| Cryptocurrency: UK Treasury considers plan for digital pound 2023-01-11 [bbci.co.uk] The economic secretary to the Treasury says the UK is committed to becoming a world crypto hub. Details >
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| University students recruit AI to write essays for them. Now what? 2022-12-29 [theregister.co.uk] Teachers need to work harder to get students to write and think for themselves
Feature As word of students using AI to automatically complete essays continues to spread, some lecturers are beginning to rethink how they should teach their pupils to write. Details >
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| Stolen info on 400m+ Twitter accounts seemingly up for sale 2022-12-29 [theregister.co.uk] Plus: Cracked Piers Morgan spews offensive tweets, not the usual kind
A miscreant this Christmas weekend said they are willing to sell public and private info on more than 400 million Twitter accounts. Details >
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| US House boots TikTok from government phones 2022-12-29 [theregister.co.uk] ByteDance ban for federal devices awaits Biden Details >
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| Risk-averse Kyocera gambles nearly $10b of own shares on semiconductor growth 2022-12-29 [theregister.co.uk] When the chips are down, bet the farm
In spite of uncertain economic conditions, Kyocera is reportedly putting its stake in Japanese telecommunications operator KDDI on the line to expand its semiconductor footprint. Details >
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| Southwest Airlines blames IT breakdown for stranding holiday travelers 2022-12-29 [theregister.co.uk] Have they tried turning it off and back on again?
Winter storms and staff shortages were only the tipping point that sent Southwest Airlines IT infrastructure over the edge, leaving thousands still stranded across the US, chief operating officer Andrew Watterson has explained. Details >
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| Tesla 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Alameda Lent Sam Bankman-Fried $546 Million for Robinhood Stake 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Indian Fintechs Face a Tough 2023 as Investments Cool, Bain Says 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Crypto Exchange Kraken Will Close in Japan After Global Cuts 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Singapore Tech Stock Rout Intensifies With $110 Billion Wipeout 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Meet Pavel Durov, the tech billionaire who founded Telegram, fled from Moscow 15 years ago after defying the Kremlin, and has a penchant for posting half-naked selfies on Instagram 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Solana Tumbles Again, Bringing Crypto Token 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| FTX customers filed a class-action lawsuit against the failed crypto exchange to get their lost money back 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Meet the VC firms that want to help immigrants found their own startups so they keep their talents in the US 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Tencent Wins Nod for Blockbusters as China Crackdown Softens 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| How much TikTok pays employees, according to salary data 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Sam Bankman-Fried will enter a plea next week in FTX case, court filings show 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Tesla Fans Keep Buying, Unbowed by the $720 Billion Wipeout 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Solana Founders Scramble to Move Past FTX 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Tech Darling That Rose 2,500% Now Among India 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Korea 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Twitter Users Report Errors, Disruption from New York to Tokyo 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Chinese Gaming Bonanza Ignites Tencent, Asian Gaming Rally 2022-12-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| How Parents Find Creative Solutions to the Child Care Affordability Crisis - CNET 2022-12-29 [news.cnet.com] Over half of American households spend more than 20% of their income on child care costs. Details >
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| Eat These 11 Foods And Get Your Vitamin D This Winter - CNET 2022-12-29 [news.cnet.com] Vitamin D helps boost the immune system, but we get a majority of it from sunlight. These foods can boost vitamin D levels during winter. Details >
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| 6 Best Melatonin Supplements of 2023 - CNET 2022-12-29 [news.cnet.com] These top melatonin supplement picks will help you fall asleep faster tonight. Details >
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| Improve Your Mental Health in the New Year With These 7 Daily Habits - CNET 2022-12-29 [news.cnet.com] Prioritize a healthy mind in 2023 with these habits. Details >
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| LG to Unveil New, Flat Smartphone Camera Module at CES - CNET 2022-12-29 [news.cnet.com] The new camera includes a telephoto lens with up to 9x zoom and takes the "bump" out of smartphone cameras. Details >
