8-Fold Circular Geometry Discovered in German Wheat Field.

  “I just find it fascinating because you cannot really explain how they happen. It is just a moment where you have something you can’t explain when these days everything always has to be explained, it’s a thing that pushes the limits of this ‘explainer model’  that we have.” — Rainer Bartesch, German visitor to …

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William English, Who Helped Build the Computer Mouse, Dies at 91

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Florida Teenager Is Charged as ‘Mastermind’ of Twitter Hack

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Microsoft Said to Be in Talks to Buy TikTok, as Trump Weighs Curtailing App

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Amazon Wins Without Even Trying

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I Tried to Live Without the Tech Giants. It Was Impossible.

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The Economy Is in Record Decline, but Not for the Tech Giants

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NASA’s Perseverance Spacecraft Has Launched for Mars!

NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover lifted off successfully today, July 30, 2020, at 7:50 a.m. EDT (1150 GMT) aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station near Orlando, Florida. By February 2021, Perseverance — with its Ingenuity helicopter and technology to look for evidence of life on Mars,  past and present — …

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Big Tech’s Backlash Is Just Starting

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Grilled by Lawmakers, Big Tech Turns Up the Gaslight

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‘This Is a New Phase’: Europe Shifts Tactics to Limit Tech’s Power

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Lawmakers, United in Their Ire, Lash Out at Big Tech’s Leaders

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Here’s a tally of the C.E.O.s’ catchphrases. Follow along as we update it live.

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Democrats dig in with accusations of anticompetitive behavior.

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Watch live: Lawmakers resume questioning of executives.

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Republicans immediately raise bias concerns about platforms.

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Lawmaker: Americans should not ‘bow before the emperors of the online economy.’

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The C.E.O.s are testifying remotely, using Cisco’s Webex videoconferencing.

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Watch live: C.E.O.s begin to answer lawmaker questions.

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Big Tech’s rivals spoke out ahead of the hearing.

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Trump administration asks F.C.C. to narrow protections for tech companies.

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Commerce Department Asks F.C.C. to Narrow Protections for Web Platforms

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Don’t (only) blame Congress if this hearing goes off the rails.

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Coming up: The C.E.O.s will face lawmakers at 1 p.m. Eastern.

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What to expect from the hearing.

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Congress Doesn’t Get Big Tech. By Design.

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The C.E.O.s will testify remotely, using Cisco’s Webex videoconferencing.

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Coming up: C.E.O.s face lawmakers

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Big Tech’s rivals are speaking out ahead of the hearing.

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Bezos gets his first experience in the hot seat.

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There are many investigations into the tech companies. Here’s where they all stand.

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Today’s hearing has echoes of Bill Gates, 22 years ago.

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Here’s what to expect from the hearing.

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How to Fight Against Big Tech’s Power

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A Handbook to Today’s Tech Hearing

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Misleading Virus Video, Pushed by the Trumps, Spreads Online

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Amazon Is Jeff Bezos

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Their Businesses Went Virtual. Then Apple Wanted a Cut.

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Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google Prepare for Their ‘Big Tobacco Moment’

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What to Do About TikTok

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Don’t Ban TikTok. Make an Example of It.

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Materials Retrieved from “Off-World Vehicles Not Made On This Earth.”

  There are UAP/UFO “materials we couldn’t make ourselves” from “off-world vehicles not made on this earth.” — Eric W. Davis, Ph.D., Astrophysicist, The Aerospace Corporation, in The New York Times, July 24, 2020       July 24, 2020  Albuquerque, New Mexico – The micron-layered metal above is one of the materials that astrophysicist …

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Digital Habits Are Hard to Break

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How a Tech-Funded Think Tank Influences Global Antitrust Regulators

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Big Tech Versus Climate Change

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Google Takes Aim at Amazon. Again.

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Health Care Comes to Us

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The Amazon Critic Who Saw Its Power From the Inside

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Slack Accuses Microsoft of Illegally Crushing Competition

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Your Trusty Maps App Can Help You Navigate the Pandemic

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Twitter Takedown Targets QAnon Accounts

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United Arab Emirates Has Launched Its First Mission to Mars. Next up: China Rover Followed by USA’s Perseverance.

  “It’s a very small target. It’s equivalent to an archer hitting a two-millimeter target, one kilometer away. So this is not for the faint of heart.” — Pete Withnell, Ph.D., Manager of the U.A.E. Mars mission and Program Manager, of the University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), Louisville, Colorado.   …

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Beware the ‘But China’ Excuses

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Major Security Flaws Found in South Korea Quarantine App

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