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Best TVs for gaming with low input lag - CNET

Any delay between your controller and the game can kill you. These are the TVs that minimize it. from CNET https://ift.tt/2SbAc52 via Mobiles

Super Bowl 2020 movie and TV trailers: Sonic the Hedgehog, F9 and more - CNET

A couple of (expensive) movie ad spots have already arrived online. You can also expect trailers from Black Widow, Fast & Furious 9, and more. from CNET https://ift.tt/2RJwpwW via Mobiles

Super Bowl ads: Amazon Alexa, the Google Assistant, and emotions - The Verge

Super Bowl ads: Amazon Alexa, the Google Assistant, and emotions    The Verge Ellen DeGeneres & Portia de Rossi will star in a cute Super Bowl ad    LGBTQ Nation 8 things your Amazon Echo can do that Google Home can't    CNET Save on an Amazon Fire TV Cube in time for the Super Bowl    The Verge Amazon's insufferably smug Super Bowl ad is truly annoying    ZDNet View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2RZr4jO via Technology

Vine successor Byte will share all its ad revenue to lure early creators - Engadget

Vine successor Byte will share all its ad revenue to lure early creators    Engadget Byte will share 100 percent of ad revenue with creators during partner pilot    The Verge Best APPS of the WEEK    AppAdvice View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/31eI8Xj via Technology

Google’s story of ‘Loretta’ Super Bowl ad may just bring you to tears - FOX 31 Denver

Google’s story of ‘Loretta’ Super Bowl ad may just bring you to tears    FOX 31 Denver Google makes the saddest Super Bowl ad in history    Android Central Google's 'Loretta' Super Bowl ad will bring you to tears    AOL Google's touching Super Bowl commercial will warm your heart    WTHR Google's lovely Super Bowl ad shows how sad the future will be    ZDNet View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2uTIaru via Technology

How Apple could fix iPad multitasking in iPadOS 14 (iOS 14) - iMore

How Apple could fix iPad multitasking in iPadOS 14 (iOS 14)    iMore 3 products that need extra attention from Apple in 2020    Macworld These are the latest Apple Arcade games for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and Apple TV    9to5Mac Apple Loop: Powerful iPhone 12 Revealed, Forget Apple’s AirPods, How The iPad Failed    Forbes The 5 Biggest Moments in iPad History    Tom’s Guide View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/3b2PjX1 via Technology

Palestinians face uphill battle against Trump's Middle East plan

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When Palestinian leaders learned that the release of U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East plan was imminent, they swiftly announced a "day of rage" - a gritty, oft-used call for resistance against Israel. As in past decades, critics are branding the Palestinians as naysayers, continually rejecting offers of a settlement in the hope, so far futile, of something better to come. Contrary to expectations, Trump did propose a "two-state" solution for the conflict - but with strict conditions that would leave any future Palestinian state under near-complete Israeli security control. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/38VfbCl via Latest News

Lori Vallow didn't meet the Thursday deadline to turn her kids over to the state. Their grandma believes the 'monster' will face consequences.

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Vallow had until Thursday to turn her children over to the state of Idaho. She missed it and is believed to still be in Hawaii. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/38V69W1 via Latest News

Warren Gets Endorsement From Prominent Iowa Political Couple

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(Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Friday locked in a major endorsement from an influential couple in Iowa politics three days before the caucuses.Former Iowa Democratic Party Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky and her husband, former state Senator Bob Dvorsky, announced they were endorsing Warren for president in a statement to the Des Moines Register.“This woman has integrity. She has grit. And she has a plan,” Sue Dvorsky said in the statement. ”And she’s solutions-oriented.”The Dvorskys had previously endorsed Senator Kamala Harris, who dropped out of the race in December. The couple decided to publicly back Warren after a month of discussions. They received a personal call from Warren on Thursday during a break in the impeachment trial, the Des Moines Register reported.The endorsement helps Warren’s pitch as the unity candidate. The couple join a list of about 22 Iowans who had formally endorsed other presidential candidates but then backed Warren after their

Bernie Sanders is starting to get slammed on how he would finance Medicare for All

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The attacks on Medicare for All echo what Sen. Elizabeth Warren faced last year as she surged ahead in national polls. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/37Cz54W via Latest News

San Francisco airport official resigns in wake of FBI report

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A member of the board that oversees San Francisco International Airport resigned Wednesday, a day after the FBI and U.S. attorney announced charges against a senior city bureaucrat and a restaurateur alleging they offered bribes to a board member for a restaurant lease at the airport. Airport Commissioner Linda Crayton said in a statement that she is resigning due to “multiple, severe medical conditions" she's had for several years. The complaint unsealed Tuesday against San Francisco Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru and longtime restaurateur Nick Bovis focuses on an aborted attempt in 2018 to bribe a female airport commissioner, who has not been named. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3aTJ5Jb via Latest News

WHO Calls Coronavirus ‘Emergency’ as Person-to-Person Spread Confirmed in U.S.

