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Amazon should start paying their taxes, says Joe Biden
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Amazon should start paying taxes, says Joe Biden

Former Vice President and Presidential candidate Joe Biden said Amazon should "start paying their taxes" in a broader critique of large, successful businesses. "I don't think any company, I don't give a damn how big they are, the Lord Almighty, should absolutely be in a position where they pay no tax and make billions and billions and billions of dollars" he added

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Sat May 23 - CNN
Tesla’s new Autopilot pedestrian animation update
Technology
Tesla’s new Autopilot pedestrian animation update

Tesla has recently updated its Autopilot-powered driving visualization and this time, it features a cool new pedestrian animation. In the latest updates, Tesla is representing pedestrians with much more complex animations that show them moving on the screen accurately in an impressive way. It's a major improvement from the time when Pedestrians used to look like chess pieces moving on a board in Tesla’s Autopilot driving visualizations

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Sat May 23 - electrek
India reports 6,600 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours
International
India reports 6,600 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours

India recorded the biggest single-day rise in new coronavirus cases as the country added 6,600 new cases. Maharashtra confirmed nearly 3,000 fresh cases on Friday, the highest single-day coronavirus infections in any state so far. The total number of coronavirus cases in India reached 125,101 today. India set a record for daily new cases for the fourth consecutive day

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Sat May 23 - Livemint
The US added 33 Chinese companies to an economic blacklist
Business
The US added 33 Chinese companies to an economic blacklist

Economic war between the US and China is getting intense, the US announced on Friday it would add 33 Chinese firms and institutions to an economic blacklist for helping Beijing spy on its minority Uighur population or because of ties to weapons of mass destruction and China’s military. The blacklisted companies focus on artificial intelligence and facial recognition

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Sat May 23 - CNBC
China’s $500 billion plan to support the economy
Business
China’s $500 billion plan to support the economy

After recovering from the coronavirus pandemic, China promised on Friday to throw $500 billion at its economy this year in extra stimulus measures as part of a bid to create 9 million jobs and blunt the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said China would not be able to set a target for growth in the world's second-biggest economy for 2020 because of the "great uncertainty"

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Fri May 22 - CNN
Climate change is causing Antarctica's snow to turn green, study says
Science
Antarctica's snow is turning green, reason is climate change

According to a recent study published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications, the vibrant color is caused by microscopic algae blooming across the surface of the snow. Using satellite data and fieldwork observations, a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey have created the first large-scale map of the green algae and predicted the future spread of the bizarre snow.

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Fri May 22 - Cbsnews
Florida reveals staggered plan to return athletes to campus
Sports
Florida's plan to return athletes to campus

Gators athletes will have rigorous safety guidelines in place for student-athletes returning to campus, including routine sanitization of the weight room following each lifting session and again at the end of each day. The Florida football team was dispersed beginning on March 12, when the campus was shut down to in-person classes and student-athletes were urged to return home if possible.

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Fri May 22 - 247sports
Sports
Lebron James, NBA GOAT
Fri May 22
LeBron James is the best NBA player right now
Sports
Lebron James, NBA GOAT

The NBA’s last decade featured perhaps the greatest collection of talent in league history, with plenty of Hall-of-Famers battling LeBron James for the title of Best Player Alive. Kawhi Leonard and Giannis Antetokounmpo closed the decade as the top players alongside King James. James is the ultimate master of the chess board. He manipulates defenses and controls every possession, that made him one of the best players

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Fri May 22 - Si
International
Mike Pompeo accuses Iran
Fri May 22
Pompeo accuses Iran of echoing 'Hitler's call for genocide' over ‘final solution’ rhetoric
International
Mike Pompeo accuses Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Iranian Foreign Minister Javid Zarif of "echoing Hitler's call for genocide" in a Friday morning tweet regarding an Iranian push for what organizers call a "final solution" referendum aimed at creating an official Palestinian state. The tweet from Zarif that Pompeo was referring to in his post included a veiled reference to Nazi Germany's genocide against the Jewish people.

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Fri May 22 - Foxnews
Cyclone Amphan kills more than 80 people as it tears through India and Bangladesh
International
Cyclone Amphan killed at least 80 people in India and Bangladesh

Cyclone Amphan has killed more than 80 people as it uprooted trees and damaged homes, power lines and telephone cables across much of India's West Bengal state. Police and teams from India's national disaster response force were already out clearing roads and repairing communication lines Thursday, but West Bengal state's Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, said it would take ," at least three days just to assess the damage.

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Fri May 22 - Cbsnews
Jamal Khashoggi's children 'pardon' father's killers, sparing them the death penalty
International
Jamal Khashoggi's sons 'pardon' father's killers

"So we, the sons of the martyr Jamal Khashoggi, announce that we have pardoned (those) who killed our father," the family added in the statement. The United Nations rapporteur for extrajudicial executions, Agnes Callamard , who led a high-profile investigation into Khashoggi's murder, called the family pardon "the final act of the parody of justice."

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Fri May 22 - Cnn
Oxford Coronavirus Vaccine Will Be Tested on 10K People
International
British researchers to test coronavirus vaccine on 10K People

British researchers testing an experimental coronavirus vaccine are moving into advanced studies and aim to immunize more than 10,000 people to determine if the shot works. Last month, scientists at Oxford University began immunizing more than 1,000 volunteers with their vaccine candidate in a preliminary trial designed to test the shot’s safety, the AP reports.

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Fri May 22 - Newser
Johnny Depp’s Look-Alike Son Jack, 18, Enjoys A Romantic Stroll With GF Camille Jansen In Paris
Entertainment
Johnny Depp’s son looks exactly like him

Jack looks just like his famous father in the new photos, where he’s walking alongside Camille while strolling down the streets in France. For the occasion, Jack’s sister, Lily-Rose Depp, also shared a rare, shirtless photo of Jack on her Instagram page, and fans could not get over the resemblance to Johnny.

