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• Livestream: Biden To Hold Press Conference After Putin Meeting : NPR
• The Latest: Putin: Russia, US to hold cybersecurity talks
• US coronavirus: Cases of Delta variant are 'rapidly increasing' in US, expert says - CNN
• Moscow orders mandatory vaccinations after spike in COVID cases | National | union-bulletin.com
• Royal Caribbean Postpones Sailings On ‘Odyssey Of The Seas’ After Crew Members Test Positive For COVID – CBS Miami
• A fifth of asymptomatic Covid patients develop long Covid: study - France 24
• More evidence suggests COVID-19 was in US by Christmas 2019
• Congress to receive Pentagon UFO report TODAY - as one Rep says alien craft ARE from deep space and NOT sent by Putin
• The 14 biggest announcements from Nintendo Direct at E3 2021 - Polygon
• On a growth tear, DuckDuckGo reveals it picked up $100M in secondary investment last year | TechCrunch
• Shelby Houlihan Blames A Burrito For Her Ban From Tokyo Olympics : NPR
• Aging process hasn't slowed down for humans - we're just not dying younger - Study Finds
• David Bowie's Painting That Sold For $4 At A Thrift Store Is Now Up For Auction : NPR
• Customer Finds 7-Foot Alligator Inside Florida Post Office | HuffPost
• Man Rescued After 2 Days Stuck Inside Giant Fan At California Vineyard | HuffPost
• ‘Spider apocalypse’ hits Australia covering countryside in eerie blankets of cobwebs after biblical mouse plague

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• Bitcoin ($BTC) News: Iran Bans Cryptocurrency Mining on Shortages of Power - Bloomberg
• Biden: Intel community torn between 'two likely scenarios' on COVID-19 outbreak source | Fox News
• Mild coronavirus infection leaves behind lasting antibody protection, research suggests | Fox News
• Half Of All U.S. Adults Are Now Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19 : Coronavirus Updates : NPR
• US coronavirus: Experts say those who are not inoculated against Covid-19 shouldn't rely on protection from those who are - CNN
• The differences between disease elimination, eradication and herd immunity -- and what it means for Covid-19 - CNN
• Drinking any amount of alcohol is harmful to the brain, study warns  | Daily Mail Online
• Amazon buying MGM for $8.45B after Apple talks fizzled out - 9to5Mac
• You can now hide like counts on Instagram and Facebook - The Verge
• Instagram launches a new section for shopping product drops | TechCrunch
• Buildup to super blood moon eclipses the finale
• Guy Fieri, Cable's Highest-Paid Chef, Hopes to Save His Industry With 'Restaurant Reboot'
• A Fungus Is Pushing Cicada Sex Into Hyperdrive And Leaving Them Dismembered : NPR
• Kelly Clarkson to replace Ellen DeGeneres’ daytime slot | Fox News
• Google Strikes Deal With Hospital Chain to Develop Healthcare Algorithms - WSJ
• Lemonade on Twitter: "For example, when a user files a claim, they record a video on their phone and explain what happened. Our AI carefully analyzes these videos for signs of fraud. It can pick up non-verbal cues that traditional insurers can't, since they don’t use a digital claims process. (4/7)" / Twitter

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• Cannabis banking act passes U.S. House with bipartisan support | TechCrunch
• Pentagon UFO video: Defense Department confirms leaked video taken by Navy personnel is real - CNN Politics
• U.S. issues warning to keep kids and pets away from Peloton treadmills
• Texas bill to carry gun without permit advances to state senate | Texas | The Guardian
• Research Reveals 2.5 Billion T. Rexes Once Inhabited Earth | HYPEBEAST
• 'Ancient Aliens' Dr. Kaku Says New UFOs a Sign of Highly Advanced Aliens, Possibly
• How Hideki Matsuyama became Japan's new national hero - CNN
• WATCH: N.C. man throws rabid bobcat after it attacks wife in wild video — Bobcat attacks woman, husband grabs it and throws it across lawn. Cat runs back underneath car, husband shoots it. Bobcat had rabies.
• ‘Godzilla’ shark discovered in New Mexico gets formal name — He named the 6.7-foot (2 meter) monster Dracopristis hoffmanorum, or Hoffman’s Dragon Shark, in honor of the New Mexico family that owns the land in the Manzano Mountains where the fossils were found. Hodnett says the area is rife with fossils and easy to access because of a quarry and other commercial digging operations.

