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TikTok removed nearly 105 million videos for nudity and other policy violations in the first half of 2020

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BigTunaOnline/Shutterstock TikTok has released its latest global transparency report, saying it removed almost 105 million videos in the first half ...

Boris Johnson’s government tells people to work from home just weeks after warning home-workers they risk the sack

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Getty Boris Johnson’s government tells workers to stay at home if they can. This follows weeks of his government urging ...

Isolation and closed borders: Here’s how ten Pacific Island nations are COVID-19-free, and the costs that come with it

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Ruth Nafow (R) cooks corn to sell at a local farmer’s market on December 06, 2019 in Tanna, Vanuatu. Asked ...

10 things in tech you need to know today

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LAPD officers reportedly used facial recognition 30,000 times in the past decade, contradicting the department’s previous denials

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The LAPD has repeatedly misled reporters and public records requesters about the extent to which it uses facial recognition technology. ...

Top Republicans appear to give Trump just enough support to confirm a replacement for Justice Ginsburg

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Associated Press Republican Sens. Charles E. Grassley and Cory Gardner have reversed course and ...

Trump falsely claims that for young people COVID-19 ‘affects virtually nobody,’ though in March he told Bob Woodward ‘plenty of young people’ are impacted by the virus

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MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump again falsely claimed that for the young the coronavirus “affects virtually nobody.” ...

Trump sidesteps question about poisoning of Putin critic Alexei Navalny: ‘We’ll talk about that at another time’

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny pays respect to founder of Russia’s oldest human rights group and Sakharov Prize winner Lyudmila ...

Betsy DeVos is under investigation for potentially violating the Hatch Act when she slammed Joe Biden in a Fox News interview

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US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks as Vice President Mike Pence listens during a White House Coronavirus Task Force ...

Former Mueller prosecutor says the special counsel let down the public and describes Trump as ‘an animal’ in new book

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Former Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller arrives to testify before Congress on July 24, 2019, in Washington, DC. AFP/Saul Loeb via ...

Sen. Cory Gardner, a Colorado Republican, reverses 2016 position and now says he will vote to fill a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year

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President Donald Trump jokes with Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., at a campaign rally Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, in Colorado Springs, ...

This San Francisco home is the highest residential point in the city, and it’s selling for $22 million — take a look inside

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Jacob Elliot for Sotheby’s International Realty San Francisco’s highest home has hit the market for $22 million. Located near the ...

Apple makes 4 different iPad models — here’s which ones are the newest

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With four different models and several generations, it’s not always clear what the newest iPad is, so we’ve broken it ...

‘Maybe she did and maybe she didn’t: Trump claims RBG’s dying wish to her granddaughter that her SCOTUS seat be filled after the election was made up by Democrats

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President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Saturday. Tom Brenner/Reuters President Donald Trump on ...

Microsoft’s Xbox Series X will launch on November 10 for $499 — here’s how to preorder the console on September 22

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When you buy through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. Learn more. Microsoft The , Microsoft’s ...

Meet 2019’s Rising Stars of Wall Street from firms like Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, and Apollo shaking up investing, trading, and dealmaking

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NYSE; Edison Partners; Tradeweb; Ruobing Su/Business Insider Meet the 2019 class of Wall Street’s rising stars. From starting a hedge ...

The best tea kettles

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The best tea kettles are easy to fill and pour, quickly bring water to a boil, and can be washed without ...

Inheriting an IRA? Here are all the options and withdrawal rules beneficiaries should know

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Inherited IRAs can be funded from any type of IRA, and have the same tax advantages. MartinPrescott/Getty Images An inherited ...

How to upload photos to iCloud and sync your photos across all of your devices

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With iCloud, you can access all of your photos on all of your devices. wagnerokasaki/Getty Images You can upload photos ...

New program will provide ‘coaching’ to assist small business owners in North Carolina

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Business owners struggling during the coronavirus pandemic can receive credit coaching and more. Powered by WPeMatico

Raleigh store is on the latest list of Bed Bath & Beyond sites that will close

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The company says it will close up to 200 of its stores over the next two years. Bed Bath & ...

New program will provide ‘coaching’ to assist small business owners in North Carolina

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Business owners struggling during the coronavirus pandemic can receive credit coaching and more. Powered by WPeMatico

Raleigh store is on the latest list of Bed Bath & Beyond sites that will close

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The company says it will close up to 200 of its stores over the next two years. Bed Bath & ...

Bill Gates has warned of an impending pandemic for years. Here’s how he’s dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, from pledging $100 million to fight the outbreak to becoming Warren Buffett’s ‘scientific adviser.’

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Bill Gates. Gus Ruelas/Reuters For years, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has warned the world of a severe, impending pandemic. In ...

House Democrats unveil a stopgap spending bill that Republicans oppose, raising the risks of a government shutdown at the end of September

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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images House Democrats unveiled a stopgap spending bill to keep the government open past Oct. 1. It omits ...

iOS 14 allows users to customize the iPhone’s home screen more than ever before with widgets. Here’s how to do it.

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iOS 14. Apple Apple just released iOS 14, the newest software update for iPhones. Adding widgets to customize iPhone home ...

The 15 worst US states to be a teacher

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New Hampshire ranks as the worst state to be a teacher. KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images New Hampshire, New Mexico, ...

Quibi is reportedly exploring strategic options including a possible sale

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Jeffrey Katzenberg. Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Quibi The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Jeffrey Katzenberg’s mobile-video startup, Quibi, which ...

‘Just not the place for us anymore’: Store closing after decades in downtown Raleigh

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The changing downtown “chased our customer base away.” Powered by WPeMatico

‘Just not the place for us anymore’: Store closing after decades in downtown Raleigh

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The changing downtown “chased our customer base away.” Powered by WPeMatico