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The US Army wants its soldiers to be able to see enemies and other deadly threats through walls

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The Army is trying to defeat battlefield unknowns by figuring out how soldiers can see through walls, a capability straight out of science fiction. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3bnCLtt via Latest News

Mike Bloomberg Is Paying ‘Influencers’ to Make Him Seem Cool

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One day after the Iowa caucuses were effectively botched by the disastrous rollout of a new vote-counting app, billionaire Mike Bloomberg announced that he intended to capitalize on chaos from the Hawkeye State by doubling the advertising budget of his presidential campaign.But in addition to a flood of traditional advertising on television, radio, and online outlets targeting Super Tuesday voters, the campaign’s advertising budget includes a strategy familiar to every other startup with a ton of cash and a questionable business model: paying influencers to make it seem cool.The Bloomberg campaign has quietly begun a campaign on Tribe, a “branded content marketplace” that connects social-media influencers with the brands that want to advertise to their followers, to pitch influencers on creating content highlighting why they love the former New York City mayor—for a price.For a fixed $150 fee, the Bloomberg campaign is pitching micro-influencers—someone who has from 1,000 to 100,00...

Auditor: More than $4M stolen from Mississippi welfare funds

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Mississippi's state auditor said Thursday that investigators believe at least $4 million in federal welfare money was stolen by the former head of the state welfare agency and others in the nation's poorest state. At least $48,000 of that paid for a luxury drug rehabilitation program for a former pro wrestler, according to indictments issued Wednesday, which also alleged a politically connected nonprofit administrator and her son took more than $4 million __ including more than $2 million invested in two Florida medical companies. Republican Auditor Shad White said his office is still seeking to determine the scope of the suspected public embezzlement, expanding its audit of the Department of Human Services to a wider time frame. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2S4VZg5 via Latest News

Chinese citizens are furious at the death of the whistleblower doctor censored for talking about the coronavirus. His mother said she couldn't even say goodbye.

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Li Wenliang died of the Wuhan coronavirus on Friday. After he tried to warn colleagues about it in December, police had him admit to lying. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SkgIv2 via Latest News

Coronavirus: Cruise ship passengers in New Jersey loaded onto ambulances and tested for virus

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Passengers on a cruise ship docked in New Jersey have been seen being placed in ambulances as they are reportedly sent for testing of the deadly new Wuhan coronavirus, according to multiple reports.The passengers in question had a history of having recently travelled to China, one official with the Centre for Disease Control told CNN. The outbreak of the mysterious illness was believed to have originated in a market in Wuhan, China. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vhPNrV via Latest News

The NFL account hijackers just compromised Facebook’s Twitter and Instagram accounts - The Verge

The NFL account hijackers just compromised Facebook’s Twitter and Instagram accounts    The Verge Facebook’s Twitter account taken over by hacker group OurMine    Digital Trends Facebook's Twitter Account Just Got Hijacked (For Like 2 Seconds)    Gizmodo OurMine Takes Over Facebook’s Twitter Account    Wccftech Facebook’s Twitter account compromised, hacker group claims credit    TechCrunch View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/39nSHKN via Technology

Corvette Salesperson Reveals Surprises About What Buyers Are Ordering - Motor1

Corvette Salesperson Reveals Surprises About What Buyers Are Ordering    Motor1 The C8 Corvette Is Huge In Japan    CarBuzz Chevy Needed Only 60 Hours To Sell Over 300 Corvette C8s In Japan    Motor1 View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/31AI6cw via Technology

Warren apologizes to 6 women of color who left Nevada office

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Elizabeth Warren is apologizing to six women of color who left her presidential campaign office in Nevada before the state's caucuses because they felt marginalized and because their concerns weren't addressed by supervisors. Politico reported that six women have left Warren's campaign office since November. Nevada holds its Democratic caucuses on Feb. 22. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vagtLq via Latest News

The next Tiananmen Square? Chinese citizens are demanding increased free speech after the death of a coronavirus whistleblower doctor. China is censoring their calls.

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Viral hashtags — "The Wuhan government owes Li Wenliang an apology," "I want freedom of speech," and "We want freedom of speech" – were seen by millions before being censored. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31Ld4it via Latest News

Latest coronavirus study implicates fecal transmission

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Diarrhea may be a secondary path of transmission for the novel coronavirus, scientists said Friday following the publication of the latest study reporting patients with abdominal symptoms and loose stool. The primary path is believed to be virus-laden droplets from an infected person's cough, though researchers in early cases have said they focused heavily on patients with respiratory symptoms and may have overlooked those linked to the digestive tract. A total of 14 out of 138 patients (10 percent) in a Wuhan hospital who were studied in the new paper by Chinese authors in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) initially presented with diarrhea and nausea one or two days prior to development of fever and labored breathing. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2S8d0G7 via Latest News

Michael Bloomberg surges to 2nd place in the betting markets

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Americans may not be betting on Michael Bloomberg yet, but betting markets still think he's got a chance.The former New York City mayor has totally leapfrogged former Vice President Joe Biden in an average of betting markets, RealClearPolitics' average shows. Bloomberg has a 19 percent chance of winning, per ElectionBettingOdds.com, while PredictIt's betting market gives Bloomberg a 23-cent "yes" price to Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) 43 cents.Bloomberg's rise coincides with a major drop in Biden's betting chances, likely stemming from the former vice president's dismal performance in Monday's Iowa caucuses. Even former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has come close to surpassing Biden in RealClearPolitics' average, and he did so decisively on PredictIt. Still, ElectionBettingOdds.com has President Trump with the best chance of winning the whole election this fall, giving him a 59.5 percent chance to Sanders' 14.8 percent and B...