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• Police trying to identify gunman, motive in FedEx shooting
• Gunman with 'mental issues' killed after opening fire at San Antonio International Airport | Daily Mail Online
• Inside President Biden’s New Gun-Control Actions - WSJ
• WHO chief says COVID-19 infection rate approaching highest ...
• Pfizer CEO says third Covid vaccine dose likely needed within 12 months
• COVID-19 is much deadlier in Brazil than India and no one knows why - Chicago Tribune
• Gym That Defied Lockdown Linked to at Least 580 Infections And One Death
• The Pandemic Ignited a Housing Boom—but It’s Different From the Last One - WSJ
• Jeff Bezos releases final letter to Amazon shareholders
• Trial of Psilocybin versus Escitalopram for Depression | NEJM
• Apple Music Reveals How Much It Pays When You Stream a Song - WSJ
• Intel, Nvidia, TSMC execs agree: Chip shortage could last into 2023 | Ars Technica
• Dogecoin (DOGE) price: Meme cryptocurrency's rise sparks bubble fears
• France outlaws sex with children aged under 15
• Beloved teacher’s double life revealed after he dies in cartel robbery, sheriff says
• Hybrid monkey-human embryos created in lab for first time in scientific breakthrough - Daily Star

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• First Thing: officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright resigns | | The Guardian
• China warns US to stop 'playing with fire' on Taiwan | Fox News
• Texas Man Arrested for Trying to "Kill the Internet" | IE
• Coinbase Makes Its Debut—and Bitcoin Arrives on Wall Street | WIRED
• Coinbase is here: A cryptocurrency exchange goes public
• Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison at 82
• US coronavirus: CDC advisers will meet today about the J&J vaccine. Here's what experts and state leaders say about the pause - CNN
• J&J vaccine: FDA, CDC call for pause in use after 6 reported cases of rare blood clots - The Washington Post
• In German hospital, doctors worried as younger patients fill beds - France 24
• Apple respiratory study now recruiting, aims to find if Apple Watch can detect COVID-19 early - 9to5Mac
• BPA-like chemical raising concern of ‘alarming’ brain damage: study | Fox News
• Destabilization of the Alzheimer’s amyloid-β protofibrils by THC: A molecular dynamics simulation study - ScienceDirect
• Syphilis Is Raging Again And Dating Apps, Meth Offer Reasons Why : Shots - Health News : NPR
• Ford reveals BlueCruise name for its hands-free driving system | Fox News
• Australian firm Azimuth unlocked the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone for the FBI - The Washington Post
• Afternoon Emergency: Ellen DeGeneres Daytime Talk Show Drops to All Time Low Ratings, Down 11% in One Week | Showbiz411
• Sony’s new PS5 update includes surprise improvements to HDR and 120Hz support - The Verge
• Watches for Men: GQ Guide to Watches | GQ
• Spotify Continues to Remove Joe Rogan Episodes — 42 Shows Deleted

