[CNN] Washington(CNN)As the coronavirus pandemic stretches past its ninth week, tensions are rising between the White House and the nation’s leading public health agency. In interviews with CNN, senior administration officials in Washington, as well as top officials at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta describe a growing sense […]
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[FORBES, GETTY IMAGES] Apple had been hoping to move past its recent run of security warnings—but no such luck. After a dreadful April, here we are in May with yet another security blow for the hundreds of millions of iOS users around the world. And this time, it’s more than […]
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[The Guardian, Getty Images] Wisconsin’s supreme court struck down the state’s stay-at-home order on Wednesday, and some residents took immediate advantage – by packing the bars. Videos and reports from some areas of Wisconsin showed some bars filled with revelers, most of them not wearing masks. A tweet from Nick’s Bar in Platteville, […]
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[Forbes, Getty Images] Now there’s something that I wasn’t expecting any time soon: a quantum-powered smartphone. Yet here we are, with an announcement from Samsung and Korean provider SK Telecom that the world’s first 5G smartphone complete with a quantum random number generator (QRNG) is due to launch next week. […]
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[FORBES, DEPOSITPHOTOS] Over the weekend, Colombia’s Flagship airline Avianca declared bankruptcy. While that might not seem notable to many U.S. travelers, diehard points and miles collectors had cause for concern. The airline’s mileage program, LifeMiles, can be lucrative—from domestic flights on United starting at 6,500 miles to flying some of the […]
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[Newsweek, Getty Images] Researchers have investigated the benefits of taking vitamin D and fish oil supplements. A stock image shows a range of supplements. As the number of COVID-19 cases passes four million, scientists are scrambling to find out everything they can about the virus to develop ways of preventing […]
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[Forbes] TOPLINE Jeff Bezos’ wealth suddenly caught Twitter’s attention on Wednesday amid ‘claims’ that the world’s richest man is set to become a trillionaire, in part thanks to pandemic-driven demand that has sent Amazon stock soaring. KEY FACTS Bezos was trending on Twitter on Wednesday after a months-old study by small business […]
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[Chicago Tribune] ‘Ladies and gentlemen, we are not Cook County.’ Opposition to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s coronavirus shutdown has intensified across parts of the suburbs and beyond, as elected officials try to sever their fates from that of Chicago and Cook County. Officials in some towns and counties have asked to […]
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[ESPN, Adrian Wojnarowski Senior NBA Insider] An informal poll taken by the National Basketball Players Association showed “overwhelming” support for any plan that has this season resuming in a safe way amid the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press reported. NBPA regional representatives, including Tim McCormick and Frank Brickowski, were among the […]
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[New York Post] Dennis Rodman describes wild night of ‘hotties and vodka’ with Kim Jong Un Here’s how Kim Jong Un holds court. NBA legend Dennis Rodman dished on his longtime bromance with the North Korean despot — revealing how the pair partied with “hotties and vodka” when they first […]
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