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| 2022 Was a Ridiculously Good Year for TV. These Are the Very Best Shows - CNET 2022-12-29 [news.cnet.com] CNET rounds up our top TV picks. Details >
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| 5 Best Immunity Supplements for Winter - CNET 2022-12-29 [news.cnet.com] Boost your immune system and fight off the flu this winter with these vitamins. Details >
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| Cringeworthy TikTok Money Tips You Should Avoid at All Costs - CNET 2022-12-29 [news.cnet.com] TikTok is rife with money hacks that can lead to financial and legal trouble. Details >
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| COVID Test for Travelers From China to Be Required by US - CNET 2022-12-29 [news.cnet.com] The requirement, to be implemented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, comes amid a surge of COVID cases in China. Details >
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| Twitter Outage: Thousands of Users Report Problems With Website - CNET 2022-12-29 [news.cnet.com] The social network showed error messages to Twitter users trying to log into the website through their desktop computers. Details >
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| TikTok: Welsh speakers use social media to teach others 2022-12-29 [bbci.co.uk] Meet the social media influencers sharing their love of the Welsh language to new audiences. Details >
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| Royal Mail hit by post-Christmas online outage 2022-12-29 [bbci.co.uk] Problems emerge on the website and app on the first day of regular post following the festive period. Details >
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| Taking out debt used to be a mark of shame in the startup world. Investors like Peter Thiel are helping make it cool. 2022-12-24 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| A 95% Writedown Shows the Repercussions of VC Exuberance 2022-12-24 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| An AI bot scored nearly as well as doctors on a radiology exam 2022-12-24 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Amazon Looks to Sell Excess Air Cargo Space as Demand Cools 2022-12-24 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Tesla Announces $300 AirPower-Like Wireless Charging Mat - CNET 2022-12-24 [news.cnet.com] Tesla says devices can charge anywhere on the mat -- except smartwatches. Details >
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| The Best TV Shows on Disney Plus - CNET 2022-12-24 [news.cnet.com] Disney Plus has a lot to offer its subscribers. Details >
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| Best Weather Apps for 2022 - CNET 2022-12-24 [news.cnet.com] Weather apps are a great way to stay up to date on weather predictions, but beware potential privacy issues. Details >
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| Best Instant Pot of 2022 - CNET 2022-12-24 [news.cnet.com] Find the perfect Instant Pot for your household to make cooking quick and easy. Details >
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| Best Internet Service Providers for Streaming in 2022 - CNET 2022-12-24 [news.cnet.com] Here are the best ISPs perfectly suited to satisfy your Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max or Twitch itch. Details >
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| Why Lord of the Rings Is the Ultimate Christmas Movie - CNET 2022-12-24 [news.cnet.com] Christmas is a time for fellowship. Details >
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| Best Blue Light Blocking Glasses of 2022 - CNET 2022-12-24 [news.cnet.com] Protect your eyes and look good while doing it. Details >
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| The Best Tires for Your EV Have 4 Unique Challenges - CNET 2022-12-24 [news.cnet.com] Electric cars punish tires like almost no conventional vehicle ever has. Details >
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| Best Online Tools for Dungeons & Dragons - CNET 2022-12-24 [news.cnet.com] If you want to play D&D online, these services will help you ditch the pen and paper. Details >
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| 28 Last-Minute Christmas Gifts You Can Snag at Best Buy Today - CNET 2022-12-24 [news.cnet.com] Today is your last chance to grab in-store deals just in time for Christmas. Details >
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| India schedules first crewed space mission for Q4, 2024 2022-12-23 [theregister.co.uk] Two test missions fly first, before Gaganyaan makes India just the fourth nation to put people into orbit
India has named the fourth quarter of 2024 as the likely date for the nation Details >
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| By 2026, total AR/VR goggle sales will trail a single quarter of current tablet shipments 2022-12-23 [theregister.co.uk] But will be bigger than gaming consoles, so maybe this metaverse thing has legs
Analyst firm IDC has crunched the numbers for sales of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headsets and found they Details >
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| NASA retires Mars InSight mission after it enters 2022-12-23 [theregister.co.uk] So long and thanks for all the science
