Mixer, Microsoft’s soon-to-be-closed streaming platform, always had a difficult road ahead. In a space already dominated by Twitch, and with YouTube using its unmatched audience scale to create its own share of the market, Microsoft’s offering was difficult to sell. But while Mixer was ultimately a failure, as evidenced by …
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A Los Angeles councilman was charged Tuesday with taking bribes from a number of developers, including a Chinese billionaire, as part of a comprehensive “pay-per-play” scheme, authorities said. José Huizar, 61, was arrested at his home on a federal organized crime charge amid an ongoing FBI corruption investigation, according to …
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The Alabama Department of Public Health confirmed 639 new cases of coronavirus in Alabama Tuesday. That’s 200 more than Monday’s total new cases, though it is still below some of the records set earlier this month. It is the ninth highest single-day case count in the state since the start …
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“We have posted a public interest notice in this Tweet for violating our policy against abusive behavior, specifically, the presence of a threat of harm against an identifiable group,” Twitter said. Trump has criticized the “autonomous zone” in Seattle. This is a developing story … .
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That prospect, which would not allow American visitors to meet Russians and Brazilians, is a blow to American prestige in the world and a rejection of President TriumphManaging the virus in the United States, which has more than 2.3 million cases and more than 120,000 deaths, more than any other …
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