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FREE TV SERVICE LOCAST SUSPENDS OPERATIONS AFTER LEGAL LOSS
Locast, a service that streamed local TV for free in about three dozen U.S. cities, is suspending operations after losses in court against the broadcast industry.
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Techlife News
APPLE LOOSENS APP STORE PAYMENT RULES IN LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT
Apple has agreed to let developers of iPhone apps email their users about cheaper ways to pay for digital subscriptions and media by circumventing a commission system that generates billions of dollars annually for the iPhone maker.
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Techlife News
5 TIPS FOR FOSTERING A SUCCESSFUL HYBRID WORKPLACE
Businesses figured out how to work remotely on the fly when COVID-19 rapidly disrupted our way of working.
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Techlife News
GIG APPS FOR A PANDEMIC ECONOMY: PART-TIME, NO COMMITMENT
For months, Gabrielle Walker had been looking for a part-time job. She applied to restaurant chains and retailers like Nando’s and Primark, and she scoured the job search site Indeed.
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Techlife News
SPAIN JUDGE NIXES BACKUP SITE FOR DISPUTED HAWAII TELESCOPE
A Spanish judge in a decision cheered by environmentalists has put a halt to backup plans for the construction of a giant telescope in the Canary Islands — eliminating at least for now the primary alternative location to the preferred spot in Hawaii, where there have been protests against the telescope.
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Techlife News
COVID-19 RESURGENCE CRIMPS SPENDING, TRAVEL RECOVERY
A COVID-19 resurgence this summer has caused consumers to turn cautious, while investors trim their investments in a travel sector still struggling to recover.
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Techlife News
US AUTHORITIES WARN AGAINST FLYING DRONES OVER NATIONAL LAB
Drone pilots beware.
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Techlife News
TECH COMPANIES PLEDGE BILLIONS IN CYBERSECURITY INVESTMENTS
Some of the country’s leading technology companies have committed to investing billions of dollars to strengthen cybersecurity defenses and to train skilled workers, the White House announced Wednesday following President Joe Biden’s private meeting with top executives.
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Techlife News
FOSSIL LEAVES MAY REVEAL CLIMATE IN LAST ERA OF DINOSAURS
Richard Barclay opens a metal drawer in archives of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum containing fossils that are nearly 100 million years old. Despite their age, these rocks aren’t fragile. The geologist and botanist handles them with casual ease, placing one in his palm for closer examination.
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Techlife News
WHAT IS A COVID-19 VACCINE PASSPORT, AND DO I NEED ONE?
What is a COVID-19 vaccine passport, and do I need one?
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Techlife News
WHY IT TAKES MONTHS TO SUBDUE SOME WILDFIRES
At nearly every community meeting on firefighting efforts in the U.S. West, residents want to know why crews don’t simply put out the flames to save their homes and the valuable forests surrounding them.
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Techlife News
WAYMO EXPANDING AUTONOMOUS RIDE SERVICE TO SAN FRANCISCO
Waymo, the Google self-driving vehicle spinoff, is expanding its autonomous ride-hailing service to San Francisco.
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Techlife News
WITH SALES STILL SURGING, BEST BUY RAISES PROSPECTS FOR 2021
Best Buy raised its sales outlook for the year after breezing past Wall Street expectations in the second quarter.
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Techlife News
HOW TO CALCULATE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE'S CHARGE COSTS
One of the challenges people have with electric vehicles is figuring out how much they cost to operate. The price of fully charging an electric vehicle’s battery can vary wildly depending on when and where you charge it.
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Techlife News
TEENAGER SEEKS TO BREAK WOMEN'S SOLO FLIGHT RECORD
A Belgian-British teenager took to the skies Wednesday in her quest to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo.
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Techlife News
INDIANA NOTIFYING 750K AFTER COVID-19 TRACING DATA ACCESSED
Indiana health officials said they are notifying nearly 750,000 state residents that a cybersecurity company “improperly accessed” their personal data from the state’s online COVID-19 contact tracing survey — a description the company disputed as a “falsehood.”