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Fri May 22 - Hollywoodlife
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande dropped “Rain on Me”
Entertainment
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande dropped “Rain on Me”

Popstar Lady Gaga and singing sensation Ariana Grande just dropped what is sure to be the song of the summer, “Rain on Me,” an irresistibly earwormy ‘90s throwback. The house music banger’s new music video, which premiered Friday morning, features the two pop-queen warriors reigning over an anime rave on the fantastic planet Chromatica, in a dazzling display of cyberpunk girl power

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Fri May 22 - Yahoo
Xiaomi’s Investment portfolio surpasses 300 companies
Technology
Xiaomi’s Investment portfolio surpasses 300 companies

Chinese giant, Xiaomi announced today that it has backed more than 300 companies. Xiaomi known for its budget smartphones and a bevy of value-for-money gadgets said in a filing on Thursday that it has backed more than 300 companies as of March, totaling 32.3 billion yuan ($4.54 billion) in book value and 225.9 million yuan ($32 million) in net gains on disposal of investments in just the first quarter

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Fri May 22 - Techcrunch
South America becomes the new epicenter of coronavirus
International
South America becomes the new epicenter of coronavirus

The World Health Organization said on Friday that South America is the new epicenter of coronavirus due to a massive rise in new coronavirus cases in the region. “We’ve seen many South American countries with increasing numbers of cases and clearly there’s a concern across many of those countries, but certainly the most affected is Brazil at this point,” Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s emergencies program said.

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Fri May 22 - CNBC
International
New York City’s reopening plan
Fri May 22
New York City mayor, Bill De Blasio is hopeful of a June reopening
International
New York City’s reopening plan

New York City mayor, Bill De Blasio is hopeful of a June reopening. The city has been the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic but the curve has flattened. The mayor hopes it will happen in the first two weeks of June. “All roads are leading to the first half of June,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday. He announced the door to reopening inches open as early as June 1

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Fri May 22 - CBSlocal
India reports the highest single-day rise in coronavirus cases
International
India reports the highest single-day rise in coronavirus cases

Indian PM Modi announced ease in lockdown restrictions in the newly announced lockdown 4.0, but the cases are on the rise as the country reported 6,088 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours. The total number of novel coronavirus cases touched 1,18,447. The worst-hit state continued to be Maharashtra. It crossed the 40,000 mark and reported 3,345 new cases and 64 new fatalities in past one day

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Fri May 22 - KhaleejTimes
Ohio and West Virginia reopens indoor dining in restaurants
International
Ohio and West Virginia reopens indoor dining in restaurants

As reported previously, all 50 states in the US have partially reopened, including essential services like retail stores, and now two US states, Ohio and West Virginia expanded restaurant services by allowing indoor dining starting Thursday. West Virginia also reopened indoor shopping malls and state park campgrounds as part of its “West Virginia Strong – The Comeback” plan

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Fri May 22 - CNBC
China set to present a controversial Hong Kong security law
Politics
China set to present a controversial Hong Kong security law

Beijing Government is set to present a controversial Hong Kong security law at its congress. This could be the biggest blow to the city's autonomy and civil liberties since its handover to Chinese rule in 1997. The law, which is expected to ban sedition, secession, and subversion of the central government in Beijing, will be introduced through a rarely used constitutional method that could effectively bypass Hong Kong's legislature

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Fri May 22 - CNN
NASA will pay you to spend 8 months locked in a Mars simulation
Science
NASA is recruiting volunteers

NASA is recruiting volunteers to spend eight months locked up in a simulated spacecraft on its way to Mars. You might be asking yourself why any of this is necessary, especially when NASA already sends humans to the International Space Station for many months on end.

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Thu May 21 - Bgr
Coronavirus has changed German payment behavior
Business
Coronavirus has changed German payment behavior

Despite the technological innovation in Germany, Cash remained the king in the country as most of the small businesses were using cash as the only payment method, but Coronavirus has changed everything. It has changed German payment behavior faster than any single technology ever has. Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, cash payments have, for the first time, been actively discouraged in Germany

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Thu May 21 - BBC
Mo Salah picks the toughest game of his career
Sports
Mo Salah picks the toughest game of his career

Egyptian Liverpool star Mohamed Salah said that the World Cup qualifier against Congo in 2017 was the toughest game in his career. Egypt needed to win over Congo at home to secure a direct ticket to the World Cup for the first time in 28 years. "The game against Congo was the toughest game I ever played in my career," Salah said. He scored two goals in the 2-1 win

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Thu May 21 - Egypttoday
Facebook has introduced a new safety feature in India
Technology
Facebook’s new feature to protect women privacy in India

Facebook has introduced a new safety feature in India, especially for women that will enable them to easily lock their accounts so that people they are not friends with on the platform cannot view their posts and zoom into and download their profile picture and cover photo. A user can lock the account by tapping on More under their name, then tapping the Lock Profile button and the confirmation button

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Thu May 21 - Techcrunch
AstraZeneca receives $1 billion in funding to develop a COVID-19 vaccine
International
AstraZeneca receives $1 billion in funding to develop a COVID-19 vaccine

British Multinational Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca received $1 billion in funding from the U.S. Health Department’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to develop a coronavirus vaccine from the University of Oxford. The pharma giant has agreed to initially supply at least 400 million doses of the vaccine and secured total manufacturing capacity to produce 1 billion doses, with first deliveries in September

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Thu May 21 - CNBC