As expected, NASA Details >
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| Apple accused of censoring apps in Hong Kong and Russia to maintain market access 2022-12-23 [theregister.co.uk] Activists note absence of VPNs ponder whether Apple may put revenue above human rights in some markets
Apple has been accused of selling out human rights for the sake of profit by cooperating with authoritarian censorship demands in China and Russia, according to two reports issued on Thursday. Details >
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| Fraudulent 2022-12-23 [theregister.co.uk] The scam was lurking behind the content of an adult website
Scammers using Google Ads, stolen blog articles, and a "popunder" ad scheme on adult websites pulled in more than $275,000 a month by generating millions of ad impressions every month. Details >
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| License to launch: UK space regulator gives Virgin Orbit satellites the go-ahead 2022-12-23 [theregister.co.uk] First satellite to be launched into orbit from western Europe... when it takes off
After some tension around a delayed launch of what will be the first satellite to go into orbit from British soil Details >
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| Zerobot malware now shooting for Apache systems 2022-12-23 [theregister.co.uk] Upgraded threat, time to patch
The Zerobot botnet, first detected earlier this month, is expanding the types of Internet of Things (IoT) devices it can compromise by going after Apache systems. Details >
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| FCC calls for mega $300 million fine for massive US robocall campaign 2022-12-23 [theregister.co.uk] 5 billion calls over three months. Was your phone spammed?
US regulators want to fine the operators of a claimed massive robocall operation almost $300 million that made more than 5 billion pre-recorded calls over three months early last year. Details >
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| Micron plans staff decimation as demand dips to Great Recession levels 2022-12-23 [theregister.co.uk] Lower demand? Bid adieu to 10% of workers and cut production
American chipmaker Micron Technology plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce and significantly reduce capital spending next year as demand for its memory and storage silicon have reached lows not seen since the Great Recession in 2009. Details >
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| Tencent CEO Pony Ma reportedly bemoans internal corruption, inefficiency 2022-12-23 [theregister.co.uk] This has the ring of truth to it because Chinese giant has disclosed similar worries on earnings calls
Tencent CEO Pony Ma has reportedly dumped on his own company in a company meeting, railing against corruption, low quality products, and failing business units being propped up. Details >
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| LastPass admits attackers have a copy of customers 2022-12-23 [theregister.co.uk] Thankfully a well encrypted copy that could take an eon to crack, unless users practiced bad password hygiene
Password locker LastPass has warned customers that the August 2022 attack on its systems saw unknown parties copy encrypted files that contains the passwords to their accounts. Details >
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| Hybrid multi-cloud is a mess to clean up, not an innovation to excite 2022-12-23 [theregister.co.uk] We really should have known better than to end up with siloed applications on different platforms
Opinion Enterprise IT infrastructure has consistently given us worthy investments to make and jobs to do in the last 20 years. Details >
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| Kenyans Pay Price for Central Bank 2022-12-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Read the SEC complaint accusing former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX cofounder Gary Wang of participating in a years-long fraud with Sam Bankman-Fried 2022-12-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Xiaomi Replaces President, Chairman Pledges Investment in R&D 2022-12-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Bankman-Fried Associates Flip as FTX Founder Arrives in NYC 2022-12-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| How to make money on OnlyFans, according to creators 2022-12-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Fired Twitter Manager Sues Over Stock-Option Cancellation 2022-12-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Musk 2022-12-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Gates-Backed Venture Plans to Build $760 Million Battery Plant 2022-12-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| ByteDance Employees Inappropriately Gained Access to TikTok User Data 2022-12-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Tech Stocks Head for Worst December Since 2002 as Fed Optimism Fades 2022-12-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| LastPass Says Hackers Stole Customer Data, Encrypted Passwords 2022-12-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Singapore 2022-12-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Tencent Rant, Sea Pay Freeze Hint at Deepening Gaming Crisis 2022-12-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Chinese Startup 2022-12-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Huawei Extends Mobile Patents Deal with Nokia Despite US Curbs 2022-12-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Musk Says Again Tesla Share Sales Will Stop After Stock Tanks 2022-12-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Meta Agrees to Pay $725 Million Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal 2022-12-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Released on $250 Million Bail, Reports Say - CNET 2022-12-23 [news.cnet.com] This is believed to be the largest bond in federal pretrial history. Details >
