In this issue

Astronomers have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of neighboring Venus: hints there may be bizarre microbes living in the sulfuric acid-laden clouds of the hothouse planet. Two telescopes in Hawaii and Chile spotted in the thick Venusian clouds the chemical signature of phosphine, a noxious gas that on Earth is only associated with life, according to a study in journal Nature Astronomy.

SONY'S NEW $500 PLAYSTATION 5 WILL LAUNCH NOV. 12

Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 5 video game console will cost $500 and launch Nov. 12, the company said Wednesday, setting up a holiday battle with Microsoft’s Xbox Series X over whose new console will turn up under more trees this year.

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GOOGLE RECEIVES $25M TAX BREAK FROM NEVADA TO BUILD FACILITY

Google will receive more than $25 million in tax breaks after pledging an additional $600 million for a new data center in southern Nevada, state officials said.

1 min

WHEN CAN I SHRED THIS CHECK? ANSWERS TO ONLINE BANKING FAQ

As the COVID-19 pandemic leads banking customers to lean into online technology to manage their money, those trying online banking for the first time may find themselves with questions about how to handle things previously done in person or with paper documents.

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US GOVT: UPCOMING WECHAT ‘BAN' WON'T TARGET ITS USERS

A looming U.S. ban on the Chinese app WeChat won’t target people who use the app to communicate, according to a government court filing Wednesday.

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WHAT ARE THE RULES ON MASKS IN SCHOOLS?

What are the rules on masks in schools?

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AUSTRALIA TO AMEND LAW MAKING FACEBOOK, GOOGLE PAY FOR NEWS

The author of proposed Australian laws to make Facebook and Google pay for journalism said Thursday his draft legislation will be altered to allay some of the digital giants’ concerns, but remain fundamentally unchanged.

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NVIDIA TO BUY UK'S ARM, SPARKING FEARS OF CHIP DOMINANCE

U.S. graphics chip maker Nvidia said it plans to buy U.K.-based Arm Holdings in a deal worth up to $40 billion, in a move that would create a global powerhouse in the industry.

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Q&A: T-MOBILE PUSHES INTERNET FOR VIRTUAL SCHOOL

T-Mobile is pushing to offer internet service to schools that are doing online learning with a program aimed at low-income students who don’t have access. In the U.S., millions of students don’t have high-speed internet or computers at home — a difficult enough situation when it was just about trying to get homework done, but a much bigger problem when many school districts have moved part or all of the school day online during the coronavirus pandemic.

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EUROPE TESTS GATEWAY FOR TRACING APPS TO WORK ACROSS BORDERS

Six European Union countries and the bloc’s executive Commission have begun testing a virtual “gateway” to ensure national coronavirus tracing apps can work across borders.

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AI ROBOTS SERVE RESTAURANT CUSTOMERS IN SOUTH KOREA

A burger shop in the South Korean capital is a bit different from typical fast food restaurants: Its key staff are robots.

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