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This Is How Long Coronavirus May Linger on Contaminated Surfaces, According to Science Spanish Flu

This Is How Long Coronavirus May Linger on Contaminated Surfaces, According to Science

Concerns are mounting about how long the novel coronavirus may survive on surfaces — so much so that China’s central bank has taken measures to deep clean and destroy its cash, which changes hands multiple times a day, in an effort to contain the virus. It is unknown exactly how long…
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February 19, 2020
Tim Draper puts $1M into the Aragon blockchain project to create digital courts Blockchain

Tim Draper puts $1M into the Aragon blockchain project to create digital courts

In the murky world of crypto and blockchain, taking disputes to a traditional court would either land both the plaintiff and the defendant in jail or confuse the court to the point of total befuddlement. You can just imagine the scenario: “What is a DAO?” “It’s a decentralized autonomous organization,…
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February 19, 2020
Quit Sharecropping Feudalism

Quit Sharecropping

As the 14th Century in Europe started to close out so did Feudalism. Sharecropping helped stabilize society but at the time there was far too much war, disease, poverty, political upheaval, and disproportionate wealth to allow it to continue successfully. If these symptoms of a misappropriated society sound familiar it…
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February 19, 2020
Julian Assange says he was promised a Trump pardon if he would lie about Russia’s DNC hacking Julian Assange

Julian Assange says he was promised a Trump pardon if he would lie about Russia’s DNC hacking

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange told a British court on Tuesday that he had been promised a pardon by people close to President Donald Trump. Assange made the remarks while appearing at a pretrial hearing via teleconference. Courtroom reporter James Doleman broke the news on Twitter. According to Doleman, Assange said…
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February 19, 2020
Mystery visual novel Inuwashi coming to PC on March 6 in Japan, Switch later Gundam

Mystery visual novel Inuwashi coming to PC on March 6 in Japan, Switch later

PCSwitch Down-and-Out Private Eye and Madam Police Detective's Ikebukuro Case File. Sal RomanoFeb 19, 2020 at 11:55 AM EST0 Orange will release mystery visual novel Inuwashi: Urabure Tantei to Ojou-sama Keiji no Ikebukuro Jiken File (Inuwashi: Down-and-Out Private Eye and Madam Police Detective’s Ikebukuro Case File) for PC via Steam…
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February 19, 2020
Turkish Arts Philanthropist Acquitted, Then Detained Again Hrant Dink

Turkish Arts Philanthropist Acquitted, Then Detained Again

Osman Kavala at the Armenian Genocide centennial commemoration near Taksim Square, Istanbul (via Wikimedia Commons)ISTANBUL — The celebrations were short-lived for supporters of Osman Kavala, a prominent cultural philanthropist in Turkey who has spent the last 841 days behind bars. Just hours after an Istanbul court acquitted Kavala and eight…
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February 19, 2020
TikTok introduces parental controls with new ‘Family Safety Mode’ feature, launching first in U.K. TikTok

TikTok introduces parental controls with new ‘Family Safety Mode’ feature, launching first in U.K.

TikTok announced today the introduction of a new set of parental controls, called “Family Safety Mode,” designed to let parents set limits on their teenage children’s use of the TikTok mobile app. The suite of features includes screen-time management controls, limits on direct messages and a restricted mode that limits…
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February 19, 2020