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Day: March 8, 2020

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The US is deporting a Tennessee man who was an armed guard at a Nazi concentration camp

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(CNN)A US immigration judge has ordered a Tennessee resident, who served as an armed guard at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, be deported to Germany. Prisoners were held in “atrocious conditions and were exploited for outdoor forced labor, working to the point of exhaustion and death,” Holt and the court found. The judge also found, and Berger admitted, that he “guarded prisoners to prevent them from escaping during their dawn-to-dusk workday, and on their way to the worksites and also on their way back to the subcamp…

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Big meditation money, new VC funds, and how do you value Airbnb?

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Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. After having a good time with NEA’s Rick Yang last week, we thought we’d bring on another venture capitalist. So this week Danny and I had Elliott Robinson from Bessemer swing over for the show. As it turned out, he was about as correct as guest as possible as not only did the topics of the week line up with where he invests, he’s also friends with some of the folks that we…

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17 attorneys general ask administration to delay public charge rule during coronavirus outbreak

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(CNN)A coalition of 17 attorneys general across the country, led by Washington state’s Bob Ferguson, have signed a letter asking the Trump administration to delay the new public charge rule for immigrants while the coronavirus outbreak is ongoing. Ferguson’s letter blasts the administration as discouraging people from accessing health care they are entitled to in the midst of a public health crisis. “DHS received warnings of the potentially devastating effects of the Rule if its implementation were to coincide with the outbreak of a highly communicable disease — a scenario…

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Google Is Opening a New Studio to Make Stadia Games

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Welcome to Replay, WIRED's rundown of the week's biggest videogame headlines. This week, we've got news about Google Stadia, Riot Games, and some more coronavirus updates. Let's dive in. Google Opens a New Studio to Make Stadia Games First up, some good news for people who actually want things to play on Google Stadia. According to Business Insider reported last weekend, Stadia simply isn't pulling in indies because Google isn't offering the type of incentives, in terms of money or promotion, needed to pull developers away from other platforms. Plus,…

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Hollywood Sex Therapist Amie Harwick Plunges to Death, Ex-Boyfriend Arrested

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High-profile Hollywood therapist Amie Harwicka former Playboy model who was once engaged to comedian Drew Careyplunged to her death during a confrontation with an ex-boyfriend, the LAPD said. Police arrested Gareth Pursehouse, 41, on suspicion of murder after Harwick, 37, was found gravely injured on the ground under a third-floor balcony at her Hollywood Hills home early Saturday. She later died at the hospital. Harwick, 38, had recently expressed fear of 6-foot-4-inch Pursehouse, but a restraining order she obtained against him had expired, authorities said. A statement from police said…

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The TurboGrafx-16 Mini’s Launch Is Delayed Due to Covid-19

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The planned launch of the announced Friday. The plug-and-play retro console, originally set to launch with dozens of games on March 19, has been pushed back because "the manufacturing and shipping facilities in China have encountered an unavoidable suspension due to the current coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak … We deeply apologize for the significant inconvenience, and we humbly ask your understanding and patience while we keep our close attention on the situation." Ars Technica, a trusted source for technology news, tech policy analysis, reviews, and more. Ars is owned by WIRED's…

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Hilary Duff Seemingly Hints At Trouble With Disney+ Over Lizzie McGuire Reboot! – Perez Hilton

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Uh oh. Is Hilary Duff throwing a little shade at Disney+ with her latest Instagram upload?? As you’re likely aware, the 32-year-old actress is set to On Tuesday, the Younger actress shared a screenshot of a headline to her IG story, which announced a decision to move a TV spin-off to the 2018 gay romantic comedy, Love, Simon, from Disney+ to Hulu. Hilary Duff Wants Laws Changed After Unsettling Incident With ‘Creepy’ Photographer Hilary Duff Confronts ‘Creep’ Photographer Taking Photos Of Her Kids In Public Park Justin Timberlake Sends LOTS Of Love…

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Security News This Week: An Unfixable Flaw Threatens 5 Years of Intel Chips

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As the novel coronavirus continues to propagate, phishing scams that pose as Covid-19 advice do as well. The trend started over a month ago, but it's only going to get worse. Abide by these tips to avoid them, and also please keep washing those hands. In non-pandemic news, researchers figured out how to clone the mechanical keys of tens of millions of cars from Toyota, Hyundai, and Kia, making theft a much simpler matter. Some recently released Russian disinformation shows how the Kremlin's professional trolls are adapting to Facebook's defenses.…

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he is thinking about quitting social media

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Another major figure could soon join the list of a growing number of people who are done with social media: The leader of the world’s largest democracy. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted Monday evening (local time) that he was thinking about giving up on his Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube accounts. Modi, whose 53 million followers on Twitter make him one of the most popular figures on the microblogging social network, did not offer any rationale for his thinking. On his Facebook page, he has more than 44 million…

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