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Techlife News
JAPAN AIMS TO BRING BACK SOIL SAMPLES FROM MARS MOON BY 2029
Japanese space agency scientists said they plan to bring soil samples back from the Mars region ahead of the United States and China, which started Mars missions last year, in hopes of finding clues to the planet’s origin and traces of possible life.
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Techlife News
UNDER DELTA, SUPPLY CHAIN STRAINS, TOYOTA SLASHES PRODUCTION
Toyota is scaling back production in North America and Japan as the surging coronavirus pandemic in Southeast Asia and elsewhere crimps supplies.
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Techlife News
ROBINHOOD'S CRYPTO TRADING SURGES, AS OVERALL GROWTH SLOWS
After helping a new generation of investors get into stocks, Robinhood is increasingly doing the same for cryptocurrencies.
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Techlife News
CLIMATE IMPACT OF COAL SALES FROM US LANDS SCRUTINIZED
U.S. officials launched a review Thursday of climate damage caused by coal mining on public lands as the Biden administration expands its scrutiny of government fossil fuel sales that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
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Techlife News
ARMY: FULL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF $9.4B PLASTICS COMPLEX
A civilian Pentagon official ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a full environmental assessment of a $9.4 billion Formosa Plastics complex planned in Louisiana, drawing praise from environmentalists.
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Techlife News
E-MONEY: 3 THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU BUY CRYPTO
Investing in cryptocurrency can be as easy as a few taps on your phone, and with crypto all over the news and coming up in conversations with friends, it’s tempting to dive right in. However, depending on your financial situation and appetite for investment risk, crypto might not be an appropriate investment for you right now — or ever.
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Techlife News
GADGET SHOW JOINS RAIDERS IN VEGAS VACCINE VERIFICATION PLAN
Vaccine verification at major venues emerged Tuesday as a coronavirus fighting front in Nevada, with Las Vegas’ biggest trade conference following the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders in announcing they’ll require attendees to prove they’re inoculated.
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Techlife News
TIKTOK EXECUTIVE TALKS SHOPPING AND THE FAMOUS FETA PASTA
Feta cheese was scarce in some stores earlier this year. The culprit? TikTok, where videos that showed an easy-to-make baked feta pasta recipe went viral.
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Techlife News
PEDRO ALMODÓVAR WARNS AGAINST ALGORITHMS IN INSTAGRAM ROW
Declaring “victory” over Instagram after a controversial poster for his upcoming film was censored and then reinstated, Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar said Thursday that society must be alert to the power of algorithms in deciding what humans are permitted to see.
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Techlife News
WILL GYMS GO THE WAY OF ARCADES AND MOVIE RENTAL STORES?
Going to the gym was always part of Kari Hamra’s routine until last year’s government-ordered shutdowns forced her to replace the workouts with daily rides on her Peloton stationary bike.
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Techlife News
FACEBOOK'S OWNERSHIP OF GIPHY HURTS COMPETITION
Facebook’s ownership of Giphy will hurt competition for animated images, U.K. regulators said Thursday, meaning the social network could ultimately be forced to unwind the deal if the provisional findings are confirmed.
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Techlife News
WANT TO PRETEND TO LIVE ON MARS? FOR A WHOLE YEAR? APPLY NOW
Want to find your inner Matt Damon and spend a year pretending you are isolated on Mars? NASA has a job for you.
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Techlife News
UN EXPERTS CALL FOR MORE RULES ON COUNTRIES' USE OF SPYWARE
GENEVA (AP) — Human rights experts working with the United Nations on Thursday called on countries to pause the sale and transfer of spyware and other surveillance technology until they set rules governing its use, to ensure it won’t impinge upon human rights.
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Techlife News
FIVE AFFORDABLE SPORTY MIDSIZE SEDANS
Although SUVs dominate automotive sales, midsize sedans are still a practical choice given their roomy seating, respectable fuel economy and value. They’re also better able to provide sporty performance than a comparably priced SUV.
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