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Stranger Things is back for the final showdown. Season 4, part 2 is now streaming on Netflix as the Hawkins crew faces another intense showdown with Vecna, while Eleven faces her own demons and Dr. Brenner reveals his true colors. The two extra-long finale episodes hit Netflix today, Friday, July 1 (although Netflix crashed for…
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The popular video app TikTok is once again in the crosshairs of the US government, as a high-ranking regulator and a group of lawmakers re-surface national security concerns that the China-based service may pose. On Friday, the company responded to a letter signed by nine Republican US senators, including Roy Blunt of Missouri and Marsha…
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US stocks were trading higher Friday afternoon, shaking off earlier weakness that came after a disappointing gauge of manufacturing activity underlined fears that aggressive monetary tightening by the Federal Reserve could lead to a sharp slowdown. How are stocks trading? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, + 1.05% was up almost 330 points, or 1.1%…
A bedding ensemble is more than just yours mattress. Once you have a good mattress, you’ll still need to shop around to find the perfect set sheetscomforter, plush pillows and maybe even a weighted blanket if you’re having some trouble falling asleep. But even with all the pieces in place, you may still feel like…
Ever since the Supreme Court ruled against the NCAA in an antitrust case in 1984 and invalidated its national television contracts, college sports programs have been realigning among athletic conferences in search of larger television contracts. Athletic conferences used to be based on geographic proximity and academic affinity. Why, after all, if schools really cared…
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The most serious crash to date involving a self-driving truck may have resulted in only moderate injuries, but it exposed how unprepared local government and law enforcement are to deal with the new technology. On May 5, a Class 8 Waymo Via truck operating in autonomous mode with a human safety operator behind the wheel…
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Paid medical debt is rolling off consumer credit reports in an overhaul that the credit bureaus say will improve people’s financial wellbeing. In a time of rising interest rates and increased costs with the pandemic’s scariest days hopefully done, for some it can’t come a moment too soon. Equifax, Experian and TransUnion are dropping the…
Tech companies like Apple and Amazon are hiring in droves these days, and if you’re looking to switch careers, learning to code can give you the skills needed to acquire one of those new digital positions. Not only does knowing how to code open your possibilities for careers, it also gives you new opportunities to…
June brought another wave of layoffs in tech, with cuts impacting roughly the same number of employees as May: 16,000 employees, according to tracker layoffs.fyi. Another layoff aggregator from TrueUp paints a more dire picture, counting 26,000 impacted employees this month, up from about 20,000 last month. Either way, the data is grim. The end…
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