Drug lord Escobar's hit man dies of cancer in Colombia

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Pablo Escobar's most notorious hit man, known by the nickname "Popeye," died on Thursday at 57 after a life of crime he celebrated on YouTube, Colombia's prison authorities said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3bjfwAY via Latest News

Virginia lawmakers to debate assault weapon ban

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Democratic lawmakers in Virginia are set to try to advance legislation to ban assault weapons despite pushback from members of their own party. A state House committee is scheduled to take up legislation backed by Gov. Ralph Northam on Friday that would ban the sale of certain semi-automatic firearms, including popular AR-15 style rifles. Heated debates over guns have dominated this year's legislative session, as Virginia has become ground zero in the nation's raging debate over gun control and mass shootings. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/386eO8b via Latest News

A California surgeon and his girlfriend were accused of drugging and raping up to 1,000 women. A new DA says the evidence against them was 'manufactured.'

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The county's new district attorney said his predecessor made up the evidence for political gain. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/37XhDs5 via Latest News

Trump Says Congress Should Expunge Impeachment from Record

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President Trump said Friday that Congress should expunge his impeachment from the congressional record since it was a "political hoax."“That's a very good question," Trump said when asked whether Congress should wipe the record clean. "Should they expunge the impeachment in the House? They should because it was a hoax. It was a total political hoax.”The Senate acquitted Trump on Wednesday of the two impeachment charges against him, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The president had blasted the impeachment process for months as politically motivated by Democrats to remove a duly elected president they oppose.House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy floated the possibility earlier this week, saying he would attempt to expunge Trump's impeachment from the House record should the GOP retake the majority in the lower chamber and elect him speaker.“This is the fastest, weakest, most political impeachment in history," McCarthy said. "I don’t think ...

Six Times the Speed of Sound: Will the Air Force Get an SR-72 Spy Plane?

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Better than the SR-71? from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ozs8u8 via Latest News

Team Clinton Hits Sanders Ahead of New Hampshire Primary

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(Bloomberg) -- Before the Iowa caucuses, an ally of Bernie Sanders led a crowd in booing Hillary Clinton. This week, members of Team Clinton returned the favor.In the latest evidence that the 2016 election will never end, Clinton and two longtime allies have hammered Sanders over his ideology, his second-place finish in Iowa and his ability to get elected.Clinton, who said in January that Sanders was unlikable and insufficiently supportive of her nomination, hit him indirectly in an interview Thursday with talk show host Ellen DeGeneres.Without naming Sanders, she said she was concerned about candidates who promise too much.“We need to rebuild trust in our fellow Americans and in our institutions, and if you promise the moon and you can’t deliver the moon, then that’s going to be one more indicator of how, you know, we just can’t trust each other,” she said.She urged voters to ask themselves, “Who do you think can win? Because if you don’t win, you can’t govern.”In an MSNBC interview t...

Israeli strikes kill 23 Syrian, foreign fighters in Syria

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Israeli air strikes killed 23 Syrian and foreign fighters in Syria Thursday, a monitor said, the latest in a spate of raids Israel has said targeted an Iranian presence on its doorstep. Israel has pledged to prevent its main enemy from entrenching itself militarily in Syria, where it is backing President Bashar al-Assad's government alongside Russia and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. The pre-dawn raids killed three Iranians and seven Tehran-backed foreign fighters near Kisweh south of the capital, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36YS34E via Latest News

The best heart-shaped kitchen accessories to pump up your Valentine's Day - CNET

Show the love. from CNET https://ift.tt/2SrkFOT via Mobiles

2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid vs. Honda Accord Hybrid and Toyota Camry Hybrid - Roadshow

The new Sonata Hybrid is a looker with a cool solar roof, but can it stand up to tough competition from Honda's and Toyota's efficiency-heavy-hitters? from CNET https://ift.tt/31Ahjx3 via Mobiles

NASA and Boeing reveal what kept Starliner from reaching the space station - CNET

Ground crew had to step in to keep the spacecraft from being lost during a test flight that missed the mark. from CNET https://ift.tt/2S7DOWX via Mobiles

Unique chocolate treats for Valentine's Day - CNET

Keep things interesting. from CNET https://ift.tt/373XTlb via Mobiles

Fungi found in Chernobyl feeds on radiation, report says - CNET

The plant could be used to protect humans. from CNET https://ift.tt/2SwL7q6 via Mobiles