Microsoft has released a full 35-minute Surface Duo press release video that it previously held with these journalists. Microsoft typically holds in-person events for its Surface products, and this year’s press release was essentially a virtual version of a Surface event. Panos Panay, Microsoft’s Windows and Devices chief of Microsoft, …
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The stock market has not won a strong 100-day gain since 1933
Agence France-Presse / Getty Images Thursday marks the 100th trading day since the stock market pandemic on March 23 – and by one measure the subsequent rebound is the strongest in nearly 90 years. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.20% traded slightly lower on Thursday, leaving it more than 50% above …
Read More »Graham says FBI chief “committed to being useful” to Trump criticism
Sen. Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin GrahamRon Johnson signals some GOP senators worried about probes in Obama-era Democrats raise warnings on Russian election platform Hillicon Valley on: Facebook clears more than 22 million hate speech messages in second-quarter Republicans introduce bill to to defend universities against hackers targeting COVID-19 research | Facebook’s …
Read More »First Chamber leaves until September without coronavirus release
The Senate left Washington, DC, on Thursday through September – the latest sign that a deal on a fifth coronavirus relief package is at least weeks away. Leader of the First Chamber Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellOn The Money: Pelosi, Mnuchin talk, but make no progress with ending stalemate | …
Read More »Arecibo radio telescope goes dark after cutting cable-painted dish | Science
This week, a snap cable tore a 30-meter hole in Arecibo’s iconic 307-meter dish. Arecibo Observatory By Daniel Clery12 August 2020, 3:25 p.m. The iconic Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico was damaged on Tuesday morning, August 10, when a cut steel cable hit one of its antennas and shot …
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