#Mount Everest’s first COVID case forces quarantine at base

#Mount Everest’s first COVID case forces quarantine at base

“#Mount Everest’s first COVID case forces quarantine at base” Ain’t no mountain high enough. Not even the world’s tallest mountain is safe: Mount Everest recorded its first-ever coronavirus case after a member of a Base Camp expedition tested positive for COVID-19 last week. The infected patient was initially believed to be suffering from high-altitude pulmonary…

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#Whole Foods will soon let customers pay with palm scan

#Whole Foods will soon let customers pay with palm scan

“#Whole Foods will soon let customers pay with palm scan” Whole Foods will soon let customers pay for groceries using its parent company’s palm-scanning technology. Amazon said Wednesday its palm-scanning system — currently used in about a dozen of its brick and mortar stores — will debut at a Whole Foods in Seattle’s Capitol Hill…

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#Instagram launches profanity filter to fight abuse on platform

#Instagram launches profanity filter to fight abuse on platform

“#Instagram launches profanity filter to fight abuse on platform” Instagram said Wednesday that it will soon unveil a new feature that will filter offensive words, phrases and emojis from direct messages. The profanity filter will also make it harder for trolls who are already blocked to contact people by creating new accounts. Although the Facebook-owned…

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#Mom of Ohio teen girl fatally shot by cop speaks out

#Mom of Ohio teen girl fatally shot by cop speaks out

“#Mom of Ohio teen girl fatally shot by cop speaks out” The mother of the 16-year-old Columbus, Ohio, girl who was shot by police said in a tearful interview that her “loving, peaceful” daughter “called the cops “for protection – not to be a homicide.” Ma’Khia Bryant was fatally shot after her family said she…

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#Kevin Durant’s thigh injury is minor

#Kevin Durant’s thigh injury is minor

“#Kevin Durant’s thigh injury is minor” The Nets received bad news Tuesday regarding James Harden’s hamstring rehab, but at least Kevin Durant’s recovery from a thigh contusion appears to be going much better. A source confirmed that Durant’s injury is considered minor enough that it didn’t require him to return to Brooklyn. He’s still with…

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#Protesters gather at Columbus police station over death of teen

#Protesters gather at Columbus police station over death of teen

“#Protesters gather at Columbus police station over death of teen” Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the Columbus police headquarters on Tuesday night to protest the fatal police shooting of 15-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant. The crowd pushed past police barriers to get near the building, where they approached officers and chanted the name of Bryant, who was…

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