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The Big Ten and Pac-12 won’t play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19, taking two of college football’s five power conferences out of a crumbling season amid the pandemic. About an hour after the Big Ten’s announcement, the Pac-12 called a news conference to say its season would be postponed until the spring. […]
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A team at the CRCHUM—Université de Montréal’s hospital research center—has discovered a new function for proteins responsible for DNA repair in the control of an inflammatory response in aging cells, also known as senescent cells, which accumulate over time. In their study published today in EMBO Reports, the researchers say understanding this new function will […]
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Beijing-based ByteDance, the owner of global short video hit TikTok, is taking steps to move into the online stock brokerage and wealth management business in Hong Kong, trademark registration documents show. ByteDance applied last December to register a trademark called Songshu Zhengquan, which translates to Squirrel Securities, in Hong Kong, the city’s online intellectual property […]
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On Wednesday, the US Justice Department asked a federal judge to block California’s pivotal net neutrality law, according to Reuters. In 2017, the Trump Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the Obama-era internet regulations that barred internet service providers from throttling or blocking traffic and instituting paid fast lanes. In August 2018, California passed its […]
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After spending a lot of money on plants, it would be a shame for them to shrivel and discolour. No one wants their plants to die, but what happens if they do? You could go out and get more – costing yourself another great expense – or you could try something rather quirky. A mum […]
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Boston and Carolina will meet in the playoffs for the second straight season. The Bruins swept the Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Final last year before losing in the SCF to St. Louis. The Bruins claimed the Presidents’ Trophy and were the only team to reach 100 points this season, but they struggled in the […]
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Many of us feel time-pressured, tethered to our smartphones so we can stay on top of work and home responsibilities. It can be tough to step off the daily merry-go-round, put our phones, laptops, and to-do lists aside, and find decent chunks of quiet time to reflect on our lives. In fact, we may not […]
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Shares in media company Next Digital (0282.HK) surged more than 340% on Monday as supporters of its chairman Jimmy Lai, a staunch democracy activist, scooped up the stock after he was arrested under Hong Kong’s new national security law. Lai, a critic of Beijing, is the highest profile person to be arrested under the legislation. […]
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Samsung’s first look at the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 2 during its Unpacked event seemed to spend more time focusing on how the new model fixes the flaws of the original rather than emphasizing whatever will make the foldable flagship great. In putting so much effort into convincing customers that this time it got things […]
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When Google Maps launched back in 2005, it made the world a far smaller place. The tool allows users to visit almost any location on earth at ground level – although we almost invariably end up heading straight to our own home. It also captures images of people going about their daily lives, resulting in […]
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