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Apple now says its retail stores are closed ‘until further notice’ - TechCrunch

Apple now says its retail stores are closed ‘until further notice’    TechCrunch View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/3d73StI via Technology

Google launches a new ‘Works with Chromebook’ badge for accessories - The Verge

Google launches a new ‘Works with Chromebook’ badge for accessories    The Verge View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/38X00Zg via Technology

LG’s new consumer 2020 OLED TVs will cost up to $6,000 - Ars Technica

LG’s new consumer 2020 OLED TVs will cost up to $6,000    Ars Technica View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/33x6a0X via Technology

Cuomo On Coronavirus: 'This Is A Character Test For All Of Us' | MSNBC - MSNBC

Cuomo On Coronavirus: 'This Is A Character Test For All Of Us' | MSNBC    MSNBC View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2Ud43ep via Technology

Nintendo Switch - Indie World Showcase 3.17.2020 - Nintendo

Nintendo Switch - Indie World Showcase 3.17.2020    Nintendo View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/3bfcsFl via Technology

Migrants waiting at US-Mexico border at risk of coronavirus, health experts warn

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Coronavirus fears are growing among nonprofits and attorneys who monitor migrants waiting in Mexico for court dates in the U.S. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/33qfsvR via Latest News

Bing’s COVID-19 tracker filters data, news and video by region - Search Engine Land

Bing’s COVID-19 tracker filters data, news and video by region    Search Engine Land View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/33qvwgN via Technology

Pompeo hopes China will reconsider move against U.S. journalists

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he regretted China's decision to rescind the press credentials of more U.S. journalists and hoped Beijing would reconsider, citing a need for transparency about the coronavirus. China announced earlier it was retaliating against U.S. restrictions on Chinese journalists, with actions that include rescinding the credentials of American correspondents with the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post that expire by the end of this year. Pompeo told reporters at a State Department news conference the move would deprive the world and the Chinese people of information in "incredibly challenging" times brought about by the coronavirus. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2wij0Ux via Latest News

iPhone 9 preview — will it live up to the popular iPhone SE? [Video] - 9to5Mac

iPhone 9 preview — will it live up to the popular iPhone SE? [Video]    9to5Mac View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2IVgAhs via Technology

McConnell to unhappy GOP senators: 'Gag and vote for' House coronavirus bill

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) understands some of his Republican colleagues aren't pleased with the House's coronavirus relief bill, but he's not particularly concerned about their feelings right now in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. In fact, he wants them to "gag" and vote for it anyway.> Mitch McConnell tells Senate Republicans to "gag and vote" for the coronavirus bill that passed the House, even if they think there are shortcomings to it. pic.twitter.com/VU4RP0LoCk> > -- Oliver Willis (@owillis) March 17, 2020Any issues they have, he said, can be addressed in the bill the Senate is in the process is crafting.Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), at least, agrees with McConnell. He described the House's bill as "imperfect," but said there's no time to butt heads over it.> Senator @LindseyGrahamSC, a close ally of President Trump, just now on the House passed coronavirus bill: "It is time for the Senat

Check your email — Google is sending $5 Play Store coupons to Google One subscribers - Android Police

Check your email — Google is sending $5 Play Store coupons to Google One subscribers    Android Police View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/33pi1hD via Technology

Justice Department moves to drop charges against Russians indicted in the Mueller probe

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Notably, the DOJ decided to drop charges "in light of recent events and a change in ... the government's proof due to a classification determination." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2IUbsKm via Latest News

The Xbox’s plugs and ports, a visual history - The Verge

The Xbox’s plugs and ports, a visual history    The Verge View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/39Yn0Iz via Technology

'We have a responsibility': Fox News declares coronavirus a crisis in abrupt U-turn

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Hosts encourage viewers to practice social distancing after weeks of downplaying the pandemic as an attack on the presidentFox News, the rightwing channel that is a favorite of Donald Trump and conservatives across the US, spent the first weeks of the Covid-19 outbreak downplaying the threat of the virus.Hosts often claimed that those warning of the danger were “panic pushers”, or engaged in “mass hysteria”. Some on Fox News even claimed it was all an effort to try to bring down the president.But in recent days Fox News has performed an abrupt U-turn, and declared coronavirus a crisis.On Tuesday, the three hosts of Fox & Friends, Fox News’ flagship morning program and a known favorite of Trump, co-hosted the show while practising social distancing, appearing on a split screen instead of their usual format of sitting together on a couch.“We have a responsibility to slow down this virus and to think of other people during this time,” Ainsley Earhardt told viewers. “So if you can keep

