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Walmart Pleads Guilty After a Decade of Bribes
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Nytimes
A ‘Sorceress’ in Brazil, a ‘Wink’ in India: Walmart Pleads Guilty After a Decade of Bribes (Published 2019)
A settlement ends an inquiry into the retailer’s dealings with government officials around the globe, which came after a New York Times report in 2012.
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Google will no longer make its own tablet devices
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Business Insider
Google is giving up on competing with Apple's iPad as it stops making its own tablets and cancels 2 unreleased devices
Instead, the company said it would shift resources and focus more attention to its Pixelbook laptop line.
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The Chalk Market: Where Mathematicians Go to Get the Good Stuf
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Cal Alumni Association
The Chalk Market: Where Mathematicians Go to Get the Good Stuff
Filmmaker Kyung Lee never dreamed she’d become a dealer. But bringing her first feature-length documentary to fruition required money she simply didn’t have. What she did have, however, was an idea
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Can We Catch the Next ‘Oumuamua?
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www.centauri-dreams.org
Can We Catch the Next ‘Oumuamua?
Ever since the passage of interstellar interloper ‘Oumuamua, we’ve become aware of the opportunities presented by objects entering our system from interstellar space, at the same time wishing we had the resources at hand to investigate them close-up. Andreas…
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2015 MacBook Pro recall: batteries overheating
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TechCrunch
Apple issues voluntary recall of 2015 MacBook Pro batteries due to overheating concern
Apple this morning announced a “voluntary” recall of MacBook Pro batteries due to potential overheating and safety risk. The recall only applies to mid-2015 15-inch MacBook Pros with Retina displays. As the company notes in a press release, these models were…
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STM32 Open Source Multimeter
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In the 1820s, a new kind of lens saved ships
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Bbc
The invention that saved a million ships
In the 1820s, Augustin Fresnel invented a new kind of lens and installed it in France’s Cordouan lighthouse. Suddenly, one lamp could light the way for sailors many miles out to sea.
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Show HN: ParrotSnoop – Android TCP/UDP Packet Capture for IPv4/IPv6
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GitHub
DivestTrump/ParrotSnoop
Android app for IP packet capture. Contribute to DivestTrump/ParrotSnoop development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Writing HTML in HTML
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ankarstrom.se
Writing HTML in HTML
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Another Book on Data Science – Learn R and Python in Parallel
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RISC-V formal spec public review
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GitHub
riscv/ISA_Formal_Spec_Public_Review
Locus site for Public Review of Several RISC-V ISA Formal Specs - riscv/ISA_Formal_Spec_Public_Review
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L.A. council members propose taxing landlords who leave homes vacant
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Los Angeles Times
L.A. council members propose taxing landlords who leave homes vacant
Los Angeles should penalize landlords who keep homes vacant as the city suffers a housing and homelessness crisis, several members of the Los Angeles City Council declared in a proposal unveiled Tuesday.
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Lenovo Shipping Ubuntu Linux on 2019 ThinkPad
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Vivaldi 2.6
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Vivaldi
Blocking Abusive Ads | Vivaldi Update
Our latest update also includes new ways to navigate quicker, customize your user profiles, and a lot more.
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New species of ancient human discovered in the Philippines: Homo luzonensis
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Science
New species of ancient human discovered in the Philippines
Dubbed Homo luzonensis, the species is one of the most important finds that will be out in the coming years, one scientist predicts.
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Which Has More Sales: a Single Long Checkout Form or a Multi-Step One?
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capitalandgrowth.org
Which has a higher conversion rate: A single long ecommerce checkout form or a multi-step one? (conversion rate optimization carts…
I've seen both used and I was wondering which type produces a higher conversion rate. From a usability standpoint, presenting a few fields at time is better ...
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Ask HN: Stuck with an unpronounceable product name
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The Hedonic Treadmill
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Ask HN: How to get better at Data structures and Algorithm?
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Researchers confirm that narwhals and belugas can interbreed
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news.ku.dk
Danish researchers confirm that narwhals and belugas can interbreed
A team of University of Copenhagen researchers has compiled the first and only evidence that narwhals and beluga whales can breed successfully. DNA and stable isotope analysis of an anomalous skull from the Natural History Museum of Denmark has allowed researchers…
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London bans cars for a day in the fight against air pollution
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www.thetimes.co.uk
London bans cars for a day in the fight against air pollution
Cars will be banned from more than 12 miles of central London roads under plans to encourage the adoption of green transport in the capital. Some of the country’s busiest roads will be turned over...
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