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| Netflix: The 52 Absolute Best TV Shows to Watch - CNET 2022-12-23 [news.cnet.com] Emily in Paris and The Witcher: Blood Origin are your Christmas shows. Details >
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| LastPass Says November Breach Exposed Basic Personal Data - CNET 2022-12-23 [news.cnet.com] A new breach using information obtained in a previous hack exposed user names, email addresses and more. Details >
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| TikTok Also Banned by Some US Universities - CNET 2022-12-23 [news.cnet.com] Schools in Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma have made the app off limits on university computers and campus Wi-Fi, in compliance with state government bans. Details >
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| Guardian newspaper hit by suspected ransomware attack 2022-12-23 [bbci.co.uk] The paper says its IT network is being affected by a "serious incident" and staff are working from home. Details >
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| Amazon to settle Euro antitrust probes by Christmas 2022-12-18 [theregister.co.uk] Cloud souk reportedly ready to play a little more fairly with its own merchants
Amazon will reportedly make changes to its business practices to resolve two European antitrust investigations next week. Details >
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| Amazon, Ancient Tribe Face Off Over Cape Town Office 2022-12-18 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| TSMC CEO Says Export Controls Weaken Trust Among Countries 2022-12-18 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Game Industry Pioneer Quits Meta Over VR Strategy Frustration 2022-12-18 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Even Military Families Are Facing an Affordable Housing Crisis - CNET 2022-12-18 [news.cnet.com] New legislation, financial help and resources could bring some hope to service members and their families. Details >
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| We Tested Night Mode on the iPhone 14 Pro, Pixel 7 Pro and Galaxy S22 Ultra - CNET 2022-12-18 [news.cnet.com] We compared the best flagship models from Apple, Google and Samsung in a nighttime photo shoot field test. Details >
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| 13 Foods to Help Keep Your Kidneys Healthy - CNET 2022-12-18 [news.cnet.com] These foods are rich in all the most important nutrients for kidney health. Details >
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| The Rising Cost of Pregnancy: What Can Parents Do About It? - CNET 2022-12-18 [news.cnet.com] Pregnant parents find their own solutions to high out-of-pocket costs when health insurance falls short. Details >
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| Netflix: The 52 Absolute Best TV Shows to Watch - CNET 2022-12-18 [news.cnet.com] This weekend, settle in with new thriller The Recruit, starring Noah Centineo. Details >
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| The Absolute Best New Christmas Movies of 2022 - CNET 2022-12-18 [news.cnet.com] Your guide to what festive movies (and a couple of shows) to watch on streaming and in theaters this year. Details >
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| Netflix: The 47 Absolute Best Movies to Watch - CNET 2022-12-18 [news.cnet.com] This weekend, catch Side Effects, starring Rooney Mara and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Details >
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| Best Hallmark Christmas Movies of 2022 - CNET 2022-12-18 [news.cnet.com] Standout movies include A Holiday Spectacular, Ghosts of Christmas Always and The Royal Nanny. Details >
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| Twitter staffer turned Saudi spy jailed for 3.5 years 2022-12-17 [theregister.co.uk] Tweeter, tailor, soldier, bye
A Twitter employee who spied for the Saudi government and royal family has been sentenced to three and half years behind bars in America. Details >
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| How to Survive the Health Care System: 5 Money-Saving Tips - CNET 2022-12-17 [news.cnet.com] First, have the "money talk" with your doctor. Details >
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| AT&T to Cut Marketing, Sales Jobs - CNET 2022-12-17 [news.cnet.com] The carrier plans to let go of a few hundred people. Details >
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| Donald Glover Working on Obscure Spider-Man Villain Movie, Report Says - CNET 2022-12-17 [news.cnet.com] Who is the Hypno-Hustler? Details >
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