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1. #AmazonHQ2: Amazon to open New York and Northern Virginia headquarters, plus new Nashville operations center
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... from the government. Amazon is also opening a "new Operations center of Excellence" in Nashville, Tennessee, promising 5,000 new jobs there. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said, "We are excited to build new headquarters ...

2. Got stockings to stuff? Black Friday just came early.
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... Headphones With passive noise-cancellation tech and HD sound, these next-gen buds will be going straight from the stocking into your music-loving friend's ear. (And with the stabilizing ear fins, they'll ...

3. Master & Dynamic MW07 True Wireless Earphones review
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... (but beautiful) design esthetic. And they are all excellent headphones—if a bit expensive. This is—and isn’t—different. Master & Dynamic … Master & Dynamic MW07 True Wireless Earphones ...

4. Folding straws, backpacks, Bluetooth earbuds, and more – Weekly roundup
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Hey Gadgeteers, it’s time to make sure you didn’t miss any of our excellent content this week. Here’s a handy list of all of our articles, reviews and news from the past seven days. Enjoy! ARTICLES Step-By-Step ...

5. ICE and the DEA have secretly hidden cameras in some streetlights
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... PTZ [Pan-Tilt-Zoom] camera, cellular modem, cellular compression device." In the absence of a competitive bid, it will award the contract to Oregon's Obsidian Integration LLC; Obsidian recently provided ...

6. Toyota will use hydrogen burners to reduce factory emissions
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As clean as fuel cell cars and EVs may be, they're still made using pollution-producing factories -- and Toyota wants to help solve this. The company has introduced what it says is the first-ever ...

7. PayPal bans far-right Proud Boys and multiple anti-fascist groups
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The far-right group Proud Boys has been hit with bans from Twitter and Facebook and now it will no longer be allowed to operate on PayPal. The Verge reports that PayPal will be cancelling both the Proud ...

8. Man crushed by trash compactor while looking for cell phone
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A Denver man is in critical condition after trying to play hero by rescuing a dropped cell phone from a trash chute. 22-year old Scott Walsh was trying to rescue a female friend's phone when he fell fifteen ...

9. New 3D printed corneas could save millions of people's vision
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... the technology. Each layer consists of different types of cells and fibers, which the printer could lay down in sequence, and these layers don’t contain blood vessels or nerves. What’s more, putting a ...

10. Wirecutter's best deals: Jabra's excellent Elite 65t earbuds for $50 off
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This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter's independently chosen editorial picks, it may earn affiliate commissions that support its work. Read Wirecutter's ...

11. iPad Pro an excellent if rather large fridge magnet
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This is just a glimpse of a photo Charlie Sorrel took of a new iPad Pro affixed, by no greater power than that of magnetism, to his fridge. I wouldn’t do this regularly. It’s far too scary, and the consequences ...

12. Virgin Hyperloop One recruits former MTA chief as CEO
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... is his Excellency Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, the hea... Read all  ...

13. Final Fantasy XV, cancellati i futuri DLC
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Con l'addio di Tabata a Square Enix, tutti i contenuti aggiuntivi di Final Fantasy XV in programma sono stati cancellati. The post Final Fantasy XV, cancellati i futuri DLC appeared first on Webnews. ...

14. 90% of Canadians want to kill future Saudi arms deals
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... with Saudi; 76% say Canadians companies should be banned from selling arms to Saudi; and 46% want the current deal cancelled (a share that has grown by 6% in a year). Trudeau came into power on wings ...

15. Facebook Messenger, messaggi revocati in 10 minuti
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Un nuovo indizio sulla funzione per cancellare i messaggi da Facebook Messenger che arriverà con i prossimi aggiornamenti. The post Facebook Messenger, messaggi revocati in 10 minuti appeared first on ...

16. Oumuamua è un’astronave Aliena? Non per tutti
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Si chiama Oumuamua ed è un corpo a forma di sigaro arrivato da fuori Il Sistema Solare che per alcuni scienziati potrebbe essere una navicella aliena. The post Oumuamua è un’astronave Aliena? Non per ...

17. Judge: Qualcomm must license modem tech to rivals like Intel
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Qualcomm isn't having much luck defending itself against the FTC's antitrust lawsuit. US federal Judge Lucy Koh has ruled that Qualcomm must license some of the patents in its cellular modems ...

18. Diablo Immortal, petizione per cancellarlo
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Un fan ha aperto una petizione web per chiedere che Diablo Immortal venga cancellato. The post Diablo Immortal, petizione per cancellarlo appeared first on Webnews. Read all  ...

19. The most vomitous $10 million mansions on Zillow
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... is literally a replica of Monticello, a Nashville mansion with a giant custom pirate ship bed that belongs to Big Kenny from Big & Rich (I googled the address), a ’90s purple explosion that belonged ...

20. Sample pages from Liz Suburbia's new comic book anthology, Thee Collected Cyanide Milkshake
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... a new comic anthology by Liz Suburbia (who wrote and illustrated the excellent Sacred Heart in 2015). Suburbia's anthology is called Thee Collected Cyanide Milkshake, which includes all seven issues of ...

21. No logs and no ads make this VPN an excellent choice
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Not all virtual private networks are created equal. For masking your IP address and location, just about any service will do. But in an increasingly insecure internet, a no-logs policy is the mark of commitment ...

22. New solar cell generates hydrogen and electricity at the same time
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In the ongoing pursuit of abundant, renewable alternatives to fossil fuels, scientists have produced hydrogen for fuel cells through artificial photosynthesis, which splits water into hydrogen and oxygen. ...

23. German chancellor Angela Merkel to step down, but not quite yet
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After a poor showing in regional elections this weekend, Angela Merkel says she plans to step down as chancellor of Germany in 2021. She's giving three years notice. She also said she would not seek re-election ...

24. Carnival Cruise came with secret camera in couple's bedroom
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... and used their cellphone to film an employee who inspected and disassembled the device. "I was thinking, 'I can't believe this is actually happening to us,' " he said. In a statement to USA TODAY, Carnival ...

25. This is an excellent $15 wireless keyboard
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I bought this $15 keyboard (Amazon) last year to use with a Raspberry Pi (mainly to play Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord using the DOSBox emulator). Now that I've spent the last year teaching ...