With Black Friday 2020 already underway, retailers like Target and Best Buy are pushing their sales live and Walmart and Gamestep will accelerate their sales tonight. Digital storefronts are also getting on the action, including a huge PC games sale on Facebook. Steam has now entered the ring with it …
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Why Slack Can Sell: Micro .ft runs enormous
In the middle of last year, when Slack and Wall Street were unveiled, the cloud software company Salesforce imposed a one-slide rule on the company to see if it should try to acquire it. His idea at the time, according to a person familiar with his thinking: Slack, a new …
Read More »Iran releases British-Australian Australian academic Kelly Moore-Gilbert in exchange for prisoners
Iran released British-Australian Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert on Wednesday, according to reports. Moore-Gilbert, one of the country’s most high-profile Western prisoners, was jailed for more than two years on espionage charges. In a statement, he praised the people of Iran and thanked those who have worked for his liberation. Iran’s …
Read More »The new rule will allow us to use more methods for execution
The Justice Department has created new rules that allow the use of more methods for federal executions, including firing squads and electrocution. The new rule, to be published in the Federal Register on Friday, calls for the administration to execute five more prisoners before the end of President Trump’s term. …
Read More »An X-ray scan of an ancient Egyptian mummy led to a surprising discovery
The Egyptian mummy that was adorned with the portrait of the woman was a surprise – the body of a child who died when he was only 5 years old. Now, scientists have learned more about the mysterious girl and her burial, thanks to high-resolution scans and X-ray “microbeams” that …
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