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Boeing recently announced its withdrawal from the bid for an 85 billion USD Pentagon contract to replace aging nuclear missile systems, stating that rival company Northrop's acquisition of Orbital ATK, a solid rocket motor manufacturer, meant that Boeing could no longer reasonably compete with their offer. With no other offers expected, Northrop is expected to win the bid automatically.

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Facebook reported that a during a recent car break-in targeting a company employee, the personal financial information of 29,000 employees had been stolen. The data was stored on an array of hard drives kept in the employee's car. Facebook stated that the break-in did not seem to be deliberately targeting company information, but is nevertheless providing identity and credit fraud monitoring for all affected employees.

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Bob Diachenko, a researcher specializing in finding security flaws in online databases, discovered a crucial vulnerability in the database maintained by LexisNexis regarding politically exposed persons, which tracks critical financial and political indicators for 4.5 million people and is utilized by banks to identify and manage risky customers. The vulnerability allowed public access to the records from a simple Google search, and has been fixed after Diachenko identified it.

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According to a new study published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, adolescents who use social media regularly experience an increase in anxiety and depression symptoms. The study surveyed children from the 7th to the 10th grade over the course of four years and found that video games had no real link to these mental disorders but social media did.

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Tesla has officially filed for a patent for windshield wipers that will clean the screen via lasers that will burn away dirt particles. The company intends to expand this technology and use lasers to clean solar panels as well as roof tiles. This new laser cleaning method will be much more time-efficient.

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Virginia Giuffre, the woman who accused Prince Andrew of sexually abusing her when she was 17, has claimed that the FBI has warned her of a 'credible threat to her life'. She believes a number of powerful people are attempting to silence her, although she has not provided any proof of this threat or warning.

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The results for the 2019 UK elections are in and it seems that the conservative party won everywhere but Scotland. The Scotland National Party won a majority of the Scottish seats that were being contested and the conservatives only won six. The Scottish First Minister has said that Scotland deserves independence and should not be forced to leave the EU.

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According to some insider information, 'Bandersnatch' star, Will Poulter is no longer on the cast for Amazon's new Lord of the Rings show. Poulter has been forced to abandon the project due to scheduling conflicts. It is still unclear what role he was intended to play and Amazon has already started searching for a replacement.

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Liverpool's manager, Jurgen Klopp who signed with the team in 2016, has announced that he will remain with the team until 2024 as his contract has been extended. He was initially supposed to leave in 2022 but has gotten a two-year extension due to the team's excellent performance over the last few years.

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Protestors took to the streets in India's North-Eastern state of Assam as more and more people expressed their opposition to the government's new citizenship bill. The bill would give citizenships to non-Muslims who come to India from neighboring Muslim majority countries. The protests turned violent once the police fired live rounds into the crowd.

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Around one month before the UK's general elections, Liberal party leader Jeremy Corbyn brought forward some leaked documents that showed that Boris Johnson was planning to privatize the UK's healthcare system. According to reports by Graphika, the information originally came from a Russian source. It is unclear whether or not the documents were obtained via a hack.

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According to some rumors, Disnye+ is set to begin production on a show that will follow Cassian Andor (a character that appeared in 'Rogue One') by June 2020. The show will be a 'spy thriller' set in the Star Wars universe and will follow Cassian as he helps the rebellion fight against the empire.

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The fan-favorite 'Surgeon Simulator' game is finally getting a sequel and according to the trailer, it will include co-op gameplay. The game was officially revealed at the 2019 Game Awards and its developers have promised a number of surprises before the game is released. The platforms that the game will be available on have not been revealed yet.

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In the political upheaval following NATO's 2011 removal of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, the country split into a western wing controlled by UN-backed Government of National Accord, and an eastern wing controlled by General Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army, with 200 civilians and 2000 soldiers dying in the ensuing violence over the years. Haftar recently announced one final decisive push to retake Libyan capital Tripoli from the GNA.

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Gerrit Cole, one of the most sought after free agent players in the market, has been recruited by the New York Yankees on a nine-year contract worth 324 million USD. Cole's 36 million USD a year average will make him the highest paid baseball player, beating the Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout with 35.5 million USD a year.

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As predicted by various polling agencies, the latest general elections in the UK have delivered an enormous victory for reigning prime minister Boris Johnson's Conservative party, marking the Tories' biggest win since the Thatcher era in the 1980s. Conservatives won 364 out of a total of 650 seats, easily crossing the halfway mark at 326 to form a majority government.

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Fast and Furious movie stars Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez appeared on stage at the annual Game Awards to announce the trailer for the new Fast and Furious game, Fast and Furious Crossroads. The game seems to possess a dated look inspired by popular racing games in the 2000s, along with digital recreations of Diesel and Rodriguez themselves. Fast and Furious Crossroads releases on Steam in May 2020.

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Hideo Kojima's recently released and much-awaited Death Stranding game was expected to win a record accolades at the annual Game Awards, but only managed to garner three, with the most number of awards (four) going to indie hit Disco Elysium, a detective RPG. The coveted Game of the Year award was won by Activision's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

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The oldest known work of human storytelling is a recently found cave painting in Indonesia, located on the Sulawesi island, with scientists estimating it was made almost 44,000 years ago. The painting features a group of half-human, half-animal hunting a wild boar species native to Indonesia. Several other paintings have been found near the location of the first and are in the process of being dated.

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David Bellamy graduated with a degree in Botany from Durham University, UK, in the 1960s and became a renowned TV personality known for his enthusiastic voice and outspoken support for environmental conservation. Bellamy's TV career declined after he expressed his views denying climate change science, but his documentaries remained an inspiration for conservationists and environmental activists alike. He died aged 86.

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The administration of US president Donald Trump has negotiated a temporary delay in the new round of US tariffs on Chinese imports, which were due to come into effect on December 15. While Beijing has remained quiet about the issues under discussion, US officials have stated that a key point in the upcoming negotiations will be the United States' demand that China import more farming goods from the US.

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The popular investment app Robinhood recently received a new feature called Cash Management, which will allow users to keep uninvested cash in an account where it can earn risk-free interest similar to a checking account. Currently, users with Cash Management will earn an interest rate of 1.3 percent on uninvested cash, with Robinhood and its 12 partner banks charging no transfer or foreign transaction fees.

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Microsoft unveiled its new designs for the Xbox series at the Game Awards, labeling the next family of Xbox as series X. The new Xbox will closely resemble a typical tower CPU, and can be used in both vertical and horizontal positions. Microsoft has announced that the Xbox series X will operate at up to 4 times the processing power of the Xbox One X while also being more efficient.

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New Zealand authorities have confirmed 16 deaths due to the eruption of the active White Island volcano, located off of North Island. Eight Australians and eight New Zealander are confirmed dead, with authorities planning to recover their bodies tomorrow. While some victims were rescued alive from the island, they have since succumbed to severe burn injuries.

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At the International Court of Justice's Hague hearing regarding the alleged genocide perpetrated by the Myanmar establishment against the Rohingya minority, Aung San Suu Kyi defended the country's military establishment and denied Gambia's allegations of genocide. Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995 for her decades long struggle against Myanmar's dictatorial rule.

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