Dayton
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about 5 years ago
PCB brings down contracted women players from 17 to 10
PCB brings down contracted women players from 17 to 10The PCB has brought down the number of centrally contracted women cricketers from 17 to 10 in a bid to increase remuneration for the retainers. A condensed list has left only Sana Mir and Nida Dar in the 'A' category, ...continued
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about 5 years ago
Samsung's Serif TV now features QLED display, available for $1,600
Samsung's Serif TV now features QLED display, available for $1,600Samsung on Monday announced that The Serif, a TV that looks more like a piece of art, is now available for $1,600. Featuring a 55-inch QLED display, The Serif is particularly notable for its unconventional ...continued
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about 5 years ago
A Life-Changing Journey Took Lauri de Brito from Television Producer to Baby Producer
A Life-Changing Journey Took Lauri de Brito From Television Producer To Baby ProducerLauri de Brito is Co-Director and Vice President of the Agency for Surrogacy Solutionsand Egg Donations, Inc. a business she runs with her business partner, Kathryn Kaycoff, based in Cali...continued
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about 5 years ago
Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to spot it — and fight it
Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to spot it — and fight itThe world, according to University of Washington professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West, is awash in BS. So begins their popular course, “Calling Bulls--t,” which trains college studen...continued/https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2019/06/24/misinformation-is-everywhere-these-scientists-can-teach-you-to-spot-it-and-fight-it/socialmedia.jpg)
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about 5 years ago
WWII bomb self-detonates in German field, leaves crater
WWII bomb self-detonates in German field, leaves craterA loud explosion in a field startled residents in the town of Limburg in western Germany on Sunday. The blast occurred in the middle of the night and was large enough to register a minor tremor of 1.7 on the Richter s...continued
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about 5 years ago
Lopez beats Simon to become Queen's Club oldest champ, again
Lopez beats Simon to become Queen's Club oldest champ, againLONDON (AP) — Feliciano Lopez outlasted Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2) to win the Queen's Club title and reaffirm his status as the grass-court tournament's oldest winner on Sunday.The veteran Spaniard was al...continued
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over 5 years ago
Geely is turning to Zenuity as its self-driving software supplier – TechCrunch
China-based Zhejiang Geely Holdings is tapping Zenuity, the joint venture between Volvo and Swedish technology company Veoneer, as its preferred driver assistance and autonomous vehicle software supplier for its range of car brands. The decision means Zenuity’s software w...continued
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over 5 years ago
Rangers should consider Pennington to replace McAuley | Sportslens
Rangers could be on the hunt for a new centre-back this summer with Gareth McAuley out of contract in the coming weeks. The 39-year-old struggled for playing time at Ibrox after signin...continued
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over 5 years ago
A community mourns Layleen Cubilette-Polanco, a trans woman found dead in her cell at Rikers Island
On Monday afternoon, more than 600 people gathered in Foley Square in New York City to mourn Layleen Cubilette-Polanco, an Afro-Latinx transgender woman, and demand justice after she died in her cell in Rikers Island. Activists and family members expressed outrage over wh...continued
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over 5 years ago
Week-in-Review: Google makes a losing bet, Bezos plots his space take-over – TechCrunch
Hey, weekend readers. This is Week-in-Review where I get hopped up on caffeine and give a heavy amount of analysis on one story while scouring the rest of the hundreds of stories that emerged on TechCrunch this week to surface my favorites for your reading pleasure. Last ...continued
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over 5 years ago
Everton hoping to sign Allan Saint-Maximin | Sportslens
Everton are looking to sign Allan Saint-Maximin from Nice this summer. According to L’Equipe (translated by SportWitness), Everton have made contact regarding a transfer. It will be in...continued
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over 5 years ago
The climate rebellion inside Amazon
By Molly Taft When Kathryn Dellinger moved to the Pacific Northwest five years ago to take a position at Amazon, she fretted over friends and relatives back home in Virginia as successive hurricanes tore apart coastal towns on the East Coast. But when wildfires ripped thr...continued
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over 5 years ago
Opinion: Martin Olsson would be a brilliant signing for Rangers | Sportslens
