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How to track your sleep with an Apple Watch using the built-in Sleep app or third-party apps

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It’s easy to track your sleep using an Apple Watch. Apple You can track your sleep on an Apple Watch ...

The ousted founder of Facebook’s virtual-reality unit Oculus is paying a bounty to anyone who can hack his former employer’s new virtual-reality headset

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Oculus and Anduril Founder Palmer Luckey speaks during the Web Summit 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal on November 8, 2018. Pedro ...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the Trump administration’s bid to exclude undocumented immigrants from the total population in this year’s census

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People wear protective face masks while shopping at the Union Square Greenmarket on September 19, 2020 in New York City. ...

How to set up a YouTube TV account and customize your subscription in several ways

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YouTube TV is a premium streaming app that’s easy to set up. Shutterstock You can set up a YouTube TV ...

When you need to apply for and submit your mail-in ballot in every US state

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Lexi Menth of Seattle holds up her vote-by-mail ballot as supporters line up at a rally for U.S. Democratic 2020 ...

‘I gave money to your campaign’: Trump was frustrated by John McCain after he ignored him at a congressional hearing, new book says

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Donald Trump at his Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 5, 1990. Mike Derer/AP One ...

How to uninstall the Epic Games Launcher from your PC or Mac, along with all of its games

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It’s easy to uninstall the Epic Games Launcher. Chesnot/Getty Images You can uninstall the Epic Games Launcher from your PC ...

How this company saved thousands of flowers during the pandemic

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COVID-19 crippled the wedding industry, canceling events across the country. Vendors like floral design company Sweet Root Village, which lost ...

Hatteras, one of the Triangle’s most important biotech investors, raises more than $137M

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Hatteras Venture Partners is one of the Triangle’s most important investors, often putting money into young biotech companies coming out ...

Hatteras, one of the Triangle’s most important biotech investors, raises more than $137M

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Hatteras Venture Partners is one of the Triangle’s most important investors, often putting money into young biotech companies coming out ...

The top 9 movies on Netflix this week, from ‘Hubie Halloween’ to ‘Big Daddy’

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“Hubie Halloween” Scott Yamano/Netflix Adam Sandler’s “Hubie Halloween” and “Big Daddy” are among Netflix’s most popular movies this week.  Netflix ...

A Tesla solar panel customer accused the company of a ‘bait and switch’ tactic that hurt his credit score with a loan he never applied for

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FILE PHOTO: Solar installers from Baker Electric place solar panels on the roof of a residential home in Scripps Ranch, ...

Nikola sheds 15% after CEO says it has plan to work without GM if deal falls apart

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Nikola Nikola fell on Friday after its CEO told Bloomberg that it has plans to work on its own if ...

Mortgage rates hit 10th record low of 2020, further fueling the US housing market’s boom

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Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The average US 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 2.81% from 2.87% its lowest in Freddie Mac ...

Psychedelics renaissance

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FILE – In this Aug. 6, 2019, file photo file photo, Marijuana plants growing under special grow lights, at GB ...

Insider Retail: Amazon has its biggest-ever Prime Day, how PepsiCo is tracking consumer preferences, and a look at the lucrative world of retail arbitrage

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Portable fire pits and disposable campfire sales are booming. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images Happy Friday! It’s me, Shoshy Ciment, ...

The wealthiest 1% of Americans will drive positive household demand for stocks in 2021, Goldman Sachs says

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Reuters Over the past 30 years, the wealthiest 1% of Americans bought $1.5 trillion in stock, while the bottom 99% ...

China is practicing unleashing swarms of suicide drones packed with explosives from the backs of trucks

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A Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier at attention in front of a military vehicle Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images ...

US stocks climb after retail-sales data trounces expectations

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Lucas Jackson/Reuters US stocks gained on Friday as investors cheered a better-than-expected reading of September retail sales. American retail spending ...

Cheddar insiders describe its growing pains since being acquired by Altice for $200 million and the future of its ‘post-cable’ network model

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Billy Horschel speaks with Cheddar hosts Kristen Scholer and Jon Steinberg at the New York Stock Exchange. Ryan Young/PGA TOUR ...

Plans finalized for the $300 million redevelopment of Seaboard Station in Raleigh

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Current tenants at Seaboard Station will remain open and nearby Logan’s Trading Co. won’t be affected. Powered by WPeMatico

Hillsborough’s historic Colonial Inn was almost demolished. Here’s how it looks now.

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“It predates all of us. I very much hope it will outlive all of us,” says general manager Elise Tyler. ...

Plans finalized for the $300 million redevelopment of Seaboard Station in Raleigh

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Current tenants at Seaboard Station will remain open and nearby Logan’s Trading Co. won’t be affected. Powered by WPeMatico

Hillsborough’s historic Colonial Inn was almost demolished. Here’s how it looks now.

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“It predates all of us. I very much hope it will outlive all of us,” says general manager Elise Tyler. ...

I went behind the scenes at JFK airport to see how Delta is overhauling its airport experience to try to convince flyers air travel is safe

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Inside Delta Air Lines’ operation at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Thomas Pallini/Business Insider Delta Air Lines has ...

The risk of COVID-19 infection on flights is ‘very low,’ and 1 infected passenger would take 54 hours to spread the virus to others onboard, a US government study found

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Hispanolistic/Getty Images Research commissioned by the US Department of Defense (DOD) has found the risk of getting infected by airborne ...

Finland’s PM left an EU summit where she dined with dozens of world leaders, a precaution after discovering possible exposure to COVID-19

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Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin arriving for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium October 15, ...

About 3% of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites may have failed. That’s not too bad, but across a 42,000-spacecraft constellation it could spark a crisis.

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SpaceX, the rocket company founded by Elon Musk, plans to surround Earth with Starlink satellites and provide global high-speed, low-latency ...

Trump says ‘everyone knows’ that Dr. Fauci is a Democrat, despite the fact that he is not a member of any party

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Getty President Trump has claimed that Dr. Anthony Fauci is a Democrat. ‘He’s a Democrat, everybody knows that,’ Trump said. ...

A new coronavirus fear? Strain seen in swine has potential to jump to humans, UNC finds.

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The emerging coronavirus strain could be devastating to the swine industry and has been shown to infect human cells, too. ...