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Stimulus Checks, Census, ‘Crushing the Virus’: Where Pelosi, Mnuchin Agree, Disagree With Just 11 Days to Election Nancy Pelosi

Stimulus Checks, Census, ‘Crushing the Virus’: Where Pelosi, Mnuchin Agree, Disagree With Just 11 Days to Election

As the days until the election dwindles so does the hope of another coronavirus relief package and while the White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have made headway, they have yet to iron out the final details.Pelosi's self-imposed 48-hour deadline expired on Tuesday, but given the progress the two…
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October 23, 2020
Legal limbo: Hundreds of Louisville protesters still waiting to learn their fate months after arrest Hongkong

Legal limbo: Hundreds of Louisville protesters still waiting to learn their fate months after arrest

On May 31, Tyler Weakley and her boyfriend, Corbin Smith, were headed to dinner in downtown Louisville when they stopped by the fourth night of what would become months of citywide protests over the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman killed by police. They had watched the peaceful…
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October 23, 2020
In Conversation: John Frusciante Moravec‘s Paradox

In Conversation: John Frusciante

Having spent some considerable length of time sharing electronic music under the name Trickfinger, John Frusciante has just released ‘Maya’, his first electronic album under his own name. Named after his recently-departed cat, ‘Maya’ finds Frusciante reverentially exploring the drum 'n' bass and jungle music that touched him in ways…
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October 23, 2020
This Beetle’s Stab-Proof Exoskeleton Makes It Almost Indestructible Exoskeleton

This Beetle’s Stab-Proof Exoskeleton Makes It Almost Indestructible

They don’t call it the diabolical ironclad beetle for nothing: Phloeodes diabolicus, a rugged insect native to western North America, has an almost supernatural ability to resist compression and blunt hits. Now, 3D scans have revealed that layered structures in its interlocking wing cases make the beetle twice as hardy as…
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October 23, 2020
China Tech Digest: China To Tighten E-commerce Competition Regulations, Huawei Revenues Up 9.9% Huawei

China Tech Digest: China To Tighten E-commerce Competition Regulations, Huawei Revenues Up 9.9%

China to tighten regulation over unfair e-commerce competition tactics On October 20, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued an announcement to solicit public opinions on the "Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Online Transactions". According to the draft, all e-commerce merchants should clearly display the actual business entity,…
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October 23, 2020
Dizzee Rascal Bubble

Dizzee Rascal

Dizzee Rascal’s return to pure rap on 2017’s ‘Raskit’ seemed to divide audiences. While his technical excellence was rightly praised, some viewed the endeavour cynically, with much of the criticism pointed towards the lack of features – this wasn’t about the culture, the argument went, so much as the MC’s…
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October 23, 2020