting Game The Professional Fighters League is looking to have its own mobile and console video game. Founder and CEO Donn Davis discussed the possibilities.

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Princeton Reverses Its Decision To Bring Undergraduates Back To Campus All undergraduate classes at the Ivy League university will be remote.

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CIA Finds ‘No Evidence’ Chinese Government Has Accessed TikTok Data, Report Says Though the intelligence agency said it’s possible the Chinese government could get TikTok data, it hasn’t done so yet.

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The 5 Pillars Of Badass Analytics How one team created a user-centric analytics program that revolutionized data consumption across the company.

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Can Macy’s Compete Against Poshmark, Instagram and Amazon with Shoppable Content and Social Selling? This has become the new mantra of a whole cadre of social media influencers and micro influencers who are leveraging their networks and fashion smarts to make money.

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The Biggest Digital Health Deal Of All Time: Teladoc And Livongo Teladoc and Livongo recently announced their merger, bringing together two digital health powerhouses. This is the largest digital health deal in history, ringing in at a purchase price for Livongo at $18.5B, and creating a combined entity worth $38 billion.

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As Stimulus Talks Stalemate, New Report Finds 40 Million Americans Could Be At Risk Of Eviction If a new coronavirus recovery package isn’t passed, up to 43% of renter households are at risk.

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Apple’s Ad Network Gets ‘Preferential Access To Users’ Data’ vs Facebook, Google, Others Most people don’t even know that Apple runs an ad network ...

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High-Speed Rail Startup Brightline Ends Alliance With Richard Branson’s Virgin The sole U.S. private passenger rail service is terminating its licensing deal with Virgin and plans to operate under the Brightline name.

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‘Pokémon GO’ Ultra Unlock 2: Enigma Week Spawns, Raids, Research, Elgyem, Shiny Unown Here's what you need to know about Enigma Week in Pokémon GO, from spawns to research, Elegym, Shiny Unown, Raids and more. It's ultra unlock week 2.

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Dow Turns Positive After U.S. Economy Adds Nearly 1.8 Million Jobs In July Ongoing stimulus talks ended in disappointment on Friday.

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Gates Foundation Donates $150 Million To Distribute Covid-19 Vaccine To Developing Nations As They Struggle With Accelerating Pandemic The donation comes on the heels of a debunked conspiracy theory about why Gates is pushing for the vaccination.

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Gaming Stocks Plummet On Trump Executive Order Scare Video game stocks fell on Friday, even though they won’t be affected by Trump’s executive order targeting Tencent and ByteDance.

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Here Are The Overwatch League 2020 MVP Finalists And How To Vote Along with the trophy, this year's winner will take away $100,000.

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Hackers Supporting Trump Attack Reddit, Post MAGA Messaging Across 72 Groups Hackers have taken control of multiple well-known subreddits to post pro-Trump MAGA messages.

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Hands-On Review Of Google Pixel 4a After playing with the new Pixel 4a, I'm convinced it's an excellent phone at a great price

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Huawei Just Gave Its Users A Reason To Switch Phones Huawei suddenly ups the stakes on the new Mate 40 launch—it's fast running out of chips.

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Why Team Liquid Signed The Fish123 ‘Valorant’ Roster Team Liquid Co-CEO Victor Goossens explains why the organization signed the Fish123 Valorant teams.

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Livestreamed Love: Parody Show ‘Zoom Bachelor’ Is A Silicon Valley Experiment In Entertainment—And Matchmaking The Twitch broadcast is a comment about how technology and distance are playing outsized roles in our pursuit of love and fun.

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Two-Step Testing Could Slow Covid-19 Transmission Dramatically The two-step method is not only a better way to test, but could potentially reduce transmission by 50 percent or more—and do so quickly.

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Do Sanitizing Mists Protect Against Covid-19 Coronavirus? Here’s The Science The Denver Broncos circulated a video of their football team getting doused by a "sanitizing" mist.

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Driverless Cars Gain Speed, Despite Global Slowdown Automakers Volkswagen, Ford, and General Motors are betting billions that autonomous driving will get us moving again.

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Sony Unveils WH-1000XM4 Headphones: Dazzling Noise-Cancelers That Demolish The Competition Sony’s WH-1000XM3 over-ears noise-canceling headphones were the best you could get. Until today.

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Covid Relief: Fiscal Irresponsibility and Hard Hearted Republicans We are about to wake up to a massive debt that will come due and ultimately have to be financed with real interest rates and a main street economy now in tatters while Republicans are quibbling about paying a few party boys and girls too much in unemployment benefits.

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