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• Major White House news: Biden’s dog to receive anti-biting training offsite | Joe Biden | The Guardian
• Trump's heir? Pence reemerges, lays groundwork for 2024 run
• Biden plans to connect every American to broadband in new infrastructure package - The Verge
• Biden singles out Amazon for not paying federal taxes | Reuters
• AP-NORC poll: Biden bolstered by strong marks on pandemic
• Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's longtime consort, will be laid to rest in low-key funeral ceremony - CNN
• Gun background checks soar to record in March following mass shootings and gun-control bills - CNN
• SpaceX Mars rocket prototype explodes during test flight - CNN
• German leaders meet as some halt AstraZeneca for under-60s
• Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccines Are Very Effective, Report Says - The New York Times
• How COVID-19 Affected People With OCD and Anxiety - The Atlantic
• Ongoing trial shows Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine remains highly effective after six months - CNN
• Can I still spread the coronavirus after I'm vaccinated? | Fox News
• Moderna Covid jab antibodies last six months | News | The Times
• US may not need Aztrazeneca vaccine, Fauci says | Fox News
• Exhaled aerosol increases with COVID-19 infection, age, and obesity | PNAS
• Israeli data shows South African variant able to 'break through' Pfizer vaccine | The Times of Israel
• J&J vaccine suspended at Georgia site after 8 people have adverse reactions – WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta
• Fauci 'not sure' why Texas doesn't have COVID uptick after nixing masks
• Dramatic Drop in Colds and Flu Raises Question: Masks Forever? : Shots - Health News : NPR
• Phoebe Waller-Bridge Lands Lead Opposite Harrison Ford In ‘Indiana Jones 5’ | ETCanada.com
• ‘American Gods’ Canceled At Starz; No Season 4 But Maybe A TV Movie – Deadline
• ‘Outlander’ Renewed For Season 7 By Starz Ahead Of Season 6 Premiere – Deadline
• Iran's nuclear chief says Natanz centrifuge facility hit by 'terrorism' - The Jerusalem Post
• Comcast Weighs Pulling Universal’s Movies From HBO Max, Netflix - Bloomberg
• Netflix Buys 'Knives Out' Sequels for $450 Million - Variety
• 'Clockwork Orange' Droogs Cameo in 'Space Jam' Trailer, Pepe Sidelined
• Kim Kardashian Is Officially A Billionaire, According To Forbes | Glamour UK
• EXCLUSIVE: Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection are being remastered in 4K for 4K Blu-ray and Disney+ release | Home Release News | The Digital Fix
• [VIDEO] ‘Star Trek: Picard’: John de Lancie to Play Q in Season 2 | TVLine
• COMPUTERS could soon write film scripts by analysing popular movie tropes | Daily Mail Online
• Clubhouse data leak: 1.3 million scraped user records leaked online for free | CyberNews
• Facebook is Testing a Clubhouse-Inspired Audio Feature Called Hotline
• Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is back in its all-online format - Apple
• Mac Shipments More Than Doubled in First Three Months of 2021 Compared to Same Period in 2020 - MacRumors
• Spotify acquires live audio app Locker Room creator Betty Labs to launch its own Clubhouse competitor - The Verge
• Amazon admits the 'peeing in bottles thing' is real, sidesteps blame
• Cloudflare Pages is now Generally Available
• Microdosing psychedelic drugs associated with increases in conscientiousness and reductions in neuroticism
• ​Casio launches first G-Shock Wear OS smartwatch
• Monkeys on the loose: Search underway for monkeys that reportedly escaped private collection in Ohio
• Hasbro Robosen Auto-Transforming Optimus Prime Robot | HYPEBEAST
• Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot has been taught to pee beer on command - The Verge

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• Severe Weather Outbreak Kills at Least 5 in South, Leaves Widespread Damage in Parts of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee | The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
• Alabama, Georgia communities devastated by tornadoes survey damage | Fox News
• Maritime traffic jam grows outside blocked Suez Canal | Fox News
• 'Bewildering' to see Biden read answers from script at press conference: Fleischer | Fox News
• Dominion Voting sues Fox for $1.6B over 2020 election claims
• Facebook, Twitter and Google CEOs grilled by Congress on misinformation - CNN
• Half billion vaccine jabs given: AFP
• Bill Gates says world should be back to normal by end-2022 due to vaccines: Polish media | Reuters
• Shots in little arms: COVID-19 vaccine testing turns to kids
• US jobless claims fall to 684,000, fewest since pandemic
• People downwind of atomic blasts renew push for US payout
• African elephants face growing risk of extinction - Red List
• Disney+ just raised prices. Here's why - CNN
• 'It's crazy. There is no inventory.' Housing industry veteran marvels at real estate boom - CNN
• Slack is getting new audio features - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
• Microsoft Is in Exclusive Talks to Acquire Discord - WSJ
• Documents Show Amazon Is Aware Drivers Pee in Bottles
• Obese monkey 'Godzilla' found gorging on junk food at Thai market is sent to fat camp after ballooning to TWICE his size