Glasgow Rangers have been linked with a potential move to bring Martin Olsson to Ibrox this summer. The Gers are reportedly amongst the clubs interested in a move for Olsson this summe...continued
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over 5 years ago
Black voters sue Mississippi over Jim Crow-era laws that benefit white candidates
A group of black voters is challenging Mississippi’s racist, Jim Crow-era laws that try to give a decided advantage to white candidates vying for statewide office, ahead of a critically important election for governor that is expected to totally remake the state’s redistr...continued
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over 5 years ago
Microsoft warns users to patch as exploits for ‘wormable’ BlueKeep bug appear – TechCrunch
Microsoft has issued its second advisory this month urging users to update their systems to prevent a re-run of attacks similar to WannaCry. The software giant said Thursday that the recently discovered “wormable” vulnerability in Remote Desktop Services for Windows can a...continued
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over 5 years ago
Roku launches new ad tool to compare linear and streaming audiences – TechCrunch
Roku has been getting more serious about its ad business, and today it’s launching a new tool designed to make advertisers comfortable with moving their spending over from traditional TV. Alison Levin, Roku’s vice president of ad sales and strategy, pointed to data from ...continued
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over 5 years ago
The hidden cost of your 401(k)
With 401(k) balances near all-time highs, retirement savers are probably feeling pretty good about themselves these days.The first part of this year saw record contributions, thanks, in part, to a strong stock market, according to Fidelity, the nation's largest provider o...continued
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over 5 years ago
Born Free ditches Martin Clunes as patron for riding an elephant
The Born Free Foundation has dropped the actor Martin Clunes as a patron after he was filmed riding an elephant for a TV documentary. The wildlife and conservation charity, which campaigns against the exploitation of wild animals, said in a statement that it was opposed t...continued
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over 5 years ago
New York Indoor Sport Club (NYISC) May 2019 Open
May 7, 2019 New York Indoor Sport Club (NYISC) May 2019 Open (2-star) USATT-sanctioned Table Tennis TournamentSaturday, May11th, 2019ENTRY DEADLINE: May 8, 2019 VENUE: New York Indoor Sports Club (NYISC), 15-35 126th Street, 2nd Floor, College Point, NY 1135...continued
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over 5 years ago
7 important MLB trends to watch in 2019
The game is changing, perhaps more quickly than ever. Forget comparing the sport to what it looked like in the 1960s or the '80s; the game has changed massively in just the last half-decade. Remember, just five years ago, we were all talking about the lack of power ,and n...continued
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over 5 years ago
Google’s latest app, Rivet, uses speech processing to help kids learn to read – TechCrunch
Rivet, a new app from Google’s in-house incubator, wants to help children struggling to read. The app hails from Area 120 — Google’s workshop for experimental projects — and includes over 2,000 free books for kids as well as an in-app assistant that can help kids when the...continued
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over 5 years ago
Trump failed Puerto Rico. These people picked up the cost.
By Jeremy Deaton Every morning, Luz Hernandez goes to work at her hair salon on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a neighborhood fixture without a website or a Facebook page, where a trim costs $40 and customers can get a cup of coffee while they wait. Every night, she re...continued
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over 5 years ago
Original Content podcast: We’re not impressed by Netflix’s ‘Extremely Wicked’ Ted Bundy movie –...
Despite its grandiose title, Netflix’s “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile” turns out to be surprisingly forgettable. In this week’s episode of the Original Content podcast, we’re joined by Brian Heater to review the film, which feature...continued
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over 5 years ago
Trump team kills Arctic accord that accurately stated climate change threatens region
On Tuesday, the United States killed an accord with other Arctic nations on how to address regional challenges. Why? The Trump delegation, led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, would not accept an agreement that stated climate change seriously threatened the polar region...continued
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over 5 years ago
WorldCover raises $6M round for emerging markets climate insurance – TechCrunch
WorldCover, a New York and Africa-based climate insurance provider to smallholder farmers, has raised a $6 million Series A round led by MS&AD Ventures. Y-Combinator, Western Technology Investment, and EchoVC also participated in the round. WorldCover’s platform uses ...continued
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