Apple's Powerbeats 4 Are Finally Here and They're the Cheapest Ones Yet - Gizmodo

Apple's Powerbeats 4 Are Finally Here and They're the Cheapest Ones Yet    Gizmodo View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2Qke74h via Technology

Coronavirus: Texas man's execution postponed as LA releases 600 inmates to prevent infections

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A Texas death row inmate has had his execution postponed for 60 days by an appeals court that found that simply carrying out his sentence could itself risk spreading the coronavirus.The decision comes as the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it had released some 600 prisoners to help keep the virus from sweeping through its jails, and that it would limit the number of people arrested for minor offences. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/39XrFur via Latest News

Joe Biden Just Sealed the Deal

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I get that the news out of the debate is that Joe Biden committed to picking a woman vice president. That’s a big deal. But there were a couple non-news things that were important too.The first one is that Biden is not senile, does not have dementia, had no trouble in this debate uttering six or even seven sentences in a row that make sense, and handled himself fine. I suspect that any chance Bernie Sanders had to turn the tables in the way he was hoping ended in the first five minutes, by which time it was pretty clear that Biden was fully compos mentis and wasn’t going to start quoting Jack Benny routines to drive home his point.This was really different from those early debates when he was ambushed from all sides. Then, he was verbally drowning half the time. Tonight, he was totally calm. He did maybe miss an opportunity to try to reach out to Sanders voters, but overall, he was in control of himself. It ought to make people feel more comfortable picturing him on a stage opposite Do

US sued to stop deportation of 3 children to El Salvador

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Saudis told to stay home as Bahrain reports Gulf's first coronavirus death

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Bahrain reported the Arab Gulf's first death from the coronavirus on Monday and Saudi Arabia urged its citizens to stay at home, as the region broadened measures to shield populations and economies from the outbreak. Qatar, where most of the population is made up of expatriates, reported 38 new cases including three Qataris who had been in Europe, state news agency QNA said. This took Qatar's tally to 439 and the total number of infections in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council to 1,042. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2WmtUU8 via Latest News

Former California congressman Hunter gets 11 months in corruption case

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Former U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter, who pleaded guilty to a charge of campaign finance fraud, was sentenced on Tuesday to 11 months in federal prison in a corruption case that ended the California Republican's once-promising political career. Hunter, 43, whose conviction set off a scramble within the Republican Party to succeed him while seemingly boosting Democrats' chances to gain his seat, was ordered to report to the Federal Bureau of Prisons on May 29. Following completion of his 11-month term behind bars, Hunter is to remain under supervised release - the federal equivalent of probation - for three years, U.S. District Judge Thomas Whelan in San Diego ruled. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/33sC8LC via Latest News

Trump admits coronavirus is looking 'very bad,' economy may be headed toward recession

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President Trump is starting to sound worried about the coronavirus.During a White House press briefing on the pandemic, the president — who has faced criticism over what many believe to be his casual response to COVID-19 — said "this is a very bad one" because of its "sort of record-setting type contagion," and he's even discussed the severity of it with one of his sons.> Trump says he's actually spoken with his son (didn't say which one) about this, who has asked him "how bad is this," and he has responded, "It's bad. It's bad."> > Very much a change in tone and substance from Trump so far today.> > — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 16, 2020He also sounded more pessimistic about the economy than usual, acknowledging that "it may be" heading toward a recession.Trump also addressed a few other key questions during the briefing — such as why the House coronavirus bill exempts companies with 500 employees or

Police department urges residents who have run out of toilet paper to stop calling 911

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“Do not call 9-1-1 just because you ran out of toilet paper. You will survive without our assistance," said Newport, Oregon police early Sunday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/390vrlc via Latest News

COVID-19 stay: Execution halted for man who killed family

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The outbreak of the novel coronavirus prompted the top Texas criminal appeals court on Monday to stay for 60 days the scheduled execution of a man condemned for killing his family. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected all grounds of John William Hummel's appeal but said it would postpone the scheduled Wednesday execution “in light of the current health crisis and the enormous resources needed to address the execution.” Hummel, 44, was convicted in 2011 of capital murder in the December 2009 fatal stabbing of his pregnant wife, Joy Hummel, 45, and fatal bludgeoning of his father-in-law, Clyde Bedford, 57, with a baseball bat. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/39W6Dfn via Latest News