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• Official: Colorado shooting suspect prone to rage, delusions
• Boulder, Colorado mass shooting suspect known to FBI: report | Fox News
• Kamala Harris demands US Senate unites on gun control to ban assault rifles after two shootings | Daily Mail Online
• Gun industry prepares for a surge in demand after back-to-back mass shootings - CNN
• The Latest: Dr. Fauci: Not turning corner yet on coronavirus
• COVID pandemic: Dentists say stress causing teeth grinding
• Black Widow and Cruella are now coming to Disney Plus at the same time as theaters - The Verge
• First image of a black hole gets a polarizing update that sheds light on magnetic fields | Space
• Part of Wright brothers' 1st airplane on NASA's Mars chopper
• World's first digital NFT house sells for $500,000 - CNN Style
• Popcorn machine nixed at North Dakota Capitol after alarms
• Adjustable goddamn hats!

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• Biden White House Sandbags Staffers, Sidelines Dozens for Pot Use
• Biden says US on pace to hit his administration's goal of 100 million Covid-19 vaccine shots on Friday - CNNPolitics
• Biden's dog Major to return to the White House: 'He's a sweet dog,' president says | Fox News
• Experts: Virus surge in Europe a cautionary tale for US
• US Coronavirus: US on the cusp of a surge in Covid-19 infections, but vaccinations will limit the damage - CNN
• CDC Says Schools Can Now Space Students 3 Feet Apart, Rather Than 6 : NPR
• Paris region to enter month-long coronavirus lockdown - Axios
• Peloton issues treadmill warning after ‘child dies in Tread+ accident’ as parents told keep kids away from equipment
• Pa. woman created ‘deepfake’ videos to force rivals off daughter’s cheerleading squad: police - pennlive.com
• Deepfakes are getting really weird now — only now?
• File under "messing with drunk people" : Optical Illusion Sofa
• In drinking news: One Side Effect of Drinking "Good" Wine, Says New Study
• Alpha Motor Company Wolf is the electric Subaru Brat we didn't know we needed
• SwiftOnSecurity on Twitter: "If you want a 12 hour break from Twitter just tweet this city name and you will be immediately locked https://t.co/3cL1W4rxUX" / Twitter
• Clubhouse announces accelerator program for creators on its platform - The Verge
• Using Someone Else’s Netflix Password Is Likely to Get Harder - WSJ
• NFL media rights deal 2023-2033: Amazon gets exclusive Thursday Night
• Oumuamua Likely Breakaway Piece of a Distant Planet | HYPEBEAST
• The Next Big Thing for TV: Co-Viewing
• Forecast for spring: Nasty drought worsens for much of US
• Heinz is back at it again with Wasabioli, Hanchup, and Tarch

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• Joe Biden's Syria Airstrike Was 'Highly Dangerous,' Iran Says Amid Rising Tensions
• CDC releases highly anticipated guidance for people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 - CNN
• Large number of COVID-19 survivors will experience cognitive complications
• US coronavirus: Don't drop the masks yet. One variant is 'increasing exponentially' - CNN
• Double-masking 'is only slightly better at stopping the spread of Covid' | Daily Mail Online
• Oprah royal interview: Meghan reveals she 'didn't want to be alive anymore' - CNN
• POLITICO London Playbook: Meghan and Harry bombshells — Racist royal — It’s a girl! – POLITICO
• Google’s FLoC Is a Terrible Idea | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Microsoft Edge gets a speedy startup feature and vertical tabs - The Verge
• Dr. Seuss Books Deemed Offensive Will Be Delisted From eBay - WSJ
• 'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker - BBC News
• Elon Musk says Tesla Cybertruck update 'probably' coming soon | Fox News
• Pepe Le Pew Axed from 'Space Jam' Sequel, Even Before Controversy
• Marvel Studios 'The Mutants' 'X-Men' Reboot Development Rumor | HYPEBEAST
• 'Deepfake is the future of content creation' - BBC News
• TikTok Tom Cruise deepfake creator: public shouldn’t worry about ‘one-click fakes’ - The Verge
• Crocodiles Escape Breeding Facility, Unknown Number Still Free as 27 Caught