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Day: January 29, 2020

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Impeachment state of play: Will the Senate call witnesses? It’s fluid.

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(CNN)The Senate impeachment trial has entered perhaps its most fluid phase — one where the White House is still technically presenting its defense, but senators in both parties are maneuvering for what comes next. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. ET A GOP press conference at 11:30 a.m. Senate closed-door party lunches around noon Senate Impeachment Trial of President Donald J. Trump gavels into session at 1 p.m. What to read This Jeremy Herb, Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, Betsy Klein piece is just…

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Are OYOs deep cuts a reality check for unicorns?

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Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. After a short pause, we’re back on the topic of unicorn layoffs. While it’s cheery that a number of companies are chugging ahead with ARR growth powered by efficient spend, not every company has taken a similar approach. As we’ve seen in the last six months, many companies that raised big checks wound up spending too much and are now reducing headcount and other costs. Today I want to chew…

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Downloads of a Pandemic-Themed Game Surge As Coronavirus News Spreads

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Interest in the continued spread of the coronavirus has had an unintended side effect for UK-based Plague Inc. The eight-year-old game—which asks players to shepherd a worldwide pandemic that destroys all of humanity—has seen a spike in popularity in recent weeks, becoming the most-downloaded iPhone app in China on January 21 and in the United States on January 23, ARS TECHNICA This story originally appeared on issue a statement urging players not to rely on the app for information on staying safe from the coronavirus' current spread. "Please remember that…

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Los Angeles AmazeVR raises more cash, heads to Incheon for first location-based VR installation

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AmazeVR, the Los Angeles-based virtual reality entertainment distribution service, is taking its first steps into the world of location-based virtual reality experiences with an installation in Seoul’s Incheon International Airport. The company, which also scored an additional $2.5 million commitment to expand its total funding to around $9 million, made the announcement last week. The company, which launched last May with backing from the Korean hardware manufacturer LG, has added Partners Investment and YG Investment, the financing arm of YG Entertainment, which manages a stable of Korean pop artists and…

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33 Heartbroken Celebrities Share Emotional Posts On Kobe Bryants Passing

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NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna tragically passed away in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. As the news about their death spread, people all over the world reacted with devastation. It cast a shadow on the 2020 Grammy Awards where several celebrities paid their respects to the basketball player. The ceremony itself began with a moment of silence initiated by the host, Alicia Keys. “We never imagined in a million years we’d have to start the show like this, so we wanted to do something that…

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Adulterer-in-Chief Throws Red Meat to His Evangelical Base

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Long before he was philanderer in chief, Donald Trump famously boasted that he was very pro-choice. Friday, hell become the first president ever to speak at the March for Life, the annual anti-abortion march in Washington. Trump isnt just a little pro-life now; hes so pro-life that he talked in 2016 about how there has to be some form of punishment for women who have abortions. Trumps newfound interest in denying womens reproductive rights seems more like an obsession with winning the votes of his Christian base, a base that…

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This Tornado Omelette Looks Amazing

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Check out this fascinating dish called the ‘Tornado Omurice’. This was filmed at this restaurant, located on Sharon Road in Seoul, South Korea. I fast forwarded to the exact section the ‘tornado omelette’ is made but the whole video is worth a watch if you’re interested in seeing how the entire dish comes together. Read more: https://twistedsifter.com/videos/this-tornado-omelette-looks-amazing/

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Super Bowl LIV: 6 prop bets involving President Trump

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US President Donald Trump waits on stage before addressing a plenary session of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020.  (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP) Kansas City Chiefs’ coach Andy Reid, left, stands next to San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan during Opening Night for the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, at Marlins Park in Miami. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) Will Michael Bloomberg’s commercial say “Climate Change”? Yes 2/1 No 2/3 Will Michael Bloomberg’s commercial say “Impeach”? Yes 4/1 No 1/5 Fox…

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Northern rail franchise: Your tales of ‘atrocious’ service

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‘Negative mood’ Ian Smith, 47, is a civil servant who lives in Buckshaw Village. He takes the early train every morning to Manchester Victoria. Ian says he loves Buckshaw and its “fantastic facilities”, but says the train service into Manchester is “lacking”. “We’re running old trains,” he says, “and for the money that you pay for a ticket to go to Manchester, I think the actual service is atrocious.” For Ian, the main issue is the late running of trains, which delays him arriving at work. He says the information…

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Google acquires AppSheet to bring no-code development to Google Cloud

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Google announced today that it is buying AppSheet, an eight-year-old no-code mobile-application-building platform. The company had raised more than $17 million on a $60 million valuation, according to PitchBook data. The companies did not share the purchase price. With AppSheet, Google gets a simple way for companies to build mobile apps without having to write a line of code. It works by pulling data from a spreadsheet, database or form, and using the field or column names as the basis for building an app. It is integrated with Google Cloud…

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UK will allow Huawei to help build its 5G network despite US pressure

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London (CNN Business)The British government said Tuesday that it will allow China’s Huawei to help build the country’s next generation of super-fast wireless networks, a decision that could undermine trade and intelligence ties with the United States. Under Chinese law, Chinese companies can be ordered to act under the direction of Beijing.Huawei has consistently denied that it would help the Chinese government to spy. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under intense pressure, including from within his party, to agree to the US demands on Huawei. He discussed the issue…

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U.S. Intel: Iran Shot Down Plane, Then Realized Mistake

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The Ukrainian airliner that crashed on Wednesday morning in Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, was shot out of the sky by one of Irans anti-aircraft missile systems, probably as the result of a horrifying mistake, according to U.S., Canadian, and European officials familiar with the intelligence. Intelligence indicates the Iranians came to see they had erred soon after the plane was downed, per two U.S. government sources. Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752, a Boeing 737-800 traveling from Tehran to Kyiv, went down in flames hours after Iran fired a…

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