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Just hours after the first person-to-person spread of the new, deadly coronavirus was confirmed in the U.S. by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, had reconvened the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee, which recommended the designation on Thursday. Speaking from Geneva, Switzerland, Tedros said the move would allow the organization increased authority in coordinating the global response to the outbreak.Tedros said the declaration should not be seen as a “vote of no confidence in China,” which he said had set a new standard for outbreak response through its commitment to limit the spread of the infection.“Over the past few weeks we have witnessed the emergence of a previously unknown pathogen,” Tedros explained. “The Chinese government is to be congratulated for the extraordinary meas

Colombia rejects Venezuelan proposal to resume diplomatic relations

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Colombia rejected Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's proposal that the two countries resume diplomatic relations on Thursday, amid a dispute over a fugitive former Colombian congresswoman who was captured in Venezuela. Maduro abruptly cut diplomatic relations with neighboring Colombia last February after Colombian President Ivan Duque helped Venezuelan opposition politicians deliver humanitarian aid to their crisis-stricken country. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2uJc5CN via Latest News

New Bolton Book Allegations Drop Hours ahead of Vote on Witnesses

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New reports of the contents of former White House adviser John Bolton's book have surfaced hours before the Senate is scheduled to vote on whether to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Trump.According to the New York Times, Bolton writes in his forthcoming book that Trump directed him to assist in the pressure campaign to coerce Ukrainian officials to conduct investigations against Joe and Hunter Biden during a May meeting at which the president's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, and White House counsel Pat Cipillone were present.During the meeting, Trump directed Bolton to set up a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Giuliani, who was then planning a trip to Ukraine to discuss the opening of the Biden investigation with government officials. Giuliani on Friday denied he was present at such a meeting, while Trump said Bolton's alleged account was wrong.The Times' Sunday report on Bolton's

U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency Over Coronavirus Fears

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Federal officials declared a public health emergency and will be restricting entry into the United States in light of the 2019 novel coronavirus that has killed at least 200 people and infected nearly 10,000 more worldwide. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told reporters Friday that President Trump would sign a proclamation temporarily suspending entry to foreign nationals deemed to pose a transmission risk.Azar also said any U.S. citizen who traveled to China's Hubei province within the past 14 days before arriving home would be subjected two weeks of mandatory quarantine. And citizens who traveled to any other regions in China would undergo a “proactive entry health screen” and 14 days of monitored self-quarantine.“The risk for infections for Americans remains low,” Azar said, adding that these steps were “measured” reactions that would help officials deal with “unknowns” surrounding the virus.Earlier Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said

Estranged husband accused of killing Jennifer Dulos dies

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Fotis Dulos, 52, had been hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning since Tuesday, when he was found unresponsive inside a vehicle in the garage of his house in Farmington, Connecticut. “To those who contend that Mr. Dulos' death reflects a consciousness of guilt, we say no," lawyer Norm Pattis said. Dulos, a luxury home builder originally from Greece, was accused of killing Jennifer Dulos, who has not been seen since she dropped their five children off at school in New Canaan in May. Her body has not been found despite extensive searches. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/38Umo5G via Latest News

Hungary to build more prisons to tackle overcrowding, halt inmates' lawsuits

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Hungary will begin an ambitious prison-building program in an attempt to stem a tide of costly lawsuits by inmates complaining of overcrowding and inhumane conditions, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. Orban accused "business-savvy lawyers" of exploiting the conditions to launch 12,000 lawsuits against the Hungarian state for breaking EU prison standards, leading to penalties of 10 billion forints ($33 million) in total. Orban, who has often come under fire from the European Union and rights groups over his perceived erosion of the rule of law since he took power in 2010, announced plans for more prisons to reduce the prison overcrowding and disarm "malignant lawyers". from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2uajlrj via Latest News

GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander called Trump's actions 'inappropriate' but says he will vote against a motion for witnesses in impeachment trial

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All eyes are on a few Republican senators who could be swing votes in the motion to call witnesses: Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Mitt Romney. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/37IgqEP via Latest News

The outbreaks of both the Wuhan coronavirus and SARS likely started in Chinese wet markets. Photos show what the markets look like.

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The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak likely started in a Chinese wet market, where meat and poultry are sold alongside live animals. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TNcNtf via Latest News

Bernie Sanders told Ninth Graders the U.S. Committed Acts in Vietnam ‘Almost as Bad as what Hitler Did’

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During his 1972 gubernatorial run, Senator Bernie Sanders told high-school students that the U.S. had committed acts in its war with Vietnam that were "almost as bad as what Hitler did."An article in the Rutland, Vermont, newspaper, The Rutland Herald, reported on the comments, made while Sanders was campaigning for governor as a member of the Liberty Union party. The article was first unearthed by the Washington Free Beacon.The North Vietnamese "are not my enemy," Sanders told a class of ninth graders in Rutland while on the campaign trail. "They're a very, very poor people. Some of them don't have shoes. They eat rice when they can get it. And they have been fighting for the freedom of their country for 25 years. They can hardly fight back."The American death toll from the Vietnam War was over 58,000. The Herald reported that students pushed back against Sanders's support for amnesty for draft evaders, saying it wouldn't be fair to the pa

In Egypt, 12-year-old girl dies after genital mutilation

A 12-year-old girl died this week in southern Egypt after her parents brought her to a doctor who performed female genital mutilation, a criminal practice that remains widespread in the region, according to a judicial statement. The girl's death in the province of Assiut prompted Egypt's public prosecutor to order the arrests of her parents and the physician who preformed the procedure, also known as female circumcision, said the statement released late Thursday by the prosecutor's office. Since the mid-1990s, Egypt has been battling the centuries-old practice, which is misguidedly believed to control women's sexuality. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2tfnzNY via Latest News

Firefights, blocked roads in Mexican city after senior cartel leader detained

Armed men blocked roads, burned cars and there were reports of shootouts in the city of Uruapan in western Mexico after a senior leader of the Los Viagras cartel was detained, local media and a source from the prosecutor's office said. Luis Felipe, also known as "El Vocho", was captured earlier in the day in the western state of Michoacan, which has long been convulsed by turf wars between drug gangs and where unrest is not uncommon after the detention of senior cartel figures. Michoacan's state security services, without giving names, said on Twitter that three people have been detained. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vxLEjM via Latest News

Why Did the Coast Guard Sail Right by Taiwan and China in 2019?

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A good idea? from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vzk85r via Latest News