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Sydney now powered by 100% renewable electricity

Posted by colawars on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @01:35PM
from the itwire.com dept.

https://www.itwire.com/energy/sydney-now-powered-by-100-renewable-electricity.html

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China's influence via WeChat 'flying under the radar of Western democracies

Posted by colawars on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @01:35PM
from the zdnet.com dept.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/chinas-influence-via-wechat-is-flying-under-the-radar-of-most-western-democracies/

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Quality not quantity of parent child communication correlates – academic succes

Posted by colawars on Friday June 26, 2020 @09:01PM
from the aqwebs.com dept.

https://aqwebs.com/academic-performance-of-your-child-should-you-focus-on-quality-or-quantity-parent-child-communication/

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Dismissing journalism as fake news linked to belief world is predictable

Posted by colawars on Friday June 26, 2020 @08:59PM
from the blog.pnas.org dept.

http://blog.pnas.org/2020/06/people-who-are-likely-to-dismiss-journalism-as-fake-news-tend-to-believe-the-world-is-predictable/

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How and Why – Creation of Domestic Labor Shortages in Science and Tech [pdf]

Posted by colawars on Friday June 26, 2020 @08:48PM
from the users.nber.org dept.

https://users.nber.org/~sewp/references/archive/weinsteinhowandwhygovernment.pdf

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Professor Found Guilty in U.S. of Economic Espionage

Posted by colawars on Friday June 26, 2020 @03:41PM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-26/chinese-professor-found-guilty-of-trade-secret-theft-espionage

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China loses WTO dispute over market economy status

Posted by colawars on Friday June 26, 2020 @02:38PM
from the hellenicshippingnews.com dept.

https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/china-loses-wto-dispute-over-market-economy-status/

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Luckin coffee delists from Nasdaq following Fraud Allegation

Posted by colawars on Friday June 26, 2020 @01:53PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/26/luckin-coffee-will-unluckinly-delist-from-nasdaq-following-fraud-allegations/

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Demographic report on protests shows how much info cell phones give away

Posted by colawars on Friday June 26, 2020 @02:19AM
from the engadget.com dept.

https://www.engadget.com/mobilewalla-data-broker-demographics-protests-214841548.html

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‘3 strikes and you're out’: Lawmakers push bill to delist Chinese companies

Posted by colawars on Friday June 26, 2020 @02:10AM
from the finance.yahoo.com dept.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/its-three-strikes-and-youre-out-lawmakers-push-ahead-on-a-bill-to-delist-chinese-companies-175616385.html

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Electric Pickup Truck Launches

Posted by colawars on Thursday June 25, 2020 @03:34PM
from the barrons.com dept.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/electric-pickup-truck-what-you-need-know-lordstown-tesla-nikola-51593008050

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Dems pitch $100B broadband plan

Posted by colawars on Thursday June 25, 2020 @03:21PM
from the majoritywhip.gov dept.

https://www.majoritywhip.gov/?press=clyburn-rural-broadband-task-force-and-house-democrats-introduce-accessible-affordable-internet-for-all-act

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4,600 Expected to Be Deported for Using Fraudulent Experience Letters

Posted by colawars on Saturday June 20, 2020 @04:06PM
from the rnlawgroup.com dept.

https://www.rnlawgroup.com/news/797-4-600-nonimmigrants-expected-to-be-deported-for-using-fraudulent-experience-letters

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NYC passes POST Act, requiring police department to reveal surveillance tech

Posted by colawars on Saturday June 20, 2020 @04:05PM
from the venturebeat.com dept.

https://venturebeat.com/2020/06/18/new-york-city-council-passes-law-requiring-nypd-to-reveal-its-surveillance-technologies/

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India Is Planning a China-Style Facial Recognition Program

Posted by colawars on Saturday June 20, 2020 @04:02PM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-19/india-seeks-to-adopt-china-style-facial-recognition-in-policing

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Unions blast TVA for outsourcing IT jobs during pandemic

Posted by colawars on Saturday June 20, 2020 @03:55PM
from the timesfreepress.com dept.

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2020/jun/17/unions-blast-tva-outsourcing-it-jobs-during-pandemic/525525/

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Teaching physics to neural networks removes 'chaos blindness'

Posted by colawars on Saturday June 20, 2020 @03:42PM
from the phys.org dept.

https://phys.org/news/2020-06-physics-neural-networks-chaos.html

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IRS Used Cellphone Location Data to Try to Find Suspects [Paywall]

Posted by colawars on Saturday June 20, 2020 @03:38PM
from the wsj.com dept.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-used-cellphone-location-data-to-try-to-find-suspects-11592587815

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It’s Not Enough to Be Right–You Also Have to Be Kind

Posted by colawars on Saturday June 20, 2020 @03:19PM
from the ryanholiday.net dept.

https://ryanholiday.net/its-not-enough-to-be-right-you-also-have-to-be-kind/

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Low carb diet leads to “clinical remission” in 3 cases of type 1 diabetes

Posted by colawars on Saturday June 20, 2020 @03:17PM
from the diabetes.co.uk dept.

https://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2019/jul/low-carb-diet-leads-to-clinical-remission-in-three-case-studies-of-adults-with-type-1-diabetes-99607766.html

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Hong Kong Residents Erasing Their Internet Histories Before China Cracks Down

Posted by colawars on Saturday June 20, 2020 @03:11PM
from the vice.com dept.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qj4k95/hong-kong-residents-are-erasing-their-own-internet-histories-before-chinas-big-crackdown

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Price Fixing in Chicken Industry – Execs Indicted

Posted by colawars on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @02:59PM
from the finance.yahoo.com dept.

https://finance.yahoo.com/video/chicken-industry-execs-indicted-alleged-183622387.html

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Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring

Posted by colawars on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @02:57PM
from the twitter.com dept.

https://twitter.com/WCWOA/status/1267918369715556353

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Feds charge former SF building commissioner Rodrigo Santos with bank fraud

Posted by colawars on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @08:01PM
from the sfexaminer.com dept.

https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/feds-charge-former-sf-building-commissioner-rodrigo-santos-with-bank-fraud/